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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Anything that can be communicated
ASCII
Backdoor
Logic Bomb
Information
2. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Speech recognition
Worm
ISP (Internet service provider)
Public Domain Software
3. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Logic Bomb
Analog Signal
Public Domain Software
Wizard
4. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Worm
UPS
Software Piracy
Bitmapped Graphics
5. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Multimedia
Encryption
Leading
Web crawlers
6. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Login Name
Packet-switching
Training software
Peripheral
7. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
row
Master Pages
Login Name
Server
8. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.
Bit
Agent
LAN
Operating System Advantages
9. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
Fuzzy logic
monospaced fonts
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Model + / ?
10. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Domains
IP address
Vector Graphics
HTML (hypertext markup language)
11. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
cell
Download
Worm
Multimedia
12. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Protocol
MB
Worm
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
13. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
automatic correction
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Trojan Horse
KB
14. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
ebook (Electronic Book)
word wrap
Source Document
Software License
15. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
relative reference
Upload
Page-Layout Software
Analog Signal
16. Size and style of typeface
font
Responsibilities of System Admin
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Site License
17. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Digital Video
Protocol
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
template
18. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Digital television
Software Piracy
Virtual Reality (VR)
Mailing list
19. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Cookies
Template
Password
20. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
serif fonts
GB
Unicode
Ergonomics
21. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
WYSIWYG
Pull technology
ISP (Internet service provider)
Teleconference
22. Ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup called Usenet. You can check into and out of them whenever you want; all messages are posted on
Newsgroups
Mailing list
Video Editing Software
Disadvantages of ebooks
23. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
absolute reference
Upload
Peripheral
Feedback Loop
24. Professionally designed - empty documents that can be adapted to specific user needs. In spreadsheet software - worksheets that contain labels and formulas but no data values. The template produces instant answers when you fill in the blanks.
spell check
Software License
Drawing Software
Template
25. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Help file
Cracking
Camera-Ready
function
26. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Humans < Computers (3)
Expert system
header
range
27. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
User Interface
Agent
Page-Layout Software
Advantages of digital television (3)
28. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Biometrics
Advantages of digital television (3)
Server
Access-Control Software
29. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Public Domain Software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Help file
spell check
30. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters
Natural language
Model
Rules of Netiquette (6)
ASCII
31. A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers - and to upload files they want to share from their computers to these archives.
Simulation
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Digital Video
Sensor
32. An undocumented way of gaining access to a program - online service - or entire computer system - written by a programmer who created the code; Can be a security hazard because it is vulnerable to hackers
Netiquette
Augmented Reality
Hyperlink
Backdoor
33. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
cell format
Intranet
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Utility Program Features
34. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Convergence
Expert system
Color Depth
Bar Code Reader
35. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Master Pages
Domains
Output Devices
Search engine
36. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Responsibilities of System Admin
word wrap
Biometrics
function
37. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
automatic correction
value
Expert system
HTML (hypertext markup language)
38. Software that only allows user access according to the user's needs. Some users can open only files that are related to their work. Some users are allowed read-only access to files; they can see but not change them.
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Access-Control Software
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Painting Software
39. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Ergonomics
'Read-me' file
Wizard
Augmented Reality
40. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Turning Test
Bar Code Reader
Newsgroups
Video Editing Software
41. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Hypertext
Open-Source Software
serif fonts
Networks: + / ?
42. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
value
Digital Video
43. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
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on line
183
44. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files
Kerning
cell format
Speech recognition
cell
45. An error in programming
Wizard
Ergonomics
cell
Bug
46. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Server
Output Devices
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Upload
47. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Software Piracy
Full-Color
OCR
Image Processing Software
48. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Bandwidth
Sensor
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
49. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
WAN
Hyperlink
Simulation
Information
50. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
Defragmenting
WAN
Ergonomics
Input Devices