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IT Literacy
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Subjects
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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. A message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination - where they are reunited.
Packet-switching
formula
Feedback Loop
Virus
2. 1) Saves printing costs after initial software purchase. 2) Saves time traveling back to commercial printer b/c you can use a personal printer. 3) Reduces # of publication errors. 4) Allows more people to publish.
Advantages of DTP
template
Expert system
Biometrics
3. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Training software
Storage Devices
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Natural language
4. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Kerning
Ethernet
proportionally spaced fonts
Firewall
5. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software
Bluetooth
Knowledge base
Ethernet
GUI Advantages
6. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Utility Program
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Resolution
Trojan Horse
7. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)
Animation
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Peripheral
Push technology
8. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
Factors that control image quality (2)
Full-Color
Cracking
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
9. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Responsibilities of System Admin
Advantages of Robots (3)
Resolution
range
10. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
ROM
GUI
Netiquette
11. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Logic Bomb
formatting
point size
replication
12. 1) ability to create models with physical characteristics (weight and volume); 2) model can be rotated; 3) can evaluate structural performance by applying an imaginary force; 4) designs can be easily altered and edited
relative reference
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Netiquette
row
13. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
TB
Speech recognition
Common-sense knowledge
Rules of Netiquette (6)
14. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Video teleconference
monospaced fonts
Help file
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
15. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Information
Password
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Multimedia
16. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Search engine
Wizard
Advantages of Robots (3)
cell
17. Read-Only Memory; Memory that include permanent information only. The computer can only read information from in; it can never write any new information on it
ROM
Image Processing Software
Byte
TB
18. The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions - supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.
Public Domain Software
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Push technology
Augmented Reality
19. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Virus
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Parallel processing
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
20. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Integrated Software
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Input Devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
21. A stream of bits
Ergonomics
Digital Signal
column
Bluetooth
22. 1) Poor at planning strategies (less creativity than humans) and can't make decisions (after diagnosis - can't say how to treat patient); 2) powerless outside narrow (but deep) domain of knowledge
Hacker
Booting
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Bar Code Reader
23. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
RAM
Compatibility
Intranet
Help file
24. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Pixel
Pull technology
Factors that control image quality (2)
label
25. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Humans < Computers (3)
Kerning
function
Utility Program
26. Artificial intelligence techniques that make it possible for machine performance to improve based on feedback from past performance. (Used in games like chess/checkers; based on prior actions)
Machine learning
Command-Line Interface
Color Depth
Convergence
27. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Bluetooth
Resolution
Video teleconference
28. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Access-Control Software
Netiquette
Memory
outliner
29. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Server
row
Pattern recognition
30. Built-in component of a word processor or a separate program that compares words in a documents with words in a disk-based dictionary - and flags words not found in the dictionary; may operate in batch mode - checking all the words at once - or inter
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
spell check
Teleconference
Inference engine
31. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Pixel
Inference engine
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
32. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Download
FTP (file transfer protocol)
column
Factors that control image quality (2)
33. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
Digital television
Bit
Animation
Newsgroups
34. Synonym finder
Augmented Reality
thesaurus
Firewall
Digital television
35. A picture element (dot) on a computer screen or printout. Groups of pixels compose the images on the monitor and the output of a printout.
Integrated Software
WAN
Digital television
Pixel
36. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Hacker
Painting Software
Utility Program
Booting
37. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Interactive Multimedia
Utility Program Features
Push technology
Leading
38. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
Knowledge engineer
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Push technology
Shareware
39. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Domain
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Help file
40. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Information
Push technology
ISP (Internet service provider)
Full-Color
41. 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
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
42. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Hacker
Humans < Computers (3)
Factors of a good pw...
Ergonomics
43. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Bandwidth
Source Document
Memory
Factors that control image quality (2)
44. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
value
Training software
LAN
Pattern recognition
45. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Networks: + / ?
Telecommuting
Biometrics
Humans < Computers (3)
46. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Hyperlink
Unicode
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Training software
47. 1) Robot must not injure a human or - by inaction - allow a human to come to harm; 2) must obey orders given by humans (except where the order conflicts w/ first law); 3) must protect its own existence (w/o conflicting w/ first & second law)
Upload
formula
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Worm
48. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
column
Hyperlink
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Kerning
49. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Newsgroups
Turning Test
Commercial Software
Login Name
50. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
User Interface
Feedback Loop
Server
Resolution