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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Digital television
GB
Knowledge engineer
Resolution
2. 'what you see is what you get' (wizzy-wig); arrangement of words on the screen representing a close approximation to the arrangement of words on the printed page
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
HTML (hypertext markup language)
WYSIWYG
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
3. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Color Depth
Command-Line Interface
UPS
4. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
header
Open-Source Software
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
justification
5. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
Digital television
Full-Color
WAN
Open-Source Software
6. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
macro
Search engine
GUI Advantages
7. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Multimedia
Backup
Password
WYSIWYG
8. Microsoft Powerpoint
Software
An example of presentation-graphics software
Hyperlink
Output Devices
9. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Responsibilities of System Admin
Public Domain Software
replication
outliner
10. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
WWW (world wide web)
Video teleconference
Drawing Software
Animation
11. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
Inference engine
Booting
absolute reference
PDF (Portable Document Format)
12. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Digital television
Software License
serif fonts
13. Technology that creates the illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer; this environment contains both scenes and the controls to change those scenes.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Cracking
Hypermedia
Image Processing Software
14. ~Advantages 1)Safety: easy to simulate without actual risk 2)Economy: Build/simulate/destroy without waste 3)Projection 4)Visualization 5)Replication: Redo/rerun/alter easily ~Disadvantages 1)Reliability 2)Depends on original info 3)Complete trust fa
Model + / ?
UPS
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Backup
15. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Model
Master Pages
Interactive Multimedia
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
16. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Bitmapped Graphics
Storage Devices
Software Piracy
Knowledge base
17. Optical Character Recognition; Locating and identifying printed characters embedded in an image - allowing the text to be stored as an editable document. Can be performed by wand readers - pen scanners - and OCR software
Wizard
WAN
OCR
Hyperlink
18. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Simulation
RAM
Output Devices
Backup
19. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
GUI
Bitmapped Graphics
Digital Video
relative reference
20. 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
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
macro
Unicode
21. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
Software License
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Backup
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
22. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Domain
Camera-Ready
Download
template
23. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Morph
Agent
Online help
Help file
24. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
justification
Utility Program Features
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Digital Video
25. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
function
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Video teleconference
Server
26. Intersection of row and column
Convergence
Hypermedia
cell
Push technology
27. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
System Administrator
Interactive Multimedia
Feedback Loop
Multimedia
28. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Newsgroups
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Bit
Pull technology
29. 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)
Information
Input Devices
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Machine learning
30. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')
Bluetooth
Push technology
Arpanet
Login Name
31. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
typeface
formula
Trojan Horse
absolute reference
32. 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)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Animation
Ergonomics
Resolution
33. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Domains
Arpanet
word wrap
GUI Advantages
34. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
RAM
Server
cell
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
35. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Shareware
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Digital Video
Simulation
36. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Machine learning
Expert system
replication
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
37. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Tutorial software
Camera-Ready
MB
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
38. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Input Devices
Protocol
UPS
monospaced fonts
39. Protects transmitted information by scrambling the transmissions; When a user encrypts a message by applying a secret numerical code (encryption key) - the message can be read only after it's been reconstructed with a matching key
header
Data
Ergonomics
Encryption
40. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Advantages of Robots (3)
worksheet
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Input Devices
41. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Factors that control image quality (2)
Master Pages
serif fonts
Agent
42. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
row
Arpanet
Robot
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
43. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Common-sense knowledge
URL (uniform resource locator)
proportionally spaced fonts
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
44. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
Warning
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/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
45. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
column
Knowledge engineer
Defragmenting
IP address
46. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Inference engine
Utility Program Features
Command-Line Interface
47. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Color Depth
GUI Advantages
Augmented Reality
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
48. A system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations - providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware
automatic hyphenation
justification
'what if?' questions
Operating System
49. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Byte
Animation
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Software License
50. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Full-Color
KB
spell check
Humans < Computers (3)
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