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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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literacy
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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. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Digital Signal
Pixel
justification
function
2. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
LAN
RAM
Firewall
Machine learning
3. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Bandwidth
Upload
MB
WYSIWYG
4. 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.
Machine learning
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Firewall
function
5. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
Bandwidth
Storage Devices
Defragmenting
Input Devices
6. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Memory
Turning Test
Simulation
Fuzzy logic
7. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
worksheet
Domains
Analog Signal
Upload
8. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Ergonomics
Packet-switching
Teleconference
Advantages of digital television (3)
9. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Humans < Computers (3)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Image analysis
Model + / ?
10. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Analog Signal
Kerning
Humans < Computers (3)
11. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Digital television
Video Editing Software
Unicode
label
12. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.
Teleconference
Push technology
URL (uniform resource locator)
'what if?' questions
13. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Page-Layout Software
Humans > Computers (8)
macro
14. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Hypermedia
TB
Turning Test
Server
15. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar
Common-sense knowledge
Pattern recognition
Virus
Networks: + / ?
16. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Augmented Reality
range
Memory
Defragmenting
17. Microsoft Powerpoint
Animation
An example of presentation-graphics software
relative reference
Analog Signal
18. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Browser
Memory
Simulation
Inference engine
19. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Login Name
Bluetooth
Digital television
Output Devices
20. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o
Vector Graphics
Byte
Presentation-Graphics Software
Image analysis
21. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Page-Layout Software
Upload
Access-Control Software
Processor
22. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Bandwidth
Telecommuting
Presentation-Graphics Software
GUI
23. 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
word wrap
GUI Advantages
label
Analog Signal
24. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Humans > Computers (8)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Master Pages
Video Editing Software
25. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
typeface
Digital Video
Pull technology
Online help
26. Synonym finder
Spot Color
Networks: + / ?
Server
thesaurus
27. Protocols developed as an experiment in internetworking - now the language of the Internet - allowing cross-network communication for almost every type of computer and network.
Backdoor
GUI
Sensor
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
28. 1) Plan before you publish! 2) Use appropriate fonts. 3) Don't go 'style-crazy.' 4) Look at the document through the reader's eyes. 5) Learn from the masters. 6) Know your limitations. 7) Remember your message/objective.
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Model + / ?
Utility Program
Speech recognition
29. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
Painting Software
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Training software
30. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
System Administrator
Natural language
footer
31. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Peripheral
Training software
Open-Source Software
Firewall
32. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Common-sense knowledge
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
GB
33. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Wizard
Help file
WAN
range
34. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Web crawlers
Video teleconference
Bitmapped Graphics
Machine learning
35. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Resolution
36. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
Newsgroups
ASCII
grammar and style checker
Trojan Horse
37. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Parallel processing
Trojan Horse
TB
WWW (world wide web)
38. 1) flexible schedule; 2) save time commuting and save $; 3) better for the environment (less gas consumption); 4) better ergonomics (working conditions); 5) save office space/expenses.
Protocol
Packet-switching
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Humans > Computers (8)
39. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
Public Domain Software
Cracking
Global positioning system
PDF (Portable Document Format)
40. An error in programming
Netiquette
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Peripheral
Bug
41. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
automatic correction
RAM
Operating System
Augmented Reality
42. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Protocol
Password
WAN
Image Processing Software
43. 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)
Augmented Reality
Unicode
Page-Layout Software
44. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
column
Feedback Loop
System Administrator
45. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Analog Signal
Teleconference
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Defragmenting
46. 1) Paper is easier on eyes. 2) Books can be read anywhere w/o the need of electricity/batteries. 3) Books are aesthetically more pleasing. 4) Books can be highlighted and written in.
Disadvantages of ebooks
Pull technology
range
WYSIWYG
47. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
range
Factors that control image quality (2)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Humans < Computers (3)
48. 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
Data
spell check
Common-sense knowledge
Cracking
49. 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.
Mailing list
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
'Read-me' file
Access-Control Software
50. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
Intranet
point size
System Administrator
Peripheral