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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. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
User Interface
Digital Video
Fuzzy logic
Data
2. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
Vector Graphics
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
WAN
Analog Signal
3. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Web crawlers
relative reference
ebook (Electronic Book)
Command-Line Interface
4. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Domain
ebook (Electronic Book)
label
TB
5. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Teleconference
value
Virtual Reality (VR)
6. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
Hacker
justification
relative reference
template
7. 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
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
ROM
Defragmenting
Encryption
8. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
ASCII
Pattern recognition
Backup
9. 1) documents can be disorienting and leave the reader wondering; 2) documents don't always have the links readers want - leaving them frustrated because they can't easily get from here to there; 3) documents may contain 'lost' links - especially on t
Bluetooth
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
An example of presentation-graphics software
10. 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.
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Animation
Packet-switching
thesaurus
11. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Bitmapped Graphics
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
12. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Template
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Utility Program Features
Color Depth
13. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
OMR
Output Devices
Augmented Reality
Help file
14. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
Mailing list
font
Peripheral
Presentation-Graphics Software
15. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Cracking
Source Document
LAN
Public Domain Software
16. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Domain
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Data
Software Piracy
17. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Bug
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
URL (uniform resource locator)
18. 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
Digital television
Presentation-Graphics Software
Information
Software License
19. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
An example of presentation-graphics software
Vector Graphics
Defragmenting
Animation
20. The ability of a software program to run on a specific computer system. Also the ability of a hardware device to function with a particular type of computer
Model + / ?
Newsgroups
Booting
Compatibility
21. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Humans > Computers (8)
replication
Speech recognition
thesaurus
22. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Bitmapped Graphics
Hypertext
Digital television
23. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Vector Graphics
Drawing Software
Trojan Horse
Animation
24. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Multimedia
Shareware
Worm
Wizard
25. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
word wrap
Arpanet
relative reference
Knowledge base
26. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Software
Software License
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Cracking
27. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Software
worksheet
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Factors that control image quality (2)
28. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Site License
serif fonts
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Hyperlink
29. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
Download
monospaced fonts
absolute reference
Encryption
30. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Booting
worksheet
Domain
Virtual Reality (VR)
31. 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
Shareware
spell check
Public Domain Software
Processor
32. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
grammar and style checker
Command-Line Interface
Master Pages
relative reference
33. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
Arpanet
Shareware
ISP (Internet service provider)
footer
34. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Data
Agent
Camera-Ready
35. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Training software
RAM
LAN
Cookies
36. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
font
Digital Video
WAN
column
37. Software that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk - and uses each infected program or disk to copy itself. A form of software sabotage.
Analog Signal
typeface
Animation
Virus
38. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Integrated Software
word processing
Leading
outliner
39. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
WYSIWYG
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Trojan Horse
OCR
40. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Advantages of DTP
Trojan Horse
Information
Page-Layout Software
41. 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.
Intranet
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Bar Code Reader
Advantages of digital television (3)
42. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
ebook (Electronic Book)
ISP (Internet service provider)
Digital Signal
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
43. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Software Piracy
template
Trojan Horse
GB
44. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Page-Layout Software
Full-Color
Image Processing Software
automatic hyphenation
45. Rectangular block of selected cells
worksheet
Worm
User Interface
range
46. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Machine learning
Cookies
Backup
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
47. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Data
macro
justification
RAM
48. A pocket-sized computer used to organize appointments - tasks - notes - contacts - and other personal information; sometimes called hand-held computer or palmtop computer. Many PDAs include additional software and hardware for wireless communication.
OCR
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Convergence
49. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Telecommuting
row
outliner
WAN
50. '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
Cookies
WYSIWYG
Template
Bar Code Reader