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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns






2. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.






3. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.






4. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely






5. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters






6. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request






7. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.






8. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system






9. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections






10. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.






11. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information






12. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'






13. 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.






14. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])






15. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1






16. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site






17. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems






18. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office






19. 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')






20. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes






21. 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






22. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).






23. Synonym finder






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.






25. Identifying recurring patterns in input data with the goal of understand or categorizing that input. (Easy for humans) (Ex: fingerprint identification - handwriting recognition - speech recognition - optional character recognition)






26. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject






27. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive






28. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page






29. '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






30. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net






31. 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






32. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.






33. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system






34. 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.






35. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources






36. An error in programming






37. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.






38. An interactive cross-reference system that allows textual information to be linked in nonsequential ways. A hypertext document contains links that lead quickly to other parts of the document or to related documents.






39. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.






40. 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.






41. Vertical






42. Anything that can be communicated






43. 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






44. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied






45. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space






46. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)






47. 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






48. ~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






49. A continuous wave






50. 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.