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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • 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. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.






2. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures






3. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes






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






5. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.






6. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux






7. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software






8. The address of a Web site. (unique)






9. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network






10. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks






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






12. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns






13. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/






14. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)






15. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site






16. 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)






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






18. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)






19. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.






20. 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.






21. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)






22. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.






23. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.






24. A unique string of four numbers separated by periods that serves as a unique address for a computer on the Internet. The IP address of the host computer and the sending computer is included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet






25. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.






26. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;






27. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)






28. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)






29. Software used mainly to produce print publications. Also - the process of using desktop-publishing software to produce publications (e.g. brochures - newsletters - forms - menus - event fliers - notices)






30. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.






31. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger






32. 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.






33. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.






34. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)






35. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions






36. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network






37. Intersection of row and column






38. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)






39. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.






40. 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.






41. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas






42. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents






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






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






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






46. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.






47. 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.






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






49. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.






50. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer