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IT 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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1. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Cookies
Convergence
Mailing list
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
2. Intersection of row and column
cell
Agent
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Trojan Horse
3. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Global positioning system
thesaurus
Wizard
Augmented Reality
4. ~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
KB
Model + / ?
Ethernet
Help file
5. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
Upload
Browser
grammar and style checker
cell
6. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Bandwidth
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
ebook (Electronic Book)
Global positioning system
7. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Feedback Loop
Download
footer
8. Rectangular block of selected cells
range
Source Document
Integrated Software
Convergence
9. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Bandwidth
GUI
Server
RAM
10. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Digital Video
User Interface
Factors of a good pw...
URL (uniform resource locator)
11. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
macro
Common-sense knowledge
Packet-switching
Logic Bomb
12. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Bug
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Virus
Color Depth
13. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Template
Backup
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Bit
14. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
KB
TB
Fuzzy logic
point size
15. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Public Domain Software
Search engine
Output Devices
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
16. 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
System Administrator
GB
Factors of a good pw...
Presentation-Graphics Software
17. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Camera-Ready
GUI Advantages
Machine learning
proportionally spaced fonts
18. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Painting Software
Software
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
19. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Master Pages
Cookies
monospaced fonts
HTML (hypertext markup language)
20. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Biometrics
Site License
Bit
Pattern recognition
21. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Worm
Output Devices
Humans > Computers (8)
Data
22. 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
Data
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
GUI
23. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Parallel processing
GUI
Kerning
Agent
24. An error in programming
Inference engine
Bug
outliner
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
25. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Painting Software
Hyperlink
ASCII
Commercial Software
26. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Master Pages
Unicode
UPS
Telecommuting
27. Vertical
Password
Fuzzy logic
Turning Test
column
28. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Full-Color
Booting
GB
Push technology
29. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
OCR
Operating System Advantages
relative reference
Page-Layout Software
30. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
GUI
Mailing list
Factors that control image quality (2)
Bitmapped Graphics
31. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
Interactive Multimedia
Kerning
formatting
WAN
32. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Utility Program Features
Ergonomics
Push technology
Operating System
33. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
ebook (Electronic Book)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Bandwidth
Upload
34. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
ebook (Electronic Book)
Mailing list
GB
Protocol
35. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Software License
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
macro
Biometrics
36. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Byte
Painting Software
Software License
Factors of a good pw...
37. Read-Only Memory; Memory that include permanent information only. The computer can only read information from in; it can never write any new information on it
thesaurus
ROM
Ethernet
UPS
38. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Common-sense knowledge
Simulation
Digital Video
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
39. Part of the Internet - a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users worldwide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web site that allows users to explore them with simpler mouse clicks.
LAN
Color Depth
Mailing list
WWW (world wide web)
40. 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
Digital Video
ASCII
Newsgroups
Mailing list
41. '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
WYSIWYG
Painting Software
Encryption
value
42. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Speech recognition
Knowledge engineer
Model + / ?
Digital television
43. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Page-Layout Software
Expert system
Ergonomics
typeface
44. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
WYSIWYG
proportionally spaced fonts
GB
45. 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.
Knowledge engineer
ebook (Electronic Book)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Packet-switching
46. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
range
Cookies
Training software
Access-Control Software
47. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Bug
Parallel processing
Domains
word wrap
48. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Domain
Upload
Integrated Software
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
49. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Digital Signal
Ethernet
Storage Devices
Networks: + / ?
50. Optical Mark Reader; A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms
Digital Video
Color Depth
OMR
Web crawlers