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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. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.






2. A device that enables digital machines to monitor a physical quantity of the analog world (i.e. temperature - humidity - pressure) to provide data used in robotics. (Enables robots to modify actions based on feedback from outside world) (Ex: vision -






3. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.






4. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process






5. 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.






6. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)






7. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.






8. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.






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






10. 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.






11. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).






12. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation

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13. A continuous wave






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus






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






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






19. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)






20. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network






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






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






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






24. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)






25. Anything that can be communicated






26. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process






27. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view






28. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas






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






30. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.






31. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information






32. 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






33. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.






34. 1) color depth; 2) resolution






35. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.






36. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)






37. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory






44. 1) Save labor costs (work all the time - no breaks/vacations); 2) improve quality and increase production (esp. in repetitive tasks); 3) ideal for dangerous/impossible jobs for humans






45. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.






46. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.






47. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.






48. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers






49. 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






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