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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
LAN
Rules of Thumb for DTP
serif fonts
Command-Line Interface
2. Optical Character Recognition; Locating and identifying printed characters embedded in an image - allowing the text to be stored as an editable document. Can be performed by wand readers - pen scanners - and OCR software
OCR
Cracking
Disadvantages of ebooks
Storage Devices
3. A stream of bits
Biometrics
Digital Signal
Simulation
Server
4. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
worksheet
relative reference
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Template
5. 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
RAM
font
GUI
WAN
6. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Turning Test
Master Pages
Help file
7. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar
Wizard
Command-Line Interface
Networks: + / ?
Intranet
8. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Bar Code Reader
spell check
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Expert system
9. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Gigahertz
Expert system
Morph
Pattern recognition
10. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Data
Disadvantages of ebooks
Common-sense knowledge
11. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Booting
Morph
TB
relative reference
12. 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
Model + / ?
Newsgroups
font
Advantages of Robots (3)
13. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Input Devices
Bluetooth
Web crawlers
monospaced fonts
14. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
relative reference
Digital Signal
Bitmapped Graphics
ROM
15. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
RAM
Master Pages
OMR
grammar and style checker
16. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
justification
Biometrics
cell
17. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Bar Code Reader
Open-Source Software
Download
Shareware
18. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
function
Animation
replication
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
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.
Cookies
Operating System Advantages
Download
Hypertext
20. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Tutorial software
word processing
Login Name
Source Document
21. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Firewall
Command-Line Interface
Peripheral
Digital television
22. 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.
Search engine
Humans > Computers (8)
Template
Speech recognition
23. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
word wrap
Resolution
Fuzzy logic
Site License
24. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Biometrics
Vector Graphics
Teleconference
Intranet
25. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software
Gigahertz
GUI Advantages
monospaced fonts
Output Devices
26. 1) Saves printing costs after initial software purchase. 2) Saves time traveling back to commercial printer b/c you can use a personal printer. 3) Reduces # of publication errors. 4) Allows more people to publish.
Inference engine
GUI Advantages
Advantages of DTP
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
27. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Responsibilities of System Admin
KB
Upload
Storage Devices
28. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Factors that control image quality (2)
Multimedia
Data
Natural language
29. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Digital Video
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Bandwidth
Video Editing Software
30. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Natural language
Inference engine
Gigahertz
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
31. 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.
Factors of a good pw...
automatic correction
Byte
Packet-switching
32. 1) flexible schedule; 2) save time commuting and save $; 3) better for the environment (less gas consumption); 4) better ergonomics (working conditions); 5) save office space/expenses.
Operating System
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
LAN
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
33. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Logic Bomb
IP address
label
Intranet
34. 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.
Disadvantages of ebooks
Robot
Presentation-Graphics Software
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
35. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
range
Bug
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Newsgroups
36. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Convergence
Model
HTML (hypertext markup language)
ebook (Electronic Book)
37. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
URL (uniform resource locator)
Full-Color
Resolution
Trojan Horse
38. In desktop publishing - the articles - chapters - drawings - maps - charts - and photographs that are to appear in the publication. Usually produces with standard word processors and graphics programs.
Source Document
word processing
GUI
Video teleconference
39. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Open-Source Software
Cookies
Browser
Commercial Software
40. 1) Robot must not injure a human or - by inaction - allow a human to come to harm; 2) must obey orders given by humans (except where the order conflicts w/ first law); 3) must protect its own existence (w/o conflicting w/ first & second law)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Hyperlink
Public Domain Software
Color Depth
41. Function which enables users to change the appearance of a document by specifying the font - point size - and style of any character in the document - as well as the overall layout of text and graphical elements in the document
Simulation
RAM
formatting
'what if?' questions
42. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Operating System Advantages
Utility Program
Training software
thesaurus
43. 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
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
'Read-me' file
Tutorial software
GUI Advantages
44. A system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations - providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware
Netiquette
Operating System
Server
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
45. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Bar Code Reader
UPS
grammar and style checker
formula
46. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Ergonomics
Sensor
Feedback Loop
Wizard
47. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Virus
Operating System
Camera-Ready
Vector Graphics
48. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Page-Layout Software
value
Bluetooth
Presentation-Graphics Software
49. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)
Push technology
Web crawlers
Domain
Parallel processing
50. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
WWW (world wide web)
GUI
ebook (Electronic Book)