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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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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. 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.
Trojan Horse
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Netiquette
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
2. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Expert system
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Camera-Ready
3. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Telecommuting
Site License
Expert system
Download
4. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
absolute reference
Compatibility
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Hyperlink
5. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Biometrics
Digital television
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
6. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Worm
Command-Line Interface
7. The spacing between lines of text.
Global positioning system
Input Devices
Leading
'Read-me' file
8. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Bluetooth
monospaced fonts
MB
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
9. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Web crawlers
Processor
spell check
Cracking
10. 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
User Interface
spell check
serif fonts
Bar Code Reader
11. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
UPS
typeface
Compatibility
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
12. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
macro
Integrated Software
Feedback Loop
worksheet
13. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
Logic Bomb
automatic hyphenation
LAN
Open-Source Software
14. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
grammar and style checker
Output Devices
thesaurus
Turning Test
15. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
Advantages of digital television (3)
proportionally spaced fonts
Wizard
16. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Tutorial software
Commercial Software
Networks: + / ?
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
17. 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)
HTML (hypertext markup language)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Drawing Software
Simulation
18. Microsoft Powerpoint
Backup
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Utility Program Features
An example of presentation-graphics software
19. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
ebook (Electronic Book)
Fuzzy logic
relative reference
Bug
20. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)
Packet-switching
Web crawlers
Bug
Firewall
21. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
formatting
Vector Graphics
22. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
typeface
Operating System Advantages
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Web crawlers
23. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Full-Color
Unicode
Training software
Cookies
24. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Byte
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Storage Devices
Model
25. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)
Online help
proportionally spaced fonts
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Server
26. A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers - and to upload files they want to share from their computers to these archives.
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Access-Control Software
header
FTP (file transfer protocol)
27. 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
Robot
MB
LAN
GUI
28. An error in programming
Search engine
Commercial Software
Color Depth
Bug
29. Software that only allows user access according to the user's needs. Some users can open only files that are related to their work. Some users are allowed read-only access to files; they can see but not change them.
Access-Control Software
Advantages of DTP
Gigahertz
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
30. 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.
Rules of Thumb for DTP
monospaced fonts
Memory
Search engine
31. 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
Cracking
Template
Backup
Presentation-Graphics Software
32. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
cell format
Firewall
HTML (hypertext markup language)
GB
33. 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
formatting
Bit
Defragmenting
Ergonomics
34. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Backup
Parallel processing
Encryption
footer
35. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
justification
Parallel processing
ebook (Electronic Book)
Animation
36. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
Advantages of DTP
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
replication
Hacker
37. Size and style of typeface
RAM
IP address
Expert system
font
38. Rectangular block of selected cells
range
Painting Software
Upload
Digital television
39. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Biometrics
Hacker
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
replication
40. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Software Piracy
Bandwidth
Worm
label
41. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Multimedia
Virtual Reality (VR)
Page-Layout Software
Biometrics
42. 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.
worksheet
Full-Color
Web crawlers
Hypertext
43. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Arpanet
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Vector Graphics
Model
44. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Hypermedia
Ergonomics
Browser
Video Editing Software
45. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
word processing
Color Depth
Pattern recognition
Utility Program Features
46. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Painting Software
Shareware
Wizard
Robot
47. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
footer
Source Document
Operating System Advantages
Digital television
48. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
Image Processing Software
value
proportionally spaced fonts
Bug
49. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Digital Signal
Image Processing Software
Tutorial software
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
50. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Utility Program Features
Model
RAM
Expert system