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IT Literacy
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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. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Biometrics
Wizard
Template
automatic hyphenation
2. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
GUI
Speech recognition
Hypertext
3. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
replication
Password
Robot
Expert system
4. 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)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Vector Graphics
Gigahertz
automatic hyphenation
5. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Training software
Wizard
footer
Ethernet
6. 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.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Factors of a good pw...
Virus
Training software
7. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Output Devices
Mailing list
header
Image analysis
8. Rectangular block of selected cells
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Bandwidth
cell format
range
9. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Software Piracy
Model
column
Tutorial software
10. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Operating System Advantages
label
thesaurus
Mailing list
11. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Tutorial software
Spot Color
Firewall
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
12. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
range
Morph
relative reference
User Interface
13. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Operating System Advantages
Backup
Full-Color
Morph
14. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Wizard
WAN
Protocol
Camera-Ready
15. Grouping of 8 bits
Byte
relative reference
Intranet
Knowledge engineer
16. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
column
Simulation
Digital television
Arpanet
17. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
WWW (world wide web)
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Unicode
18. 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
Compatibility
Full-Color
OCR
Template
19. A picture element (dot) on a computer screen or printout. Groups of pixels compose the images on the monitor and the output of a printout.
GUI Advantages
Operating System
An example of presentation-graphics software
Pixel
20. 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
Responsibilities of System Admin
IP address
formula
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
21. Technology that creates the illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer; this environment contains both scenes and the controls to change those scenes.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Hypermedia
Upload
Bitmapped Graphics
22. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Storage Devices
Digital television
point size
RAM
23. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Worm
System Administrator
Domains
Turning Test
24. 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.
Digital television
WWW (world wide web)
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Factors that control image quality (2)
25. 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
Operating System
Domains
KB
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
26. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
Search engine
font
Spot Color
typeface
27. An undocumented way of gaining access to a program - online service - or entire computer system - written by a programmer who created the code; Can be a security hazard because it is vulnerable to hackers
Unicode
Common-sense knowledge
Backdoor
Responsibilities of System Admin
28. Size and style of typeface
font
Defragmenting
Interactive Multimedia
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
29. Ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup called Usenet. You can check into and out of them whenever you want; all messages are posted on
Image Processing Software
Global positioning system
Newsgroups
TB
30. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Drawing Software
Browser
Speech recognition
Digital Video
31. 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.
Interactive Multimedia
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
ROM
Advantages of DTP
32. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Utility Program Features
Digital Video
Turning Test
Robot
33. 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
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Responsibilities of System Admin
automatic hyphenation
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
34. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
Wizard
WWW (world wide web)
Storage Devices
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
35. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Inference engine
Hypermedia
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Cracking
36. 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)
absolute reference
Machine learning
Humans < Computers (3)
User Interface
37. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Hypermedia
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Utility Program
outliner
38. 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)
Bandwidth
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
worksheet
macro
39. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
Search engine
Pattern recognition
absolute reference
Protocol
40. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
function
Trojan Horse
Operating System
Wizard
41. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Factors that control image quality (2)
Ethernet
Teleconference
Hacker
42. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Agent
Camera-Ready
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
outliner
43. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
LAN
Sensor
Operating System
Domains
44. The ability of a software program to run on a specific computer system. Also the ability of a hardware device to function with a particular type of computer
Compatibility
Software License
Arpanet
Bar Code Reader
45. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
OCR
Humans < Computers (3)
serif fonts
FTP (file transfer protocol)
46. An error in programming
Bug
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Virus
Full-Color
47. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Bandwidth
Mailing list
Gigahertz
48. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Output Devices
row
UPS
OMR
49. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Rules of Thumb for DTP
range
Byte
Morph
50. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Virtual Reality (VR)
Backdoor
Gigahertz