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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. 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
Access-Control Software
Expert system
OMR
formatting
2. ~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
Fuzzy logic
Model + / ?
Software Piracy
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
3. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Protocol
Teleconference
Disadvantages of ebooks
Login Name
4. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Integrated Software
Open-Source Software
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
5. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
MB
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Advantages of DTP
Processor
6. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
Sensor
footer
spell check
Feedback Loop
7. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Video teleconference
Hyperlink
Intranet
Pull technology
8. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
row
Trojan Horse
worksheet
value
9. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
range
Natural language
label
row
10. Anything that can be communicated
Worm
Information
Vector Graphics
ROM
11. 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.
Teleconference
Natural language
Drawing Software
FTP (file transfer protocol)
12. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Color Depth
Convergence
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Storage Devices
13. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Open-Source Software
Global positioning system
Bitmapped Graphics
Teleconference
14. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Output Devices
Trojan Horse
serif fonts
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
15. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Browser
Full-Color
formatting
Agent
16. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Teleconference
Shareware
Software Piracy
Common-sense knowledge
17. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
WAN
Advantages of DTP
word processing
Turning Test
18. 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
Drawing Software
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Help file
ROM
19. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Mailing list
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
word processing
Ergonomics
20. 1) Poor at planning strategies (less creativity than humans) and can't make decisions (after diagnosis - can't say how to treat patient); 2) powerless outside narrow (but deep) domain of knowledge
Public Domain Software
Kerning
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Upload
21. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
point size
word wrap
Arpanet
22. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Help file
UPS
Gigahertz
GUI Advantages
23. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
RAM
Compatibility
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Color Depth
24. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Data
Advantages of DTP
function
25. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Commercial Software
Worm
Netiquette
Responsibilities of System Admin
26. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
Backdoor
relative reference
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Commercial Software
27. A continuous wave
RAM
grammar and style checker
proportionally spaced fonts
Analog Signal
28. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Firewall
spell check
Download
Spot Color
29. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Image analysis
replication
Newsgroups
Sensor
30. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Factors that control image quality (2)
Hypermedia
OCR
Advantages of Robots (3)
31. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
header
Advantages of DTP
Server
Booting
32. The address of a Web site. (unique)
TB
URL (uniform resource locator)
justification
Multimedia
33. Vertical
column
Command-Line Interface
Convergence
Booting
34. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
ISP (Internet service provider)
Disadvantages of ebooks
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Source Document
35. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Ethernet
Hyperlink
Image analysis
Login Name
36. 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
Booting
Interactive Multimedia
FTP (file transfer protocol)
37. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
range
Bitmapped Graphics
label
Backdoor
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)
Morph
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Byte
Inference engine
39. 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.
User Interface
Firewall
Hypermedia
Template
40. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)
Knowledge engineer
spell check
macro
Storage Devices
41. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Access-Control Software
Fuzzy logic
Knowledge engineer
GB
42. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
justification
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
cell
automatic hyphenation
43. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
Morph
Integrated Software
Newsgroups
Bit
44. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
label
Protocol
Integrated Software
serif fonts
45. 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
Integrated Software
OCR
Password
font
46. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Bluetooth
Server
Image Processing Software
47. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
RAM
Digital Video
Global positioning system
Machine learning
48. An error in programming
Advantages of digital television (3)
Agent
Firewall
Bug
49. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Feedback Loop
Domain
Video Editing Software
50. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Booting
Wizard
Training software
Video Editing Software