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IT Literacy
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Subjects
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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Source Document
Ethernet
Compatibility
Natural language
2. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Pull technology
Video teleconference
Server
Search engine
3. 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
macro
Output Devices
Compatibility
Intranet
4. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Encryption
Simulation
Rules of Thumb for DTP
label
5. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Speech recognition
Browser
Source Document
URL (uniform resource locator)
6. 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
KB
Multimedia
Presentation-Graphics Software
Integrated Software
7. Intersection of row and column
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
row
cell
formula
8. 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
Access-Control Software
ROM
Augmented Reality
ASCII
9. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
Password
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
TB
Peripheral
10. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
'Read-me' file
Utility Program
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
11. 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 -
Backdoor
Sensor
GB
worksheet
12. 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
Speech recognition
Kerning
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
13. 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.
Bluetooth
Source Document
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Defragmenting
14. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Advantages of digital television (3)
Parallel processing
WWW (world wide web)
label
15. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Full-Color
Responsibilities of System Admin
Input Devices
16. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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on line
183
17. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Source Document
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Tutorial software
18. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
justification
Image analysis
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Intranet
19. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Advantages of Robots (3)
formula
cell format
spell check
20. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Digital Video
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Software Piracy
Painting Software
21. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
RAM
Booting
Shareware
Virtual Reality (VR)
22. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Bug
Wizard
TB
23. 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.
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Login Name
Hypertext
24. 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
Pull technology
MB
Backdoor
Web crawlers
25. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
GB
OCR
Encryption
relative reference
26. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
proportionally spaced fonts
Interactive Multimedia
header
Rules of Thumb for DTP
27. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Augmented Reality
Simulation
Inference engine
Firewall
28. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Ergonomics
WAN
Password
Page-Layout Software
29. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
replication
Fuzzy logic
LAN
Painting Software
30. The address of a Web site. (unique)
justification
Hyperlink
word processing
URL (uniform resource locator)
31. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
automatic hyphenation
outliner
Search engine
Utility Program Features
32. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Server
Model
Download
33. 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.
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Advantages of DTP
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
34. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Leading
Robot
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Integrated Software
35. 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.
Bit
Template
Shareware
Virus
36. 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
Password
GUI Advantages
Help file
Mailing list
37. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
LAN
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Knowledge base
macro
38. 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.
Cracking
Unicode
cell
Template
39. Grouping of 8 bits
Byte
WYSIWYG
Video teleconference
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
40. 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)
justification
Teleconference
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
41. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Feedback Loop
Networks: + / ?
42. 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.
WWW (world wide web)
Presentation-Graphics Software
Speech recognition
Shareware
43. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Utility Program
Camera-Ready
Encryption
Global positioning system
44. 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
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Booting
Bit
Encryption
45. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Utility Program Features
Virus
46. 'what you see is what you get' (wizzy-wig); arrangement of words on the screen representing a close approximation to the arrangement of words on the printed page
Knowledge base
ROM
WYSIWYG
Responsibilities of System Admin
47. 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
Newsgroups
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Painting Software
Web crawlers
48. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Defragmenting
Pattern recognition
Software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
49. 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)
Machine learning
Wizard
Ergonomics
Advantages of digital television (3)
50. 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
relative reference
Multimedia
Operating System
Advantages of DTP