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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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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. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Hypertext
Vector Graphics
Domain
Defragmenting
2. 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 -
Hyperlink
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Page-Layout Software
Sensor
3. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Expert system
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
justification
worksheet
4. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Wizard
User Interface
serif fonts
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
5. 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.
footer
Spot Color
Disadvantages of ebooks
System Administrator
6. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Mailing list
Domains
Intranet
Sensor
7. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Vector Graphics
Upload
Login Name
Arpanet
8. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Image analysis
Wizard
Color Depth
9. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Packet-switching
Ethernet
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
GUI Advantages
10. 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.
Template
Animation
thesaurus
Byte
11. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Turning Test
replication
Newsgroups
ISP (Internet service provider)
12. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
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/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
13. A continuous wave
Bitmapped Graphics
Analog Signal
Agent
Public Domain Software
14. 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.
Wizard
WWW (world wide web)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Virus
15. 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.
Logic Bomb
An example of presentation-graphics software
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
spell check
16. 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
Hypertext
monospaced fonts
Animation
GUI
17. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Bitmapped Graphics
worksheet
'what if?' questions
Bluetooth
18. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Backdoor
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Output Devices
Firewall
19. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Inference engine
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Telecommuting
20. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
LAN
Digital Signal
Server
Backdoor
21. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Pattern recognition
Ethernet
Open-Source Software
typeface
22. The address of a Web site. (unique)
worksheet
Domain
URL (uniform resource locator)
Software
23. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
serif fonts
Server
word wrap
FTP (file transfer protocol)
24. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Software Piracy
Fuzzy logic
Leading
Utility Program
25. Anything that can be communicated
Presentation-Graphics Software
thesaurus
Information
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
26. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Wizard
Login Name
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Online help
27. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
User Interface
point size
Information
RAM
28. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
replication
GUI Advantages
typeface
Spot Color
29. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Browser
'what if?' questions
Intranet
Bit
30. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Online help
Digital television
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Digital Video
31. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
Animation
Intranet
KB
Fuzzy logic
32. 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
Video teleconference
Encryption
Memory
Domain
33. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
range
System Administrator
LAN
Common-sense knowledge
34. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Factors of a good pw...
Biometrics
LAN
Factors that control image quality (2)
35. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
Convergence
Video teleconference
Factors that control image quality (2)
36. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Bandwidth
Advantages of Robots (3)
ASCII
KB
37. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Web crawlers
Wizard
Telecommuting
formatting
38. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Firewall
ebook (Electronic Book)
template
Responsibilities of System Admin
39. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
Browser
typeface
Fuzzy logic
Color Depth
40. 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.
Arpanet
Simulation
Web crawlers
Virus
41. A pocket-sized computer used to organize appointments - tasks - notes - contacts - and other personal information; sometimes called hand-held computer or palmtop computer. Many PDAs include additional software and hardware for wireless communication.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Utility Program
Factors of a good pw...
column
42. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
replication
Global positioning system
Shareware
Drawing Software
43. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Booting
Disadvantages of ebooks
Unicode
44. 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
Digital television
Netiquette
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Advantages of Robots (3)
45. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Biometrics
Protocol
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Video teleconference
46. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
Image Processing Software
Hacker
Ethernet
FTP (file transfer protocol)
47. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Drawing Software
RAM
Pixel
proportionally spaced fonts
48. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Page-Layout Software
Arpanet
Sensor
49. 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
Processor
spell check
Utility Program
Information
50. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Augmented Reality
Natural language
Site License
'what if?' questions