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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. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
An example of presentation-graphics software
Pattern recognition
Telecommuting
Painting Software
2. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
Encryption
Agent
automatic correction
Operating System Advantages
3. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Feedback Loop
Backdoor
Inference engine
LAN
4. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Hypermedia
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Defragmenting
Output Devices
5. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
automatic hyphenation
typeface
URL (uniform resource locator)
justification
6. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
relative reference
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
label
Pull technology
7. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.
cell format
Public Domain Software
Netiquette
Agent
8. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
row
OMR
Color Depth
HTML (hypertext markup language)
9. The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions - supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.
Common-sense knowledge
Utility Program
Backdoor
Augmented Reality
10. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Master Pages
Input Devices
macro
Advantages of digital television (3)
11. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Firewall
word processing
Defragmenting
Download
12. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Fuzzy logic
Arpanet
Multimedia
Worm
13. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
Digital television
Disadvantages of ebooks
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Open-Source Software
14. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
TB
WYSIWYG
Shareware
value
15. 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)
GUI
header
Output Devices
16. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
column
Operating System Advantages
Netiquette
Common-sense knowledge
17. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Common-sense knowledge
Painting Software
Animation
Model + / ?
18. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
header
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
justification
19. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Convergence
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Download
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
20. 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
Encryption
Bug
Push technology
Expert system
21. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Packet-switching
Domains
Cracking
Download
22. Vertical
Augmented Reality
column
Trojan Horse
Hyperlink
23. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Logic Bomb
Bandwidth
Teleconference
24. 1) Robot must not injure a human or - by inaction - allow a human to come to harm; 2) must obey orders given by humans (except where the order conflicts w/ first law); 3) must protect its own existence (w/o conflicting w/ first & second law)
template
Advantages of digital television (3)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Bluetooth
25. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
System Administrator
Firewall
footer
Processor
26. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Camera-Ready
Processor
Hyperlink
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
27. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
automatic correction
Model
Browser
Drawing Software
28. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Utility Program
Hypermedia
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Password
29. A stream of bits
Digital Signal
serif fonts
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Animation
30. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
31. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
Backdoor
grammar and style checker
word processing
column
32. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Advantages of DTP
Agent
Knowledge base
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
33. 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
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Model
34. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Bar Code Reader
Fuzzy logic
Domains
Master Pages
35. 1) ability to create models with physical characteristics (weight and volume); 2) model can be rotated; 3) can evaluate structural performance by applying an imaginary force; 4) designs can be easily altered and edited
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Color Depth
'Read-me' file
Byte
36. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
relative reference
Pull technology
value
Color Depth
37. 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
Advantages of Robots (3)
Access-Control Software
value
ISP (Internet service provider)
38. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Global positioning system
ISP (Internet service provider)
Wizard
WYSIWYG
39. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Worm
Image Processing Software
Web crawlers
Digital television
40. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
function
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
serif fonts
41. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Wizard
Master Pages
Unicode
Upload
42. 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.
WWW (world wide web)
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Advantages of DTP
Feedback Loop
43. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Virus
Video teleconference
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Drawing Software
44. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
column
Digital Video
Fuzzy logic
Bit
45. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Intranet
Virus
Backdoor
Download
46. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
User Interface
Browser
Online help
monospaced fonts
47. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Training software
Kerning
Convergence
relative reference
48. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
ISP (Internet service provider)
Hypertext
Spot Color
Push technology
49. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
ASCII
cell format
UPS
spell check
50. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
Convergence
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Feedback Loop
Hypermedia