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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.
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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. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
grammar and style checker
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Hyperlink
2. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
template
Training software
Search engine
3. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.
UPS
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Model + / ?
4. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
System Administrator
Domain
Data
Hypermedia
5. 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
GB
Biometrics
Painting Software
Presentation-Graphics Software
6. 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)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Speech recognition
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
7. 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.
Template
Data
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
HTML (hypertext markup language)
8. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Model + / ?
Bit
Vector Graphics
template
9. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Encryption
Site License
Augmented Reality
Bar Code Reader
10. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Disadvantages of ebooks
word wrap
Drawing Software
Integrated Software
11. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Advantages of DTP
Multimedia
KB
Factors of a good pw...
12. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
label
Open-Source Software
ASCII
13. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Multimedia
Image analysis
Model
Public Domain Software
14. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
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on line
183
15. Rectangular block of selected cells
Protocol
justification
typeface
range
16. 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
HTML (hypertext markup language)
WYSIWYG
ROM
cell
17. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Ethernet
Storage Devices
Mailing list
Expert system
18. 1) creative; 2) parallel processing (multitasking); 3) image analysis; 4) common sense knowledge; 5) see relationships between concepts; 6) knowledge base is vast - not narrow; 7) translation of languages (idioms); 8) expression/interpretation of emo
Factors that control image quality (2)
Humans > Computers (8)
Arpanet
Pixel
19. 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
Software
URL (uniform resource locator)
GUI Advantages
Information
20. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
header
Hacker
Convergence
GUI
21. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Kerning
Robot
Bit
Domain
22. A stream of bits
Disadvantages of ebooks
Digital Signal
Color Depth
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
23. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Pull technology
absolute reference
IP address
24. 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
Access-Control Software
Software
Operating System
Ethernet
25. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
ebook (Electronic Book)
Factors that control image quality (2)
serif fonts
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
26. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
'Read-me' file
Kerning
Trojan Horse
Cracking
27. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
worksheet
outliner
Ergonomics
Knowledge engineer
28. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Upload
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Global positioning system
Operating System
29. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Encryption
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Input Devices
URL (uniform resource locator)
30. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Memory
template
Netiquette
TB
31. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
UPS
justification
Spot Color
Input Devices
32. Identifying recurring patterns in input data with the goal of understand or categorizing that input. (Easy for humans) (Ex: fingerprint identification - handwriting recognition - speech recognition - optional character recognition)
Command-Line Interface
Pattern recognition
Access-Control Software
Inference engine
33. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Bluetooth
Site License
GB
Defragmenting
34. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
cell
Software License
Disadvantages of ebooks
Backdoor
35. 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
Arpanet
Shareware
Advantages of Robots (3)
Wizard
36. 1) Say what is meant and with care (when using the Internet/email - there is no tone of voice); 2) keep it short (otherwise people may not read it all and miss stuff); 3) don't assume you're anonymous; 4) learn the non-verbal language of the net; 5)
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Storage Devices
Encryption
Packet-switching
37. Intersection of row and column
Hacker
Virtual Reality (VR)
Hypertext
cell
38. Synonym finder
Open-Source Software
Output Devices
Domain
thesaurus
39. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Help file
Digital Signal
Advantages of digital television (3)
Tutorial software
40. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Domains
Parallel processing
Encryption
Vector Graphics
41. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Protocol
Upload
Teleconference
Download
42. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
monospaced fonts
Video teleconference
Gigahertz
43. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
typeface
Software Piracy
Full-Color
'what if?' questions
44. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Video Editing Software
Software Piracy
Logic Bomb
WAN
45. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Utility Program Features
word processing
Logic Bomb
Advantages of Robots (3)
46. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Intranet
spell check
Logic Bomb
47. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Inference engine
automatic hyphenation
Memory
Push technology
48. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
absolute reference
Turning Test
UPS
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
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
Vector Graphics
WAN
OMR
50. Microsoft Powerpoint
Color Depth
Backdoor
An example of presentation-graphics software
Fuzzy logic