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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. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
formula
Camera-Ready
Bar Code Reader
Knowledge base
2. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')
Arpanet
'Read-me' file
WYSIWYG
OCR
3. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Convergence
Utility Program
formula
Domains
4. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Advantages of Robots (3)
Multimedia
Command-Line Interface
Password
5. 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
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Agent
Web crawlers
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
6. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
OCR
Resolution
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
WWW (world wide web)
7. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
GUI
Full-Color
WWW (world wide web)
8. 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)
OMR
Machine learning
Augmented Reality
Input Devices
9. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
Software Piracy
RAM
Painting Software
Camera-Ready
10. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Defragmenting
Painting Software
Kerning
Image analysis
11. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Data
Software Piracy
Expert system
proportionally spaced fonts
12. 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
Hyperlink
Open-Source Software
Logic Bomb
GUI
13. 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
Analog Signal
Drawing Software
Presentation-Graphics Software
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
14. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
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15. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Expert system
header
Knowledge engineer
Advantages of DTP
16. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
typeface
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
cell format
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
17. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Download
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Morph
outliner
18. 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)
Pattern recognition
Advantages of digital television (3)
Push technology
Master Pages
19. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Vector Graphics
Booting
Morph
FTP (file transfer protocol)
20. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Hyperlink
Bug
Ethernet
FTP (file transfer protocol)
21. 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)
Wizard
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
FTP (file transfer protocol)
22. 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
Telecommuting
Digital Video
Template
23. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
GUI Advantages
Defragmenting
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Animation
24. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
KB
Presentation-Graphics Software
RAM
ASCII
25. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files
Hyperlink
Speech recognition
Public Domain Software
Hacker
26. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Software License
Global positioning system
absolute reference
Operating System
27. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
Newsgroups
automatic hyphenation
Download
Defragmenting
28. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
UPS
Peripheral
Model
Pixel
29. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
function
Disadvantages of ebooks
Teleconference
Full-Color
30. 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
Backdoor
Agent
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Newsgroups
31. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
header
worksheet
Turning Test
32. Optical Mark Reader; A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
OMR
Utility Program Features
Search engine
33. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
function
Virus
Humans > Computers (8)
Gigahertz
34. 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
Hacker
Domain
Speech recognition
Backdoor
35. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters
Training software
Humans > Computers (8)
Wizard
ASCII
36. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Augmented Reality
Bit
Sensor
Teleconference
37. 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.
Simulation
Agent
Template
Password
38. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
RAM
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Peripheral
39. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Teleconference
footer
Drawing Software
40. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Knowledge engineer
Logic Bomb
User Interface
Hacker
41. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Download
Software
Domain
Backup
42. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
Shareware
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Hypermedia
URL (uniform resource locator)
43. 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
Bit
Multimedia
formula
formatting
44. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Global positioning system
KB
Domain
Help file
45. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
System Administrator
Memory
Training software
WYSIWYG
46. 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
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Cookies
Camera-Ready
Operating System
47. The address of a Web site. (unique)
macro
URL (uniform resource locator)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
outliner
48. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
'what if?' questions
Hyperlink
TB
Utility Program Features
49. 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.
FTP (file transfer protocol)
justification
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Common-sense knowledge
50. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Humans > Computers (8)
Feedback Loop
Backup
Site License