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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Advantages of DTP
Server
WWW (world wide web)
Telecommuting
2. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Wizard
Convergence
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Kerning
3. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Teleconference
Online help
Software License
Virtual Reality (VR)
4. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Agent
Hacker
justification
5. Anything that can be communicated
Defragmenting
Machine learning
Information
Expert system
6. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Kerning
template
GUI
Site License
7. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Access-Control Software
Booting
Domain
Bar Code Reader
8. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Training software
Bar Code Reader
Domains
Full-Color
9. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Arpanet
macro
Multimedia
Training software
10. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
ASCII
Bit
Humans > Computers (8)
11. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Pixel
Trojan Horse
WWW (world wide web)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
12. 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
Drawing Software
TB
Newsgroups
function
13. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
WWW (world wide web)
Commercial Software
Advantages of digital television (3)
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
14. A continuous wave
Newsgroups
Analog Signal
Trojan Horse
ROM
15. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
ROM
proportionally spaced fonts
Factors of a good pw...
Storage Devices
16. 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
ISP (Internet service provider)
relative reference
Interactive Multimedia
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
17. 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.
Booting
Hypertext
Encryption
Logic Bomb
18. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Responsibilities of System Admin
Color Depth
Bitmapped Graphics
Upload
19. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
worksheet
Source Document
Software Piracy
word wrap
20. 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
ROM
Convergence
Site License
FTP (file transfer protocol)
21. 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
Data
System Administrator
Encryption
Byte
22. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Training software
Domains
Advantages of digital television (3)
Master Pages
23. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
WYSIWYG
Memory
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
24. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Domain
ISP (Internet service provider)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Teleconference
25. 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
GUI Advantages
LAN
Image analysis
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
26. 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.
Wizard
Worm
Augmented Reality
Model
27. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
Utility Program
WAN
Bandwidth
Video Editing Software
28. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Resolution
Presentation-Graphics Software
ebook (Electronic Book)
Digital Video
29. 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)
Bluetooth
Telecommuting
Booting
30. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Parallel processing
absolute reference
word wrap
Password
31. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
row
Virtual Reality (VR)
formatting
Shareware
32. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Packet-switching
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Wizard
Rules of Thumb for DTP
33. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Utility Program
WWW (world wide web)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
GB
34. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
GUI Advantages
LAN
Advantages of digital television (3)
Hyperlink
35. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Template
Telecommuting
formula
function
36. Optical Character Recognition; Locating and identifying printed characters embedded in an image - allowing the text to be stored as an editable document. Can be performed by wand readers - pen scanners - and OCR software
OCR
Site License
Hacker
Networks: + / ?
37. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Utility Program Features
Browser
Compatibility
Tutorial software
38. 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
Machine learning
Knowledge engineer
ASCII
Download
39. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Digital television
Software License
Factors that control image quality (2)
Arpanet
40. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
ISP (Internet service provider)
macro
Defragmenting
Knowledge base
41. Vertical
Operating System
Machine learning
Inference engine
column
42. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Online help
Ergonomics
Backdoor
row
43. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
ebook (Electronic Book)
Browser
automatic correction
44. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Login Name
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Input Devices
Operating System
45. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
cell
Operating System Advantages
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Pattern recognition
46. Technology that creates the illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer; this environment contains both scenes and the controls to change those scenes.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Resolution
Mailing list
Responsibilities of System Admin
47. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Help file
Inference engine
WWW (world wide web)
Drawing Software
48. Intersection of row and column
cell
ebook (Electronic Book)
Logic Bomb
Image analysis
49. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Shareware
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Ergonomics
Output Devices
50. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Presentation-Graphics Software
Morph
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Page-Layout Software
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