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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Knowledge base
Download
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Virus
2. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Cracking
Domain
Kerning
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
3. 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
Teleconference
Encryption
URL (uniform resource locator)
Master Pages
4. 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)
Domains
Global positioning system
Backup
5. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
User Interface
row
TB
Master Pages
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
thesaurus
Virtual Reality (VR)
relative reference
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
7. Size and style of typeface
font
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Access-Control Software
URL (uniform resource locator)
8. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Operating System
Netiquette
Arpanet
thesaurus
9. 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
RAM
word wrap
Knowledge base
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
10. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Logic Bomb
Analog Signal
Hypermedia
Memory
11. The spacing between lines of text.
Leading
cell format
typeface
header
12. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Hypertext
Factors that control image quality (2)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Inference engine
13. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
worksheet
User Interface
Open-Source Software
Bandwidth
14. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
proportionally spaced fonts
Biometrics
Ergonomics
GB
15. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Shareware
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Command-Line Interface
Responsibilities of System Admin
16. 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.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
automatic correction
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Virus
17. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Resolution
Mailing list
Master Pages
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
18. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
relative reference
Digital Video
header
WAN
19. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
proportionally spaced fonts
Resolution
Digital Signal
absolute reference
20. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Full-Color
Painting Software
Advantages of Robots (3)
OCR
21. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Hypermedia
Spot Color
Simulation
Domains
22. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Drawing Software
word processing
Protocol
Biometrics
23. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Video Editing Software
Agent
Upload
serif fonts
24. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
ISP (Internet service provider)
WWW (world wide web)
Hypermedia
GUI Advantages
25. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
Firewall
Simulation
Bit
Color Depth
26. 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
ASCII
Model + / ?
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
word wrap
27. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values
Processor
font
automatic correction
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
28. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
MB
formula
Upload
Data
29. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar
Networks: + / ?
Morph
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
30. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
point size
Operating System Advantages
Wizard
Download
31. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Rules of Netiquette (6)
32. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Unicode
Expert system
Browser
Digital television
33. 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.
range
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Expert system
formula
34. Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. Worm programs travel independently over computer networks - seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Help file
Logic Bomb
Worm
35. 1) Plan before you publish! 2) Use appropriate fonts. 3) Don't go 'style-crazy.' 4) Look at the document through the reader's eyes. 5) Learn from the masters. 6) Know your limitations. 7) Remember your message/objective.
Data
Packet-switching
relative reference
Rules of Thumb for DTP
36. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Integrated Software
Sensor
Factors that control image quality (2)
Responsibilities of System Admin
37. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Operating System Advantages
Responsibilities of System Admin
Multimedia
Interactive Multimedia
38. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
word wrap
monospaced fonts
Master Pages
39. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
monospaced fonts
URL (uniform resource locator)
Gigahertz
LAN
40. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
formatting
function
font
Knowledge base
41. 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
GUI
Bit
Backup
Disadvantages of ebooks
42. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
ISP (Internet service provider)
Worm
Spot Color
monospaced fonts
43. 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)
Sensor
Video teleconference
Machine learning
font
44. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)
ASCII
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Login Name
Web crawlers
45. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Mailing list
replication
Vector Graphics
Bar Code Reader
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
Operating System
Newsgroups
macro
Storage Devices
47. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Bluetooth
An example of presentation-graphics software
Tutorial software
GB
48. 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.
Augmented Reality
Pull technology
Data
Online help
49. 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
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Humans < Computers (3)
Backup
Rules of Netiquette (6)
50. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
macro
Machine learning
Color Depth
Pull technology