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IT Literacy
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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. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
template
Booting
Commercial Software
monospaced fonts
2. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Compatibility
Model
Multimedia
System Administrator
3. Intersection of row and column
Hyperlink
cell
Digital Video
Packet-switching
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)
Morph
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Worm
Multimedia
5. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Tutorial software
Pixel
Ethernet
worksheet
6. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
Firewall
LAN
Disadvantages of ebooks
UPS
7. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Search engine
Server
GUI Advantages
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
8. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Wizard
Humans > Computers (8)
Vector Graphics
Knowledge base
9. 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.
Peripheral
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Disadvantages of ebooks
footer
10. Horizontal
row
Output Devices
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Domains
11. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
column
Rules of Netiquette (6)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
12. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Firewall
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Natural language
Morph
13. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
formula
Storage Devices
Humans > Computers (8)
Data
14. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
Animation
Factors that control image quality (2)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
TB
15. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Digital Signal
Compatibility
outliner
Agent
16. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Fuzzy logic
Hyperlink
Software Piracy
Processor
17. 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.
column
Digital television
Browser
HTML (hypertext markup language)
18. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Virus
proportionally spaced fonts
Master Pages
Full-Color
19. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)
Hypertext
Web crawlers
Painting Software
Wizard
20. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Knowledge engineer
Encryption
Compatibility
proportionally spaced fonts
21. 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
Fuzzy logic
Multimedia
Virtual Reality (VR)
22. The spacing between lines of text.
Leading
Output Devices
Open-Source Software
column
23. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
ISP (Internet service provider)
header
Natural language
Input Devices
24. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Utility Program
Cracking
absolute reference
Site License
25. 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.
Newsgroups
Augmented Reality
Global positioning system
Advantages of DTP
26. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Storage Devices
Peripheral
ROM
27. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Backup
spell check
Unicode
Factors that control image quality (2)
28. 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
Teleconference
Operating System
LAN
Domains
29. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Input Devices
Newsgroups
ROM
Ergonomics
30. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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183
31. 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)
Search engine
Shareware
Mailing list
Machine learning
32. 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
Storage Devices
GUI Advantages
Worm
33. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Painting Software
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Encryption
macro
34. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Leading
GB
cell
MB
35. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Domains
value
36. ~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: + / ?
footer
UPS
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
37. 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
Image analysis
Inference engine
Netiquette
ROM
38. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Software Piracy
ISP (Internet service provider)
Master Pages
Gigahertz
39. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Download
URL (uniform resource locator)
Search engine
ROM
40. 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
grammar and style checker
Backup
TB
41. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
Access-Control Software
worksheet
Input Devices
Video Editing Software
42. A unique string of four numbers separated by periods that serves as a unique address for a computer on the Internet. The IP address of the host computer and the sending computer is included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet
IP address
System Administrator
Public Domain Software
Digital television
43. In desktop publishing - the articles - chapters - drawings - maps - charts - and photographs that are to appear in the publication. Usually produces with standard word processors and graphics programs.
Humans > Computers (8)
Source Document
cell
ASCII
44. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Processor
Advantages of Robots (3)
Intranet
thesaurus
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
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Bar Code Reader
Access-Control Software
Rules of Thumb for DTP
46. 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
justification
formatting
Animation
Trojan Horse
47. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
point size
Simulation
Input Devices
proportionally spaced fonts
48. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Domains
Animation
Wizard
Speech recognition
49. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Digital Video
ISP (Internet service provider)
Factors that control image quality (2)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
50. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
header
Operating System Advantages
Humans > Computers (8)
relative reference