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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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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 specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Intranet
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Knowledge engineer
Networks: + / ?
2. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Drawing Software
Wizard
Site License
Encryption
3. ~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
Hypermedia
Networks: + / ?
Full-Color
Domain
4. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Help file
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Access-Control Software
Video teleconference
5. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
Byte
Common-sense knowledge
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
ISP (Internet service provider)
6. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Knowledge base
Hyperlink
relative reference
Password
7. 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
Hypermedia
Browser
Hacker
Humans > Computers (8)
8. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Painting Software
Knowledge engineer
9. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Presentation-Graphics Software
Encryption
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Command-Line Interface
10. 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
Expert system
OCR
Robot
Video Editing Software
11. 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.
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
header
thesaurus
Parallel processing
12. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
Defragmenting
Domains
monospaced fonts
proportionally spaced fonts
13. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
Sensor
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
absolute reference
Software
14. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Color Depth
IP address
Digital Video
Operating System
15. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Hypermedia
Digital Signal
template
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
16. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Download
Full-Color
WAN
Booting
17. 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
Full-Color
Factors that control image quality (2)
OMR
Storage Devices
18. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
Compatibility
Page-Layout Software
Inference engine
Software
19. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Parallel processing
Expert system
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
value
20. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Storage Devices
Animation
Domains
Bitmapped Graphics
21. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Server
Model + / ?
macro
Knowledge base
22. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
header
Factors that control image quality (2)
formatting
monospaced fonts
23. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Memory
Training software
Cookies
Source Document
24. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Bandwidth
Software License
Tutorial software
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
25. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
WAN
UPS
Integrated Software
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
26. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Source Document
Peripheral
Vector Graphics
Hacker
27. ~Advantages 1)Safety: easy to simulate without actual risk 2)Economy: Build/simulate/destroy without waste 3)Projection 4)Visualization 5)Replication: Redo/rerun/alter easily ~Disadvantages 1)Reliability 2)Depends on original info 3)Complete trust fa
Cookies
Help file
Machine learning
Model + / ?
28. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Global positioning system
serif fonts
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
29. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Netiquette
Newsgroups
word processing
Login Name
30. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Bitmapped Graphics
Digital Video
outliner
31. 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)
Leading
ISP (Internet service provider)
Pattern recognition
word wrap
32. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Bar Code Reader
Expert system
GB
Memory
33. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Advantages of Robots (3)
font
Domain
Integrated Software
34. A stream of bits
WWW (world wide web)
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Digital Signal
word wrap
35. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Leading
Search engine
Video teleconference
Encryption
36. 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
Pull technology
Bar Code Reader
Backdoor
relative reference
37. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
KB
worksheet
Web crawlers
Cracking
38. 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.
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Biometrics
HTML (hypertext markup language)
ebook (Electronic Book)
39. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Spot Color
ebook (Electronic Book)
Storage Devices
Public Domain Software
40. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)
relative reference
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Shareware
Factors that control image quality (2)
41. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Cracking
Domain
header
Advantages of DTP
42. 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
Bar Code Reader
absolute reference
Web crawlers
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
43. 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.
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Spot Color
word processing
Virtual Reality (VR)
44. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Vector Graphics
proportionally spaced fonts
Server
Robot
45. Vertical
Help file
Push technology
column
Animation
46. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Robot
cell
WYSIWYG
Training software
47. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Model
Animation
Arpanet
IP address
48. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Turning Test
Software
Digital Video
Convergence
49. 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
formatting
OMR
Model + / ?
Parallel processing
50. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Teleconference
Digital Video
font
Image Processing Software