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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. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
'what if?' questions
thesaurus
Ergonomics
RAM
2. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Animation
column
Image analysis
Teleconference
3. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Integrated Software
Image analysis
Disadvantages of ebooks
template
4. Vertical
Augmented Reality
column
template
Packet-switching
5. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Pattern recognition
Video teleconference
GUI Advantages
Digital Video
6. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Password
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Memory
7. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files
Camera-Ready
Software Piracy
Global positioning system
Speech recognition
8. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
KB
typeface
grammar and style checker
'what if?' questions
9. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Global positioning system
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Turning Test
WWW (world wide web)
10. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Speech recognition
Online help
Robot
Turning Test
11. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
outliner
Output Devices
Presentation-Graphics Software
Digital Signal
12. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Advantages of Robots (3)
Intranet
Pixel
Memory
13. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.
Login Name
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
label
OCR
14. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Simulation
Expert system
Software License
Disadvantages of ebooks
15. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
replication
Spot Color
Source Document
Operating System
16. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Ethernet
justification
Parallel processing
Spot Color
17. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Fuzzy logic
Command-Line Interface
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Hyperlink
18. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Trojan Horse
font
Download
19. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Protocol
GB
Command-Line Interface
Model + / ?
20. 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.
GUI
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Drawing Software
Vector Graphics
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)
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Firewall
Augmented Reality
22. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
point size
Analog Signal
Model
Robot
23. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
LAN
Bitmapped Graphics
header
Expert system
24. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Template
Factors of a good pw...
typeface
cell
25. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Trojan Horse
Password
worksheet
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
26. 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)
Pull technology
An example of presentation-graphics software
LAN
27. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Presentation-Graphics Software
Bandwidth
Hyperlink
Software
28. 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)
Cracking
TB
Full-Color
29. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
GB
MB
TB
30. 1) Save labor costs (work all the time - no breaks/vacations); 2) improve quality and increase production (esp. in repetitive tasks); 3) ideal for dangerous/impossible jobs for humans
Input Devices
Page-Layout Software
Advantages of Robots (3)
Presentation-Graphics Software
31. 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
Intranet
Pattern recognition
Worm
Camera-Ready
32. Size and style of typeface
Bluetooth
font
Browser
Help file
33. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.
Agent
Networks: + / ?
automatic correction
WWW (world wide web)
34. 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.
Telecommuting
Drawing Software
System Administrator
Source Document
35. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
ISP (Internet service provider)
Digital Video
Leading
Spot Color
36. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Software License
grammar and style checker
Data
Agent
37. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Kerning
Animation
Public Domain Software
Hyperlink
38. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Logic Bomb
word wrap
LAN
Animation
39. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Unicode
Bandwidth
Password
Image analysis
40. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Master Pages
grammar and style checker
Model + / ?
Bandwidth
41. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
Utility Program
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
WAN
Bandwidth
42. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
ebook (Electronic Book)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
'Read-me' file
Disadvantages of ebooks
43. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
serif fonts
point size
Software Piracy
Disadvantages of ebooks
44. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Search engine
Access-Control Software
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Netiquette
45. 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
Model + / ?
Video teleconference
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
cell
46. 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.
Netiquette
Domain
Template
relative reference
47. The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. A message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination - where they are reunited.
Packet-switching
WYSIWYG
Firewall
serif fonts
48. 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.
Virus
'Read-me' file
Teleconference
Humans < Computers (3)
49. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
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on line
183
50. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
WYSIWYG
Command-Line Interface
Help file
Password
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