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IT Literacy
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Subjects
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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Defragmenting
Global positioning system
Data
thesaurus
2. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Information
Data
Help file
Knowledge base
3. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Drawing Software
Training software
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Cracking
4. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Model
Expert system
Bit
Firewall
5. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Digital Video
ebook (Electronic Book)
ASCII
Teleconference
6. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Open-Source Software
Full-Color
Parallel processing
Operating System Advantages
7. 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.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Utility Program
Image Processing Software
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
8. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Trojan Horse
Spot Color
Presentation-Graphics Software
worksheet
9. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
KB
Camera-Ready
Augmented Reality
Bandwidth
10. 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
Server
Robot
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
11. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Painting Software
Advantages of Robots (3)
Pull technology
12. 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)
Site License
Humans > Computers (8)
Model
Rules of Netiquette (6)
13. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Software License
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
UPS
formatting
14. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Model + / ?
Training software
Integrated Software
HTML (hypertext markup language)
15. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Interactive Multimedia
Color Depth
Operating System
Utility Program
16. 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)
Arpanet
Ethernet
Pattern recognition
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
17. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Model
Help file
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Booting
18. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
WAN
Logic Bomb
Kerning
relative reference
19. Grouping of 8 bits
Parallel processing
Byte
Morph
Login Name
20. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Commercial Software
Feedback Loop
Unicode
ROM
21. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Arpanet
range
Netiquette
ISP (Internet service provider)
22. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
LAN
Page-Layout Software
Hyperlink
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
23. ~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: + / ?
Factors of a good pw...
Analog Signal
Bluetooth
24. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
MB
font
Simulation
Painting Software
25. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Trojan Horse
Access-Control Software
Site License
Leading
26. 1) flexible schedule; 2) save time commuting and save $; 3) better for the environment (less gas consumption); 4) better ergonomics (working conditions); 5) save office space/expenses.
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Telecommuting
Source Document
Bandwidth
27. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Kerning
An example of presentation-graphics software
WWW (world wide web)
Master Pages
28. A continuous wave
Analog Signal
Cracking
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Upload
29. 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
Bandwidth
column
Software
30. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
'Read-me' file
Peripheral
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Resolution
31. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Cookies
Knowledge engineer
Utility Program Features
Pixel
32. An error in programming
Bug
Online help
Global positioning system
Color Depth
33. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Tutorial software
formatting
Server
Advantages of Robots (3)
34. 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
Bar Code Reader
Machine learning
Knowledge engineer
Advantages of Robots (3)
35. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Model + / ?
formula
Information
Wizard
36. Anything that can be communicated
Parallel processing
word wrap
Information
Server
37. Built-in component of a word processor or a separate program that compares words in a documents with words in a disk-based dictionary - and flags words not found in the dictionary; may operate in batch mode - checking all the words at once - or inter
spell check
header
Arpanet
Tutorial software
38. 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.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Password
Software
WAN
39. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
cell
formula
Multimedia
Fuzzy logic
40. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
RAM
Operating System Advantages
Fuzzy logic
macro
41. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
header
Virtual Reality (VR)
Parallel processing
Common-sense knowledge
42. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
IP address
Download
System Administrator
spell check
43. 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)
automatic hyphenation
Gigahertz
Utility Program Features
44. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Operating System
Disadvantages of ebooks
GUI
45. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
Warning
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183
46. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Backup
Multimedia
Spot Color
Storage Devices
47. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Gigahertz
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Login Name
48. 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.
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Digital Video
Agent
User Interface
49. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Push technology
Information
Utility Program Features
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
50. 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
Vector Graphics
Gigahertz
Protocol