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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.
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. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
LAN
Advantages of digital television (3)
Bit
'what if?' questions
2. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Storage Devices
Trojan Horse
Server
Input Devices
3. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
4. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Global positioning system
macro
Hyperlink
Drawing Software
5. 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.
URL (uniform resource locator)
Mailing list
Packet-switching
Simulation
6. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
GUI Advantages
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
spell check
Animation
7. An error in programming
An example of presentation-graphics software
Hypermedia
Booting
Bug
8. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Digital television
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Robot
worksheet
9. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Vector Graphics
Humans < Computers (3)
Bandwidth
Inference engine
10. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
spell check
Site License
function
PDF (Portable Document Format)
11. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
Digital Signal
Expert system
template
Robot
12. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Integrated Software
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Backup
Domains
13. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Sensor
Worm
Browser
Operating System Advantages
14. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
ROM
Server
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Cookies
15. 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
Intranet
Natural language
footer
Operating System
16. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
replication
column
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Shareware
17. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Utility Program
Video Editing Software
Unicode
Utility Program Features
18. 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
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
function
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
19. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Bug
Teleconference
Image analysis
An example of presentation-graphics software
20. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Newsgroups
Global positioning system
Software Piracy
Advantages of digital television (3)
21. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
System Administrator
Knowledge base
Source Document
automatic correction
22. 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
Digital television
Humans < Computers (3)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Advantages of Robots (3)
23. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Commercial Software
WYSIWYG
macro
Bit
24. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Bug
Page-Layout Software
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
URL (uniform resource locator)
25. 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.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Virus
OMR
Agent
26. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
HTML (hypertext markup language)
serif fonts
WWW (world wide web)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
27. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
Hacker
Information
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
grammar and style checker
28. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Global positioning system
font
Multimedia
Arpanet
29. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
footer
'what if?' questions
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
30. 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
label
Bandwidth
OMR
Expert system
31. A stream of bits
MB
Digital Signal
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Inference engine
32. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Model + / ?
Factors that control image quality (2)
Download
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
33. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Data
Robot
Push technology
Help file
34. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Commercial Software
Bandwidth
Hyperlink
FTP (file transfer protocol)
35. 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
URL (uniform resource locator)
Hypertext
formatting
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
36. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
thesaurus
Digital Video
Pull technology
Help file
37. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Resolution
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
value
38. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Arpanet
replication
ebook (Electronic Book)
automatic correction
39. A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers - and to upload files they want to share from their computers to these archives.
Inference engine
Agent
Responsibilities of System Admin
FTP (file transfer protocol)
40. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Digital Video
Utility Program Features
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
41. Software used mainly to produce print publications. Also - the process of using desktop-publishing software to produce publications (e.g. brochures - newsletters - forms - menus - event fliers - notices)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
outliner
42. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Login Name
Utility Program Features
User Interface
43. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
Hypermedia
Download
ebook (Electronic Book)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
44. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
automatic correction
Operating System
KB
Global positioning system
45. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
automatic hyphenation
URL (uniform resource locator)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
ROM
46. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
WAN
Ergonomics
Software
formula
47. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Software Piracy
Password
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Knowledge engineer
48. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
column
Data
'Read-me' file
Digital Signal
49. 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
Peripheral
System Administrator
URL (uniform resource locator)
50. 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.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Trojan Horse
Digital television
Agent