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IT Literacy
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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. 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.
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Compatibility
Augmented Reality
Hyperlink
2. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
serif fonts
OMR
LAN
Online help
3. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
footer
row
Advantages of Robots (3)
Browser
4. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Full-Color
'what if?' questions
Morph
5. ~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
Inference engine
LAN
Model + / ?
Gigahertz
6. 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.
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Knowledge engineer
Master Pages
Bit
7. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
cell format
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
8. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Knowledge engineer
Mailing list
Template
Cookies
9. 'what you see is what you get' (wizzy-wig); arrangement of words on the screen representing a close approximation to the arrangement of words on the printed page
Fuzzy logic
IP address
WYSIWYG
Shareware
10. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
WYSIWYG
value
Video Editing Software
Defragmenting
11. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
justification
Domains
Knowledge engineer
Logic Bomb
12. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Virus
Download
serif fonts
ebook (Electronic Book)
13. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
cell format
'what if?' questions
Input Devices
14. Part of the Internet - a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users worldwide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web site that allows users to explore them with simpler mouse clicks.
WWW (world wide web)
Template
Newsgroups
column
15. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software
Factors that control image quality (2)
Open-Source Software
GUI Advantages
Software License
16. 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)
Image Processing Software
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Turning Test
Pattern recognition
17. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Software
Humans > Computers (8)
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Server
18. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o
Presentation-Graphics Software
Hypertext
Bug
formatting
19. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
absolute reference
FTP (file transfer protocol)
'what if?' questions
20. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Bitmapped Graphics
word wrap
Firewall
21. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Global positioning system
Feedback Loop
Bar Code Reader
Input Devices
22. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Resolution
Information
Server
Arpanet
23. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
point size
Expert system
24. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
WWW (world wide web)
Online help
Robot
Virtual Reality (VR)
25. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
function
Information
Color Depth
LAN
26. 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
grammar and style checker
ROM
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Advantages of DTP
27. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
KB
Gigahertz
Password
Memory
28. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Telecommuting
Turning Test
value
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
29. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Help file
Domain
automatic hyphenation
Drawing Software
30. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Digital television
Master Pages
ASCII
Fuzzy logic
31. 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.
Open-Source Software
Virtual Reality (VR)
Expert system
Image Processing Software
32. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Gigahertz
automatic hyphenation
Image Processing Software
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
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.
Model
Ergonomics
OCR
Agent
34. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
WAN
Domain
absolute reference
Software License
35. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
Vector Graphics
Shareware
Leading
Open-Source Software
36. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files
Speech recognition
Rules of Thumb for DTP
LAN
Operating System Advantages
37. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
WAN
font
label
38. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
LAN
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Command-Line Interface
Search engine
39. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Virus
Software
Access-Control Software
Master Pages
40. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Processor
Pixel
header
41. 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.
Bitmapped Graphics
Advantages of DTP
Common-sense knowledge
Knowledge engineer
42. In a computer simulation - the user and the computer responding to data from each other
Teleconference
Feedback Loop
Image analysis
OMR
43. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.
Animation
Knowledge base
Newsgroups
Morph
44. 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
Defragmenting
Backdoor
label
Leading
45. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Model
Netiquette
outliner
Shareware
46. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Biometrics
Shareware
Upload
47. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Analog Signal
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Help file
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
48. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
KB
Interactive Multimedia
Video Editing Software
49. 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
Knowledge base
Logic Bomb
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Information
50. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Trojan Horse
Page-Layout Software
monospaced fonts
header