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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Video teleconference
Pixel
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
2. 1) Plan before you publish! 2) Use appropriate fonts. 3) Don't go 'style-crazy.' 4) Look at the document through the reader's eyes. 5) Learn from the masters. 6) Know your limitations. 7) Remember your message/objective.
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Video teleconference
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Pixel
3. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
cell format
Software Piracy
Firewall
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
4. 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)
value
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
5. A picture element (dot) on a computer screen or printout. Groups of pixels compose the images on the monitor and the output of a printout.
Pixel
Advantages of Robots (3)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Page-Layout Software
6. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Factors of a good pw...
Parallel processing
Domains
Multimedia
7. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Software License
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
formatting
Morph
8. 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
Knowledge base
Machine learning
row
formatting
9. 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.
Cracking
outliner
automatic hyphenation
FTP (file transfer protocol)
10. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Booting
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Fuzzy logic
11. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Video Editing Software
Turning Test
WAN
Factors of a good pw...
12. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Server
Disadvantages of ebooks
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Pixel
13. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Drawing Software
OMR
Bug
value
14. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
MB
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
LAN
worksheet
15. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Animation
UPS
Telecommuting
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
16. The ability of a software program to run on a specific computer system. Also the ability of a hardware device to function with a particular type of computer
Source Document
Integrated Software
Compatibility
relative reference
17. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Hyperlink
Tutorial software
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Operating System
18. 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.
Open-Source Software
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Responsibilities of System Admin
formula
19. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
replication
Domain
Online help
Help file
20. The address of a Web site. (unique)
Backup
Template
URL (uniform resource locator)
TB
21. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')
Arpanet
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Responsibilities of System Admin
Rules of Thumb for DTP
22. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Netiquette
proportionally spaced fonts
Full-Color
point size
23. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Feedback Loop
Protocol
Advantages of digital television (3)
24. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
WAN
Memory
Firewall
macro
25. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Biometrics
Data
Bar Code Reader
GB
26. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
column
Commercial Software
monospaced fonts
Biometrics
27. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Logic Bomb
Firewall
Packet-switching
Netiquette
28. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Kerning
thesaurus
Feedback Loop
Booting
29. ~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
font
relative reference
cell format
Model + / ?
30. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
cell format
Machine learning
Storage Devices
Image Processing Software
31. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Netiquette
label
Parallel processing
Knowledge engineer
32. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
row
Backdoor
Disadvantages of ebooks
typeface
33. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Color Depth
Cookies
Byte
Presentation-Graphics Software
34. Artificial intelligence techniques that make it possible for machine performance to improve based on feedback from past performance. (Used in games like chess/checkers; based on prior actions)
formatting
Machine learning
Newsgroups
Image Processing Software
35. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters
Vector Graphics
ASCII
Encryption
Leading
36. 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
relative reference
Worm
spell check
Camera-Ready
37. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Bandwidth
Peripheral
Hypermedia
Humans < Computers (3)
38. 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
Natural language
monospaced fonts
label
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
39. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Hyperlink
Knowledge engineer
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Convergence
40. An error in programming
Packet-switching
Bug
macro
Video teleconference
41. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
Peripheral
ROM
KB
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
42. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Output Devices
Full-Color
word processing
43. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Search engine
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Cracking
worksheet
44. 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
Upload
Server
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
45. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Bluetooth
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Template
46. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
Pattern recognition
automatic correction
Public Domain Software
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
47. Synonym finder
Humans > Computers (8)
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Integrated Software
thesaurus
48. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
TB
Responsibilities of System Admin
Bluetooth
Data
49. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Tutorial software
Pull technology
Intranet
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
50. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Speech recognition
Password
Factors that control image quality (2)
Bluetooth