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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions






2. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus






3. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject






4. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files






5. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns






6. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number






7. 1) color depth; 2) resolution






8. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes






9. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)






10. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)






11. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.






12. Language that people speak/write everyday.






13. Horizontal






14. Ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup called Usenet. You can check into and out of them whenever you want; all messages are posted on






15. 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')






16. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.






17. 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.






18. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1






19. Software that only allows user access according to the user's needs. Some users can open only files that are related to their work. Some users are allowed read-only access to files; they can see but not change them.






20. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.






21. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB






22. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.






23. An interactive cross-reference system that allows textual information to be linked in nonsequential ways. A hypertext document contains links that lead quickly to other parts of the document or to related documents.






24. 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.






25. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.






26. A continuous wave






27. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)






28. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.






29. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars






30. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network






31. A device that enables digital machines to monitor a physical quantity of the analog world (i.e. temperature - humidity - pressure) to provide data used in robotics. (Enables robots to modify actions based on feedback from outside world) (Ex: vision -






32. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)






33. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.






34. 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.






35. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.






36. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site






37. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.






38. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information






39. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request






40. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided






41. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.






42. Size and style of typeface






43. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.






44. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/






45. 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






46. 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






47. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied






48. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network






49. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)






50. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive