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IT Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Browser
ASCII
Hypermedia
Login Name
2. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.
word processing
Telecommuting
OCR
Push technology
3. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
Gigahertz
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
word processing
4. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
UPS
Software Piracy
Virtual Reality (VR)
Responsibilities of System Admin
5. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
Drawing Software
value
Digital television
Vector Graphics
6. In desktop publishing - the articles - chapters - drawings - maps - charts - and photographs that are to appear in the publication. Usually produces with standard word processors and graphics programs.
formula
Interactive Multimedia
Robot
Source Document
7. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
automatic hyphenation
Page-Layout Software
Advantages of DTP
word processing
8. An error in programming
footer
Rules of Thumb for DTP
System Administrator
Bug
9. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Humans < Computers (3)
font
Intranet
Full-Color
10. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Netiquette
Convergence
Interactive Multimedia
Bitmapped Graphics
11. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
OMR
User Interface
Commercial Software
Master Pages
12. 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.
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
spell check
Virus
Operating System
13. 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.
Common-sense knowledge
Augmented Reality
Expert system
Hypertext
14. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Unicode
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Operating System Advantages
header
15. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
spell check
Full-Color
Template
range
16. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Newsgroups
Master Pages
serif fonts
Output Devices
17. 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
Domain
Agent
Morph
Operating System
18. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Protocol
formula
Domains
RAM
19. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
Virus
replication
Bit
Output Devices
20. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Drawing Software
Agent
Software Piracy
cell format
21. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Protocol
Image analysis
Multimedia
proportionally spaced fonts
22. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Disadvantages of ebooks
Commercial Software
Training software
Analog Signal
23. 1) Paper is easier on eyes. 2) Books can be read anywhere w/o the need of electricity/batteries. 3) Books are aesthetically more pleasing. 4) Books can be highlighted and written in.
Upload
Disadvantages of ebooks
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Spot Color
24. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Ethernet
Booting
typeface
Video teleconference
25. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
Networks: + / ?
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
macro
26. The spacing between lines of text.
Leading
cell
range
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
27. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
Teleconference
Gigahertz
Integrated Software
Push technology
28. Protects transmitted information by scrambling the transmissions; When a user encrypts a message by applying a secret numerical code (encryption key) - the message can be read only after it's been reconstructed with a matching key
Output Devices
Memory
Encryption
WYSIWYG
29. 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
Source Document
OMR
Fuzzy logic
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
30. 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
Compatibility
Mailing list
Morph
monospaced fonts
31. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Search engine
Template
point size
Agent
32. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Public Domain Software
Ethernet
Bar Code Reader
33. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Multimedia
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Bluetooth
Morph
34. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Fuzzy logic
Video teleconference
spell check
Global positioning system
35. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
TB
Fuzzy logic
Rules of Thumb for DTP
formatting
36. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
Inference engine
Commercial Software
word processing
37. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
serif fonts
Digital Video
System Administrator
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
38. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
template
Processor
label
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
39. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Bluetooth
Hyperlink
Bug
Storage Devices
40. '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
Hyperlink
OMR
WYSIWYG
Robot
41. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Convergence
Factors of a good pw...
template
UPS
42. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
Arpanet
automatic hyphenation
proportionally spaced fonts
Upload
43. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
ebook (Electronic Book)
Netiquette
Cracking
Arpanet
44. 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
Byte
Global positioning system
ISP (Internet service provider)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
45. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
footer
Arpanet
absolute reference
Fuzzy logic
46. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Byte
Cracking
Utility Program Features
Booting
47. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Data
IP address
Video Editing Software
48. 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.
monospaced fonts
macro
Packet-switching
PDF (Portable Document Format)
49. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
grammar and style checker
Access-Control Software
Parallel processing
Utility Program
50. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Netiquette
Operating System Advantages
Mailing list
Pattern recognition