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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.
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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 program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
WAN
Logic Bomb
Hypertext
Byte
2. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
word wrap
Processor
Digital Signal
Expert system
3. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Humans < Computers (3)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Bit
replication
4. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
Software
row
point size
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
5. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Search engine
Browser
Responsibilities of System Admin
thesaurus
6. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
function
Netiquette
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Packet-switching
7. 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')
Turning Test
word wrap
Arpanet
Browser
8. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Template
Online help
Protocol
Factors that control image quality (2)
9. 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.
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
WWW (world wide web)
Virtual Reality (VR)
10. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Access-Control Software
Utility Program Features
label
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
11. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Hyperlink
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Login Name
Digital television
12. 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.
word processing
replication
Model
HTML (hypertext markup language)
13. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
Master Pages
Color Depth
Full-Color
Natural language
14. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Fuzzy logic
absolute reference
row
Tutorial software
15. 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.
Open-Source Software
Pixel
OCR
replication
16. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Source Document
GUI
Online help
Unicode
17. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Tutorial software
Telecommuting
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Wizard
18. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
Advantages of DTP
An example of presentation-graphics software
Input Devices
Expert system
19. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
LAN
GUI Advantages
Software License
Hyperlink
20. Intersection of row and column
Online help
Software License
cell
Source Document
21. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Processor
ISP (Internet service provider)
Natural language
Biometrics
22. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
Teleconference
'what if?' questions
monospaced fonts
WYSIWYG
23. '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
Software Piracy
WYSIWYG
Machine learning
Augmented Reality
24. 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)
Cookies
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Fuzzy logic
Machine learning
25. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
Video teleconference
automatic hyphenation
Hacker
Disadvantages of ebooks
26. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Command-Line Interface
Networks: + / ?
Digital television
Spot Color
27. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
function
An example of presentation-graphics software
Download
Knowledge engineer
28. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Software Piracy
Unicode
Natural language
Turning Test
29. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Networks: + / ?
Hyperlink
Responsibilities of System Admin
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
30. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily
macro
RAM
Pattern recognition
Advantages of Robots (3)
31. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Source Document
Ethernet
Help file
Bitmapped Graphics
32. Grouping of 8 bits
Byte
Download
cell format
Source Document
33. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Robot
ISP (Internet service provider)
Upload
Online help
34. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
automatic correction
range
'Read-me' file
macro
35. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Public Domain Software
Knowledge engineer
Full-Color
Trojan Horse
36. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Cookies
Networks: + / ?
Search engine
Pull technology
37. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
Speech recognition
absolute reference
formatting
Wizard
38. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Bitmapped Graphics
Disadvantages of ebooks
UPS
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
39. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
serif fonts
Bluetooth
Site License
HTML (hypertext markup language)
40. ~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
Model + / ?
Operating System Advantages
font
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
41. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Logic Bomb
Password
Virtual Reality (VR)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
42. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Resolution
WYSIWYG
Domain
Unicode
43. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Agent
Command-Line Interface
Training software
Hyperlink
44. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Software License
'Read-me' file
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Turning Test
45. Professionally designed - empty documents that can be adapted to specific user needs. In spreadsheet software - worksheets that contain labels and formulas but no data values. The template produces instant answers when you fill in the blanks.
Template
Cookies
Bluetooth
Wizard
46. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Feedback Loop
UPS
Pull technology
Vector Graphics
47. 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
Shareware
word processing
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Turning Test
48. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
header
ASCII
typeface
RAM
49. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Digital Video
Spot Color
Help file
macro
50. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
MB
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Model + / ?
TB