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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. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
Utility Program
System Administrator
Expert system
Ergonomics
2. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Integrated Software
Help file
Advantages of digital television (3)
Digital television
3. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Defragmenting
Image analysis
Cookies
Storage Devices
4. 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.
worksheet
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Unicode
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
5. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
Natural language
Virtual Reality (VR)
automatic correction
Upload
6. A pocket-sized computer used to organize appointments - tasks - notes - contacts - and other personal information; sometimes called hand-held computer or palmtop computer. Many PDAs include additional software and hardware for wireless communication.
User Interface
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Gigahertz
Domain
7. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Utility Program Features
Bluetooth
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
'what if?' questions
8. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Defragmenting
Humans > Computers (8)
Site License
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
9. Rectangular block of selected cells
Telecommuting
range
Utility Program
Site License
10. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Drawing Software
Encryption
Convergence
11. Identifying recurring patterns in input data with the goal of understand or categorizing that input. (Easy for humans) (Ex: fingerprint identification - handwriting recognition - speech recognition - optional character recognition)
Search engine
point size
Pattern recognition
Rules of Netiquette (6)
12. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Protocol
Netiquette
Interactive Multimedia
13. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Upload
Utility Program
point size
Operating System Advantages
14. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Download
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
GUI
justification
15. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Output Devices
Command-Line Interface
GUI Advantages
16. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
formatting
TB
Inference engine
Ergonomics
17. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Backdoor
Wizard
Painting Software
outliner
18. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Software Piracy
Domains
Augmented Reality
19. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Video Editing Software
Hyperlink
outliner
Password
20. A unique string of four numbers separated by periods that serves as a unique address for a computer on the Internet. The IP address of the host computer and the sending computer is included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet
Video Editing Software
Presentation-Graphics Software
Wizard
IP address
21. 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.
Source Document
Command-Line Interface
Multimedia
Hyperlink
22. 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.
automatic correction
FTP (file transfer protocol)
cell
Advantages of DTP
23. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
'Read-me' file
Knowledge base
Wizard
KB
24. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Ethernet
Vector Graphics
point size
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
25. 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
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Push technology
formatting
Bar Code Reader
26. 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)
Search engine
Video teleconference
WAN
27. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Newsgroups
GB
Presentation-Graphics Software
System Administrator
28. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
label
Peripheral
Master Pages
29. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)
formula
WAN
Inference engine
absolute reference
30. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Data
Packet-switching
WAN
Netiquette
31. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Virus
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Camera-Ready
Turning Test
32. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Virus
formula
Input Devices
Parallel processing
33. 1) Save labor costs (work all the time - no breaks/vacations); 2) improve quality and increase production (esp. in repetitive tasks); 3) ideal for dangerous/impossible jobs for humans
Search engine
ebook (Electronic Book)
Advantages of Robots (3)
Feedback Loop
34. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Software
Natural language
Ergonomics
Knowledge engineer
35. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
Digital Signal
Hypermedia
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
column
36. Optical Character Recognition; Locating and identifying printed characters embedded in an image - allowing the text to be stored as an editable document. Can be performed by wand readers - pen scanners - and OCR software
Browser
GUI Advantages
OCR
Bluetooth
37. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Software Piracy
Digital Video
Factors that control image quality (2)
Pixel
38. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Packet-switching
Memory
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
39. Allows documents of all types to be stored - viewed - or modified on any Windows or Macintosh computer - making it possible for many organizations to reduce paper flow.
Wizard
PDF (Portable Document Format)
'Read-me' file
footer
40. 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)
monospaced fonts
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Multimedia
Machine learning
41. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network
Server
WWW (world wide web)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Bluetooth
42. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
Advantages of Robots (3)
formatting
point size
Defragmenting
43. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Advantages of digital television (3)
Drawing Software
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Byte
44. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)
OCR
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Inference engine
replication
45. A continuous wave
Analog Signal
An example of presentation-graphics software
Memory
Protocol
46. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
template
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Site License
Telecommuting
47. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Ethernet
Multimedia
Turning Test
Painting Software
48. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Help file
MB
label
Common-sense knowledge
49. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking
Command-Line Interface
Hypertext
Cracking
Digital Signal
50. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
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183