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IT Literacy
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Subjects
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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. Rectangular block of selected cells
range
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Resolution
2. 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
Ethernet
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Access-Control Software
3. Synonym finder
automatic correction
thesaurus
Download
Rules of Netiquette (6)
4. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Model + / ?
Knowledge base
Morph
An example of presentation-graphics software
5. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Wizard
Utility Program Features
Model
Hyperlink
6. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
Resolution
Bit
ebook (Electronic Book)
header
7. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
Hypertext
Advantages of Robots (3)
Hypermedia
Animation
8. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Image analysis
Utility Program Features
Presentation-Graphics Software
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
9. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Login Name
serif fonts
Password
Packet-switching
10. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Utility Program
Worm
Wizard
11. 1) Saves printing costs after initial software purchase. 2) Saves time traveling back to commercial printer b/c you can use a personal printer. 3) Reduces # of publication errors. 4) Allows more people to publish.
Hacker
Virtual Reality (VR)
Advantages of DTP
Trojan Horse
12. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Tutorial software
Robot
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Multimedia
13. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Model
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Digital Video
14. 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.
Information
Packet-switching
GUI
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
15. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
absolute reference
Login Name
16. Measure of character size (one point equals 1/72 inch)
IP address
template
Utility Program Features
point size
17. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
replication
monospaced fonts
Color Depth
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
18. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.
Backdoor
Processor
Hacker
justification
19. 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
IP address
Animation
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
WAN
20. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
Integrated Software
word wrap
Backup
OCR
21. Bit depth; the number of bits devoted to each pixel.
Open-Source Software
Color Depth
Information
row
22. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Software Piracy
Backup
Bitmapped Graphics
Telecommuting
23. 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
Byte
Page-Layout Software
Command-Line Interface
spell check
24. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Software License
Server
Source Document
25. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Data
Hypertext
Turning Test
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
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)
OCR
row
Utility Program Features
27. The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions - supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.
Presentation-Graphics Software
Backup
Augmented Reality
Software
28. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
function
Sensor
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
29. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Networks: + / ?
footer
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Wizard
30. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
Online help
ISP (Internet service provider)
Feedback Loop
footer
31. The density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.
Resolution
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Full-Color
'what if?' questions
32. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Domain
Logic Bomb
Help file
replication
33. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o
Presentation-Graphics Software
Web crawlers
Drawing Software
Digital television
34. 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
header
automatic correction
35. 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
Image analysis
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
outliner
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
36. 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
Byte
Newsgroups
Memory
Pull technology
37. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Image Processing Software
Hyperlink
Worm
Netiquette
38. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
Video Editing Software
Virtual Reality (VR)
WAN
RAM
39. 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
Intranet
proportionally spaced fonts
Compatibility
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
40. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Kerning
Vector Graphics
Camera-Ready
Input Devices
41. 1) creative; 2) parallel processing (multitasking); 3) image analysis; 4) common sense knowledge; 5) see relationships between concepts; 6) knowledge base is vast - not narrow; 7) translation of languages (idioms); 8) expression/interpretation of emo
Humans > Computers (8)
cell format
Morph
Drawing Software
42. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
spell check
Search engine
Hyperlink
Online help
43. 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.
Disadvantages of ebooks
Multimedia
Integrated Software
GUI Advantages
44. Size and style of typeface
Speech recognition
Machine learning
font
Color Depth
45. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
Tutorial software
column
Peripheral
MB
46. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Mailing list
Interactive Multimedia
formula
word wrap
47. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Defragmenting
automatic correction
Bug
Common-sense knowledge
48. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
GUI Advantages
Model
function
Painting Software
49. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Ethernet
function
Agent
Domains
50. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
GUI Advantages
worksheet
Camera-Ready
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)