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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. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others






2. 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.






3. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.






4. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections






5. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures






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






7. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)






8. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)






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






10. An error in programming






11. 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.






12. 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






13. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas






14. 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






15. Long-term repository for data (e.g. disks - tapes)






16. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes






17. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)






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






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






20. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes






21. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system






22. 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






23. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)






24. 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.






25. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely






26. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret






27. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)






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






29. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar






30. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.






31. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;






32. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.






33. Random Access Memory; Memory that stores program instructions and data temporarily






34. 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.






35. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.






36. 1) Robot must not injure a human or - by inaction - allow a human to come to harm; 2) must obey orders given by humans (except where the order conflicts w/ first law); 3) must protect its own existence (w/o conflicting w/ first & second law)






37. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas






38. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory






39. 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.






40. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number






41. 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.






42. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed






43. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters






44. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied






45. 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 -






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






47. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.






48. 1) color depth; 2) resolution






49. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)






50. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)