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IT Literacy
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Study First
Subjects
:
it-skills
,
literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Global positioning system
GUI Advantages
Operating System Advantages
Software License
2. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Help file
Camera-Ready
Operating System Advantages
Integrated Software
3. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
outliner
Operating System
proportionally spaced fonts
4. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Shareware
WWW (world wide web)
range
Morph
5. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
replication
UPS
Multimedia
Advantages of Robots (3)
6. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Login Name
column
Online help
Humans < Computers (3)
7. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Hyperlink
Upload
Browser
FTP (file transfer protocol)
8. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Common-sense knowledge
Hyperlink
KB
Input Devices
9. Anything that can be communicated
Integrated Software
Information
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Intranet
10. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Pixel
Public Domain Software
Booting
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
11. '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
Advantages of Robots (3)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Leading
WYSIWYG
12. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
row
Bar Code Reader
Input Devices
proportionally spaced fonts
13. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Operating System Advantages
relative reference
row
14. Microsoft Powerpoint
Telecommuting
An example of presentation-graphics software
grammar and style checker
WYSIWYG
15. 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.
Model
Packet-switching
Utility Program
Sensor
16. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Digital television
Humans < Computers (3)
Multimedia
spell check
17. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
point size
Spot Color
Bandwidth
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
18. 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.
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
'Read-me' file
Virtual Reality (VR)
function
19. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
automatic correction
Bar Code Reader
Ethernet
Storage Devices
20. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Model
Ethernet
Image analysis
Digital Signal
21. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Protocol
Site License
footer
22. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
Knowledge engineer
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
WWW (world wide web)
Convergence
23. Worksheets which contain labels and formulas but no data values; instant answers are produced when information is provided
template
Integrated Software
Protocol
Animation
24. Vertical
column
Hacker
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
WAN
25. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Packet-switching
replication
Utility Program
Backup
26. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Output Devices
Advantages of DTP
URL (uniform resource locator)
template
27. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
Search engine
Turning Test
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Vector Graphics
28. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Machine learning
Password
Defragmenting
Hyperlink
29. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
30. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
'Read-me' file
System Administrator
ISP (Internet service provider)
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
31. Intersection of row and column
cell
Interactive Multimedia
GB
Bug
32. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Image Processing Software
formatting
Storage Devices
Training software
33. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
ebook (Electronic Book)
absolute reference
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Analog Signal
34. 1) Plan before you publish! 2) Use appropriate fonts. 3) Don't go 'style-crazy.' 4) Look at the document through the reader's eyes. 5) Learn from the masters. 6) Know your limitations. 7) Remember your message/objective.
KB
ISP (Internet service provider)
Rules of Thumb for DTP
Camera-Ready
35. 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.
automatic correction
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Hypertext
Online help
36. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Video teleconference
Netiquette
Bug
37. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
value
Networks: + / ?
Color Depth
Ethernet
38. 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)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Advantages of digital television (3)
Sensor
User Interface
39. 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.
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Factors that control image quality (2)
Trojan Horse
Storage Devices
40. 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
Peripheral
Online help
Painting Software
Advantages of Robots (3)
41. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Responsibilities of System Admin
Feedback Loop
URL (uniform resource locator)
Multimedia
42. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Biometrics
Access-Control Software
Wizard
justification
43. 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)
Bug
Digital television
Online help
Machine learning
44. An undocumented way of gaining access to a program - online service - or entire computer system - written by a programmer who created the code; Can be a security hazard because it is vulnerable to hackers
Backdoor
Defragmenting
Bug
Software License
45. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Image Processing Software
row
Bandwidth
Defragmenting
46. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
cell
Shareware
Augmented Reality
47. An error in programming
Bug
Shareware
Bitmapped Graphics
point size
48. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Virtual Reality (VR)
cell format
Open-Source Software
Shareware
49. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
Expert system
Upload
thesaurus
Trojan Horse
50. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
MB
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Bit
word processing