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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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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 database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Tutorial software
Upload
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Knowledge base
2. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
grammar and style checker
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Page-Layout Software
replication
3. Grouping of 8 bits
formula
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Byte
Vector Graphics
4. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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5. 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.
cell format
Access-Control Software
Networks: + / ?
word processing
6. Protects transmitted information by scrambling the transmissions; When a user encrypts a message by applying a secret numerical code (encryption key) - the message can be read only after it's been reconstructed with a matching key
Netiquette
Encryption
Ethernet
Knowledge engineer
7. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
TB
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
formula
Processor
8. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Upload
Domain
cell format
9. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
ebook (Electronic Book)
absolute reference
replication
label
10. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject
Fuzzy logic
Tutorial software
RAM
value
11. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Newsgroups
Multimedia
Disadvantages of ebooks
Hypertext
12. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
OCR
Cookies
Intranet
'Read-me' file
13. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page
Help file
Open-Source Software
worksheet
automatic correction
14. 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
formula
Ergonomics
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Backup
15. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Backdoor
typeface
Model + / ?
16. 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.
Advantages of DTP
Backdoor
Input Devices
OMR
17. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.
Protocol
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
User Interface
Telecommuting
18. 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)
Advantages of Robots (3)
Machine learning
Protocol
Training software
19. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
KB
Spot Color
Factors that control image quality (2)
Model + / ?
20. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Hypermedia
header
OMR
monospaced fonts
21. 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
Ethernet
Bug
Camera-Ready
Advantages of Robots (3)
22. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Machine learning
WAN
Video teleconference
serif fonts
23. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Netiquette
automatic correction
Robot
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
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)
OCR
Painting Software
cell
25. Optical Mark Reader; A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms
Template
point size
OMR
Humans < Computers (3)
26. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
WAN
outliner
Hypertext
Color Depth
27. Block of information that appears at the bottom of every page in a document - displaying repetitive information such as automatically calculated page number
Hyperlink
footer
Output Devices
MB
28. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
justification
function
Interactive Multimedia
worksheet
29. A system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations - providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware
Operating System
Pixel
ROM
Advantages of digital television (3)
30. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Vector Graphics
function
Software License
Server
31. 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 -
GUI Advantages
Sensor
Information
Factors that control image quality (2)
32. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Humans > Computers (8)
Hypertext
Digital Signal
cell format
33. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)
Interactive Multimedia
An example of presentation-graphics software
Bandwidth
Agent
34. 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
Arpanet
typeface
Factors of a good pw...
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
35. 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')
Hypermedia
Arpanet
Commercial Software
ebook (Electronic Book)
36. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.
WAN
Morph
Agent
Leading
37. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Digital television
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Knowledge engineer
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
38. 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
proportionally spaced fonts
Humans > Computers (8)
automatic correction
Backup
39. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Disadvantages of ebooks
Arpanet
Logic Bomb
Backdoor
40. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Full-Color
Interactive Multimedia
Booting
Template
41. Software that can be distributed and modified freely by users; example: Linux
Open-Source Software
Analog Signal
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Gigahertz
42. Vertical
column
label
proportionally spaced fonts
Template
43. 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.
function
Hypertext
Public Domain Software
RAM
44. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Hypertext
macro
Factors of a good pw...
Humans < Computers (3)
45. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Bitmapped Graphics
Factors of a good pw...
WYSIWYG
Shareware
46. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)
Web crawlers
Cracking
Knowledge base
Operating System Advantages
47. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Robot
Utility Program Features
MB
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
48. 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.
Knowledge base
Expert system
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
49. ~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
replication
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Model + / ?
word processing
50. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
Digital Signal
Utility Program
spell check
Operating System Advantages