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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Size and style of typeface
Image Processing Software
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
font
Operating System Advantages
2. 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)
Drawing Software
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
ROM
Cracking
3. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Teleconference
Virtual Reality (VR)
Video teleconference
4. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Software Piracy
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Vector Graphics
ASCII
5. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
label
header
Knowledge base
6. 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
Ethernet
Humans < Computers (3)
Humans > Computers (8)
Spot Color
7. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
template
WAN
Upload
Knowledge base
8. 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.
Disadvantages of ebooks
Multimedia
FTP (file transfer protocol)
KB
9. Anything that can be communicated
Video teleconference
Information
URL (uniform resource locator)
Memory
10. 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.
Robot
Booting
Source Document
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
11. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Parallel processing
Intranet
User Interface
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
12. ~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
Hypermedia
Public Domain Software
Model + / ?
Parallel processing
13. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.
Backdoor
Push technology
IP address
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
14. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Painting Software
Biometrics
column
Parallel processing
15. 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
Vector Graphics
Wizard
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Image analysis
16. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Resolution
Domains
WYSIWYG
range
17. 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)
GUI Advantages
Pixel
Information
18. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Painting Software
Backup
MB
Digital Video
19. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Hypermedia
function
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
20. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Ergonomics
Digital Video
monospaced fonts
21. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
point size
absolute reference
Processor
GUI Advantages
22. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Image analysis
Domains
worksheet
Parallel processing
23. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Master Pages
Output Devices
worksheet
UPS
24. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Software
macro
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Output Devices
25. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Commercial Software
Vector Graphics
Robot
font
26. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
Robot
Encryption
outliner
Server
27. 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
Download
OMR
Turning Test
Networks: + / ?
28. 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)
Information
Wizard
TB
29. 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
Bug
OCR
Bluetooth
Page-Layout Software
30. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
column
Push technology
Video Editing Software
Intranet
31. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Protocol
Bandwidth
Morph
32. A stream of bits
Pixel
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Digital Signal
Robot
33. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Model
UPS
Training software
Knowledge base
34. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Telecommuting
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
proportionally spaced fonts
Cracking
35. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters
Video Editing Software
ASCII
Hyperlink
Input Devices
36. 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
Humans > Computers (8)
Trojan Horse
Booting
37. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
Intranet
Browser
LAN
KB
38. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Download
Model
Cookies
Software License
39. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Agent
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Pattern recognition
header
40. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
Encryption
ISP (Internet service provider)
Expert system
word wrap
41. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
relative reference
Utility Program Features
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Cracking
42. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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on line
183
43. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
outliner
Bar Code Reader
Expert system
Newsgroups
44. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Hyperlink
Multimedia
Site License
45. ~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
Template
Networks: + / ?
Ergonomics
Storage Devices
46. Typeset-quality pages - ready to be photographed and printed.
Hyperlink
Domain
Camera-Ready
Backup
47. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
Feedback Loop
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
automatic correction
48. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
OCR
Site License
Convergence
Factors that control image quality (2)
49. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Telecommuting
Download
Bitmapped Graphics
HTML (hypertext markup language)
50. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
automatic hyphenation
Machine learning
Presentation-Graphics Software
replication
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