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IT Literacy
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it-skills
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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. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
Interactive Multimedia
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Advantages of DTP
System Administrator
2. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
Factors of a good pw...
Search engine
Command-Line Interface
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
3. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Turning Test
Agent
Defragmenting
MB
4. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Hacker
Intranet
Hypertext
Download
5. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Pull technology
Augmented Reality
Download
Interactive Multimedia
6. 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')
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Pull technology
Arpanet
Animation
7. 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
label
Shareware
Newsgroups
font
8. 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.
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
'Read-me' file
Advantages of Robots (3)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
9. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
Camera-Ready
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
WYSIWYG
grammar and style checker
10. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
monospaced fonts
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Domain
Expert system
11. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
GUI Advantages
Humans < Computers (3)
range
12. 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)
Storage Devices
Search engine
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
13. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Agent
Painting Software
Wizard
WYSIWYG
14. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Firewall
macro
Networks: + / ?
formula
15. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
justification
cell format
Hypertext
Expert system
16. Rectangular block of selected cells
grammar and style checker
Turning Test
range
GUI
17. 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)
Defragmenting
Machine learning
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
IP address
18. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values
Interactive Multimedia
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
row
Processor
19. Vertical
column
Interactive Multimedia
Digital Video
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
20. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
Cracking
Mailing list
OMR
Page-Layout Software
21. An error in programming
monospaced fonts
Bug
Digital Signal
Newsgroups
22. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Arpanet
Bug
Booting
UPS
23. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Spot Color
Domains
label
function
24. The ability of a software program to run on a specific computer system. Also the ability of a hardware device to function with a particular type of computer
Hypertext
Search engine
Compatibility
relative reference
25. 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
Advantages of Robots (3)
Web crawlers
KB
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
26. 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 -
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
An example of presentation-graphics software
Sensor
27. 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.
absolute reference
outliner
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Hypertext
28. Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. Worm programs travel independently over computer networks - seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage
footer
Worm
justification
Interactive Multimedia
29. 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.
font
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Backup
GUI
30. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'
Factors that control image quality (2)
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Input Devices
Processor
31. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus
Video Editing Software
GUI
Model
LAN
32. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
row
formula
Knowledge engineer
Browser
33. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret
Factors of a good pw...
Disadvantages of ebooks
Trojan Horse
Utility Program Features
34. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
35. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
Digital Video
Ergonomics
Newsgroups
Unicode
36. 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.
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Turning Test
Virus
37. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])
Wizard
Operating System
Storage Devices
Teleconference
38. 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
Download
URL (uniform resource locator)
Help file
39. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Push technology
Parallel processing
row
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
40. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Mailing list
Open-Source Software
range
Protocol
41. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Painting Software
Unicode
cell format
MB
42. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Wizard
replication
point size
Morph
43. 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.
GB
Agent
GUI
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
44. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Telecommuting
An example of presentation-graphics software
Bar Code Reader
Operating System
45. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Software License
Memory
OCR
Responsibilities of System Admin
46. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Image Processing Software
Advantages of Robots (3)
function
Bandwidth
47. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
User Interface
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
label
Color Depth
48. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)
User Interface
Master Pages
IP address
Convergence
49. 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
Kerning
Hyperlink
HTML (hypertext markup language)
ASCII
50. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
row
justification
Humans < Computers (3)
ISP (Internet service provider)