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IT Literacy
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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. Part of the Internet - a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users worldwide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web site that allows users to explore them with simpler mouse clicks.
absolute reference
Image Processing Software
WWW (world wide web)
Natural language
2. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.
Backdoor
Knowledge base
Wizard
Tutorial software
3. Microsoft Powerpoint
Site License
An example of presentation-graphics software
Model + / ?
Utility Program Features
4. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
Storage Devices
Advantages of digital television (3)
Help file
5. 1) Paper is easier on eyes. 2) Books can be read anywhere w/o the need of electricity/batteries. 3) Books are aesthetically more pleasing. 4) Books can be highlighted and written in.
Disadvantages of ebooks
column
proportionally spaced fonts
Access-Control Software
6. ~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
Model + / ?
Trojan Horse
Hypertext
Booting
7. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
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on line
183
8. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
ASCII
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Knowledge base
Parallel processing
9. 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.
Netiquette
PDF (Portable Document Format)
TB
Animation
10. 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
ISP (Internet service provider)
Advantages of Robots (3)
Domains
Humans > Computers (8)
11. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
GB
WAN
range
Tutorial software
12. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.
Image Processing Software
Netiquette
An example of presentation-graphics software
Color Depth
13. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
automatic hyphenation
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Utility Program Features
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
14. 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.
Agent
Download
footer
Page-Layout Software
15. Television that processes information through a binary code rather than an analog signal.
Robot
Digital television
Web crawlers
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
16. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Packet-switching
Ethernet
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Page-Layout Software
17. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
Logic Bomb
Hypermedia
Multimedia
Simulation
18. An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system
'Read-me' file
Pull technology
System Administrator
Natural language
19. 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.
Access-Control Software
column
GB
Integrated Software
20. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Natural language
Site License
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
worksheet
21. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
ASCII
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Utility Program
Simulation
22. Process of saving data - esp. for data recovery. Many systems automatically back up data and software onto disks or tapes
Image analysis
thesaurus
Backup
Wizard
23. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Factors that control image quality (2)
Spot Color
Source Document
24. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Humans < Computers (3)
Ergonomics
Turning Test
Video Editing Software
25. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Software
Browser
Mailing list
26. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Advantages of DTP
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Image analysis
KB
27. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security
Model + / ?
Biometrics
Backup
Factors that control image quality (2)
28. Size and style of typeface
Storage Devices
Virus
Vector Graphics
font
29. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system
Shareware
Peripheral
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Training software
30. 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
OCR
Cookies
Backup
font
31. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.
MB
GUI Advantages
Digital Video
Painting Software
32. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
Template
word processing
Input Devices
RAM
33. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
OMR
GB
Hyperlink
34. '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
WYSIWYG
Worm
TB
ebook (Electronic Book)
35. 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.
Rules of Thumb for DTP
outliner
Networks: + / ?
Browser
36. 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
An example of presentation-graphics software
label
Trojan Horse
37. 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.
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
Push technology
Backdoor
function
38. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Intranet
cell format
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
WWW (world wide web)
39. Intersection of row and column
cell
Browser
An example of presentation-graphics software
Utility Program
40. 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
Hypertext
ASCII
GUI
Drawing Software
41. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Gigahertz
automatic correction
Peripheral
42. 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)
Ethernet
Page-Layout Software
Knowledge base
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
43. Text entry providing information of the contents of a row/column
Server
label
Command-Line Interface
Rules of Netiquette (6)
44. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Presentation-Graphics Software
Spot Color
outliner
TB
45. Software used mainly to produce print publications. Also - the process of using desktop-publishing software to produce publications (e.g. brochures - newsletters - forms - menus - event fliers - notices)
Image analysis
cell format
Video Editing Software
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
46. The spacing between lines of text.
Resolution
Domains
Simulation
Leading
47. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Commercial Software
Turning Test
Processor
Browser
48. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
monospaced fonts
Advantages of Robots (3)
point size
ebook (Electronic Book)
49. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Processor
Cookies
Push technology
50. Software for editing digital video - including titles - sound and special effects.
justification
Wizard
Video teleconference
Video Editing Software