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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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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. 1) Poor at planning strategies (less creativity than humans) and can't make decisions (after diagnosis - can't say how to treat patient); 2) powerless outside narrow (but deep) domain of knowledge
automatic correction
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Machine learning
Virus
2. Anything that can be communicated
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Telecommuting
Information
outliner
3. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
word processing
User Interface
Backdoor
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
4. The online sharing of music or other computer files directly among individual computer users' hard drives - rather than through posting the files on central servers.
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Parallel processing
Unicode
Hyperlink
5. ~Adding/configuring new work stations ~Setting up user accounts ~Installing system wide software ~Performing preventative procedures for viruses ~Allocating storage space
Biometrics
System Administrator
Integrated Software
Responsibilities of System Admin
6. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas
formatting
replication
Public Domain Software
Output Devices
7. Identifying recurring patterns in input data with the goal of understand or categorizing that input. (Easy for humans) (Ex: fingerprint identification - handwriting recognition - speech recognition - optional character recognition)
Advantages of digital television (3)
Pattern recognition
Download
Netiquette
8. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Master Pages
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
ASCII
9. A stream of bits
Encryption
Operating System
Page-Layout Software
Digital Signal
10. Documentation file that appears onscreen at the user's request
Help file
Browser
Newsgroups
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
11. 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
template
Worm
Analog Signal
12. Reference to a cell in relation to the current cell; modifies when copied
Packet-switching
relative reference
Rules of Netiquette (6)
label
13. 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
Humans < Computers (3)
Information
Newsgroups
Memory
14. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
Commercial Software
Packet-switching
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Operating System
15. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive
spell check
cell
WYSIWYG
Operating System Advantages
16. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)
Bug
Ergonomics
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Intranet
17. The look and feel of the computing experience from a human point of view
Painting Software
User Interface
Robot
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
18. Graphics in which images are stored and manipulated as organized collections of pixels rather than as shapes and lines. Contrast with object-oriented graphics.
Software Piracy
worksheet
Global positioning system
Bitmapped Graphics
19. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry
Networks: + / ?
Operating System Advantages
Unicode
point size
20. 1) flexible schedule; 2) save time commuting and save $; 3) better for the environment (less gas consumption); 4) better ergonomics (working conditions); 5) save office space/expenses.
Bar Code Reader
word wrap
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
An example of presentation-graphics software
21. The process of identifying objects and shapes in a photograph - drawing - video or other visual image. (Effortless for humans - difficult for computers)
Image analysis
cell format
point size
Resolution
22. Intersection of row and column
OMR
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
cell
Video Editing Software
23. 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
point size
Camera-Ready
Convergence
24. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor
Advantages of telecommuting (5)
Hypermedia
WAN
word wrap
25. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting
Biometrics
word wrap
Utility Program Features
Processor
26. Video clip in which one image metamorphoses into another.
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Sensor
Operating System Advantages
Morph
27. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
column
Multimedia
Information
Server
28. 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)
Memory
Source Document
Defragmenting
29. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
Hypermedia
Command-Line Interface
Ethernet
Utility Program
30. An error in programming
Open-Source Software
Hyperlink
Wizard
Bug
31. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Common-sense knowledge
Resolution
Disadvantages of ebooks
Source Document
32. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software
Simulation
GUI Advantages
Turning Test
monospaced fonts
33. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
URL (uniform resource locator)
Password
typeface
System Administrator
34. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
Training software
Firewall
WYSIWYG
Global positioning system
35. 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)
Model + / ?
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Backup
36. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Image Processing Software
Animation
LAN
Operating System
37. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Video teleconference
Knowledge engineer
Global positioning system
Feedback Loop
38. Spreadsheet document which appears on the screen as a grid or numbered rows/columns
Agent
macro
worksheet
Bandwidth
39. Professionally designed - empty documents that can be adapted to specific user needs. In spreadsheet software - worksheets that contain labels and formulas but no data values. The template produces instant answers when you fill in the blanks.
UPS
MB
WAN
Template
40. The Internet protocol used to transfer Web pages.
Simulation
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Cookies
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
41. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Cracking
Upload
Interactive Multimedia
Domains
42. 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.
Page-Layout Software
value
Access-Control Software
outliner
43. 1) documents can be disorienting and leave the reader wondering; 2) documents don't always have the links readers want - leaving them frustrated because they can't easily get from here to there; 3) documents may contain 'lost' links - especially on t
Utility Program Features
point size
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
cell format
44. 1) Mathematical calculations faster w/ more accuracy; 2) storing vast amounts of data; 3) recall information
Humans < Computers (3)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Painting Software
Expert system
45. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Push technology
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Natural language
OCR
46. 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
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Encryption
Animation
Commercial Software
47. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Model
Video Editing Software
Utility Program
Encryption
48. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Kerning
Digital television
Software
Online help
49. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
Digital television
Search engine
Utility Program Features
Compatibility
50. Custom-designed procedure program which automates tasks in an application program
Natural language
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Integrated Software
macro