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IT Literacy
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Subjects
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it-skills
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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) 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)
Inference engine
Bluetooth
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
template
2. 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.
Peripheral
Tutorial software
cell format
Hypertext
3. Intersection of row and column
Digital Video
LAN
Bar Code Reader
cell
4. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
Packet-switching
Help file
Spot Color
5. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Model
Bitmapped Graphics
Fuzzy logic
Simulation
6. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.
Digital Signal
Painting Software
Operating System Advantages
Booting
7. 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')
Arpanet
Template
UPS
Help file
8. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
Operating System
font
serif fonts
word processing
9. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Agent
Wizard
monospaced fonts
10. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Telecommuting
Bitmapped Graphics
Input Devices
automatic hyphenation
11. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Processor
Public Domain Software
Protocol
Tutorial software
12. 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
WYSIWYG
Encryption
Page-Layout Software
Upload
13. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)
typeface
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
GB
Newsgroups
14. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Convergence
Data
Model + / ?
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
15. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.
label
Site License
Video teleconference
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
16. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Shareware
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Download
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
17. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).
point size
Page-Layout Software
Feedback Loop
relative reference
18. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
TB
Virtual Reality (VR)
Spot Color
Video Editing Software
19. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
column
Wizard
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Bitmapped Graphics
20. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.
Push technology
Upload
Bitmapped Graphics
Drawing Software
21. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Kerning
Login Name
Model + / ?
label
22. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
Arpanet
Teleconference
Knowledge engineer
23. Size and style of typeface
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Pull technology
font
24. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
Leading
Fuzzy logic
'Read-me' file
Bit
25. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Defragmenting
proportionally spaced fonts
Inference engine
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
26. The address of a Web site. (unique)
template
Model + / ?
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
URL (uniform resource locator)
27. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Image Processing Software
point size
Domain
Wizard
28. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.
ebook (Electronic Book)
TB
Knowledge engineer
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
29. 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 teleconferencing (4)
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Software License
30. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Password
Compatibility
TB
Booting
31. A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Software License
Analog Signal
Global positioning system
Byte
32. 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
Unicode
Newsgroups
Image analysis
Worm
33. A picture element (dot) on a computer screen or printout. Groups of pixels compose the images on the monitor and the output of a printout.
spell check
MB
Pixel
Gigahertz
34. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
Natural language
Domains
Simulation
35. 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.
Template
automatic hyphenation
Software
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
36. 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)
Natural language
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Logic Bomb
37. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.
HTML (hypertext markup language)
Teleconference
Agent
word processing
38. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number
Factors that control image quality (2)
formula
ROM
cell
39. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site
Fuzzy logic
Online help
Video Editing Software
Arpanet
40. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
monospaced fonts
Gigahertz
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Shareware
41. Rectangular block of selected cells
range
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Knowledge engineer
Template
42. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
Mailing list
Teleconference
Simulation
ROM
43. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Presentation-Graphics Software
Utility Program
Feedback Loop
44. Gigabyte; Approximately 1000 MB
Search engine
Fuzzy logic
Gigahertz
GB
45. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Turning Test
Master Pages
WYSIWYG
ASCII
46. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
absolute reference
Full-Color
Software Piracy
automatic correction
47. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
ASCII
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
label
Rules of Thumb for DTP
48. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
GUI Advantages
Output Devices
Defragmenting
An example of presentation-graphics software
49. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.
Backup
ISP (Internet service provider)
Browser
Rules of Thumb for DTP
50. Spreadsheet software function enabling users to change the appearance of cell contents
Packet-switching
cell format
Tutorial software
Push technology