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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes






2. 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.






3. Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.






4. Software that derives logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. ('If... then...' logic)






5. 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.






6. Vertical






7. ~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






8. 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.






9. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)






10. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network






11. Rules of etiquette that apply to Internet communication.






12. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection






13. The process of simulation motion with a series of still pictures.






14. Rectangular block of selected cells






15. Enables you to 'paint' pixels on the screen with a pointing device.






16. 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






17. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])






18. All type - including roman - bold - and italics - of a single design (i.e. Helvetica)






19. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger






20. 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 -






21. 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






22. Provides direct instruction in a clearly specified skill of subject






23. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine






24. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system






25. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security






26. Unauthorized access and/or vandalism of computer systems; short for criminal hacking






27. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.






28. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)






29. 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)






30. A set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a computer - or between two computers.






31. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)






32. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)






33. 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.






34. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.






35. A computer especially designed to provide software and other resources to other computers over a network






36. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).






37. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory






38. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title






39. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely






40. Automatic replication of values - labels and formulas






41. 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






42. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)






43. Software robots that systematically explore the Web - retrieve information about pages - and index the retrieved information in a database. (used by search engines)






44. 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.






45. 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')






46. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)






47. (autocorrect) word-processing feature that places footnotes where they belong on the page






48. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer






49. Grouping of 8 bits






50. 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)