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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. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions
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2. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks
ROM
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Server
Training software
3. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Utility Program
Software Piracy
Full-Color
Factors that control image quality (2)
4. A system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations - providing an additional layer of insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware
absolute reference
Operating System
label
Biometrics
5. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.
Push technology
Rules of thumb for using Powerpoint (6)
Factors that control image quality (2)
MB
6. Technology in which browsers on client computers pull information from server machines; the browser needs to initiate a request before any information is delivered.
Animation
Hyperlink
Pull technology
Commercial Software
7. 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 -
Factors that control image quality (2)
OMR
Command-Line Interface
Sensor
8. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
Pixel
Operating System Advantages
Mailing list
Public Domain Software
9. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/
Bug
spell check
Trojan Horse
Arpanet
10. 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.
Fuzzy logic
Site License
Gigahertz
PDF (Portable Document Format)
11. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Natural language
Upload
Feedback Loop
Software Piracy
12. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.
Responsibilities of System Admin
Image Processing Software
Vector Graphics
Master Pages
13. 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.
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
ROM
Netiquette
Common-sense knowledge
14. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Analog Signal
Cookies
Integrated Software
Download
15. The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. A message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination - where they are reunited.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Intranet
Packet-switching
Hyperlink
16. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Logic Bomb
Booting
font
Fuzzy logic
17. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
automatic hyphenation
Bit
value
Kerning
18. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Wizard
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
Fuzzy logic
Unicode
19. Fonts which provide more room for wide as opposed to narrow characters
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
proportionally spaced fonts
Pattern recognition
Source Document
20. A business that provides its customers with connections to the Internet (along with other services).
ISP (Internet service provider)
proportionally spaced fonts
Morph
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
21. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes
MB
LAN
URL (uniform resource locator)
Logic Bomb
22. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Animation
label
Operating System Advantages
Hyperlink
23. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
absolute reference
Help file
header
Fuzzy logic
24. 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)
Mailing list
Presentation-Graphics Software
Compatibility
25. 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
Online help
Compatibility
Utility Program Features
Hypertext
26. Horizontal
row
automatic hyphenation
Defragmenting
Command-Line Interface
27. 1) makes long distance meetings possible and reduces costs; 2) enables decisions to evolve over time; 3) emphasizes messages over messenger
monospaced fonts
Bar Code Reader
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
GUI Advantages
28. A method of compression that can squeeze a music file to a fraction of its original CD sized with only slight loss of quality.
formula
Public Domain Software
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
ROM
29. 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.
Hypertext
Sensor
Morph
point size
30. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
Bar Code Reader
LAN
GB
font
31. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas
function
replication
value
outliner
32. Typeface fonts in which the characters are embellished with fine lines (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes
serif fonts
Utility Program
Teleconference
column
33. Predefined set of calculations (i.e. SUM and AVERAGE)
Common-sense knowledge
Training software
Turning Test
function
34. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Shareware
Command-Line Interface
typeface
Site License
35. 1) Say what is meant and with care (when using the Internet/email - there is no tone of voice); 2) keep it short (otherwise people may not read it all and miss stuff); 3) don't assume you're anonymous; 4) learn the non-verbal language of the net; 5)
Rules of Netiquette (6)
Spot Color
Ethernet
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
36. The narrow (but deep) knowledge base of an expert system.
Vector Graphics
Domain
Access-Control Software
Image Processing Software
37. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Teleconference
macro
Commercial Software
Software
38. 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
Packet-switching
Shareware
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Encryption
39. The spacing between lines of text.
UPS
Leading
WYSIWYG
ASCII
40. User interface that requires the user to type text commands on a command-line to communicate with the operating system
footer
Source Document
Command-Line Interface
Bar Code Reader
41. Optical Mark Reader; A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms
Color Depth
OMR
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Template
42. Component of word-processing software that analyzes each word in context - checking for content errors - common grammatical errors - and stylistic problems
URL (uniform resource locator)
Factors of a good pw...
Browser
grammar and style checker
43. 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.
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
FTP (file transfer protocol)
Template
'Read-me' file
44. A continuous wave
spell check
Analog Signal
Machine learning
Image analysis
45. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Virtual Reality (VR)
Responsibilities of System Admin
Utility Program Features
Model
46. Automates the creation of visual aids for lectures - training sessions and other presentations. Can include everything from spreadsheet charting programs to animation-editing software - but most commonly used for creating and displaying a series of o
GB
Byte
Presentation-Graphics Software
Natural language
47. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.
Inference engine
GB
Bandwidth
Kerning
48. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.
Bug
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Teleconference
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
49. 1) Provide expertise when experts are unavailable; 2) preserve knowledge of experts after they leave an organization; 3) combine knowledge of several experts; 4) take care of routine task so workers can do more challenging jobs
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Protocol
Bluetooth
50. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)
range
word processing
Digital television
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)