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IT Literacy
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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.
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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) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
Domain
Advantages of digital television (3)
Convergence
Browser
2. A specialist who interviews and observes experts - and converts their words and actions into a knowledge base.
Compatibility
column
Push technology
Knowledge engineer
3. Using a computer to create - edit and print documents
word processing
Bar Code Reader
Humans > Computers (8)
Hypermedia
4. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)
TB
Input Devices
Resolution
Protocol
5. Synonym finder
thesaurus
Information
Worm
User Interface
6. Multimedia that enables the user to take an active part in the experience.
Interactive Multimedia
Kerning
Wizard
Full-Color
7. Computer controlled machines designed to perform specific manual tasks ('forced labor')
Peripheral
Teleconference
Robot
Cracking
8. 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
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
OMR
Humans > Computers (8)
Advantages of digital television (3)
9. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.
Full-Color
value
Color Depth
Agent
10. Kilobyte; About 1000 bytes of information
Virus
Domain
KB
Operating System Advantages
11. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network
WAN
Biometrics
Robot
Advantages of Robots (3)
12. 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
Disadvantages of hypertext (4)
grammar and style checker
Knowledge engineer
Output Devices
13. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others
Upload
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Byte
14. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
proportionally spaced fonts
Humans < Computers (3)
Bar Code Reader
Gigahertz
15. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Knowledge base
Bar Code Reader
Ethernet
16. 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
Bar Code Reader
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
OMR
Trojan Horse
17. To copy software from an online source to a local computer
Domains
Download
Kerning
Byte
18. A stream of bits
Software License
Digital Signal
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Image Processing Software
19. 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)
Operating System Advantages
Inference engine
outliner
20. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
Access-Control Software
Rules of Thumb for DTP
'Read-me' file
Common-sense knowledge
21. The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions - supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.
Unicode
Full-Color
grammar and style checker
Augmented Reality
22. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.
Server
Multimedia
GUI Advantages
Password
23. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine
Software License
justification
Augmented Reality
Digital television
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)
Knowledge base
Bug
formatting
25. 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.
Pull technology
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Hypertext
absolute reference
26. Numbers which are the raw material used to perform calculations
value
Common-sense knowledge
Push technology
Hyperlink
27. A type of wireless device that enables mobile phones - hand-held computers - and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system.
Bluetooth
Push technology
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Intranet
28. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.
Multimedia
Virus
Drawing Software
font
29. 1) must be a disciplined worker -- self-motivation! (IB student); 2) must have good time management; 3) lack of socialization with coworkers
Web crawlers
RAM
Booting
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
30. Block that appears at the top of every page in a document displaying repetitive information such as chapter title
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
header
Ethernet
Data
31. Instructions that tell the hardware what to do to transform the input into out put
Shareware
Software
Output Devices
Kerning
32. Part of the computer which processes information - performs arithmetic calculations - and makes basic decisions based on information values
typeface
Processor
System Administrator
IP address
33. Software packages which include several applications designed to work well together; such as Microsoft Office
Bar Code Reader
Integrated Software
Backdoor
Processor
34. License for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
Site License
Speech recognition
absolute reference
Analog Signal
35. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Painting Software
justification
Compatibility
LAN
36. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Tim Burners-Lee (4)
Ergonomics
Bar Code Reader
GUI Advantages
37. Software that enables the user to manipulate photographs and other high-resolution images.
Image Processing Software
Pixel
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Hypertext
38. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Gigahertz
Backup
Pull technology
Hyperlink
39. 1) Amount of network traffic; 2) size/type of file being transferred; 3) type/quality of network connection
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Morph
Wizard
WWW (world wide web)
40. 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.
Agent
Feedback Loop
Arpanet
Rules of Thumb for DTP
41. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Disadvantages of teleconferencing (4)
Data
Analog Signal
Protocol
42. (Modeling) The use of computers to create abstract models of objects - organisms - organizations and processes
Hyperlink
Model
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Domains
43. 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.
column
Analog Signal
Pixel
replication
44. 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.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Commercial Software
Encryption
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
45. Free software that is not copyrighted - offered through World Wide Websites - electronic bulletin boards - user groups - and other sources
Animation
Public Domain Software
Netiquette
row
46. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
Software Piracy
WAN
Advantages of Expert Systems (4)
Model
47. A program for locating information on the Web. (uses Web crawlers)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Shareware
Search engine
Trojan Horse
48. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes
Leading
Byte
Domains
TB
49. A software help agent that walks the user through a complex process
Shareware
font
Bitmapped Graphics
Wizard
50. Word-processing feature that divides long words situated at the ends of lines
Knowledge base
automatic hyphenation
Pixel
Video teleconference