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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. Graphical User Interface; A user interface based on graphical displays. With a mouse - the user points to icons that represent files - folders - and disks. Documents are displayed in windows. The user selects commands from menus
Storage Devices
GUI
Advantages of digital television (3)
Camera-Ready
2. A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers - and to upload files they want to share from their computers to these archives.
FTP (file transfer protocol)
grammar and style checker
Model
TCP/IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol)
3. A computer model of a real life situation used to see how a model operates under certain conditions
footer
Simulation
Ethernet
Bit
4. Small text file that comes with many software packages - and contains information not included in the official documentation
Warning
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5. 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.
Help file
Advantages of DTP
Rules of Thumb for DTP
font
6. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters
Utility Program
column
Open-Source Software
ASCII
7. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed
worksheet
Protocol
Simulation
Gigahertz
8. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)
Output Devices
Hyperlink
Backup
Pull technology
9. 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.
Turning Test
Command-Line Interface
Template
Kerning
10. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices
footer
Booting
Utility Program Features
Advantages of digital television (3)
11. A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files; Easier to find files/programs -> Faster computer
Defragmenting
Protocol
Peripheral
Robot
12. 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.
Arpanet
Processor
row
Disadvantages of ebooks
13. 1) color depth; 2) resolution
Advantages of DTP
Server
Factors that control image quality (2)
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
14. Knowledge acquired from living in the world.
value
Common-sense knowledge
User Interface
Full-Color
15. Reference to a specific cell address; doesn't change when copied
absolute reference
Hypermedia
column
proportionally spaced fonts
16. A type of logic that allows conclusions to be stated as probabilities rather than certainties. (Used by inference engines and knowledge bases)
Cracking
Hacker
Fuzzy logic
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
17. Working from home by modem - as do many programmers - accountants - and other information workers.
Page-Layout Software
Sensor
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Telecommuting
18. A way to test machine intelligence. (Tester and subject converse - and tester attempts to perceive whether it's a human or computer)
Download
Turning Test
Hypermedia
Compatibility
19. 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
Bluetooth
OCR
Responsibilities of System Admin
WWW (world wide web)
20. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely
Global positioning system
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
Ergonomics
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
21. A word - phrase - or picture that acts as a button - enabling the user to explore the Web or a multimedia document with mouse clicks.
Hyperlink
Arpanet
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
Color Depth
22. 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
HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
Template
word wrap
Software License
23. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars
Bar Code Reader
Unicode
Bug
Operating System
24. The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
IP address
Help file
Software Piracy
Intranet
25. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network
Login Name
Model
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
LAN
26. Information in a form that can be read - used and manipulated by a computer
Feedback Loop
Agent
Data
Intranet
27. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)
Master Pages
justification
thesaurus
ebook (Electronic Book)
28. An external device (i.e. keyboard - monitor) connected via cable to the system central processing unit (CPU)
DTP (Desktop Publishing)
Peripheral
Knowledge engineer
Protocol
29. 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)
Factors that control image quality (2)
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
Common-sense knowledge
30. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1
worksheet
Gigahertz
Training software
Bit
31. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others
Commercial Software
Password
Bug
URL (uniform resource locator)
32. 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
Master Pages
Advantages of Computer Aided Design (CAD) (4)
Disadvantages of Expert Systems (2)
thesaurus
33. Stores programs and the data they need to be instantly accessible to the CPU
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
Unicode
Full-Color
Memory
34. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).
word wrap
ROM
Telecommuting
Master Pages
35. A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox with general principles which apply to all common network connections
proportionally spaced fonts
Ethernet
OCR
Animation
36. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory
Ergonomics
Booting
worksheet
Domains
37. Synonym finder
Bandwidth
Factors that affect bandwidth (3)
thesaurus
Expert system
38. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network
Firewall
Motion Picture Audio Layer (MP3)
Defragmenting
automatic correction
39. A program designed to attack in response to a particular logical even or sequence of events. A type of software sabotage.
Logic Bomb
Compatibility
Image analysis
Bar Code Reader
40. Language that people speak/write everyday.
Ergonomics
Operating System
Digital Video
Natural language
41. Anything that can be communicated
Information
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
Master Pages
Bit
42. Information systems or software programs designed to replicate the decision-making process of a human expert.
template
Encryption
IP address
Expert system
43. 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.
Newsgroups
Advantages of teleconferencing (3)
WWW (world wide web)
Factors that control image quality (2)
44. The use of computers to draw products or process designs on the screen.
Integrated Software
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Gigahertz
replication
45. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;
Online help
Utility Program
Master Pages
Netiquette
46. The combination of text - numbers - graphics - animation - sound effects - music and other media in a hyperlinked document.
GUI
Peripheral
Interactive Multimedia
Hypermedia
47. Using multiple processors to divide jobs into pieces and work simultaneously on the pieces (multitasking!)
Data
Laws of Robots (3) (Asimov)
Parallel processing
Feedback Loop
48. Email discussion groups on special-interest topics. All subscribers receive messages sent to the group's mailing address. (private)
formatting
Mailing list
Humans > Computers (8)
Arpanet
49. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net
Networks: + / ?
Kerning
Domains
Knowledge engineer
50. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures
Disadvantages of telecommuting (3)
UPS
Leading
Disadvantages of ebooks