ITX Course Pretest
Match the term and definition. The cell that is currently being used in a spreadsheet.
Active Cell
The smallest possible unit of data in a computer.
Bit
Match the term and definition. Temporary storage area for images and files.
Clipboard
Match the definition to its term. The parameters of an if-then statement.
Conditions
Which of the following is NOT a concept in game programming?
Controls
The tendency for different types of technologies being used to perform similar tasks is called technological ____________.
Convergence
A small file stored on a user's hard drive by a web server; commonly used to identify personal preferences and settings for that user.
Cookie
Representing data in a visual form to make it easier to understand the significance of the data is called....
Data Visualization
___________ analytics describes what has already happened over a given period of time.
Descriptive
HTML elements that do not require an end tag are called this.
Empty elements
The process of converting data from one form to another is called _____________.
Encoding
Match the definition to its term. An action or occurrence detected by a program; either user actions or system input.
Event
Which of the following is NOT a game engine?
GameM8ker
Which of the following is a word processing application?
Google Docs
Which of the following is a spreadsheet application?
Google Sheets
Which of the following is an example of a mark-up language?
HTML
Match the definition to its term. Programming language that is designed to simplify computer programming by making it closer to human language than machine code (0s and 1s).
High level language
Python is an example of which of the following kinds of programming languages?
High level language
Match the term and definition. An address that refers to another location, such as a website, a different slide, or an external file.
Hyperlink
An ____________ address is a unique string of numbers assigned to your computer to identify your location.
IP
Match the term and definition. A blinking vertical line that shows where text will appear when you begin typing.
Insertion Point
Which of the following is NOT an example of a Graphical User Interface (GUI)?
Keyboard
Which of the following is NOT an example of a computer output?
Keyboard
Which of the following is NOT a SQL command?
LIST
The amount of time a message takes to traverse a computer system is called __________.
Latency
Match the definition to its term. A repeating piece of code.
Loop
Match the definition to its term. Programming language that is closer to machine code (0s and 1s) making it harder for programmers to understand.
Low level language
Which of the following is a presentation application?
Microsoft PowerPoint
Which of the following is an example of software?
Microsoft Word
Match the definition to its term. Any type of application that involves more than one type of media, such as text, images, video animation and sound.
Multimedia
Match the definition to its term. A sketch of a web page illustrating the basic layout of the home page and the rest of the pages on a web site.
Page Layout
___________ devices can be connected to extra ports on your computer.
Peripheral
Match the definition to its term. __________ are the system of rules that allow two or more devices to communicate information to one another.
Protocols
Match the definition to its term. Informal overview of instructions a computer should do, but intended for human reading, not machine reading.
Pseudocode
A request for information from a database is called a...
Query
Which of the following is a type of volatile memory?
RAM
What is the duplication of critical components or functions of a system to increase reliability?
Redundancy
A ______________ database is a collection of data stored in tables with pre-defined relationships between them.
Relational
Which part of a network is responsible for sending and receiving data?
Router
An algorithm is an example of a(n) ___________.
Sequence
Match the definition to its term. The ordered steps in a piece of code or program.
Sequence
Match the definition to its term. An ordered series of sketches depicting each page or screen in an animation or film sequence.
Storyboard
When you restart your computer the data stored in your computer's RAM is reset or lost.
TRUE
Match the definition to its term. The collections of text characters that share common design and can be either serif or sans serif.
Typeface
___________ is a type of database language used to manage database systems.
data
