Information Technology – Final Exam Study Guide
Answer each of the following in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
___1.
What is copyright?
A. When you copy someone’s rights
B. Protection provided by the law
C. When you get sued for stealing
someone’s work.
D. When you copy someone’s work
___2.
What is NOT copyright?
A. Patent
B. Protection
C. Security
D. Legal rights
___3.
Copyright protects all types of
works EXCEPT:
A. Artistic Works
B. Dramatic Works
C. Literary Works
D. Facts
___4.
Copyright does NOT protect:
A. Literary Works
B. Dramatic Works
C. Systems
D. Artistic Works
___5.
When is the work protected?
A. The moment it is created
B. When the artist says so
C. When the artist registers it
D. When it is downloaded online
___6.
Copyright lasts how many years for
individuals?
A. 40 Years
B. 20 Years
C. 70 Years
D. Never
12. List the SEVEN sections of the resume
a. ________________
b. ________________
c. ________________
___7.
Copyright lasts how many years for
corporations?
A. 95 Years
B. 20 Years
C. 70 Years
D. Never
___8.
What is Fair Use Doctrine?
A. It determines how much work an
artist can copyright
B. It determines how much work a
person can use legally
C. It determines how much work a
person is using illegally
D. It determines how much work an
artist does
___9.
What is a Patent?
A. A monopoly granted by the U.S
Patent Office for a limited time to
the creator
B. A monarchy granted to the creator
C. A copyright license
D. A monopoly granted by the
President to the creator
___10.
What is a resume?
A. A summary of your strengths and
weaknesses
B. A summary of just your education
C. A summary of your experiences,
skills, and education
D. A summary of just your skills and
education
___11.
What is the purpose of a resume?
A. It highlights your accomplishments
B. It highlights your weaknesses
C. It highlights the part of your
education
D. It is a work of art
________________
________________
______________
______________
13. What are 8 different items to include on your resume?
a. ________________
________________
b. ________________
________________
c. ________________
________________
______________
______________
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14. What are action verbs and where should you use them in a resume?
a. _______________________________________________________________________
15. List two examples of some achievements you can list on a resume:
a. ________________________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________________________
16. What are references?
a. ________________________________________________________________________
17. How would you find a job?
a. ________________________________________________________________________
18. What are 4 Information Technology Pathways?
a. ________________
________________
b. ________________
________________
Read the following statements, write down whether they are TRUE or FALSE:
___19.
Copyright status is only granted to well-known authors and filmmakers.
___20.
Sam buys a new band's CD but decides he doesn't like the singer, so he resells the CD on eBay. That's
legal.
___21.
The sole purpose of copyright is to make authors money and protect them from getting their works
stolen.
___22.
Amy tells Daniel about her summer vacation, and he says he'd love to see her pictures. Amy uses a peerto-peer (P2P) file-sharing program to upload the photographs she took at camp so he can download them.
That's copyright infringement.
___23.
Amy tells Daniel that the files are available. Daniel uses the same peer-to-peer file-sharing program to
download Amy's camp pictures. That's copyright infringement.
___24.
Jason copies the entire last chapter from the final Harry Potter book to his commercial blog without any
additional commentary. Since he only used part of the work, Jason would be protected by fair use.
___25.
Kathy downloaded a few photos of local organic farms from Flickr.com's Creative Commons (CC) pool.
She follows the rules of the photographer's specific CC license and uses them in her digital video about
sustainable agriculture. That's OK.
___26.
Dwight finds a peer-to-peer (P2P) network that offers free music downloads. He owns all but one of his
favorite band's CDs, and he finds that particular CD on the network. He's too cheap to buy it, so he downloads
the songs. He's not committing copyright infringement.
___27.
Paula read an interesting article about the making of the film Titanic and wants to use a short quote in
her cinema review paper for journalism class. That's copyright infringement.
___28.
Adam recorded a video for his YouTube channel about the upcoming Senate elections and includes an
official photo taken by a government employee and four bills authored by the incumbent that Adam found on
the Senate's website. That's copyright infringement.
___29.
Justin downloaded the black-and-white horror classic Night of the Living Dead from the Internet Archive
and decided to mix an audio sample from the film into one of his original songs. That's copyright infringement.
___30.
Kimberly decides to copy pictures she found on Google for her powerpoint presentation. She makes
sure to place the website where she found the pictures on the slides. This is copyright infringement.
Information Technology – Final Exam Study Guide
Label each set of keys on the keyboard below:
Fill in the blanks of the following questions:
31 An ________________ designed keyboard can help prevent some keyboard injuries.
32 Long periods of time on the keyboard can cause ____________.
33 When cleaning the keyboard, ____________ the keyboard from the computer.
34 The __________ is a pointing device that moves a graphical pointer on the screen.
35 The computer mouse can be used to issue _________, draw, and input other tasks.
36 The mouse is controlled by using _________ click, ___________ click, __________ click, __________
and ___________.
37 Some other input devices include __________, a web cam, and a joystick.
38 An ________ device operates ________ the case.
39 An ________ device operates outside the case.
40 Peripheral devices can be used for _________, __________, and __________.
41 The _____________________ is a digital type of signals that use only ones and zeros.
42 ISDN stands for ____________ Services ___________ Network.
43 CNC stands for _____________ Numeric Control.
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44 List 3 common INTERNAL devices:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
45 List 3 common EXTERNAL devices:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
46 List the 3 types of peripheral uses (where can we use these devices?):
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
47 List 4 peripheral devices that can be used in a BUSINESS:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
48 List 3 devices that can be used in your PERSONAL home:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___49. Application Software is
a. A computer program that performs a specific function.
b. A file type
c. A picture file type
d. A computer program that can erase computer functions.
___50. The following are all examples of image extensions EXCEPT:
a. .jpg
b. .jpeg
c. .wav
d. .bmp
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___51. The following are all examples of video extensions EXCEPT:
a. .avi
b. .jpeg
c. .wmv
d. .mov
___52. What punctuation mark is between the file name and the extention?
a. A period
b. An exclamation point
c. A question mark
d. A comma
___53. The initials GUI stand for?
a. Graphics Under Intelligence
b. Graphical User Interface
c. Graphics Up to Intel
d. Gas Under Intercom
___54. Propriety Software is:
a. Software that allows the user to modify the program code and may distribute the modified version.
b. Will not allow the user to change the desktop appearance.
c. Is the equivalent of a help desk technician.
d. Software that is the property of the maker and can be used by the purchaser and can’t be
reproduced modified or sold by the purchaser.
___55. A computer operating system is:
a. The power supply.
b. System icon in the control panel window
c. Program code that tells the computer hardware what to do
d. Allows the user to open the software but not load it onto the computer memory
___56. The appearance of the computer monitor screen can be changed using what?
a. Personalization icon in the control panel window
b. System icon in the control panel window
c. The control panel icon in the system window
d. The desktop icon in system window
___57. Two common types of operating systems are:
a. CDRW & CDR
b. RAM & HDD
c. Word Processing & Spreadsheets
d. None of the above
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___58. Open source software is:
a. Allows the user to open the software but not load it onto the computer memory
b. Will not allow the user to change the desktop appearance
c. Software that allows the user to modify the program code and may distribute the modified version
d. Software that is the property of the maker and can be used by the purchaser only with certain
restrictions. Can’t be reproduced, modified or resold by the purchaser
___59. Application software is:
a. Programs written to perform a specific function specified by the user
b. Program written to make the hardware of a computer function
c. Bits & Bytes
d. All of the above
___60. What do the initials POST stand for?
a. Ping-Over System Technique
b. Port Operation Stand-by
c. Paste Over Simple Technique
d. Power-On Self-Test