Illinois Technology Specialist Exam 178 + 223 Terms
MP3 - (correct Answer) - A standard format for music files sent over the Internet that compresses music.
WAV file - (correct Answer) - WAV files maintain the quality of the original sound, but the file size can be
very large.
Constructive Theory of Education - (correct Answer) - suggests that humans construct our own
knowledge and meaning from experiences
static IP address - (correct Answer) - A permanent IP address that is manually assigned to a computer,
more vulnerable to attack
Hypermedia - (correct Answer) - Integrates audio, graphics, and/or video through links embedded in the
main program.
nonlinear media - (correct Answer) - world wide web, video games
linear media - (correct Answer) - books, movies (can only ever end one way, no other potential ways the
script can change based on the viewer/audience)
HTML - (correct Answer) - Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to
achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages.
FTP - (correct Answer) - File Transfer Protocol, standard network protocol used for the transfer of
computer files between a client and server on a computer network.
JPEG - (correct Answer) - (Joint Photographic Experts Group) The type of image file used most commonly
by photographers.
PDF - (correct Answer) - Portable Document Format. A file format developed by Adobe Systems to allow
for display and printing of formatted documents across platforms and systems. PDF files can be read on
any system equipped with the Acrobat Reader software.
E-Rate Program - (correct Answer) - --created through the Telecommunications Act of 1996 --full name of
program--The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund (USF)
--helps schools & libraries obtain broadband Internet services to advance availability of educational &
informational resources
driver - (correct Answer) - A small program that instructs the operating system on how to operate
specific hardware. ("drives" the operation of things)
Router - (correct Answer) - a device that forwards data packets between computer networks
switch - (correct Answer) - A computer networking device that connects network segments (computers)
Server - (correct Answer) - (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to
, files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
LAN - (correct Answer) - (Local Area Network) A computer network limited to the immediate area usually
the same building or floor of a building or a school campus.
WAN - (correct Answer) - Wide Area Network; largest type of network in terms of geographic area;
largest WAN is the Internet
NAP - (correct Answer) - Network Access Point. An intersection on the Internet where many national and
regional ISPs connect to exchange data.
client/server network - (correct Answer) - computer configuration in which one or more computers on
the network acts as a server
Tweening - (correct Answer) - An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes
that are needed to create the illusion of movement.
Analog Video - (correct Answer) - (Non-digital) video signals transmit information continuously in the
form of a wave
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - (correct Answer) - sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete
operational, formal operational
Skinner's theory of operant conditioning - (correct Answer) - Theory that states:
- Behavior with rewarding stimulus likely to recur
- Behavior with punishing stimulus unlikely to recur
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences - (correct Answer) - linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical,
visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal
Open Source Software (OSS) - (correct Answer) - Software that is free and whose code can be accessed
and potentially modified by anyone.
peripheral - (correct Answer) - connects to a computer system to add functionality (keyboard, mouse,
monitor, printer, scanner)
partition - (correct Answer) - section of a storage device such as a hard drive or solid state drive
dynamic IP address - (correct Answer) - An IP address that is assigned to a device upon request and may
change when the DHCP lease expires or is terminated. BOOTP and DHCP are two ways of assigning
dynamic IP addresses.
TCP/IP - (correct Answer) - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Protocol that connects
computers to the Internet. Tells computers how to exchange information over the Internet.
USB - (correct Answer) - Universal Serial Bus - most common port input/output on a PC
file compression - (correct Answer) - (.zip, .mp3, .mp4) most efficient file sharing, storage, transmission
Firewall - (correct Answer) - a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block
MP3 - (correct Answer) - A standard format for music files sent over the Internet that compresses music.
WAV file - (correct Answer) - WAV files maintain the quality of the original sound, but the file size can be
very large.
Constructive Theory of Education - (correct Answer) - suggests that humans construct our own
knowledge and meaning from experiences
static IP address - (correct Answer) - A permanent IP address that is manually assigned to a computer,
more vulnerable to attack
Hypermedia - (correct Answer) - Integrates audio, graphics, and/or video through links embedded in the
main program.
nonlinear media - (correct Answer) - world wide web, video games
linear media - (correct Answer) - books, movies (can only ever end one way, no other potential ways the
script can change based on the viewer/audience)
HTML - (correct Answer) - Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to
achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages.
FTP - (correct Answer) - File Transfer Protocol, standard network protocol used for the transfer of
computer files between a client and server on a computer network.
JPEG - (correct Answer) - (Joint Photographic Experts Group) The type of image file used most commonly
by photographers.
PDF - (correct Answer) - Portable Document Format. A file format developed by Adobe Systems to allow
for display and printing of formatted documents across platforms and systems. PDF files can be read on
any system equipped with the Acrobat Reader software.
E-Rate Program - (correct Answer) - --created through the Telecommunications Act of 1996 --full name of
program--The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund (USF)
--helps schools & libraries obtain broadband Internet services to advance availability of educational &
informational resources
driver - (correct Answer) - A small program that instructs the operating system on how to operate
specific hardware. ("drives" the operation of things)
Router - (correct Answer) - a device that forwards data packets between computer networks
switch - (correct Answer) - A computer networking device that connects network segments (computers)
Server - (correct Answer) - (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to
, files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
LAN - (correct Answer) - (Local Area Network) A computer network limited to the immediate area usually
the same building or floor of a building or a school campus.
WAN - (correct Answer) - Wide Area Network; largest type of network in terms of geographic area;
largest WAN is the Internet
NAP - (correct Answer) - Network Access Point. An intersection on the Internet where many national and
regional ISPs connect to exchange data.
client/server network - (correct Answer) - computer configuration in which one or more computers on
the network acts as a server
Tweening - (correct Answer) - An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes
that are needed to create the illusion of movement.
Analog Video - (correct Answer) - (Non-digital) video signals transmit information continuously in the
form of a wave
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - (correct Answer) - sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete
operational, formal operational
Skinner's theory of operant conditioning - (correct Answer) - Theory that states:
- Behavior with rewarding stimulus likely to recur
- Behavior with punishing stimulus unlikely to recur
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences - (correct Answer) - linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical,
visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal
Open Source Software (OSS) - (correct Answer) - Software that is free and whose code can be accessed
and potentially modified by anyone.
peripheral - (correct Answer) - connects to a computer system to add functionality (keyboard, mouse,
monitor, printer, scanner)
partition - (correct Answer) - section of a storage device such as a hard drive or solid state drive
dynamic IP address - (correct Answer) - An IP address that is assigned to a device upon request and may
change when the DHCP lease expires or is terminated. BOOTP and DHCP are two ways of assigning
dynamic IP addresses.
TCP/IP - (correct Answer) - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Protocol that connects
computers to the Internet. Tells computers how to exchange information over the Internet.
USB - (correct Answer) - Universal Serial Bus - most common port input/output on a PC
file compression - (correct Answer) - (.zip, .mp3, .mp4) most efficient file sharing, storage, transmission
Firewall - (correct Answer) - a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block
