L.A. asked: hello as part of my class IT 101, I need to get some information of non technological people, meaning, people that do not work in a high tech profession or major in CS, EE, IT, IS, SE,
etc., and see what they think about Information Technology mean, if you can help me please answer it, I would appreciate it:
IT Questionnaire
Name of Person Interviewed:
1. Demographics:
o Age:
o Sex:
o Ethnicity:
o Highest Grade/Level of School Completed:
o Last or Current completed Major or Degree:
2. What are the main reasons, purposes, or tasks that you use a computer, cell phone, and
other information technologies?
3. Do you know how to use a computer for the following:
Please rate your skill level between 1 and 10 for each checked IT skill [1 = extremely low skill level - 5 = average skill level, - 10 = expert at the skill]
(for example: x Word Processing [7]):
o Word processing [ ]
o Spreadsheets [ ]
o Databases [ ]
o Presentations [ ]
o E-Mail [ ]
o Instant Messaging [ ]
o Web conferencing [ ]
o Photo editing [ ]
o Set up a wireless network [ ]
o Video Conferencing [ ]
o Reading Electronic Books [ ]
o Social Networking (Facebook,
MySpace, etc) [ ]
o Using a Search engine [ ]
o Surfing the web [ ]
o Games on computer alone [ ]
o Games online [ ]
o Set up a physical network [ ]
o Install a Windows operating system [ ]
o Install a Mac operating system [ ]
o Install a Linux operating system [ ]
o Install Server software [ ]
o Install a motherboard [ ]
o Install a video card [ ]
o Install memory for your computer [ ]
o Install a new hard drive [ ]
o Other Skills:
4. Do you know how to use a cell phone or PDA for:
Please rate your skill level between 1 and 10 for each checked IT skill
[1 = extremely low skill level - 5 = average skill level, - 10 = expert at the skill]
(for example: x Word Processing [7]):
o Word processing [ ]
o Spreadsheets [ ]
o Databases [ ]
o Presentations [ ]
o E-Mail [ ]
o Instant Messaging [ ]
o Web conferencing [ ]
o Photo editing [ ]
o Video Conferencing [ ]
o Reading Electronic Books [ ]
o Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, etc) [ ]
o Using a Search engine [ ]
o Surfing the web [ ]
o Games on phone [ ]
o Online games on phone [ ]
o Install memory card on your phone/PDA [ ]
o Other Skills:
5. What other information technologies do you want to know about or use but don’t
currently know about or use?
6. What does the term “Information Technology” mean to you?
7. What does the term “Information System” mean to you?
8. What does the term “Computer Science” mean to you?
9. What does the term “Computer Engineering” mean to you?
10. What does the term “Software Engineering” mean to you?
11. What do you think people who work in “Information Technology” do?
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