Tech Literacy Challenge

Online exams will be given by regional proctors prior to the competition for each of the grade level categories. The exams will have 50 multiple-choice questions. Questions will be vocabulary and concept oriented. They will come from the following topic areas:

1. History of computers
2. Parts of the computer
3. Peripheral computer devices
4. Uses and limitations of computers
5. General uses of common computer applications software
6. New and emerging technologies
7. The Internet
8. Social implications of computers
9. General programming (Level III, Grades 9-12, only)

Questions for the Technology Literacy Challenge will come from information generally available in textbooks and reliable sources on the Internet. An oral exam may be used as a tie-breaker of three or more students.