Basic Computer Knowledge

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
• If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
• Match each statement with the correct term.
• Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Devices used to enter information or instructions into the computer
If you do something awesome in class Mrs. Hein will give you a...
Bit
RAM stands for...
input devices


2. Software application used for viewing web pages

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3. Select or highlight the text
USB is the acronym for...
Double clicking in the very top left hand corner of a window will
USB ports on your computer allow you to connect
Before you copy or cut text in a word document you must first


4. Files on your computer which contain instructions for the computer

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5. Supports hundreds of users simultaneously
A device which will allow you to connect multiple computers together in your house for the purpose of sharing informations is a...
If you want to browse the contents of your hard drive which program would be most useful
server
specialty printers


6. Netiquette

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7. You didn't pay attention to where you saved the file

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8. Display
Another term for a computer monitor is...
the physical components of the computer system
Byte
output device


9. Personal Computer
Other terms for 'Computer Program' are...
In computer technology PC stands for...
the programs or instructions that tell the computer what to do
Mozilla & Firefox & Notepad & Adobe Acrobat & Microsoft Word & Winamp & and Internet Explorer are all examples of...


10. 1 million bytes
megabyte
USB is the acronym for...
server
wo or more computers that can communicate together


11. Organized & meaningful data
The phrase 'surfing the internet' refers to...
What type of software application would be best suited for creating a chart to manipulate personal financial data such as income and expenses
information
Computer 'Software' refers to...


12. Single left click
In computer technology PC stands for...
When you click on a link (hyperlink) you typically need to...
The CPU is commonly referred to as the
What type of software application would be best suited for creating a chart to manipulate personal financial data such as income and expenses


13. Right click on the folder & select rename and type the new folder name
To 'reboot' your computer means to...
computer
This device is used for sending and receiving data over a telephone line
One way to rename a folder is to...


14. Brain
The CPU is commonly referred to as the
To 'Burn' a CD or DVD means to...
the programs or instructions that tell the computer what to do
What type of software application would be best suited for creating a chart to manipulate personal financial data such as income and expenses


15. Save information on the disc

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16. Sound card
Your computer speakers plug in to the
desktop
This is where you will find the start menu & quick launch area & list of open windows or programs & and the system tray.
To select items in a list that are not contiguous you can *Contiguous means that items are not right next to one another


17. Ctrl-V
What does CPU stand for?
You can't find a file you know you saved on your computer. The most likely reason is that
Divorak Keyboard
Keyboard shortcuts are a way to execute commands that would normally be done using the mouse. They keyboard shortcut for the paste command is...


18. Double click the folder
Keyboard shortcuts are a way to execute commands that would normally be done using the mouse. They keyboard shortcut for the paste command is...
USB ports on your computer allow you to connect
You have opened My Computer and are looking at a folder. To view the contents of that folder & you would most likely
Mozilla & Firefox & Notepad & Adobe Acrobat & Microsoft Word & Winamp & and Internet Explorer are all examples of...


19. All-in-one &plotters &thermal
nonimpact printers
One way to rename a folder is to...
specialty printers
non-impact printers


20. Supports hundreds of users simultaneously
the unwritten 'rules' of etiquette used on the Internet
When you click on a link (hyperlink) you typically need to...
server
terabyte


21. Any part of the computer you can touch &physical components
laptop
Byte
computer hardware
the unwritten 'rules' of etiquette used on the Internet


22. Any part of the computer you can touch &physical components
impact printers
computer hardware
A type of computer program designed to display advertisements on your computer is known as
monitor types


23. Modem
You can't find a file you know you saved on your computer. The most likely reason is that
Bit
This device is used for sending and receiving data over a telephone line
non-impact printers


24. Hold down the Ctrl key and select the desired items
To select items in a list that are not contiguous you can *Contiguous means that items are not right next to one another
Keyboard shortcuts are a way to execute commands that would normally be done using the mouse. They keyboard shortcut for the CUT command is...
A device which will allow you to connect multiple computers together in your house for the purpose of sharing informations is a...
Keyboard shortcuts are a way to execute commands that would normally be done using the mouse. They keyboard shortcut for the copy command is...


25. Network card
If you do something awesome in class Mrs. Hein will give you a...
USB ports on your computer allow you to connect
A network adapter is also referred to as
Computer 'Software' refers to...


26. Printer
The CPU is commonly referred to as the
terabyte
the hardware that provides printed output from the computer
computer software


27. Software
the programs or instructions that tell the computer what to do
The purpose of the hard drive is to...
To select items in a list that are not contiguous you can *Contiguous means that items are not right next to one another
monitor types


28. Store information
Computer 'Software' refers to...
Bit
The purpose of the hard drive is to...
To 'reboot' your computer means to...


29. Files on your computer which contain instructions for the computer

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30. 1 billion bytes
wo or more computers that can communicate together
Pressing F1 will
gigabyte
The purpose of the hard drive is to...


31. Screens are grids made up of millions of pixels &each pixel is composed of red &blue & and green subpixels & picture element is sandwiched between two transparent layers to form images
Byte
What does CPU stand for?
computer hardware
LCD monitor features


32. Bookmark
a way to mark your favorite websites and return to them without writing in the address
www.google.com is an example of a...
This device is used for sending and receiving data over a telephone line
the physical components of the computer system


33. 8 bits or one character
Byte
LCD monitor features
When using a word processing program such as Microsoft word it is necessary to save your work to a file because
The purpose of the hard drive is to...


34. Representation of a fact &figure & or idea
Another term for a computer monitor is...
data
You have opened My Computer and are looking at a folder. To view the contents of that folder & you would most likely
Kilobyte


35. Random Access Memory
non-impact printers
a way to mark your favorite websites and return to them without writing in the address
If you do something awesome in class Mrs. Hein will give you a...
RAM stands for...


36. Ink-jet &laser
megabyte
terabyte
non-impact printers
impact printers


37. Taskbar
This is where you will find the start menu & quick launch area & list of open windows or programs & and the system tray.
One way to rename a folder is to...
The purpose of the hard drive is to...
Before you copy or cut text in a word document you must first


38. Random Access Memory
Right Click is...
Mozilla & Firefox & Notepad & Adobe Acrobat & Microsoft Word & Winamp & and Internet Explorer are all examples of...
RAM stands for...
Pressing F1 will


39. Personal Computer
You can't find a file you know you saved on your computer. The most likely reason is that
data
In computer technology PC stands for...
the physical components of the computer system


40. Used at a single location
the physical components of the computer system
Your computer seems to have stopped working & or it has 'frozen' you should
Where should you save your work?
desktop


41. Excel Spreadsheet
To 'reboot' your computer means to...
Bit
What type of software application would be best suited for creating a chart to manipulate personal financial data such as income and expenses
Before you copy or cut text in a word document you must first


42. Ink-jet &laser
A device which will allow you to connect multiple computers together in your house for the purpose of sharing informations is a...
Divorak Keyboard
the unwritten 'rules' of etiquette used on the Internet
non-impact printers


43. Portable computer
The phrase 'surfing the internet' refers to...
laptop
terabyte
Pressing F1 will


44. Viewing web pages and clicking on hyperlinks

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45. Dot matrix
impact printers
What does CPU stand for?
'Web Browser' is a...
Another term for a computer monitor is...


46. E-mail
A type of computer program that collects personal information without your consent is known as
an abbreviation for electronic mail which is a letter or memo sent to a person or group electronically over the Internet
the physical components of the computer system
To 'Burn' a CD or DVD means to...


47. Close the window
The CPU is commonly referred to as the
USB is the acronym for...
One way to rename a folder is to...
Double clicking in the very top left hand corner of a window will


48. Printer
To select items in a list that are not contiguous you can *Contiguous means that items are not right next to one another
non-impact printers
Your computer speakers plug in to the
the hardware that provides printed output from the computer


49. Universal Serial Bus
USB is the acronym for...
Right Click is...
A device which will allow you to connect multiple computers together in your house for the purpose of sharing informations is a...
megabyte


50. CRT (cathode ray tube) &LCD (liquid crystal display)
USB is the acronym for...
To 'Burn' a CD or DVD means to...
monitor types
You can't find a file you know you saved on your computer. The most likely reason is that