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Computer Literacy
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literacy
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. A type of edging around a document
Currency
Borders
Toggles
Active programs
2. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Option
Bulleted list
Paragraph dialog box
Upload
3. Command or option used to close a program or file.
Letters
Retrieve
EXIT
Formatting toolbar
4. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Handouts
Demote
Screen
Joystick
5. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Scrolling
Sort
Hardware
Notes
6. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Toolbar
Menu - drop-down
URL
CTRL+ALT+DEL
7. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
Toolbar
Template
Save As
Refresh
8. More than one or something that can be multiplied
Multiple
Active worksheet
Transition
Receive
9. This is a picture or an image.
Graphics
Status bar
Spy-ware
Align
10. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
Deleted items
Notepad
Imported
Demote
11. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.
Integrated circuits
Command
Image
Change
12. A website - or web site - is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser
Web site
Forward
AutoContent
Frame
13. A box that allows the process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Abacus
EXIT
User name
Print dialog box
14. 1) text-based applications - a way of designing the number of characters that fit on the computer's display. A column is one character wide. 2) In spread sheet applications - a column is a vertical arrangement of cells.
Column
Active cell
Objects box/pane
Bulleted list
15. To workout a mathematical equation
SAVE
Floppy drive
Punched cards
Calculate
16. Alternatively referred to as an account name - login ID - and user ID - a username or user name is a name given to a user on a computer or computer network.
AutoCorrect
Date/Time control
User name
Form
17. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Num lock
Computer output
Browser
Spell Checker
18. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Accessories programs
Organize
Spam
Modified Block Letter Format
19. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Background
File name
Cell address/cell reference
Integrated circuits
20. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Integrated circuits
Screensaver
Format
Formatting toolbar
21. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Menu
Annotations
Default
Background
22. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Title bar
Web site
Workbook
Save As
23. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Digital
Organize
Browser
Notes
24. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Monitor
Print dialog box
Fonts
Date/Time control
25. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
Paragraph dialog box
Edit
Start-up button
CLOSE
26. A weblog or blog - is a listing of text - images - or other objects that are arranged in a chronological order that first started appearing in 1998.
Word Art
Blog
MAX
Line-spacing
27. The actual web page on the domain
Formula
index.html
Pointer
WYSIWYG
28. The process of transferring information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network). v. To transfer information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network).
Upload
Flyers
Cell address/cell reference
Toggles
29. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
Microphone
Password
Hyperlink
Icon
30. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
Formula
Cell address/cell reference
Look-up menu
Trashcan
31. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'
Hard copy
Bulleted list
Organize
Handouts
32. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Copyright
Save As
Change
Navigate
33. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Worksheet
Column
Note Pad
Query
34. Where you send something in the past tense
Multiple
Fonts
Sent
Spam
35. The name you give your file or document before you save it on a disk. This name should help you identify and retrieve this file.
Graphics
File name
Typeface & Font
Retrieve
36. A circuit board that you can install in a slot inside the computer to expand the computer's memory or give it the means to communicate with a peripheral device.
Update
Cards
Scrolling
Monitor
37. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Graphics
Workbook
Monitor
Calculator
38. A general term used to describe what you see on your screen when you're using a computer. This may include video effects - tables - letters - or numbers.
Display/Monitor
Auto-number
Organize
Toggle Switches
39. A set of instructions that you enter in a cell to perform numeric calculations (adding - multiplying - averaging - etc.); for example - +A1+B1. (in spreadsheet applications)
Formula
Blog
Ad-ware
Notes
40. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Digital
Calendar
Flyers
Letters
41. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Headers & Footers
Graphics
Active programs
Outlook
42. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
MS Windows
Auto-number
Bridge
Gridlines
43. Alternatively referred to as ANSI art - text art - or word art - ASCII art is the process of forming pictures or art out of the characters available in the ASCII chart
Surf
Print dialog box
Gridlines
Word Art
44. Microsoft software presentation program that allows a user to create a slide show of important notes that can be easily shown and moved through during a presentation
Power Point
spacing
HTTP
User name
45. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser
Compact Disk
Row
Hyperlink
OS
46. Many computers that are connected like a web so you can see what other computer operators show you and you can show them things as well.
Task-switching
Workbook
Soft copy
Internet
47. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Paint
Built-in Styles
Thesaurus
Toggle Switches
48. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Scanner
Analyze
Input
OS
49. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Microphone
Recycle bin
Demote
Send
50. Digital Subscriber Line. A method of connecting to the Internet via a phone line. A DSL connection uses copper telephone lines but is able to relay data at much higher speeds than modems and does not interfere with telephone use.
DSL
HTTP
.xls
Chart