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Computer Literacy

Subjects : literacy, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations






2. World Wide Web - Group of internet servers linking computers around the world.






3. Exploring the Internet.






4. Sections of a document that are unused. White spaces help separate paragraphs of text - graphics and other portions of a document - and helps a document look less crowded.






5. 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.






6. A note added by way of comment or explanation






7. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data






8. The first calculation device






9. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.






10. 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).






11. To do this - you click on something and hold the button down. This will move the object you clicked on and will leave it where you let go of the button. So it drags it and drops it.






12. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.






13. The actual web page on the domain






14. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion






15. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program






16. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.






17. Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor included with Microsoft Windows 95 - 98 - ME - NT - 2000 - XP - Vista - 7 - and future releases of Microsoft Windows.






18. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.






19. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis






20. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.






21. Copy: A command that copies the selected information and places it on the clipboard.cut: To remove text or graphics from a document by using the Cut command. The most recent 'clipping' is stored on the Clipboard of the computer so that you can paste






22. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.






23. A graphical or textual page that incorporates navigation hyperlinks to pages that are part of a web structure.






24. A difference in the text






25. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.






26. To combine two or more files into a single file.






27. Programs currently being worked on






28. The rectangular area - above the worksheet window - that displays a cell's contents - including numbers - text - and formulas - when you click a cell. You can use the formula bar to enter and edit data in the active cell.






29. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.






30. Toolbar used to format documents






31. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone






32. 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.






33. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.






34. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.






35. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive






36. Where you send something in the past tense






37. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)






38. A set of programs that - among other things - controls the way information is loaded into memory - the way the computer works with that information - the way information is stored on a disk - and the way the computer communicates with a printer and o






39. Side text that could be important later






40. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.






41. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software






42. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs






43. Computer company






44. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0






45. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.






46. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.






47. 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.






48. Something that can be accessed






49. Where you get something






50. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser