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Computer Literacy
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Study First
Subjects
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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. Short for document
.doc
Title bar
Alignment
Pointer
2. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.
Page Setup dialog box
Keyboard
Spy-ware
Outbox
3. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
Option
Inbox
Send
Floppy drive
4. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Web page
Notepad
Joystick
CTRL+ALT+DEL
5. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
Refresh
Trashcan
Field
Handouts
6. A note added by way of comment or explanation
On/Off
Clipart
Annotations
MS Word
7. Viewing portion of a display
Attach
Screen
MAX
Blog
8. A device - such as a keyboard - stylus and tablet - mouse - puck - or microphone - that allows input of information (letters - numbers - sound - video) to a computer.
Menu - drop-down
Punched cards
Monitor
Input device
9. Maximum
User name
Compact Disk
Paragraph dialog box
MAX
10. 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.
Note Pad
Menu toolbar
Gridlines
Blog
11. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
Power Point
Task-switching
Status bar
Text box
12. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Spam
Compact Disk
Fonts
Storage
13. Medium
MEDIAN
Annotations
Power Point
Default
14. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Workbook
Toggle Switches
Edit
Active programs
15. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A common system used to request and send HTML documents on the World Wide Web. It is the first portion of all URL addresses on the World Wide Web (e.g. - http://www.whitehouse.gov).
MS Word
Hyperlink
HTTP
Formula
16. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Secondary storage device
Highlighting Tool
Start-up button
Margins
17. Unique location identified by intersecting column and row coordinates. (spreadsheet application) -The address or name of a specific cell. Cell references may be used in formulas and are relative or absolute. (spreadsheet application)
Align
MS-DOS
Highlighting Tool
Cell address/cell reference
18. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.
Application software
Field
Design
Imported
19. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network
User name
Hyperlink
Retrieve
Journal
20. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
WYSIWYG
Icon
Worksheet tab
Graphics
21. To workout a mathematical equation
Update
Calculate
Spy-ware
EXIT
22. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Modem
Line-spacing
Merged
Fonts
23. Alternatively referred to as a worksheet - a spreadsheet is a data file made up of rows and columns that are used to sort data and allow a user to manipulate and arrange data easily - commonly numerical data.
Gridlines
Row
Worksheet
Multiple
24. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
Margins
Spell Checker
Page Numbering
Query
25. A column in a table
Outline View
MS Windows Tour
Web site
Field
26. Where the text is automatically entered
Fonts
Bulleted list
Outlook
AutoContent
27. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
User name
Junk
Jump/Flash drive
Scanner
28. Graphical User Interface. A system that simplifies selecting computer commands by enabling the user to point to symbols or illustrations (called icons) on the computer screen with a mouse.
GUI
Indicators
Input device
Print dialog box
29. A row in a table
Journal
OPEN
Background
Record
30. A program that walks you through MS
Web site
Blog
MS Windows Tour
Joystick
31. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).
Bulleted list
CLOSE
Status bar
Floppy drive
32. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
HTTP
Undo
Placeholder
Insert/Type over
33. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Menu - drop-down
Pointer
Relationships
Mouse
34. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
Toolbar
Exported
OS
Borders
35. A vertical or horizontal bar commonly located on the far right or bottom of a window that allows a user to move the window viewing area up - down - left - or right.
Outbox
Brochures
Scroll Bars
Template
36. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Outbox
Slide show
Recycle bin
Auto-number
37. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity
Tasks
Block Letter Format
Notes
Ergonomics
38. Turns computer on and off
Microphone
Transition
On/Off
AutoCorrect
39. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another
AutoContent
Exported
Workbook
Change
40. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Cards
Menu
Scrolling
Operating system
41. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.
Hard drive
MS Windows Tour
Cards
Pointer
42. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
Fonts
Brochures
Gateway
Virus
43. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
Default # worksheets
Sort
Block Letter Format
CTRL+ALT+DEL
44. More than one or something that can be multiplied
Calendar
Page Setup dialog box
EXIT
Multiple
45. Sometimes referred to as seek - search is the process of locating a letter(s) - word(s) - file(s) - website(s) - etc.
Retrieve
Calendar
Search & Replace
Caps lock
46. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
WYSIWYG
Retrieve
Update
Design
47. The number keys on the right side of the keyboard that are laid out like the keys on an adding machine. In most cases - you can use these keys interchangeably with the number keys on the top row of the keyboard. Some programs use the numeric keypad a
Navigate
Num lock
CLOSE
Grammar Checker
48. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Thesaurus
Input
WYSIWYG
Forward
49. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition
Spam
Slide show
Auto-number
URL
50. 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.
Copyright
Cards
Letters
Application software