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Computer Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Frame
E-mail
Tables
Personal Letter Format
2. Recording how long something takes
Clipart
Headers & Footers
Timing
Symbol
3. Receptacle for unwanted items
Software
Recycle bin
Relationships
Screensaver
4. A file or view of data formatted in a way that allows the user to see a large amount of data quickly from documents or a database.
Scroll Bars
Thesaurus
Analyze
Reports
5. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Calendar
Chart
Banners
Edit
6. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Annotations
Icon
Punched cards
User name
7. Something that can be accessed
Hardware
Layout
Insert/Type over
OPEN
8. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Menu
Hardware
Calculate
Create
9. 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
Clipart
Tasks
Font dialog box
10. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.
Update
Merged
Calculator
Template
11. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Scanner
Gateway
Grammar Checker
Number
12. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Exported
AutoCorrect
Auto-number
Modified Block Letter Format
13. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Input
Power Point
Abacus
Worksheet tab
14. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Active worksheet
Copyright
Junk
Paragraph dialog box
15. 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.
Workbook
Spy-ware
.xls
Formula bar
16. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
Spam
Send
AVERAGE
Sort
17. A collection of similar information stored in a file - such as a database of addresses. This information may be created and stored in a database management system (DBMS).
Database
Menu
Output device
Create
18. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.
Monitor
Exported
Page Numbering
Keyboard
19. A Microsoft program
MS Word
Outline View
Thesaurus
Send
20. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
Bridge
OS
Mouse
Password
21. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Spam
Notes
Tables
MS Word
22. A collection of icons - pictures - buttons and other useful image files along with sound and video files that can be embedded or inserted into web pages.
Note Pad
Clipart
Default # worksheets
Joystick
23. The type of money used in a certain place
Page Setup dialog box
Apple/Mac
Currency
Windows
24. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
Inbox
Brochures
Indicators
Keyboard
25. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Calendar
Insert/Type over
Objects box/pane
Storage
26. Toolbar used to format documents
Active programs
Formatting toolbar
Align
Jump/Flash drive
27. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
Row
Tasks
Formatting toolbar
Modem
28. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Calculator
Hardware
Symbol
Compact Disk
29. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Borders
Function
Organize
Imported
30. Completes the text for you
Merged
Digital
Auto Text
Print dialog box
31. A character displayed on the screen to prompt the user to take some action. The most common prompt is the 'C prompt' in which the computer hard drive or 'C' requests directions on what the computer should perform next.
Enter
Prompt
Hardware
Typeface & Font
32. The default document name in Excel
.xls
Row
MS Word
Relationships
33. 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).
Mouse
Currency
Upload
Navigate
34. 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
Analyze
On/Off
Forward
35. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.
Task panes
Cut - Copy & Paste
E-mail
Power Point
36. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Note Pad
Thesaurus
Edit
Banners
37. 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.
Timing
User name
Format
File name
38. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
Spam
Ready
Notes
Virus
39. A character that is not a number or a letter
Blog
Ready
Symbol
Promote
40. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Spreadsheet
Notes
Spell Checker
Gridlines
41. The end of a line of text. You can force a line break by pressing 'Return' - or you can let the application break lines for you. This is a special character that forces a new line on a page without creating a new paragraph.
Windows
Line-spacing
Output
Font dialog box
42. 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
Punched cards
Line-spacing
Web site
Floppy drive
43. 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
UNIVAC
OPEN
MS Word
44. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Menu toolbar
Browser
Slide show
AVERAGE
45. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
Option
Output
Punched cards
Fonts
46. Text or an image that is connected by hypertext coding to a different location. By selecting the text or image with a mouse - the computer 'jumps to' (or displays) the linked text.
Analog
Relationships
Hyperlink
Change
47. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).
Menu toolbar
MS-DOS
Caps lock
Spam
48. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
URL
Character
Web page
Copyright
49. Viewing portion of a display
Screen
Column
ISP
Hyperlink
50. A portion of a computer display used in a graphical interface that enables users to select commands by pointing to illustrations or symbols with a mouse. 'Windows' is also the name Microsoft adopted for its popular operating system.
Exported
Slide show
Form
Windows
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