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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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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 generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
CPU
Memos
Note Pad
Notepad
2. The first calculation device
Filter
Abacus
Surf
Timing
3. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
Upload
Trashcan
Look-up menu
Paragraph dialog box
4. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Outbox
Surf
Reports
Font dialog box
5. Recording how long something takes
Calendar
Modem
Timing
Cell address/cell reference
6. 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.
Internet
Relationships
Objects box/pane
Floppy drive
7. The default document name in Excel
Handouts
Document
.xls
Attach
8. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos
URL
AutoCorrect
Ready
Calculate
9. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
Key tape
OS
Row
Task-switching
10. 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.
spacing
Look-up menu
Sent
Input
11. 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
Alignment
Virus
Column
Cut - Copy & Paste
12. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Auto-number
Surf
index.html
Smart Tag
13. Allows you to collapse the documents to see only the main headings or to expand a document to see all the main headings and text.
Form
Bulleted list
Ergonomics
Outline View
14. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
Auto Text
Memos
Title bar
Built-in Styles
15. Universal Automatic Computer the UNIVAC is an electrical computer containing thousands of vacuum tubes that utilizes punch cards and switches for inputting data and punch cards for outputting and storing data.
Note Pad
Tables
Active cell
UNIVAC
16. This is the screen that appears if you are not browsing the Internet - reading a file - or playing a game. Your icons are on this screen.
Setup dialog box
Ready
Browser
Desktop
17. Microsoft Office feature found in Microsoft Office 2002 (XP) - Office 2003 - and later versions that enables users to have quick access to common features - information - and commands.
Query
Demote
Publish
Task panes
18. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.
Publish
Currency
Objects box/pane
Worksheet
19. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Toggle Switches
Option
Format
Gridlines
20. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Menu
Analyze
Highlighting Tool
Trashcan
21. Viewing portion of a display
Outlook
ISP
Screen
Undo
22. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Cards
Margins
Forward
AVERAGE
23. Programs currently being worked on
Letters
Contacts
Active programs
Send
24. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Copyright
Browser
Built-in Styles
User name
25. An attachment can be a picture - a word document - a movie - a sound file - an excel document - or any other file that requires another program to open it.
File name
Attach
Search & Replace
Note Pad
26. Minimum
MIN
Virus
Store
On/Off
27. The type of money used in a certain place
Currency
Number
HTML
Promote
28. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
EXIT
Undo
Frame
Date/Time control
29. 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
Notepad
AutoContent
Word Art
Background
30. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs
Hyperlink
Imported
Toggles
Cut - Copy & Paste
31. A space reserved for a person's signature
ISP
Print
Signature block
Abacus
32. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Hard drive
Default # worksheets
Toolbar
CTRL+ALT+DEL
33. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Typeface & Font
Punched cards
Memos
Relationships
34. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Screensaver
AutoCorrect
Signature block
Formatting toolbar
35. An item that has been disposed of
Clipart
Recycle bin
Chart
Deleted items
36. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values
Create
Page Setup dialog box
Field
Range
37. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Slide show
Menu
Status bar
Spy-ware
38. A letter - number or other symbol.
Frame
Menu toolbar
OPEN
Character
39. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Navigate
Integrated circuits
WWW
Modified Block Letter Format
40. 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.
Retrieve
Caps lock
Display/Monitor
Relationships
41. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Close box
HTTP
CPU
Hard drive
42. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
Scanner
AutoCorrect
Row
Output device
43. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Placeholder
Chart
E-mail
Line-spacing
44. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
CLOSE
Analog
Spy-ware
Symbol
45. A key that can lock into place so that letters you type will come out capitalized. Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabetic keys (such as punctuation and symbols). To access these - you must still press the Shift key (on either side of the key board).
Caps lock
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Annotations
Brochures
46. 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)
Form
Integrated circuits
Formula
Headers & Footers
47. 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
Pointer
Accessories programs
Operating system
Built-in Styles
48. Hypertext Markup Language. A standard of text markup conventions used for documents on the World Wide Web. Browsers interpret the codes to give the text structure and formatting (such as bold - blue - or italic).
HTML
Indicators
Formatting toolbar
Banners
49. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Timing
Abacus
Filter
Address
50. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).
Power Point
Relationships
WYSIWYG
MS-DOS