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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 connection that is established using a modem
Dial-up
File name
Line-spacing
Web site
2. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
Task-switching
Tasks
SUM
Margins
3. Turns computer on and off
On/Off
Row
Font dialog box
Hyperlink
4. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Forward
Refresh
Toggles
MS Windows Tour
5. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
Prompt
Screen
Paragraph dialog box
Publish
6. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
WWW
Spy-ware
Calculator
Placeholder
7. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Internet
Web site
WYSIWYG
Fonts
8. A function similar to the save function that allows a user to specify the name and location of where he or she wishes to save the file before saving it.
Prompt
Save As
Hyperlink
Software
9. The overall appearance of a document - image - text or other medium designed to be more appeasing to the viewer or help locate or identify the medium being looked at
Layout
Print
Hyperlink
Application software
10. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Operating system
Calendar
Undo
Gridlines
11. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Bulleted list
Apple/Mac
Computer output
Currency
12. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
Borders
Active programs
Memos
Thesaurus
13. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Refresh
AVERAGE
Address
Digital
14. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Multiple
Wizard
Handouts
Close box
15. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Browser
Number
Insert/Type over
SUM
16. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Note Pad
Borders
MS Word
Blog
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.
Placeholder
Clipart
AutoContent
WordPad
18. Internet Service Provider
File name
ISP
Wizard
Caps lock
19. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Secondary storage device
Hyperlink
Active cell
Annotations
20. The first calculation device
Abacus
Power Point
Function
WWW
21. 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.
Highlighting Tool
Blog
Fonts
Internet
22. 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.
Option
Input device
Task panes
Calendar
23. 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
Bridge
Journal
AutoCorrect
24. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Tables
Grammar Checker
Bulleted list
Cut - Copy & Paste
25. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
Spy-ware
Receive
AVERAGE
Calendar
26. The default document name in Excel
Placeholder
.xls
Word wrap
Key tape
27. A box that allows a change of the format of text that affects the complete paragraph or is different from other paragraphs in a document.
Text box
Outline View
Paragraph dialog box
Default # worksheets
28. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
GUI
Relationships
Output
Keyboard
29. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
Active worksheet
Look-up menu
Spam
Worksheet tab
30. Computer company
Typeface & Font
Apple/Mac
Transition
Joystick
31. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Analyze
spacing
Password
Ready
32. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Formatting toolbar
Storage
Modified Block Letter Format
Browser
33. 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.
Clipart
Form
Undo
Input device
34. The process of moving data used in another program or earlier software version and moving it into another program or later version of the program.
Imported
Junk
AVERAGE
CPU
35. Maximum
MAX
Internet
SUM
Input
36. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text
Font dialog box
Print
Spy-ware
Margins
37. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Key tape
Gateway
Scanner
Prompt
38. 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
AutoCorrect
AutoContent
Timing
39. Medium
Active worksheet
Floppy drive
Prompt
MEDIAN
40. A type of edging around a document
Imported
Input
Layout
Borders
41. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser
Word wrap
MAX
Compact Disk
Junk
42. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Paint
Hard copy
Receive
Status bar
43. A row in a table
ISP
Record
Column
Ergonomics
44. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Brochures
Trashcan
Margins
Computer output
45. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Personal Letter Format
Key tape
Title bar
MS Word
46. Software file that contains updated information and various fixes that resolves issues that have been located by the software developer to help prevent those errors from occurring in the future
Hardware
Update
OPEN
Filter
47. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Print
Software
GUI
Menu - drop-down
48. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
SUM
Jump/Flash drive
Formatting toolbar
Document
49. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.
Surf
Insert & Delete
Inbox
Copyright
50. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Currency
Look-up menu
Option
Active programs