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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. Completes the text for you






2. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.






3. In general - the term query is commonly used to describe a question or request that is made by a user or another computer or device






4. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.






5. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text






6. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).






7. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers






8. The cell in which you are working - indicated by the current location of the cell pointer.






9. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.






10. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.






11. The first calculation device






12. 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






13. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file






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






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






16. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device






17. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed






18. Where you get something






19. Internet Service Provider






20. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.






21. 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)






22. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser






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






24. A Microsoft program






25. Data that goes into a computer device.






26. Term used to describe a software program that is intentionally installed on the computer by a user to monitor or spy on what other users of the same computer are doing.






27. 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.






28. Extra programs






29. Sometimes referred to as seek - search is the process of locating a letter(s) - word(s) - file(s) - website(s) - etc.






30. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power






31. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.






32. Creating a new document or folder






33. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.






34. A tool that converts an image or a file.






35. 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).






36. 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).






37. Side text that could be important later






38. 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)






39. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly






40. 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.






41. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos






42. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software






43. The default document name in Excel






44. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.






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






46. Receptacle for unwanted items






47. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.






48. Exploring the Internet.






49. To reduce to a lower grade or rank






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