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Computer Literacy
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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. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
.xls
Scrolling
Soft copy
SAVE
2. Completes the text for you
Toggle Switches
Margins
Auto Text
ISP
3. An item that has been disposed of
MEDIAN
Spam
Design
Deleted items
4. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network
MAX
Journal
Headers & Footers
Title bar
5. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Query
Exported
Block Letter Format
Background
6. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
URL
Note Pad
AVERAGE
Input device
7. 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.
Design
Mouse
Desktop
Exported
8. The name you give your file or document before you save it on a disk. This name should help you identify and retrieve this file.
Address
Cut - Copy & Paste
File name
Junk
9. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
Monitor
Clipart
Format
Journal
10. 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.
Undo
Windows
Toolbar
Chart
11. The default document name in Excel
Currency
Junk
.xls
Auto-number
12. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
Scroll Bars
Page Setup dialog box
Signature block
Hardware
13. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
Timing
Objects box/pane
Signature block
Active worksheet
14. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
Image
Screensaver
Retrieve
Toggle Switches
15. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Floppy drive
Display/Monitor
MIN
Letters
16. Cable TV
CA TV
Joystick
Browser
Download
17. 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.
Num lock
GUI
Input device
Promote
18. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Calculator
Memos
Query
Paint
19. The type and how big the text or object is
Screen
Menu - drop-down
Size & Style
Journal
20. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
Retrieve
Indicators
Word wrap
Alignment
21. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Query
Status bar
Software
Document
22. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Hard drive
Template
Modified Block Letter Format
Calculate
23. 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
Active programs
Contacts
Cut - Copy & Paste
Relationships
24. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Power Point
Toggle Switches
Digital
Transition
25. The type of money used in a certain place
Drag & Drop
MS Windows
Currency
Line-spacing
26. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Address
Title bar
Display/Monitor
Ready
27. 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.
Ergonomics
Layout
Clipart
Borders
28. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Key tape
Organize
File name
Note Pad
29. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
MEDIAN
Promote
Active cell
Jump/Flash drive
30. 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.
Spy-ware
Print dialog box
Template
Brochures
31. ...
Enter
Smart Tag
Outline View
Borders
32. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Active cell
Computer output
WYSIWYG
Sub-menu
33. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.
Modem
Accessories programs
OPEN
CA TV
34. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Formula bar
Setup dialog box
Fonts
Character
35. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).
Clipart
Ad-ware
Soft copy
Floppy drive
36. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
Edit
CLOSE
Character
Internet
37. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
Prompt
Toolbar
Icon
Edit
38. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Task-switching
Key tape
Demote
Block Letter Format
39. 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.
Symbol
Scroll Bars
Line-spacing
Date/Time control
40. 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.
Reports
Calendar
Trashcan
Modified Block Letter Format
41. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Analog
Refresh
Toggle Switches
User name
42. Adding text to a document
Number
Template
Insert/Type over
Junk
43. Alternatively referred to as malware - sneakware - or spyware - adware is a program installed without a user's consent or knowledge during the install of another program
Design
Ad-ware
Word Art
Outlook
44. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Highlighting Tool
Start-up button
MIN
Design
45. 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.
Web page
Cards
Image
Field
46. 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.
Symbol
Software
Operating system
Imported
47. A row in a table
Signature block
Record
Ready
Multiple
48. 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.
AVERAGE
Formula bar
Borders
Windows
49. Command or option used to close a program or file.
EXIT
Block Letter Format
Edit
Input
50. A software program or program feature sometimes found in a program such as a word processor that can be used to help check text for any improper grammar.
Calendar
Grammar Checker
Hard drive
Mouse