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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.
  • 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. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data






2. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.






3. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity






4. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion






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






6. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.






7. 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.






8. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.






9. Recording how long something takes






10. A vertical or horizontal bar commonly located on the far right or bottom of a window that allows a user to move the window viewing area up - down - left - or right.






11. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.






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






13. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.






14. A peripheral device which allows users to play video games or computer games which demand fast reflexes and decision-making.






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






16. A letter - number or other symbol.






17. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.






18. 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)






19. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition






20. Where you send something in the past tense






21. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.






22. Toolbar used to format documents






23. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.






24. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.






25. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive






26. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images






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






28. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.






29. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.






30. A column in a table






31. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone






32. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed






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






34. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network






35. Minimum






36. 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.






37. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files






38. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.






39. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device






40. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.






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






42. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.






43. 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.






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






45. A series of keys to unlock a screen






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






47. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.






48. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.






49. 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)






50. 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.