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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. A character displayed on the screen to prompt the user to take some action. The most common prompt is the 'C prompt' in which the computer hard drive or 'C' requests directions on what the computer should perform next.






2. Short for document






3. 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.






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






5. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.






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






7. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.






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.






9. Styles of text already in MS






10. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






15. Exploring the Internet.






16. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task






17. A tool where the numbering happens automatically






18. 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).






19. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser






20. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.






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






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






23. Medium






24. 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






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






26. The change from one thing to another






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. More than one or something that can be multiplied






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






30. Where you send something in the past tense






31. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network






32. The default document name in Excel






33. 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.






34. The address of documents and resources on the internet.






35. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs






36. A letter - number or other symbol.






37. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.






38. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another






39. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered






40. Command or option used to close a program or file.






41. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'






42. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action






43. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values






44. Internet Service Provider






45. 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






46. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.






47. The number keys on the right side of the keyboard that are laid out like the keys on an adding machine. In most cases - you can use these keys interchangeably with the number keys on the top row of the keyboard. Some programs use the numeric keypad a






48. A weblog or blog - is a listing of text - images - or other objects that are arranged in a chronological order that first started appearing in 1998.






49. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.






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