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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 program that walks you through MS
MS Windows Tour
OPEN
Monitor
Handouts
2. 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
Send
Paragraph dialog box
Layout
MS-DOS
3. 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.
Power Point
Spreadsheet
Calculator
GUI
4. Adding text to a document
Page Numbering
Insert/Type over
Calendar
Inbox
5. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Insert/Type over
Cut - Copy & Paste
Flyers
Ergonomics
6. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
MS Word
MIN
Block Letter Format
Mouse
7. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
Monitor
Headers & Footers
Print
Desktop
8. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Store
Outbox
Indicators
Date/Time control
9. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Record
Background
Menu
GUI
10. 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.
Compact Disk
Date/Time control
Toolbar
Paragraph dialog box
11. Internet Service Provider
Web page
Digital
Keyboard
ISP
12. 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.
Memos
Workbook
Mouse
Cards
13. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
HTTP
Attach
Publish
File name
14. What You See Is What You Get. When using most word processors - page layout programs (See desktop publishing) - and web page design programs - words and images will be displayed on the monitor as they will look on the printed page or web page.
Multiple
Display/Monitor
WYSIWYG
Address
15. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Sort
On/Off
Query
Output device
16. Data that goes into a computer device.
Design
Desktop
Notes
Input
17. 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.
Hardware
Imported
Annotations
Hard copy
18. 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)
Formula
Page Numbering
Demote
Change
19. A difference in the text
Calendar
Digital
Change
Windows
20. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Note Pad
Signature block
Upload
Abacus
21. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
Password
Active worksheet
Row
Receive
22. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Prompt
Gridlines
MIN
Spreadsheet
23. 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
Sub-menu
Ad-ware
Imported
Print dialog box
24. 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.
Form
Blog
Screensaver
Contacts
25. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Font dialog box
Key tape
Start-up button
Thesaurus
26. Alternatively referred to as an account name - login ID - and user ID - a username or user name is a name given to a user on a computer or computer network.
Sub-menu
Ad-ware
MAX
User name
27. Recording how long something takes
Timing
Storage
Analog
Spam
28. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Modified Block Letter Format
Default
Spreadsheet
Outline View
29. The default document name in Excel
Computer output
.xls
Demote
Range
30. The horizontal strip across the top of an application's window. Each word on the strip has a context sensitive drop-down menu containing features and actions that are available for the application in use.
CA TV
E-mail
Monitor
Menu toolbar
31. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Num lock
Edit
Format
Toggle Switches
32. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.
Output device
Currency
Brochures
Flyers
33. 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)
Task-switching
Signature block
Cell address/cell reference
Journal
34. A set of data-entry fields on a page processed on a server. The user submits the form by clicking on a button or image - and the form is sent by a form handler.
GUI
Signature block
Blog
Form
35. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.
Attach
CLOSE
Range
Application software
36. A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.
Virus
Insert & Delete
Task panes
Mouse
37. Programs currently being worked on
Note Pad
Highlighting Tool
Word Art
Active programs
38. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
URL
Letters
Font dialog box
Calculator
39. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.
Image
GUI
Microphone
Character
40. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Print
Digital
Word Art
Option
41. 3
Spy-ware
Default # worksheets
Deleted items
Align
42. Where you send something in the past tense
Sent
Cut - Copy & Paste
Microphone
Signature block
43. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network
Active programs
Cell address/cell reference
Jump/Flash drive
Gateway
44. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
Banners
Task-switching
Active cell
Punched cards
45. Turns computer on and off
ISP
Multiple
Insert & Delete
On/Off
46. A website - or web site - is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser
Multiple
Web site
SUM
Line-spacing
47. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
AutoContent
AVERAGE
Drag & Drop
URL
48. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
Abacus
Address
MAX
Spell Checker
49. 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).
Animate
Undo
HTML
User name
50. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Cell address/cell reference
Hard drive
Browser
Line-spacing