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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. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Insert/Type over
Demote
Borders
Title bar
2. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Copyright
Menu - drop-down
Active programs
Margins
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
Task panes
E-mail
Command
Ergonomics
4. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
WordPad
Text box
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Title bar
5. 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.
Formula bar
GUI
Spam
Banners
6. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Placeholder
Letters
Text box
Gridlines
7. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Document
Gridlines
Edit
Menu toolbar
8. A type of edging around a document
Active cell
Download
Page Numbering
Borders
9. 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.
Insert/Type over
Jump/Flash drive
Password
Hyperlink
10. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
CA TV
Row
Toggle Switches
Wizard
11. 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).
Template
Caps lock
Symbol
Copyright
12. 3
Copyright
Default # worksheets
Paint
Download
13. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
Scrolling
Virus
Task panes
Start-up button
14. 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.
Worksheet tab
Soft copy
Display/Monitor
Function
15. Where you advertise something
Promote
Spreadsheet
Objects box/pane
Abacus
16. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Size & Style
Date/Time control
CA TV
Form
17. An attachment can be a picture - a word document - a movie - a sound file - an excel document - or any other file that requires another program to open it.
.doc
Attach
Task-switching
Floppy drive
18. Programs currently being worked on
Animate
Active programs
Change
Send
19. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Form
Setup dialog box
Menu - drop-down
Web page
20. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action
Undo
Page Numbering
Modem
Formula
21. 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
Update
Display/Monitor
Key tape
Row
22. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network
Start-up button
Enter
Journal
Option
23. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Auto-number
Download
CLOSE
Menu - drop-down
24. 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.
Windows
Document
Hard copy
Line-spacing
25. ...
Ready
Smart Tag
Layout
Pointer
26. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Format
Spreadsheet
Junk
Calculator
27. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
Scroll Bars
Spell Checker
Organize
Monitor
28. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Print dialog box
Receive
SUM
Align
29. A space reserved for a person's signature
Joystick
Currency
Size & Style
Signature block
30. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
spacing
Icon
Template
Line-spacing
31. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Query
Apple/Mac
Contacts
Default
32. 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.
Windows
Reports
Undo
Scrolling
33. 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
Row
Num lock
Tables
Modem
34. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Flyers
Internet
Store
Outbox
35. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Secondary storage device
Reports
Ready
Chart
36. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Microphone
Recycle bin
Line-spacing
Note Pad
37. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Letters
Auto-number
Surf
Hardware
38. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Setup dialog box
On/Off
Banners
Background
39. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.
Software
Tables
Symbol
Function
40. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
.doc
Handouts
OPEN
Address
41. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Input device
Calculator
AVERAGE
SAVE
42. Many computers that are connected like a web so you can see what other computer operators show you and you can show them things as well.
Modified Block Letter Format
Menu toolbar
Junk
Internet
43. Where you get something
WYSIWYG
Junk
Receive
MEDIAN
44. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.
Typeface & Font
Chart
Notes
Image
45. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition
Font dialog box
Enter
Task-switching
Slide show
46. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Record
Flyers
Worksheet
Form
47. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Toggle Switches
Workbook
Keyboard
Key tape
48. A connection that is established using a modem
Notes
index.html
Dial-up
Outbox
49. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.
Status bar
Abacus
Page Setup dialog box
Objects box/pane
50. A program that walks you through MS
GUI
MS Windows Tour
Forward
Query