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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. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Multiple
Software
Computer output
Letters
2. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Refresh
Letters
MS Windows
MAX
3. The physical division of space on a disk into sections--where information can be stored. A disk's format is established as part of the initialization process.
Banners
Format
Retrieve
Junk
4. Extra programs
Pointer
Format
UNIVAC
Accessories programs
5. 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
Highlighting Tool
Clipart
Save As
6. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Design
Gateway
Scanner
Title bar
7. 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.
Digital
Function
Prompt
Clipart
8. Where you advertise something
Send
Promote
Merged
Web site
9. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Wizard
Insert/Type over
Design
Inbox
10. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Contacts
Download
Scrolling
Active cell
11. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.
E-mail
Calculator
Output
Spell Checker
12. A column in a table
Field
Internet
Word wrap
Jump/Flash drive
13. A space reserved for a person's signature
Input
CLOSE
URL
Signature block
14. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Word Art
Scanner
Indicators
E-mail
15. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Query
Punched cards
Output
Document
16. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
Database
.doc
Punched cards
E-mail
17. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers
SAVE
MS Windows
MS-DOS
Print dialog box
18. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.
Save As
CPU
Document
Objects box/pane
19. 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.
Ad-ware
Program
Brochures
Menu toolbar
20. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Setup dialog box
Create
Internet
Sub-menu
21. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
index.html
Publish
Row
Ergonomics
22. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Word wrap
spacing
Design
Start-up button
23. Maximum
MAX
Cell address/cell reference
Insert/Type over
Range
24. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered
Spam
Modified Block Letter Format
CA TV
Page Numbering
25. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Headers & Footers
Cut - Copy & Paste
Browser
Letters
26. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Toggle Switches
WordPad
Accessories programs
Promote
27. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Smart Tag
MAX
Word wrap
Scrolling
28. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Text box
Page Setup dialog box
Page Numbering
CA TV
29. Where you send something in the past tense
Soft copy
Key tape
Sent
Display/Monitor
30. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
OPEN
Chart
Print
Close box
31. The default document name in Excel
.xls
Output
Abacus
AVERAGE
32. World Wide Web - Group of internet servers linking computers around the world.
Date/Time control
WWW
Form
Floppy drive
33. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
Gridlines
Notepad
Reports
Relationships
34. A Microsoft program
Trashcan
Size & Style
MS Word
Function
35. A connection that is established using a modem
Word Art
Dial-up
Retrieve
Forward
36. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
Indicators
MEDIAN
Screensaver
Dial-up
37. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Web page
Prompt
Jump/Flash drive
Undo
38. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Slide show
Wizard
Handouts
Modem
39. A character that is not a number or a letter
Spell Checker
Sent
Worksheet
Symbol
40. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Clipart
CTRL+ALT+DEL
WordPad
Sort
41. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Compact Disk
HTML
Sort
Animate
42. Exploring the Internet.
Surf
Field
Close box
WordPad
43. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.
Date/Time control
Handouts
Slide show
Template
44. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
OS
Punched cards
Frame
MS-DOS
45. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Default
Program
Send
Sent
46. Justify
Alignment
Cut - Copy & Paste
Operating system
Navigate
47. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Analog
Recycle bin
UNIVAC
Contacts
48. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Promote
HTML
Text box
Journal
49. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Function
Tables
Calculator
SAVE
50. A collection of similar information stored in a file - such as a database of addresses. This information may be created and stored in a database management system (DBMS).
Placeholder
Sort
Database
Insert & Delete