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Computer Literacy
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literacy
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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 box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Indicators
Bulleted list
Setup dialog box
Active cell
2. A software program or program feature sometimes found in a program such as a word processor that can be used to help check text for any improper grammar.
Image
Hyperlink
.doc
Grammar Checker
3. Alternatively referred to as UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email) - spam - not to be confused with the meat product - is slang commonly used to describe junk e-mail on the Internet.
Junk
Indicators
Storage
UNIVAC
4. 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.
Menu toolbar
MAX
Handouts
HTML
5. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Computer output
Hyperlink
Workbook
Navigate
6. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
Hard copy
Start-up button
Hardware
Status bar
7. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Create
Calculator
Calendar
Notes
8. To do this - you click on something and hold the button down. This will move the object you clicked on and will leave it where you let go of the button. So it drags it and drops it.
Joystick
Drag & Drop
E-mail
MEDIAN
9. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
Template
Block Letter Format
Task panes
Ad-ware
10. A set of programs that - among other things - controls the way information is loaded into memory - the way the computer works with that information - the way information is stored on a disk - and the way the computer communicates with a printer and o
Punched cards
Brochures
Title bar
Operating system
11. The type of money used in a certain place
Currency
File name
Layout
Setup dialog box
12. An item that has been disposed of
Banners
Deleted items
Page Numbering
index.html
13. 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.
Print
Form
Worksheet
Print dialog box
14. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
URL
Contacts
Auto Text
Joystick
15. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
CLOSE
Task panes
Bridge
Pointer
16. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Size & Style
Menu - drop-down
SAVE
Personal Letter Format
17. Programs currently being worked on
Merged
Letters
spacing
Active programs
18. Term used to describe a software program that is intentionally installed on the computer by a user to monitor or spy on what other users of the same computer are doing.
Start-up button
Menu toolbar
Spy-ware
Look-up menu
19. The type and how big the text or object is
Insert/Type over
Scrolling
Size & Style
Personal Letter Format
20. A function similar to the save function that allows a user to specify the name and location of where he or she wishes to save the file before saving it.
Smart Tag
Computer output
Save As
Image
21. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Block Letter Format
Key tape
Punched cards
On/Off
22. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Handouts
Modem
Spreadsheet
Insert & Delete
23. Styles of text already in MS
Built-in Styles
MEDIAN
Caps lock
Modem
24. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Web page
Input device
Block Letter Format
Transition
25. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Address
Browser
Spreadsheet
Abacus
26. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Ad-ware
Program
Store
Sort
27. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Look-up menu
Design
Currency
Status bar
28. The actual web page on the domain
index.html
Trashcan
AutoContent
Active programs
29. A Microsoft program
Annotations
Spreadsheet
Filter
MS Word
30. Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor included with Microsoft Windows 95 - 98 - ME - NT - 2000 - XP - Vista - 7 - and future releases of Microsoft Windows.
Exported
Bulleted list
AutoCorrect
WordPad
31. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
Apple/Mac
ISP
Retrieve
Web site
32. To combine two or more files into a single file.
Auto-number
Merged
Multiple
Auto Text
33. 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.
Chart
Attach
Exported
Menu toolbar
34. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file
Modem
Imported
OS
Workbook
35. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).
AutoContent
MS-DOS
Note Pad
Transition
36. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
Layout
Password
Timing
Note Pad
37. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Analog
Num lock
Field
Jump/Flash drive
38. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Scrolling
Timing
Scanner
Modem
39. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
.xls
Inbox
Print
Enter
40. Universal Automatic Computer the UNIVAC is an electrical computer containing thousands of vacuum tubes that utilizes punch cards and switches for inputting data and punch cards for outputting and storing data.
UNIVAC
Formula bar
Relationships
OS
41. Sections of a document that are unused. White spaces help separate paragraphs of text - graphics and other portions of a document - and helps a document look less crowded.
Scanner
spacing
WYSIWYG
Cards
42. 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)
DSL
Monitor
Cell address/cell reference
Pointer
43. 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).
AutoCorrect
Caps lock
Internet
Monitor
44. The first calculation device
Hyperlink
Row
Abacus
Receive
45. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Screensaver
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Storage
Cards
46. 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.
Brochures
Task panes
Hyperlink
Borders
47. 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.
Download
URL
File name
Animate
48. Data that goes into a computer device.
Highlighting Tool
Input
Menu toolbar
Sub-menu
49. A key on the numeric keypad that confirms a choice or tells a program you're ready to proceed. In most cases - the Return key also serves this function. The ____ button is used to confirm an entry into an active cell. (in spreadsheet applications)
Enter
CPU
Page Numbering
Indicators
50. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Monitor
Program
Prompt
Personal Letter Format