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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. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Sent
Copyright
Built-in Styles
Hard copy
2. Computer company
CPU
Grammar Checker
Apple/Mac
AVERAGE
3. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Fonts
Close box
MEDIAN
MAX
4. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Look-up menu
Forward
Internet
Punched cards
5. 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)
.doc
Enter
.xls
Hard drive
6. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Print
Wizard
Typeface & Font
Layout
7. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
AVERAGE
Display/Monitor
HTTP
Font dialog box
8. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
Indicators
WYSIWYG
Look-up menu
Attach
9. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
spacing
URL
Align
Store
10. A Microsoft program
Screen
MS Word
Tasks
Punched cards
11. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text
Hardware
Font dialog box
Undo
Punched cards
12. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Headers & Footers
Frame
WWW
Hard copy
13. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Block Letter Format
Ready
Record
Num lock
14. 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.
Hyperlink
Cards
Field
Contacts
15. Where you send something in the past tense
Power Point
Junk
Sent
Undo
16. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document
Retrieve
Size & Style
Design
Notepad
17. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Copyright
Headers & Footers
GUI
Active programs
18. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Ready
Junk
Display/Monitor
Scrolling
19. 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
Layout
Default
Background
Filter
20. Turns computer on and off
OPEN
On/Off
Grammar Checker
Record
21. 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.
Graphics
Jump/Flash drive
Attach
WWW
22. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Compact Disk
Blog
Outlook
Calculator
23. To workout a mathematical equation
index.html
Calculate
Search & Replace
Gateway
24. A connection that is established using a modem
Prompt
Toggle Switches
Range
Dial-up
25. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Refresh
Paint
Enter
HTML
26. 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
Currency
Borders
Copyright
Ad-ware
27. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Web site
Web page
Animate
Trashcan
28. Styles of text already in MS
Recycle bin
Page Numbering
Built-in Styles
Icon
29. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.
Text box
spacing
Keyboard
Relationships
30. Alternatively referred to as a worksheet - a spreadsheet is a data file made up of rows and columns that are used to sort data and allow a user to manipulate and arrange data easily - commonly numerical data.
Worksheet
Browser
Design
Address
31. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Key tape
Send
Demote
Function
32. 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.
Bridge
WWW
Line-spacing
Number
33. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.
Integrated circuits
Send
Notepad
Prompt
34. Cable TV
Font dialog box
Mouse
Record
CA TV
35. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Wizard
Tasks
SAVE
Field
36. Receptacle for unwanted items
Active programs
Recycle bin
Search & Replace
MS-DOS
37. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A common system used to request and send HTML documents on the World Wide Web. It is the first portion of all URL addresses on the World Wide Web (e.g. - http://www.whitehouse.gov).
File name
HTTP
Command
CLOSE
38. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
Command
Graphics
Calculate
Task panes
39. 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.
OPEN
Calculator
Formula bar
GUI
40. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Line-spacing
Ergonomics
Personal Letter Format
Hyperlink
41. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
spacing
Pointer
Toggle Switches
Query
42. 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
GUI
Num lock
Create
Outbox
43. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
Publish
Personal Letter Format
Notes
Punched cards
44. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
SAVE
WWW
Task panes
Number
45. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Publish
Microphone
Print dialog box
Cut - Copy & Paste
46. A row in a table
Toggles
Address
Fonts
Record
47. Short for document
.doc
Headers & Footers
AutoContent
Forward
48. To combine two or more files into a single file.
Merged
Output
.xls
Bridge
49. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Toolbar
Banners
Thesaurus
Template
50. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
Secondary storage device
Edit
Password
Font dialog box