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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 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).
Memos
Database
Retrieve
Update
2. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action
MIN
Multiple
Symbol
Undo
3. 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)
Outlook
Active programs
Formula
Tasks
4. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
Task-switching
ISP
Drag & Drop
Browser
5. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Handouts
Caps lock
Ready
Start-up button
6. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
SUM
Spy-ware
Screensaver
Storage
7. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.
On/Off
Frame
Brochures
Scroll Bars
8. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser
URL
Task panes
Receive
Compact Disk
9. A box that allows the process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Display/Monitor
Print dialog box
Paragraph dialog box
Password
10. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer
Jump/Flash drive
Document
Outlook
Look-up menu
11. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Contacts
Upload
MEDIAN
Paint
12. The first calculation device
Insert & Delete
Indicators
Abacus
Command
13. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Ad-ware
Auto-number
spacing
Sub-menu
14. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.
Insert & Delete
Bridge
Publish
Input device
15. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Record
Active programs
OS
Bridge
16. 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.
Record
Form
Password
Sub-menu
17. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
Design
MS Windows
CA TV
Block Letter Format
18. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
AVERAGE
Look-up menu
Start-up button
spacing
19. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Start-up button
Frame
Contacts
Trashcan
20. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Date/Time control
Pointer
Gridlines
Active programs
21. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity
Layout
Handouts
Ergonomics
Block Letter Format
22. 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.
Attach
spacing
Formula bar
Tables
23. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Text box
MS Word
Modem
Trashcan
24. 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.
Objects box/pane
Toggles
Calculate
Save As
25. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Modem
Analog
Monitor
Demote
26. A file or view of data formatted in a way that allows the user to see a large amount of data quickly from documents or a database.
Notepad
Promote
Reports
Design
27. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Prompt
Spam
Icon
Enter
28. World Wide Web - Group of internet servers linking computers around the world.
HTTP
Computer output
WWW
Formatting toolbar
29. Data that goes into a computer device.
Storage
Punched cards
Input
Insert & Delete
30. 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.
Toolbar
Spam
Windows
Edit
31. 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.
CPU
Format
Line-spacing
Journal
32. 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.
Secondary storage device
File name
Modified Block Letter Format
Update
33. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Monitor
Status bar
Form
Outlook
34. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Default
Look-up menu
Insert & Delete
Slide show
35. Toolbar used to format documents
Size & Style
Formatting toolbar
Prompt
Default
36. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Animate
Compact Disk
Timing
WYSIWYG
37. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers
SUM
Output device
Paint
Integrated circuits
38. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Retrieve
Sent
Line-spacing
Setup dialog box
39. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
Output
Active worksheet
Transition
Sent
40. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Scanner
Floppy drive
Ready
Receive
41. A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.
Word Art
Mouse
Spy-ware
Gridlines
42. Microsoft Office feature found in Microsoft Office 2002 (XP) - Office 2003 - and later versions that enables users to have quick access to common features - information - and commands.
WYSIWYG
Task panes
Bulleted list
Attach
43. More than one or something that can be multiplied
HTTP
Font dialog box
Multiple
Upload
44. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Placeholder
Smart Tag
Formula bar
Secondary storage device
45. Creating a new document or folder
CA TV
Send
Create
Web site
46. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
Enter
Apple/Mac
Memos
Toggles
47. Maximum
MAX
Status bar
Column
Send
48. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Filter
Built-in Styles
Status bar
Navigate
49. 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.
Paragraph dialog box
Hyperlink
Contacts
Margins
50. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Start-up button
MEDIAN
Refresh
Analog