SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Computer Literacy
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
literacy
,
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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 set of instructions that you enter in a cell to perform numeric calculations (adding - multiplying - averaging - etc.); for example - +A1+B1. (in spreadsheet applications)
Print dialog box
Graphics
HTML
Formula
2. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.
Modem
Cell address/cell reference
Screensaver
Graphics
3. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network
Journal
Desktop
Retrieve
Default
4. The type and how big the text or object is
Size & Style
Clipart
Secondary storage device
Calendar
5. 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.
Attach
File name
URL
Transition
6. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.
SAVE
Brochures
AutoContent
Print dialog box
7. Data that goes into a computer device.
OPEN
Input
Power Point
Forward
8. 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.
Deleted items
Tasks
UNIVAC
Toolbar
9. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered
Search & Replace
Page Numbering
Insert & Delete
Indicators
10. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Windows
Print
Password
Currency
11. Creating a new document or folder
Create
Borders
Field
Transition
12. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Organize
Enter
Row
Analog
13. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Create
Digital
HTML
Microphone
14. Programs currently being worked on
Active programs
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Punched cards
Typeface & Font
15. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.
Output device
Pointer
Look-up menu
SUM
16. 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
Ad-ware
Toggle Switches
Browser
Send
17. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
OPEN
Soft copy
Tasks
Block Letter Format
18. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Menu - drop-down
Size & Style
CLOSE
Desktop
19. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Hard copy
Browser
Spy-ware
Windows
20. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).
MS-DOS
Calculator
OPEN
Annotations
21. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers
Modified Block Letter Format
SUM
Secondary storage device
Default # worksheets
22. A connection that is established using a modem
Dial-up
Insert & Delete
Graphics
Borders
23. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Spreadsheet
Paragraph dialog box
Web site
Relationships
24. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Exported
CA TV
Tables
Align
25. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
HTML
Publish
Animate
Workbook
26. 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.
SAVE
Database
Imported
Prompt
27. 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
Reports
Forward
OPEN
Operating system
28. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
Hard drive
Download
SUM
Virus
29. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
CLOSE
Joystick
Spreadsheet
Pointer
30. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Smart Tag
Default # worksheets
Template
Flyers
31. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Jump/Flash drive
Digital
Copyright
Borders
32. A collection of icons - pictures - buttons and other useful image files along with sound and video files that can be embedded or inserted into web pages.
Clipart
Start-up button
Analog
Query
33. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
Key tape
Page Setup dialog box
Microphone
Spam
34. 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.
Cards
Character
Mouse
Attach
35. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Exported
Output
Icon
Address
36. 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.
Display/Monitor
Modified Block Letter Format
Keyboard
Wizard
37. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
URL
Personal Letter Format
Notepad
Address
38. Viewing portion of a display
Secondary storage device
Column
Screen
Navigate
39. The actual web page on the domain
Slide show
Hard drive
index.html
Size & Style
40. A box that allows you to close a document or window
Toolbar
Recycle bin
Ready
Close box
41. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Page Setup dialog box
Ergonomics
Punched cards
Calculator
42. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Icon
Animate
Soft copy
Demote
43. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Relationships
Drag & Drop
spacing
Wizard
44. Alternatively referred to as ANSI art - text art - or word art - ASCII art is the process of forming pictures or art out of the characters available in the ASCII chart
Store
Copyright
Word Art
Auto Text
45. 3
Default # worksheets
Symbol
MS-DOS
AutoCorrect
46. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Cell address/cell reference
Outline View
Page Setup dialog box
Active programs
47. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Smart Tag
Page Setup dialog box
Chart
Auto-number
48. 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.
Background
Spy-ware
Jump/Flash drive
Attach
49. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
Scroll Bars
Web page
Blog
Spell Checker
50. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Date/Time control
Image
Bridge
Timing