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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 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
MIN
AVERAGE
Operating system
Ergonomics
2. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Update
Setup dialog box
Layout
HTML
3. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
Outlook
Web page
Keyboard
Notepad
4. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser
Compact Disk
Layout
Output
Menu toolbar
5. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Analog
Calendar
On/Off
Placeholder
6. A weblog or blog - is a listing of text - images - or other objects that are arranged in a chronological order that first started appearing in 1998.
index.html
Punched cards
Change
Blog
7. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Bridge
Modified Block Letter Format
Placeholder
Formula bar
8. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action
Retrieve
Output device
Undo
Sub-menu
9. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Query
Merged
Toggle Switches
File name
10. 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
SAVE
Calculator
Layout
Brochures
11. Something that can be accessed
Cell address/cell reference
OPEN
Chart
WordPad
12. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values
Change
Design
Digital
Range
13. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
URL
Recycle bin
Operating system
Cards
14. The process of moving data used in another program or earlier software version and moving it into another program or later version of the program.
Frame
Imported
Integrated circuits
Default # worksheets
15. 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
spacing
Borders
Word Art
Accessories programs
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.
Worksheet
Form
Tables
Screensaver
17. 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.
Reports
Design
Outlook
Display/Monitor
18. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Promote
Status bar
Image
Soft copy
19. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Relationships
Ad-ware
Attach
CPU
20. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
DSL
Margins
Handouts
Worksheet
21. Completes the text for you
Auto Text
Key tape
Save As
Program
22. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
Undo
Browser
Retrieve
Update
23. The process of transferring information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network). v. To transfer information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network).
Formatting toolbar
Bridge
Upload
Receive
24. Justify
Paint
Alignment
Design
Indicators
25. 3
Hard copy
Menu toolbar
Ergonomics
Default # worksheets
26. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.
OPEN
Insert & Delete
Setup dialog box
Typeface & Font
27. A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.
Mouse
Annotations
Gridlines
Graphics
28. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
Slide show
Soft copy
Field
Bulleted list
29. Hypertext Markup Language. A standard of text markup conventions used for documents on the World Wide Web. Browsers interpret the codes to give the text structure and formatting (such as bold - blue - or italic).
Outbox
Smart Tag
HTML
Display/Monitor
30. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Desktop
Windows
Background
User name
31. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Layout
Hard copy
Secondary storage device
Spy-ware
32. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Option
Insert/Type over
UNIVAC
Punched cards
33. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Modem
Screensaver
Attach
CTRL+ALT+DEL
34. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Record
Worksheet tab
Layout
Trashcan
35. Internet Service Provider
Toolbar
WordPad
Scanner
ISP
36. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer
Paint
Layout
Calculate
Output device
37. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity
Spreadsheet
Ergonomics
Upload
Internet
38. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
GUI
Computer output
MIN
Refresh
39. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Highlighting Tool
Copyright
Icon
E-mail
40. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
Image
Spam
Analyze
Computer output
41. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Jump/Flash drive
Internet
Start-up button
Alignment
42. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
SAVE
Input
CLOSE
Slide show
43. Recording how long something takes
Sort
Paint
Timing
SUM
44. 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.
Spy-ware
Command
Typeface & Font
Personal Letter Format
45. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
Organize
Bridge
Placeholder
Memos
46. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos
Reports
Borders
E-mail
AutoCorrect
47. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later
Exported
CPU
Store
Compact Disk
48. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Inbox
Symbol
Line-spacing
Download
49. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Create
Insert & Delete
Bridge
Num lock
50. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
Toolbar
Animate
DSL
Memos