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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. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Paint
CPU
Query
Default
2. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
Annotations
Output
Browser
Grammar Checker
3. 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.
spacing
Imported
Tables
Formula bar
4. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Demote
Scrolling
Filter
Objects box/pane
5. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Symbol
Create
CPU
Note Pad
6. 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.
Program
Banners
Line-spacing
Microphone
7. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Text box
Spreadsheet
Highlighting Tool
Auto-number
8. An item that has been disposed of
Merged
Form
Record
Deleted items
9. Toolbar used to format documents
Microphone
Personal Letter Format
Formatting toolbar
Spam
10. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Analog
Password
Promote
Flyers
11. 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.
Output device
Save As
Timing
MS-DOS
12. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
Row
Wizard
URL
Storage
13. A website - or web site - is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser
Web site
Notes
Hard drive
Update
14. 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)
Menu - drop-down
AutoCorrect
Personal Letter Format
Cell address/cell reference
15. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Gateway
Active programs
Highlighting Tool
Animate
16. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Change
CLOSE
Hard drive
Fonts
17. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Command
Align
Computer output
Ready
18. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Tables
WWW
Note Pad
Analyze
19. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Secondary storage device
Navigate
Web page
Tables
20. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Query
Page Numbering
Spell Checker
Note Pad
21. 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).
HTML
Drag & Drop
Document
Retrieve
22. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone
Contacts
MS Windows
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Store
23. Graphical User Interface. A system that simplifies selecting computer commands by enabling the user to point to symbols or illustrations (called icons) on the computer screen with a mouse.
GUI
User name
Chart
Send
24. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Personal Letter Format
Contacts
Scanner
Handouts
25. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
UNIVAC
Align
Internet
Screensaver
26. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.
Ad-ware
Auto-number
Send
Animate
27. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Icon
Relationships
Objects box/pane
Forward
28. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Calculate
Frame
Sub-menu
Margins
29. 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
Paint
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Application software
30. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Outline View
Toolbar
Program
Tasks
31. 1) text-based applications - a way of designing the number of characters that fit on the computer's display. A column is one character wide. 2) In spread sheet applications - a column is a vertical arrangement of cells.
Symbol
Column
Caps lock
Worksheet
32. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
Key tape
Secondary storage device
SAVE
WWW
33. 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.
Insert/Type over
UNIVAC
Address
Soft copy
34. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.
Objects box/pane
Attach
Template
Word Art
35. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Organize
Spam
MEDIAN
CTRL+ALT+DEL
36. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
Thesaurus
Password
Highlighting Tool
Prompt
37. Styles of text already in MS
Query
Screen
Insert & Delete
Built-in Styles
38. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
.xls
Save As
Virus
AutoCorrect
39. A box that allows you to close a document or window
Browser
Close box
Ad-ware
Formula bar
40. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.
Junk
Application software
Output device
Caps lock
41. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos
AutoCorrect
Ready
Bridge
Screensaver
42. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Application software
Start-up button
Paragraph dialog box
Filter
43. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Flyers
Formula
Outline View
OPEN
44. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Graphics
Date/Time control
MEDIAN
Journal
45. The default document name in Excel
Calculator
Copyright
Scanner
.xls
46. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
Digital
Screen
OS
Multiple
47. Where the text is automatically entered
Page Setup dialog box
AutoCorrect
AutoContent
Formula bar
48. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Bridge
Toggle Switches
Notes
Built-in Styles
49. Allows you to collapse the documents to see only the main headings or to expand a document to see all the main headings and text.
Punched cards
Outline View
On/Off
Note Pad
50. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Close box
Text box
Setup dialog box
Background