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Computer Literacy
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Study First
Subjects
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literacy
,
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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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. Side text that could be important later
AutoContent
CLOSE
Trashcan
Notes
2. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos
Calculate
Jump/Flash drive
Bridge
AutoCorrect
3. The type and how big the text or object is
Command
Trashcan
Web site
Size & Style
4. A space reserved for a person's signature
Storage
Date/Time control
Signature block
Letters
5. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Change
Character
Annotations
Wizard
6. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0
Symbol
Number
UNIVAC
Search & Replace
7. 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.
Active worksheet
Page Setup dialog box
Analog
Imported
8. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Worksheet tab
Menu toolbar
Bridge
Spell Checker
9. Programs currently being worked on
Copyright
Retrieve
Active programs
WWW
10. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
Template
Dial-up
Enter
Spell Checker
11. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.
Application software
Handouts
Recycle bin
Objects box/pane
12. A precise series of instructions written in a computer language that tells the computer what to do and how to do it. Programs are also called 'software' or 'applications.'
Tasks
Program
Auto Text
Storage
13. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Currency
Animate
Bulleted list
Template
14. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer
Relationships
Windows
Outlook
Hyperlink
15. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Calculator
Start-up button
Compact Disk
AVERAGE
16. To do this - you click on something and hold the button down. This will move the object you clicked on and will leave it where you let go of the button. So it drags it and drops it.
Outline View
Spam
Drag & Drop
Grammar Checker
17. 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
Abacus
Punched cards
18. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Frame
Worksheet
Calendar
Wizard
19. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
Toolbar
Enter
WordPad
Copyright
20. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Sort
Software
Forward
Indicators
21. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs
Computer output
Toggles
MS Word
Symbol
22. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
Digital
.doc
Frame
Block Letter Format
23. Software file that contains updated information and various fixes that resolves issues that have been located by the software developer to help prevent those errors from occurring in the future
CPU
Worksheet tab
Update
Calculator
24. This is the screen that appears if you are not browsing the Internet - reading a file - or playing a game. Your icons are on this screen.
AVERAGE
Personal Letter Format
Document
Desktop
25. A type of edging around a document
Borders
Exported
Paragraph dialog box
Analyze
26. A peripheral device which allows users to play video games or computer games which demand fast reflexes and decision-making.
Joystick
Ergonomics
Handouts
Spell Checker
27. Turns computer on and off
Outline View
WYSIWYG
Floppy drive
On/Off
28. 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
Num lock
Prompt
Create
Fonts
29. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers
Hardware
SUM
E-mail
Modified Block Letter Format
30. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Default
Output
Ready
Power Point
31. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Status bar
Digital
Flyers
HTTP
32. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Tables
OPEN
Timing
Change
33. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Database
Setup dialog box
Print dialog box
Search & Replace
34. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Tables
Annotations
Hard copy
CA TV
35. A connection that is established using a modem
index.html
Dial-up
Signature block
Document
36. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Compact Disk
Headers & Footers
Objects box/pane
Upload
37. Adding text to a document
Store
Punched cards
Keyboard
Insert/Type over
38. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
WWW
Flyers
Save As
Note Pad
39. 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.
Virus
Attach
Built-in Styles
Font dialog box
40. Digital Subscriber Line. A method of connecting to the Internet via a phone line. A DSL connection uses copper telephone lines but is able to relay data at much higher speeds than modems and does not interfere with telephone use.
Receive
DSL
Hard drive
Retrieve
41. 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
Paint
Operating system
Auto-number
Word wrap
42. This is a picture or an image.
Menu - drop-down
Menu
Refresh
Graphics
43. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Start-up button
Joystick
Menu
Toolbar
44. Text or an image that is connected by hypertext coding to a different location. By selecting the text or image with a mouse - the computer 'jumps to' (or displays) the linked text.
Spell Checker
Hyperlink
Filter
E-mail
45. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Image
Save As
Page Setup dialog box
Upload
46. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
CLOSE
Letters
Menu
Desktop
47. Where the text is automatically entered
Frame
Currency
Input device
AutoContent
48. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Relationships
WWW
Notepad
WYSIWYG
49. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
Scanner
Slide show
Inbox
Num lock
50. 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)
Joystick
Banners
Formula
Virus