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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. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action
Undo
Align
Modem
Handouts
2. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
EXIT
Pointer
URL
Digital
3. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
CLOSE
Upload
Formula bar
Paint
4. A peripheral device which allows users to play video games or computer games which demand fast reflexes and decision-making.
Joystick
Navigate
Line-spacing
Font dialog box
5. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition
Calculate
Record
Notes
Slide show
6. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Margins
Scrolling
Database
Start-up button
7. World Wide Web - Group of internet servers linking computers around the world.
Application software
Hardware
WWW
Timing
8. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.
Active cell
Insert & Delete
Drag & Drop
AutoCorrect
9. A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.
Mouse
Form
Active cell
CLOSE
10. Command or option used to close a program or file.
Align
Surf
Paragraph dialog box
EXIT
11. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Banners
AutoContent
Prompt
Background
12. Adding text to a document
Sort
Placeholder
Insert/Type over
Signature block
13. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity
Ergonomics
Default
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Input
14. 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.
Paint
Trashcan
Compact Disk
Line-spacing
15. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
.xls
Tables
Key tape
Integrated circuits
16. A column in a table
Field
Outlook
Screen
Upload
17. Alternatively referred to as a worksheet - a spreadsheet is a data file made up of rows and columns that are used to sort data and allow a user to manipulate and arrange data easily - commonly numerical data.
Worksheet
SAVE
Modem
Task panes
18. 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
Jump/Flash drive
Copyright
Num lock
Annotations
19. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Typeface & Font
Analyze
Title bar
Graphics
20. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
OPEN
Software
.xls
Password
21. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.
Output
Pointer
Indicators
Slide show
22. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
OPEN
Title bar
Font dialog box
Analog
23. Where the text is automatically entered
AutoContent
Display/Monitor
MS-DOS
Notepad
24. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
Worksheet tab
Thesaurus
Modified Block Letter Format
MS Word
25. Extra programs
Accessories programs
Objects box/pane
Imported
HTML
26. 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.
Cell address/cell reference
File name
Recycle bin
Memos
27. Toolbar used to format documents
Junk
Form
Formatting toolbar
Database
28. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Row
Graphics
AutoCorrect
Filter
29. 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.
Calendar
Output
Calculator
Desktop
30. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Column
Copyright
Default # worksheets
Grammar Checker
31. 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).
Smart Tag
HTML
Menu toolbar
Copyright
32. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Paragraph dialog box
Grammar Checker
Organize
Page Setup dialog box
33. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Scrolling
Spreadsheet
Analog
CA TV
34. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another
Alignment
Exported
Address
CLOSE
35. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Calculate
Auto-number
Align
Banners
36. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Scroll Bars
Address
WWW
Icon
37. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Calendar
Toggle Switches
Chart
Thesaurus
38. To combine two or more files into a single file.
Apple/Mac
Merged
Indicators
Active programs
39. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Annotations
Ready
Apple/Mac
Application software
40. The type and how big the text or object is
AVERAGE
Modem
DSL
Size & Style
41. A space reserved for a person's signature
Contacts
Upload
Imported
Signature block
42. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Tasks
Outbox
Undo
Ready
43. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
Calendar
Output
Frame
Command
44. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
Title bar
Imported
Background
Block Letter Format
45. A graphical or textual page that incorporates navigation hyperlinks to pages that are part of a web structure.
ISP
Navigate
.doc
Filter
46. 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).
Attach
Upload
Cut - Copy & Paste
Update
47. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Trashcan
Floppy drive
Calendar
Workbook
48. 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)
Surf
HTML
Cell address/cell reference
WordPad
49. 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.
Column
Close box
Spell Checker
Dial-up
50. 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.
Formula bar
Spam
Workbook
Wizard