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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 tool box that allows you to change the font of text
Spam
Font dialog box
Toggle Switches
Smart Tag
2. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Paragraph dialog box
Align
Animate
Margins
3. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Outlook
Row
MEDIAN
Start-up button
4. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Font dialog box
URL
Trashcan
Letters
5. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Outlook
Fonts
Spreadsheet
Merged
6. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Calendar
Outlook
Mouse
Indicators
7. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Auto-number
Save As
Flyers
Multiple
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.
UNIVAC
Spy-ware
Modified Block Letter Format
Forward
9. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Chart
Note Pad
Worksheet tab
On/Off
10. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Exported
Junk
Number
Typeface & Font
11. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Insert & Delete
Download
Print dialog box
Placeholder
12. 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.
Prompt
Personal Letter Format
AVERAGE
Menu - drop-down
13. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Text box
Software
URL
Organize
14. A software program or program feature sometimes found in a program such as a word processor that can be used to help check text for any improper grammar.
Active programs
Program
Formula
Grammar Checker
15. Exploring the Internet.
spacing
Surf
Background
Placeholder
16. 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
Field
Display/Monitor
Inbox
Update
17. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Bridge
Formatting toolbar
Web page
Ergonomics
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
Num lock
Tables
Apple/Mac
Status bar
19. 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
Outlook
Password
DSL
20. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Blog
Copyright
Close box
Inbox
21. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
E-mail
Align
Form
Cut - Copy & Paste
22. Creating a new document or folder
Create
Sent
Indicators
Address
23. Adding text to a document
Attach
Insert/Type over
Chart
Calculator
24. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Status bar
Trashcan
EXIT
Keyboard
25. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
Reports
Send
CLOSE
Refresh
26. 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
Scrolling
Typeface & Font
Currency
27. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Address
Update
Word wrap
Change
28. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Menu - drop-down
Personal Letter Format
Search & Replace
Worksheet tab
29. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Auto Text
Toggle Switches
Screensaver
MS Word
30. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Output
Icon
Toggles
Word wrap
31. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer
Output device
Number
MAX
Sort
32. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Template
UNIVAC
Typeface & Font
Digital
33. Where the text is automatically entered
AutoContent
Active worksheet
Calculator
Sort
34. 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.
Smart Tag
On/Off
Reports
Sent
35. Sometimes referred to as run around - word wrap is an ability found in most text editing programs that allows any text that reaches the end of the far right edge of the window to wrap automatically to the next line without requiring the user to press
Bulleted list
Word wrap
Undo
Frame
36. 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.
Imported
.doc
HTTP
Modified Block Letter Format
37. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.
UNIVAC
Software
Save As
Relationships
38. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
Publish
Promote
AutoContent
Search & Replace
39. A difference in the text
CPU
Change
Worksheet
Password
40. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
Spell Checker
Screensaver
Hard copy
Timing
41. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0
Number
Paragraph dialog box
Insert & Delete
CLOSE
42. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Key tape
Spreadsheet
Calculator
Template
43. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network
Workbook
Upload
Journal
Receive
44. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Sort
Tables
Headers & Footers
Monitor
45. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Toggles
Margins
Menu
MS-DOS
46. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
Hard drive
Soft copy
MS Windows
Calculator
47. The change from one thing to another
Ready
Scrolling
Transition
Software
48. A device - such as a keyboard - stylus and tablet - mouse - puck - or microphone - that allows input of information (letters - numbers - sound - video) to a computer.
Input device
Task-switching
Worksheet
Handouts
49. 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.
Virus
Undo
Worksheet
Integrated circuits
50. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Abacus
Gateway
Auto Text
Page Setup dialog box