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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 column in a table
Publish
Handouts
Recycle bin
Field
2. A peripheral device which allows users to play video games or computer games which demand fast reflexes and decision-making.
Joystick
Merged
Signature block
Keyboard
3. 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.
Cell address/cell reference
Reports
Animate
Notepad
4. Programs currently being worked on
Symbol
Integrated circuits
Active programs
On/Off
5. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
spacing
Spam
Chart
Edit
6. Alternatively referred to as malware - sneakware - or spyware - adware is a program installed without a user's consent or knowledge during the install of another program
File name
Grammar Checker
Ad-ware
Gateway
7. Where you advertise something
Relationships
Promote
Compact Disk
Font dialog box
8. 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.
Auto-number
File name
Grammar Checker
Command
9. 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
Soft copy
Sub-menu
Desktop
Update
10. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.
Output
Integrated circuits
Function
index.html
11. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Hard drive
Headers & Footers
Start-up button
Keyboard
12. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
Inbox
Browser
Page Numbering
Date/Time control
13. 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
User name
Application software
Borders
Layout
14. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Hardware
Deleted items
Hard drive
Bulleted list
15. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Web page
Letters
Default # worksheets
Ad-ware
16. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Paint
Address
Block Letter Format
Secondary storage device
17. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
Hardware
Floppy drive
MS Windows Tour
Thesaurus
18. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.
Template
Input device
CLOSE
Microphone
19. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Operating system
Relationships
Output device
Create
20. Toolbar used to format documents
Spy-ware
Word wrap
Format
Formatting toolbar
21. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
Typeface & Font
Soft copy
Jump/Flash drive
AutoCorrect
22. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Menu
Animate
Navigate
Signature block
23. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs
Print dialog box
Toggles
CA TV
Animate
24. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Filter
Note Pad
Apple/Mac
Background
25. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Calendar
Calculate
Notes
.xls
26. A difference in the text
Apple/Mac
Blog
Demote
Change
27. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Imported
Attach
GUI
Menu - drop-down
28. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
index.html
Field
Auto-number
Thesaurus
29. An item that has been disposed of
Smart Tag
Address
Deleted items
Date/Time control
30. 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.'
Calendar
Program
Animate
Gateway
31. Styles of text already in MS
Built-in Styles
Paragraph dialog box
Filter
Journal
32. Viewing portion of a display
Date/Time control
Cards
Input
Screen
33. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.
Drag & Drop
Download
Command
Insert & Delete
34. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
Download
Password
Highlighting Tool
Outline View
35. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
URL
Grammar Checker
Typeface & Font
Function
36. 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.
Store
DSL
MIN
Enter
37. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Analog
Option
Apple/Mac
Line-spacing
38. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Title bar
Banners
Mouse
Compact Disk
39. ...
Headers & Footers
MAX
Transition
Smart Tag
40. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Key tape
Gateway
MAX
Analyze
41. 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.
Ad-ware
Send
UNIVAC
Date/Time control
42. A program that walks you through MS
Size & Style
Apple/Mac
Form
MS Windows Tour
43. Exploring the Internet.
Worksheet
Workbook
Analyze
Surf
44. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
Microphone
Spam
Cell address/cell reference
Paint
45. The default document name in Excel
Outbox
.xls
Tasks
Demote
46. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Timing
Menu
Bridge
Placeholder
47. Short for document
.doc
Hard copy
Thesaurus
Floppy drive
48. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
E-mail
Update
Icon
Task-switching
49. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Scroll Bars
Toolbar
Copyright
Deleted items
50. To combine two or more files into a single file.
Formula
Merged
Hard drive
Integrated circuits