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Computer Literacy

Subjects : literacy, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.






2. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.






3. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.






4. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command






5. A letter - number or other symbol.






6. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive






7. 3






8. Maximum






9. To reduce to a lower grade or rank






10. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition






11. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.






12. Command or option used to close a program or file.






13. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.






14. 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






15. Where you advertise something






16. Microsoft Office feature found in Microsoft Office 2002 (XP) - Office 2003 - and later versions that enables users to have quick access to common features - information - and commands.






17. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.






18. Where the text is automatically entered






19. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits






20. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.






21. The address of documents and resources on the internet.






22. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.






23. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file






24. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon






25. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.






26. Alternatively referred to as UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email) - spam - not to be confused with the meat product - is slang commonly used to describe junk e-mail on the Internet.






27. Where you send something in the past tense






28. 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.






29. The horizontal strip across the top of an application's window. Each word on the strip has a context sensitive drop-down menu containing features and actions that are available for the application in use.






30. A portion of a computer display used in a graphical interface that enables users to select commands by pointing to illustrations or symbols with a mouse. 'Windows' is also the name Microsoft adopted for its popular operating system.






31. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images






32. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly






33. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.






34. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).






35. Recording how long something takes






36. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.






37. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.






38. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.






39. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.






40. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.






41. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.






42. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser






43. 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.






44. A note added by way of comment or explanation






45. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read






46. A character that is not a number or a letter






47. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes






48. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.






49. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software






50. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another