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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. Where you send something in the past tense






2. Term used to describe a menu that is contained within another menu






3. Where you advertise something






4. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.






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






6. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).






7. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.






8. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion






9. 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.






10. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power






11. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.






12. The actual web page on the domain






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






14. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol






15. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.






16. 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.






17. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text






18. A collection of icons - pictures - buttons and other useful image files along with sound and video files that can be embedded or inserted into web pages.






19. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.






20. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.






21. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.






22. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.






23. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook






24. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.






25. Completes the text for you






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






27. Extra programs






28. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.






29. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.






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






31. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files






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






36. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.






37. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon






38. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.






39. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers






40. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else






41. A letter - number or other symbol.






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






43. A website - or web site - is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser






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






45. 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.






46. A menu where you can search for anything that you need






47. A column in a table






48. A key that can lock into place so that letters you type will come out capitalized. Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabetic keys (such as punctuation and symbols). To access these - you must still press the Shift key (on either side of the key board).






49. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet






50. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.