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Computer Literacy
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Study First
Subjects
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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. The type and how big the text or object is
Letters
Modified Block Letter Format
Size & Style
Edit
2. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Microphone
Smart Tag
WWW
Edit
3. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Command
Word wrap
Demote
Paragraph dialog box
4. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'
Key tape
Bulleted list
Design
Update
5. A note added by way of comment or explanation
Annotations
Analyze
Organize
Calculate
6. A box that allows the process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Outline View
Thesaurus
Print dialog box
Analyze
7. Minimum
MIN
SUM
Multiple
Record
8. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Spreadsheet
Fonts
MS-DOS
Copyright
9. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.
Modem
Analyze
Journal
Auto Text
10. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Column
Record
Status bar
Edit
11. 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.
AutoContent
Design
Relationships
Hyperlink
12. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action
Signature block
Undo
Layout
Gridlines
13. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Thesaurus
Ad-ware
Text box
Web site
14. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Hyperlink
Setup dialog box
Retrieve
Program
15. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Address
Hard copy
Software
Monitor
16. Command or option used to close a program or file.
Menu - drop-down
Default # worksheets
Surf
EXIT
17. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
Calculate
Active worksheet
URL
Paragraph dialog box
18. Recording how long something takes
Insert/Type over
Timing
Chart
Ad-ware
19. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Slide show
Grammar Checker
Scanner
Power Point
20. The change from one thing to another
Undo
Spy-ware
Hyperlink
Transition
21. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity
CPU
Ergonomics
Scanner
Num lock
22. 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.
Junk
Drag & Drop
Ready
Page Setup dialog box
23. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers
Screen
Hard drive
SUM
Smart Tag
24. Sometimes referred to as seek - search is the process of locating a letter(s) - word(s) - file(s) - website(s) - etc.
Indicators
Record
Banners
Search & Replace
25. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Placeholder
Brochures
Database
Power Point
26. A type of edging around a document
Publish
Borders
Option
OS
27. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Computer output
ISP
Annotations
Analog
28. Term used to describe a software program that is intentionally installed on the computer by a user to monitor or spy on what other users of the same computer are doing.
Task panes
Create
Spy-ware
WYSIWYG
29. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
MS Word
Form
Integrated circuits
Bridge
30. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
ISP
Accessories programs
Software
Toggle Switches
31. 3
Default # worksheets
Outbox
Placeholder
Key tape
32. Allows you to collapse the documents to see only the main headings or to expand a document to see all the main headings and text.
Calendar
Margins
Outline View
Browser
33. 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).
.doc
Toggles
Caps lock
Task-switching
34. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Currency
Letters
Change
Imported
35. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
Grammar Checker
Sub-menu
Option
OS
36. A character that is not a number or a letter
Drag & Drop
Symbol
Built-in Styles
Workbook
37. Where you advertise something
Promote
Copyright
Password
Formula bar
38. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Soft copy
Task-switching
Template
Outbox
39. A key on the numeric keypad that confirms a choice or tells a program you're ready to proceed. In most cases - the Return key also serves this function. The ____ button is used to confirm an entry into an active cell. (in spreadsheet applications)
Auto-number
Key tape
Enter
Currency
40. More than one or something that can be multiplied
Jump/Flash drive
Formula
Multiple
Tasks
41. Creating a new document or folder
Software
Flyers
Brochures
Create
42. Copy: A command that copies the selected information and places it on the clipboard.cut: To remove text or graphics from a document by using the Cut command. The most recent 'clipping' is stored on the Clipboard of the computer so that you can paste
Refresh
Cut - Copy & Paste
Highlighting Tool
Background
43. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Worksheet tab
Frame
Animate
44. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Spam
Analyze
Input device
Fonts
45. Receptacle for unwanted items
Screen
Surf
Frame
Recycle bin
46. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Auto-number
Mouse
DSL
Hard copy
47. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser
Symbol
Cards
Compact Disk
Ergonomics
48. Cable TV
Active cell
CA TV
Size & Style
MAX
49. 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.
Menu toolbar
Refresh
Task-switching
Column
50. Alternatively referred to as ANSI art - text art - or word art - ASCII art is the process of forming pictures or art out of the characters available in the ASCII chart
Pointer
WYSIWYG
Word Art
Refresh