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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. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity






2. 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






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






4. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer






5. A row in a table






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






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






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






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






10. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock






11. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered






12. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).






13. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers






14. This is the screen that appears if you are not browsing the Internet - reading a file - or playing a game. Your icons are on this screen.






15. Something that can be accessed






16. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.






17. A general term used to describe what you see on your screen when you're using a computer. This may include video effects - tables - letters - or numbers.






18. 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).






19. To reduce to a lower grade or rank






20. 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






21. To combine two or more files into a single file.






22. 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.






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






24. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document






25. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.






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






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






28. Recording how long something takes






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






30. Minimum






31. A collection of similar information stored in a file - such as a database of addresses. This information may be created and stored in a database management system (DBMS).






32. Where you send something in the past tense






33. A space reserved for a person's signature






34. Where you advertise something






35. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer






36. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed






37. A weblog or blog - is a listing of text - images - or other objects that are arranged in a chronological order that first started appearing in 1998.






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






39. 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






40. A Microsoft program






41. A set of programs that - among other things - controls the way information is loaded into memory - the way the computer works with that information - the way information is stored on a disk - and the way the computer communicates with a printer and o






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






43. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text






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






45. An item that has been disposed of






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






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






48. Medium






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






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