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Computer Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A connection that is established using a modem
Exported
Screensaver
Dial-up
Align
2. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Organize
Internet
Software
Modem
3. Cable TV
Reports
Bulleted list
CA TV
Ergonomics
4. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Cut - Copy & Paste
WordPad
Hard drive
Margins
5. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Download
Hard copy
Store
Database
6. 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
Notes
Layout
Cards
Digital
7. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Relationships
Fonts
WWW
Attach
8. 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.
Scroll Bars
Page Setup dialog box
DSL
Toggle Switches
9. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Frame
Paragraph dialog box
Record
Pointer
10. Viewing portion of a display
Command
Toolbar
Headers & Footers
Screen
11. Recording how long something takes
Timing
Caps lock
Hardware
Toggle Switches
12. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text
Font dialog box
OPEN
User name
MEDIAN
13. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
HTTP
Organize
Command
Background
14. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Banners
Input device
Trashcan
Paint
15. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Digital
Demote
Page Setup dialog box
Notepad
16. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers
Worksheet tab
SUM
Character
Keyboard
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.
Tables
Keyboard
Design
Display/Monitor
18. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.
WWW
Send
Drag & Drop
Image
19. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.
Surf
Formula
Template
Gateway
20. Styles of text already in MS
Chart
Built-in Styles
Fonts
AutoCorrect
21. The type of money used in a certain place
Currency
Chart
AutoCorrect
Icon
22. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
Spell Checker
MAX
Setup dialog box
Software
23. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
MEDIAN
Retrieve
Exported
Analyze
24. 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
Block Letter Format
Flyers
OS
Word Art
25. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Organize
Application software
Num lock
Jump/Flash drive
26. The process of transferring information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network). v. To transfer information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network).
Prompt
Trashcan
Upload
Gateway
27. 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.
Handouts
Desktop
Wizard
Toolbar
28. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Modem
Screensaver
Browser
Date/Time control
29. Data that goes into a computer device.
Database
Input
Software
Template
30. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Range
Paint
Sent
Scrolling
31. 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.
Spy-ware
Copyright
File name
Frame
32. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Download
Drag & Drop
Personal Letter Format
Menu - drop-down
33. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Print dialog box
Tasks
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Bulleted list
34. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered
Outlook
Page Numbering
Virus
Slide show
35. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Alignment
HTTP
CPU
Organize
36. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Caps lock
Toggle Switches
Copyright
Refresh
37. A column in a table
WWW
Default # worksheets
Field
Brochures
38. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
Memos
Look-up menu
AutoCorrect
Surf
39. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Banners
Close box
Address
Compact Disk
40. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
Abacus
Demote
Trashcan
CLOSE
41. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Edit
Active cell
Sent
Option
42. Where you advertise something
Toolbar
Task panes
Promote
Modem
43. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Cards
MS-DOS
Address
Input device
44. A box that allows you to close a document or window
Application software
Windows
Close box
Desktop
45. The physical division of space on a disk into sections--where information can be stored. A disk's format is established as part of the initialization process.
Borders
E-mail
Format
File name
46. A type of edging around a document
Option
Keyboard
Task panes
Borders
47. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Active cell
Gridlines
Num lock
Edit
48. 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
Objects box/pane
Web site
Menu
Num lock
49. Alternatively referred to as an account name - login ID - and user ID - a username or user name is a name given to a user on a computer or computer network.
Ad-ware
Organize
Active worksheet
User name
50. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
Block Letter Format
Inbox
Timing
Trashcan
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