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Computer Literacy
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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. This is a picture or an image.
Graphics
Annotations
Program
ISP
2. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).
Floppy drive
Built-in Styles
Analyze
Program
3. A program that walks you through MS
Design
Bridge
MS Windows Tour
Update
4. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Pointer
Print
Internet
Worksheet
5. An attachment can be a picture - a word document - a movie - a sound file - an excel document - or any other file that requires another program to open it.
Power Point
Attach
Surf
OS
6. Toolbar used to format documents
Formatting toolbar
Analog
Number
Punched cards
7. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
AutoCorrect
Clipart
E-mail
Organize
8. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another
Query
Slide show
Exported
Analog
9. The actual web page on the domain
index.html
Compact Disk
Block Letter Format
Promote
10. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Sort
Background
Personal Letter Format
Receive
11. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity
Abacus
Document
Tasks
Ergonomics
12. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Timing
CPU
Page Setup dialog box
index.html
13. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
CA TV
Note Pad
Computer output
Timing
14. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
Prompt
Row
Banners
Spell Checker
15. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
Junk
Task-switching
Output
Sort
16. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Scroll Bars
Personal Letter Format
Inbox
Trashcan
17. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Download
Save As
Blog
Storage
18. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
CLOSE
Jump/Flash drive
CPU
Ergonomics
19. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.
Send
SUM
Active worksheet
Menu toolbar
20. A circuit board that you can install in a slot inside the computer to expand the computer's memory or give it the means to communicate with a peripheral device.
Num lock
Cards
Forward
Document
21. Data that goes into a computer device.
Symbol
Input
Sort
Active worksheet
22. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
Formula
Menu toolbar
Active worksheet
Slide show
23. 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.
Spreadsheet
Format
Wizard
Edit
24. Microsoft software presentation program that allows a user to create a slide show of important notes that can be easily shown and moved through during a presentation
Power Point
Calendar
Transition
Modified Block Letter Format
25. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer
Outlook
Contacts
Document
Browser
26. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Print dialog box
Placeholder
Gateway
Application software
27. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Demote
Menu - drop-down
Edit
Text box
28. Short for document
Gridlines
Default # worksheets
Sent
.doc
29. The first calculation device
Abacus
Built-in Styles
Task-switching
Update
30. 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.
Wizard
Menu toolbar
Dial-up
Scrolling
31. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Margins
SUM
Deleted items
.doc
32. A difference in the text
ISP
Change
Filter
WWW
33. Minimum
MIN
Output
Field
Memos
34. Justify
Alignment
Task panes
Print
Dial-up
35. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
OS
Smart Tag
Soft copy
Active worksheet
36. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Background
Graphics
Gridlines
Soft copy
37. What You See Is What You Get. When using most word processors - page layout programs (See desktop publishing) - and web page design programs - words and images will be displayed on the monitor as they will look on the printed page or web page.
WYSIWYG
Task-switching
OS
Internet
38. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'
Web page
Bulleted list
Attach
Screensaver
39. The name you give your file or document before you save it on a disk. This name should help you identify and retrieve this file.
Prompt
Save As
File name
Borders
40. Alternatively referred to as malware - sneakware - or spyware - adware is a program installed without a user's consent or knowledge during the install of another program
WordPad
Ergonomics
Auto Text
Ad-ware
41. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.
Mouse
Query
AVERAGE
Template
42. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Tables
Password
ISP
Calculator
43. A space reserved for a person's signature
Password
Graphics
Signature block
Size & Style
44. 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.
Title bar
Page Numbering
DSL
HTML
45. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Workbook
Default
Image
Jump/Flash drive
46. Software file that contains updated information and various fixes that resolves issues that have been located by the software developer to help prevent those errors from occurring in the future
Update
Desktop
Date/Time control
Scanner
47. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
Monitor
DSL
Tasks
Analyze
48. 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.
Align
Blog
Outbox
Task panes
49. Where you advertise something
Internet
EXIT
Abacus
Promote
50. Creating a new document or folder
Menu toolbar
Sent
Function
Create