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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 box that allows you to close a document or window
HTML
Calendar
Close box
Integrated circuits
2. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Character
Spam
Enter
CPU
3. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file
Hyperlink
Function
Workbook
Forward
4. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).
Merged
OPEN
Floppy drive
Software
5. To workout a mathematical equation
UNIVAC
Function
Demote
Calculate
6. Short for document
.doc
GUI
Keyboard
MS Windows
7. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Cell address/cell reference
Bridge
Recycle bin
Hard drive
8. Computer company
Apple/Mac
Insert/Type over
Monitor
Animate
9. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Output device
Worksheet
Microphone
index.html
10. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Calendar
MS Windows
Enter
Program
11. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Margins
Start-up button
Floppy drive
Thesaurus
12. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Title bar
Edit
WYSIWYG
Document
13. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
Surf
Notes
Block Letter Format
Create
14. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Scrolling
Calculator
Ready
Sub-menu
15. The cell in which you are working - indicated by the current location of the cell pointer.
Active cell
Word Art
Download
Tables
16. Where the text is automatically entered
AutoContent
Inbox
Hardware
Typeface & Font
17. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Change
Application software
Fonts
Banners
18. 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
Contacts
Date/Time control
Size & Style
19. 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.
Document
Gateway
File name
Publish
20. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Placeholder
Analog
Page Numbering
Scanner
21. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Monitor
Chart
Highlighting Tool
Address
22. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.
Close box
Brochures
Title bar
Modem
23. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Pointer
Tasks
Ready
Text box
24. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.
Contacts
Placeholder
Web site
Insert & Delete
25. Many computers that are connected like a web so you can see what other computer operators show you and you can show them things as well.
Task-switching
Compact Disk
Operating system
Internet
26. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
Worksheet tab
Display/Monitor
Organize
Task-switching
27. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Update
Notepad
Brochures
Toggle Switches
28. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Icon
Screensaver
Typeface & Font
Merged
29. A column in a table
Field
Frame
Paragraph dialog box
Auto Text
30. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.
AutoContent
Active cell
Send
Download
31. Maximum
Application software
MAX
Inbox
Print
32. A graphical or textual page that incorporates navigation hyperlinks to pages that are part of a web structure.
Navigate
Icon
Cell address/cell reference
Operating system
33. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
Journal
Size & Style
Desktop
Indicators
34. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Receive
Tasks
Function
CLOSE
35. A character that is not a number or a letter
Currency
Key tape
Input device
Symbol
36. 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
Icon
Title bar
Operating system
Copyright
37. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Edit
Character
Hardware
Date/Time control
38. A program that walks you through MS
Tables
Bridge
Gridlines
MS Windows Tour
39. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer
Outlook
Graphics
Compact Disk
Image
40. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Apple/Mac
Filter
Bridge
Note Pad
41. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
UNIVAC
Alignment
Hardware
Web page
42. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Scrolling
Objects box/pane
Layout
Word Art
43. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Change
CTRL+ALT+DEL
WordPad
AVERAGE
44. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Menu - drop-down
Range
.doc
Reports
45. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Default
Monitor
Menu
Paint
46. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Download
Web site
Insert/Type over
Modified Block Letter Format
47. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
Record
URL
Organize
Screen
48. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Drag & Drop
Enter
Secondary storage device
Outline View
49. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Apple/Mac
Web site
Enter
Scanner
50. A difference in the text
AutoContent
Calculate
Change
Application software
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