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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. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Template
CPU
Ad-ware
Demote
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
Calendar
Formula
Apple/Mac
Word wrap
3. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
Analyze
AVERAGE
Outbox
WYSIWYG
4. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser
Design
Junk
Imported
Compact Disk
5. A letter - number or other symbol.
Character
Address
Hardware
Display/Monitor
6. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Symbol
Display/Monitor
Download
Transition
7. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
Monitor
Active worksheet
Hard drive
Clipart
8. 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).
Keyboard
Upload
DSL
Refresh
9. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Save As
Modem
Input
Typeface & Font
10. 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.
Attach
Surf
Task-switching
Hardware
11. 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.
Function
Text box
Junk
Block Letter Format
12. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Title bar
OS
Punched cards
Bulleted list
13. 3
Column
E-mail
Line-spacing
Default # worksheets
14. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Frame
Setup dialog box
Built-in Styles
Status bar
15. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Storage
OPEN
.doc
Range
16. 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.
Grammar Checker
Store
UNIVAC
Chart
17. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer
Typeface & Font
Layout
Outlook
Display/Monitor
18. Turns computer on and off
On/Off
Screen
Image
Scrolling
19. A peripheral device which allows users to play video games or computer games which demand fast reflexes and decision-making.
Joystick
Outline View
Banners
Jump/Flash drive
20. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Worksheet
Worksheet tab
Merged
Input device
21. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
E-mail
Background
Brochures
Format
22. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Align
Drag & Drop
Icon
Calendar
23. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Address
Menu - drop-down
Filter
Chart
24. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Digital
OS
Align
Scanner
25. 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.
Calculator
Caps lock
Paragraph dialog box
Menu toolbar
26. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.
Pointer
Imported
Application software
Create
27. Unique location identified by intersecting column and row coordinates. (spreadsheet application) -The address or name of a specific cell. Cell references may be used in formulas and are relative or absolute. (spreadsheet application)
Form
Secondary storage device
Hard drive
Cell address/cell reference
28. 1) text-based applications - a way of designing the number of characters that fit on the computer's display. A column is one character wide. 2) In spread sheet applications - a column is a vertical arrangement of cells.
Modified Block Letter Format
Column
Outline View
Page Setup dialog box
29. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Demote
DSL
Document
Application software
30. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
Banners
AVERAGE
Cut - Copy & Paste
Retrieve
31. Where you advertise something
Promote
Reports
Headers & Footers
Organize
32. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.
AutoCorrect
Display/Monitor
Function
WordPad
33. Maximum
Accessories programs
MAX
Windows
Input device
34. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Mouse
Gridlines
Digital
Enter
35. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Design
Personal Letter Format
Jump/Flash drive
Floppy drive
36. A difference in the text
Change
Status bar
File name
Screensaver
37. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
File name
Bulleted list
Frame
Note Pad
38. Justify
Alignment
Copyright
Recycle bin
Toggle Switches
39. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Hard copy
Modified Block Letter Format
WordPad
Mouse
40. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Demote
Analyze
MS-DOS
Upload
41. Programs currently being worked on
Browser
Borders
Ad-ware
Active programs
42. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.
Copyright
Program
Fonts
Keyboard
43. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Retrieve
Memos
Forward
Auto Text
44. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Bridge
Layout
Option
Cards
45. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
CLOSE
Formula bar
Trashcan
Page Setup dialog box
46. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Filter
Spreadsheet
Analog
Cards
47. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Highlighting Tool
Clipart
Bridge
Screen
48. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer
User name
Refresh
Output device
Demote
49. The rectangular area - above the worksheet window - that displays a cell's contents - including numbers - text - and formulas - when you click a cell. You can use the formula bar to enter and edit data in the active cell.
On/Off
Block Letter Format
Borders
Formula bar
50. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.
Program
WordPad
Integrated circuits
Punched cards