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Computer Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Joystick
Cut - Copy & Paste
Soft copy
Page Setup dialog box
2. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Template
Copyright
Cards
Default
3. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later
Store
Caps lock
Currency
Graphics
4. Programs currently being worked on
CLOSE
Toggles
Active programs
Desktop
5. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Storage
Outbox
Multiple
Character
6. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Worksheet tab
Document
SAVE
Retrieve
7. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Menu
Enter
MEDIAN
Outline View
8. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Chart
Integrated circuits
Active programs
Paint
9. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.
Status bar
Outlook
E-mail
Word Art
10. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs
Storage
Start-up button
Record
Toggles
11. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Ergonomics
Exported
Active programs
Secondary storage device
12. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Auto-number
Enter
Command
Accessories programs
13. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Jump/Flash drive
Image
Status bar
AVERAGE
14. 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).
Worksheet
Word wrap
Navigate
Database
15. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Desktop
Microphone
Web page
Digital
16. Graphical User Interface. A system that simplifies selecting computer commands by enabling the user to point to symbols or illustrations (called icons) on the computer screen with a mouse.
ISP
Apple/Mac
Column
GUI
17. A portion of a computer display used in a graphical interface that enables users to select commands by pointing to illustrations or symbols with a mouse. 'Windows' is also the name Microsoft adopted for its popular operating system.
Exported
Close box
Windows
Receive
18. 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.
Tables
Download
Spy-ware
Format
19. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Start-up button
Tasks
Scanner
Analog
20. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition
Slide show
Personal Letter Format
Record
Toggles
21. A space reserved for a person's signature
WWW
Signature block
Database
Command
22. The end of a line of text. You can force a line break by pressing 'Return' - or you can let the application break lines for you. This is a special character that forces a new line on a page without creating a new paragraph.
AutoCorrect
Line-spacing
Font dialog box
DSL
23. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Menu toolbar
Analog
Virus
Menu - drop-down
24. The type and how big the text or object is
Scanner
Placeholder
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Size & Style
25. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Flyers
Address
Borders
Align
26. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Edit
Monitor
Bridge
Handouts
27. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Calendar
Symbol
Function
Web page
28. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Forward
Timing
On/Off
Computer output
29. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
Junk
Promote
Look-up menu
Upload
30. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Annotations
Banners
Update
Column
31. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Surf
Pointer
Scroll Bars
Option
32. To workout a mathematical equation
Calculate
Toggles
Contacts
Notes
33. A difference in the text
Reports
Joystick
Change
Flyers
34. Styles of text already in MS
Built-in Styles
Column
Browser
Scanner
35. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos
AutoCorrect
Block Letter Format
Cell address/cell reference
Task panes
36. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Upload
Analyze
Deleted items
Search & Replace
37. Receptacle for unwanted items
UNIVAC
Recycle bin
Virus
Notes
38. A character displayed on the screen to prompt the user to take some action. The most common prompt is the 'C prompt' in which the computer hard drive or 'C' requests directions on what the computer should perform next.
CPU
.doc
Prompt
Close box
39. 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.
AutoCorrect
Paragraph dialog box
Cell address/cell reference
Junk
40. A box that allows a change of the format of text that affects the complete paragraph or is different from other paragraphs in a document.
Range
Paragraph dialog box
Active programs
Spy-ware
41. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Output device
Internet
Image
Chart
42. Cable TV
Refresh
Worksheet
CA TV
Notes
43. Toolbar used to format documents
Integrated circuits
Hard drive
Formatting toolbar
Sent
44. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Demote
Integrated circuits
Organize
MEDIAN
45. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document
Database
Brochures
Receive
Design
46. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
Annotations
Graphics
Spell Checker
Software
47. A type of edging around a document
Function
Worksheet tab
Borders
Outline View
48. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
MS Windows Tour
Format
Screensaver
Highlighting Tool
49. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Worksheet tab
Date/Time control
Task-switching
Screensaver
50. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0
Date/Time control
Number
Menu toolbar
Record
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