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Computer Literacy

Subjects : literacy, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. A precise series of instructions written in a computer language that tells the computer what to do and how to do it. Programs are also called 'software' or 'applications.'






2. 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.






3. Text or an image that is connected by hypertext coding to a different location. By selecting the text or image with a mouse - the computer 'jumps to' (or displays) the linked text.






4. Allows you to collapse the documents to see only the main headings or to expand a document to see all the main headings and text.






5. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.






6. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.






7. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)






8. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.






9. Computer company






10. Extra programs






11. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year






12. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits






13. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.






14. A tool that converts an image or a file.






15. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device






16. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.






17. The address of documents and resources on the internet.






18. A type of edging around a document






19. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.






20. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers






21. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way






22. A program that walks you through MS






23. A space reserved for a person's signature






24. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers






25. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.






26. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed






27. 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






28. This is a picture or an image.






29. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network






30. Creating a new document or folder






31. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes






32. The default document name in Excel






33. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos






34. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.






35. The first calculation device






36. A letter - number or other symbol.






37. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.






38. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion






39. 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






40. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.






41. 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).






42. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.






43. Where you get something






44. Minimum






45. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0






46. A key that can lock into place so that letters you type will come out capitalized. Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabetic keys (such as punctuation and symbols). To access these - you must still press the Shift key (on either side of the key board).






47. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.






48. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis






49. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.






50. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.