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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 portable drive that connects to a USB cord






2. A vertical or horizontal bar commonly located on the far right or bottom of a window that allows a user to move the window viewing area up - down - left - or right.






3. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function






4. Where you advertise something






5. Side text that could be important later






6. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.






7. 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.






8. The default document name in Excel






9. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol






10. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations






11. 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)






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






13. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'






14. To combine two or more files into a single file.






15. The actual web page on the domain






16. Medium






17. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program






18. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.






19. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.






20. Sometimes referred to as seek - search is the process of locating a letter(s) - word(s) - file(s) - website(s) - etc.






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






22. Recording how long something takes






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






24. Programs currently being worked on






25. A website - or web site - is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser






26. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer






27. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes






28. A Microsoft program






29. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software






30. 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






31. Extra programs






32. The change from one thing to another






33. Data that goes into a computer device.






34. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else






35. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered






36. A box that allows the process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.






37. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read






38. This is a picture or an image.






39. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos






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






41. Hypertext Markup Language. A standard of text markup conventions used for documents on the World Wide Web. Browsers interpret the codes to give the text structure and formatting (such as bold - blue - or italic).






42. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers






43. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent






44. A connection that is established using a modem






45. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software






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






47. 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.'






48. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.






49. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.






50. A letter - number or other symbol.