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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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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 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.
Output device
Print dialog box
Reports
MS Windows
2. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
SUM
Date/Time control
HTTP
Navigate
3. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A common system used to request and send HTML documents on the World Wide Web. It is the first portion of all URL addresses on the World Wide Web (e.g. - http://www.whitehouse.gov).
Sort
HTTP
DSL
Windows
4. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Setup dialog box
Upload
Highlighting Tool
Line-spacing
5. The actual web page on the domain
index.html
Calendar
Download
Insert & Delete
6. Side text that could be important later
Keyboard
Prompt
DSL
Notes
7. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers
Prompt
Web site
Soft copy
MS Windows
8. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
MEDIAN
CLOSE
Letters
OS
9. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Default
Database
Print
Surf
10. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
MAX
Block Letter Format
Copyright
Cut - Copy & Paste
11. Alternatively referred to as a worksheet - a spreadsheet is a data file made up of rows and columns that are used to sort data and allow a user to manipulate and arrange data easily - commonly numerical data.
Character
MS Windows Tour
Letters
Worksheet
12. Short for document
SAVE
.doc
Search & Replace
Scrolling
13. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.
Trashcan
Microphone
Modem
Journal
14. Digital Subscriber Line. A method of connecting to the Internet via a phone line. A DSL connection uses copper telephone lines but is able to relay data at much higher speeds than modems and does not interfere with telephone use.
Address
Transition
Design
DSL
15. 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).
Handouts
UNIVAC
HTML
Display/Monitor
16. 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).
.xls
Database
Pointer
Ergonomics
17. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
Filter
EXIT
Thesaurus
Sort
18. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Exported
Paint
Bridge
Title bar
19. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Option
Change
Background
Size & Style
20. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Hyperlink
Placeholder
Analyze
Date/Time control
21. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
Tables
Built-in Styles
Integrated circuits
Command
22. The default document name in Excel
Exported
Look-up menu
.xls
UNIVAC
23. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Headers & Footers
Filter
Mouse
Command
24. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
CLOSE
Secondary storage device
Scroll Bars
Formatting toolbar
25. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.
Annotations
MS Word
Insert & Delete
Hardware
26. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Floppy drive
Tasks
Form
Sort
27. Alternatively referred to as ANSI art - text art - or word art - ASCII art is the process of forming pictures or art out of the characters available in the ASCII chart
Status bar
Close box
Cards
Word Art
28. Turns computer on and off
Exported
On/Off
Bulleted list
Worksheet
29. Receptacle for unwanted items
Recycle bin
Modem
Toggles
Spreadsheet
30. Viewing portion of a display
Size & Style
Active worksheet
Screen
Title bar
31. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Outbox
Ready
Address
Calculate
32. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
Frame
CA TV
Objects box/pane
Refresh
33. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
spacing
Monitor
Scroll Bars
Character
34. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.
Start-up button
Active worksheet
Upload
Image
35. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.
WordPad
index.html
Keyboard
Default # worksheets
36. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Setup dialog box
Caps lock
Scrolling
Windows
37. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Scanner
Personal Letter Format
Print dialog box
Contacts
38. A general term used to describe what you see on your screen when you're using a computer. This may include video effects - tables - letters - or numbers.
Apple/Mac
Attach
Objects box/pane
Display/Monitor
39. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Function
Merged
Document
Web site
40. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Merged
Analyze
Animate
index.html
41. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text
Font dialog box
Computer output
Recycle bin
Operating system
42. A graphical or textual page that incorporates navigation hyperlinks to pages that are part of a web structure.
Navigate
Web page
Tables
Default
43. A space reserved for a person's signature
Software
Signature block
Thesaurus
Sub-menu
44. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Scrolling
Gridlines
Active programs
Built-in Styles
45. The type of money used in a certain place
Field
Calendar
Size & Style
Currency
46. A box that allows you to close a document or window
Close box
Task-switching
AVERAGE
Operating system
47. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
CA TV
Key tape
Notepad
Hard drive
48. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Outline View
Memos
Align
MEDIAN
49. 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.'
Formula bar
Program
Input
Download
50. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone
Apple/Mac
Range
Contacts
Digital