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Computer Literacy
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Study First
Subjects
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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. To do this - you click on something and hold the button down. This will move the object you clicked on and will leave it where you let go of the button. So it drags it and drops it.
Number
Alignment
Drag & Drop
Format
2. Completes the text for you
Auto Text
Software
Default
Journal
3. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Input device
Smart Tag
Menu
Caps lock
4. Alternatively referred to as malware - sneakware - or spyware - adware is a program installed without a user's consent or knowledge during the install of another program
OPEN
Ad-ware
Abacus
Block Letter Format
5. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
Trashcan
Password
CLOSE
SAVE
6. ...
Smart Tag
UNIVAC
EXIT
Password
7. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Title bar
Calculate
WYSIWYG
Analog
8. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Junk
Hard copy
Send
Signature block
9. Recording how long something takes
Timing
Edit
Calculate
Software
10. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Filter
Default # worksheets
Range
Background
11. Justify
Web site
Alignment
File name
Handouts
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.
index.html
CA TV
Title bar
Borders
13. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Paint
Personal Letter Format
Scanner
Forward
14. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer
Output device
Spam
Block Letter Format
Animate
15. Viewing portion of a display
WWW
Form
Screen
Apple/Mac
16. 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)
AVERAGE
Notes
Cell address/cell reference
Format
17. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Jump/Flash drive
Signature block
Toggles
Insert & Delete
18. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.
Storage
Store
Spy-ware
Brochures
19. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
DSL
Page Setup dialog box
Number
Web site
20. 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.
Calendar
GUI
Toggles
Microphone
21. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Animate
Transition
Spam
Calendar
22. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
MS Word
Range
Copyright
Hard drive
23. A circuit board that you can install in a slot inside the computer to expand the computer's memory or give it the means to communicate with a peripheral device.
Fonts
Cards
Indicators
Notes
24. 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).
Block Letter Format
Database
Reports
Menu
25. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Inbox
Default # worksheets
Print dialog box
Fonts
26. The number keys on the right side of the keyboard that are laid out like the keys on an adding machine. In most cases - you can use these keys interchangeably with the number keys on the top row of the keyboard. Some programs use the numeric keypad a
Desktop
Format
Navigate
Num lock
27. The process of moving data used in another program or earlier software version and moving it into another program or later version of the program.
Update
Retrieve
CPU
Imported
28. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Attach
Indicators
Sort
HTML
29. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone
Contacts
Screensaver
Integrated circuits
Image
30. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
Chart
Apple/Mac
Scroll Bars
CLOSE
31. A note added by way of comment or explanation
Annotations
MS Windows
Num lock
DSL
32. The first calculation device
Toggles
Multiple
Word Art
Abacus
33. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Template
Align
CLOSE
Scrolling
34. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document
Date/Time control
Flyers
Surf
Design
35. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Calendar
Prompt
Text box
Objects box/pane
36. Extra programs
Microphone
Reports
Accessories programs
Grammar Checker
37. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
MIN
Mouse
On/Off
Thesaurus
38. Where you send something in the past tense
Toolbar
Fonts
Sent
Windows
39. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Update
Microphone
Record
Row
40. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Organize
Page Setup dialog box
MS Windows
Calculate
41. A type of edging around a document
Spell Checker
Document
Borders
Notes
42. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).
Hard copy
Floppy drive
Paint
Date/Time control
43. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Graphics
Spreadsheet
Timing
Storage
44. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action
Password
Internet
Undo
Gateway
45. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Punched cards
Setup dialog box
Format
Brochures
46. A peripheral device which allows users to play video games or computer games which demand fast reflexes and decision-making.
Joystick
Annotations
Query
Slide show
47. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Option
ISP
Close box
Tables
48. Copy: A command that copies the selected information and places it on the clipboard.cut: To remove text or graphics from a document by using the Cut command. The most recent 'clipping' is stored on the Clipboard of the computer so that you can paste
Download
HTTP
Cut - Copy & Paste
Alignment
49. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Banners
Save As
Key tape
Smart Tag
50. A connection that is established using a modem
Title bar
Dial-up
Graphics
Receive