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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. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.






2. 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.






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






4. Justify






5. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.






6. 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.






7. A box that allows you to close a document or window






8. The name you give your file or document before you save it on a disk. This name should help you identify and retrieve this file.






9. To reduce to a lower grade or rank






10. Where you send something in the past tense






11. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.






12. Exploring the Internet.






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






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






15. This is the screen that appears if you are not browsing the Internet - reading a file - or playing a game. Your icons are on this screen.






16. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs






17. Computer company






18. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive






19. 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.






20. A key on the numeric keypad that confirms a choice or tells a program you're ready to proceed. In most cases - the Return key also serves this function. The ____ button is used to confirm an entry into an active cell. (in spreadsheet applications)






21. A collection of icons - pictures - buttons and other useful image files along with sound and video files that can be embedded or inserted into web pages.






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






23. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.






24. 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.'






25. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text






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






27. A space reserved for a person's signature






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






29. 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.






30. Where you get something






31. A menu where you can search for anything that you need






32. Styles of text already in MS






33. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.






34. Medium






35. The type of money used in a certain place






36. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.






37. An item that has been disposed of






38. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed






39. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text






40. Toolbar used to format documents






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






42. A connection that is established using a modem






43. The rectangular area - above the worksheet window - that displays a cell's contents - including numbers - text - and formulas - when you click a cell. You can use the formula bar to enter and edit data in the active cell.






44. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information






45. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command






46. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.






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






48. Something that can be accessed






49. A set of instructions that you enter in a cell to perform numeric calculations (adding - multiplying - averaging - etc.); for example - +A1+B1. (in spreadsheet applications)






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