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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 built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.






2. A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.






3. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook






4. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.






5. 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.






6. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.






7. A tool where the numbering happens automatically






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






9. 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).






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






11. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action






12. Many computers that are connected like a web so you can see what other computer operators show you and you can show them things as well.






13. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon






14. Sections of a document that are unused. White spaces help separate paragraphs of text - graphics and other portions of a document - and helps a document look less crowded.






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






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






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






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






19. Term used to describe a software program that is intentionally installed on the computer by a user to monitor or spy on what other users of the same computer are doing.






20. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).






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






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






23. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images






28. 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).






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






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






31. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.






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






33. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.






34. Extra programs






35. 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






36. Receptacle for unwanted items






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






38. Alternatively referred to as an account name - login ID - and user ID - a username or user name is a name given to a user on a computer or computer network.






39. 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.






40. A character that is not a number or a letter






41. 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






42. An item that has been disposed of






43. The first calculation device






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






45. 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)






46. Exploring the Internet.






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. This is a picture or an image.






50. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.