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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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1. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Toggle Switches
Merged
Borders
Calendar
2. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
URL
UNIVAC
Print dialog box
Monitor
3. More than one or something that can be multiplied
AVERAGE
Spy-ware
Field
Multiple
4. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Design
Analyze
Bridge
Calculate
5. Term used to describe a menu that is contained within another menu
Retrieve
Sub-menu
Hyperlink
Output
6. Exploring the Internet.
Calendar
MAX
Line-spacing
Surf
7. A program that walks you through MS
MS Windows Tour
Virus
Computer output
DSL
8. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.
GUI
Attach
Keyboard
MS-DOS
9. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers
Password
MS Windows
Function
Accessories programs
10. What You See Is What You Get. When using most word processors - page layout programs (See desktop publishing) - and web page design programs - words and images will be displayed on the monitor as they will look on the printed page or web page.
SAVE
Ad-ware
WYSIWYG
Alignment
11. Receptacle for unwanted items
Floppy drive
Send
Exported
Recycle bin
12. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Cut - Copy & Paste
Animate
Input device
Margins
13. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Trashcan
Windows
Record
URL
14. 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.
Timing
MAX
Spy-ware
Organize
15. 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.
DSL
Web page
Inbox
Paragraph dialog box
16. Maximum
Row
Copyright
MAX
Frame
17. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
Publish
Workbook
Graphics
Ad-ware
18. 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).
Alignment
E-mail
Smart Tag
HTTP
19. A function similar to the save function that allows a user to specify the name and location of where he or she wishes to save the file before saving it.
Screen
Save As
Built-in Styles
Clipart
20. Adding text to a document
Journal
HTTP
Insert/Type over
WWW
21. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Transition
Microphone
Banners
Toggle Switches
22. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
Page Numbering
Recycle bin
Look-up menu
Block Letter Format
23. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Screensaver
Scroll Bars
Annotations
Background
24. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Indicators
Organize
Punched cards
Auto-number
25. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
Row
WYSIWYG
Fonts
Default # worksheets
26. The type and how big the text or object is
Slide show
Spreadsheet
Size & Style
Formatting toolbar
27. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
Smart Tag
SAVE
Transition
Retrieve
28. 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)
Cell address/cell reference
Screen
Letters
Microphone
29. Internet Service Provider
MAX
URL
ISP
Default # worksheets
30. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Secondary storage device
Chart
Formula bar
Software
31. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Receive
Currency
CPU
Range
32. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later
Insert/Type over
Brochures
Punched cards
Store
33. Completes the text for you
Mouse
spacing
Auto Text
Hard drive
34. The physical division of space on a disk into sections--where information can be stored. A disk's format is established as part of the initialization process.
Block Letter Format
AVERAGE
Format
.xls
35. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered
Wizard
Font dialog box
Page Numbering
Hardware
36. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network
Gridlines
Fonts
Journal
Word Art
37. ...
AutoContent
Smart Tag
Analyze
Function
38. A software program or program feature sometimes found in a program such as a word processor that can be used to help check text for any improper grammar.
Hyperlink
Scrolling
Grammar Checker
Forward
39. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
AVERAGE
Navigate
Update
GUI
40. Recording how long something takes
Timing
Form
Notepad
Placeholder
41. A character that is not a number or a letter
Indicators
Symbol
Placeholder
Chart
42. 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.
Clipart
Key tape
ISP
spacing
43. 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.
Print dialog box
Menu
Web site
Pointer
44. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Spam
Floppy drive
Personal Letter Format
Task-switching
45. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
EXIT
CLOSE
Screensaver
Default
46. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Spreadsheet
Modified Block Letter Format
Record
Text box
47. 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.
Paint
Scroll Bars
Character
Paragraph dialog box
48. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Download
Toggles
Workbook
Ready
49. Cable TV
Cards
Memos
CA TV
Upload
50. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer
Num lock
Slide show
Range
Outlook
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