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Computer Literacy
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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. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Handouts
Soft copy
DSL
Input
2. Where the text is automatically entered
Change
Demote
AutoContent
Mouse
3. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
MS Word
Punched cards
Store
Auto Text
4. A column in a table
Trashcan
Field
Transition
Setup dialog box
5. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.
Function
Num lock
Accessories programs
MS Windows
6. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Insert/Type over
Create
Menu
Placeholder
7. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Page Setup dialog box
Storage
Surf
Navigate
8. More than one or something that can be multiplied
Multiple
Print
DSL
Filter
9. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
Drag & Drop
SAVE
Joystick
Digital
10. 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.
Auto-number
Refresh
DSL
Send
11. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Flyers
Align
.xls
Navigate
12. 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.
Desktop
Ad-ware
Column
Deleted items
13. A letter - number or other symbol.
Annotations
Character
Address
MIN
14. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Letters
Windows
Banners
Placeholder
15. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Sent
Formatting toolbar
Text box
Copyright
16. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
SUM
Key tape
.xls
Task panes
17. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
Sent
CLOSE
Punched cards
Animate
18. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action
Download
HTTP
Undo
Fonts
19. Computer company
Deleted items
Date/Time control
Output
Apple/Mac
20. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Caps lock
Option
Download
Key tape
21. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Compact Disk
E-mail
Hard drive
Brochures
22. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
Demote
AVERAGE
Hard drive
Layout
23. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
Digital
Spam
Grammar Checker
Search & Replace
24. A character that is not a number or a letter
Update
Receive
CLOSE
Symbol
25. The first calculation device
Outbox
Secondary storage device
Paragraph dialog box
Abacus
26. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Look-up menu
Browser
Ready
Multiple
27. 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
.xls
Edit
SUM
Update
28. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Worksheet
Document
Insert & Delete
Copyright
29. 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).
HTML
Ad-ware
Block Letter Format
Web site
30. Receptacle for unwanted items
Recycle bin
Function
Status bar
DSL
31. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Attach
Typeface & Font
Toggle Switches
Active worksheet
32. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Start-up button
Refresh
OPEN
Spam
33. The default document name in Excel
Cut - Copy & Paste
User name
Design
.xls
34. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Virus
Password
Secondary storage device
Chart
35. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
Apple/Mac
Hardware
Spell Checker
Animate
36. A type of edging around a document
Status bar
Borders
Input device
Password
37. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Forward
MS Windows
Integrated circuits
Block Letter Format
38. 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.
Save As
Analog
Ergonomics
ISP
39. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
Gateway
Command
Handouts
Hard copy
40. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
Formula bar
Function
Notepad
Retrieve
41. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.
Size & Style
Print dialog box
Monitor
Software
42. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Spreadsheet
Headers & Footers
Page Setup dialog box
Filter
43. 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)
Enter
Edit
Internet
SUM
44. A set of data-entry fields on a page processed on a server. The user submits the form by clicking on a button or image - and the form is sent by a form handler.
Copyright
Flyers
Form
Query
45. The horizontal strip across the top of an application's window. Each word on the strip has a context sensitive drop-down menu containing features and actions that are available for the application in use.
Program
Personal Letter Format
Menu toolbar
Record
46. 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.
Web site
Paragraph dialog box
WWW
Personal Letter Format
47. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.
Merged
Brochures
Setup dialog box
AVERAGE
48. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Annotations
SUM
Monitor
Download
49. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs
Toggles
MS Windows
Outlook
Operating system
50. To combine two or more files into a single file.
Merged
Deleted items
E-mail
Notepad