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Computer Literacy
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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. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Margins
Range
Mouse
Handouts
2. A device - such as a keyboard - stylus and tablet - mouse - puck - or microphone - that allows input of information (letters - numbers - sound - video) to a computer.
Input device
Spy-ware
Jump/Flash drive
Demote
3. Side text that could be important later
Design
Notes
Form
Input device
4. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
AVERAGE
Look-up menu
Edit
Change
5. 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.
Notepad
Margins
Internet
Floppy drive
6. Viewing portion of a display
Analog
Screen
Alignment
Publish
7. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'
Accessories programs
Transition
Bridge
Bulleted list
8. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Download
Calendar
Design
Query
9. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Punched cards
Screen
Scroll Bars
Status bar
10. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Tasks
Headers & Footers
Document
Filter
11. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.
WYSIWYG
Output
E-mail
Background
12. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Print dialog box
Highlighting Tool
Keyboard
Screen
13. 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.
Headers & Footers
Desktop
Address
Cards
14. Turns computer on and off
Output
Enter
MEDIAN
On/Off
15. 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).
File name
Worksheet
WYSIWYG
Database
16. Alternatively referred to as UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email) - spam - not to be confused with the meat product - is slang commonly used to describe junk e-mail on the Internet.
Junk
Built-in Styles
Grammar Checker
Range
17. 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).
CTRL+ALT+DEL
HTTP
Display/Monitor
E-mail
18. Sometimes referred to as seek - search is the process of locating a letter(s) - word(s) - file(s) - website(s) - etc.
Search & Replace
Memos
.doc
Grammar Checker
19. A character that is not a number or a letter
EXIT
Symbol
Enter
User name
20. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Number
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Document
Key tape
21. 3
Task panes
Multiple
Screen
Default # worksheets
22. Styles of text already in MS
Blog
Look-up menu
Built-in Styles
Refresh
23. Internet Service Provider
ISP
Undo
Change
AutoContent
24. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
Flyers
Soft copy
Animate
Currency
25. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Indicators
Wizard
Memos
Outline View
26. The actual web page on the domain
index.html
Hyperlink
Screen
Computer output
27. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
WYSIWYG
Highlighting Tool
Multiple
Calculator
28. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
File name
Pointer
Calculate
Hardware
29. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Pointer
Ready
Toggles
Send
30. Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor included with Microsoft Windows 95 - 98 - ME - NT - 2000 - XP - Vista - 7 - and future releases of Microsoft Windows.
Hyperlink
spacing
WordPad
CTRL+ALT+DEL
31. A set of programs that - among other things - controls the way information is loaded into memory - the way the computer works with that information - the way information is stored on a disk - and the way the computer communicates with a printer and o
MEDIAN
Operating system
Spreadsheet
Pointer
32. 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
Bridge
Edit
Virus
33. A weblog or blog - is a listing of text - images - or other objects that are arranged in a chronological order that first started appearing in 1998.
.xls
Blog
Font dialog box
Tables
34. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
ISP
Default
Gateway
Document
35. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers
Navigate
Forward
HTTP
SUM
36. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text
Font dialog box
Multiple
Word Art
Paragraph dialog box
37. A difference in the text
SAVE
Flyers
Integrated circuits
Change
38. A connection that is established using a modem
Dial-up
Secondary storage device
Chart
Desktop
39. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Align
Cut - Copy & Paste
Web page
HTTP
40. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Digital
GUI
Ready
Headers & Footers
41. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Design
Key tape
Grammar Checker
Date/Time control
42. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
.xls
Background
MIN
Note Pad
43. 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.
Active cell
Number
Spy-ware
Sent
44. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.
Organize
Ready
Browser
Modem
45. Maximum
Outbox
Objects box/pane
WordPad
MAX
46. A Microsoft program
MS Word
Pointer
Character
Gateway
47. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.
Personal Letter Format
E-mail
Digital
Application software
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
Word Art
Output
Function
Cut - Copy & Paste
49. 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.
Start-up button
CTRL+ALT+DEL
WYSIWYG
Default
50. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Row
Accessories programs
Clipart
Browser