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Computer Literacy
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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. Where the text is automatically entered
Screen
Web site
Symbol
AutoContent
2. Alternatively referred to as ANSI art - text art - or word art - ASCII art is the process of forming pictures or art out of the characters available in the ASCII chart
Word Art
Operating system
Status bar
Merged
3. 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.
Icon
Menu toolbar
Sub-menu
Database
4. A note added by way of comment or explanation
Internet
Annotations
Software
Save As
5. Computer company
Apple/Mac
Word wrap
Word Art
Password
6. A column in a table
Field
Close box
Hard drive
Output device
7. Universal Automatic Computer the UNIVAC is an electrical computer containing thousands of vacuum tubes that utilizes punch cards and switches for inputting data and punch cards for outputting and storing data.
SAVE
Banners
URL
UNIVAC
8. 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.
Font dialog box
Insert & Delete
Scroll Bars
Outlook
9. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Start-up button
Margins
Microphone
Field
10. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Chart
Cut - Copy & Paste
EXIT
Attach
11. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
Virus
Menu
OS
Tasks
12. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Size & Style
Database
Letters
Scrolling
13. A character displayed on the screen to prompt the user to take some action. The most common prompt is the 'C prompt' in which the computer hard drive or 'C' requests directions on what the computer should perform next.
Address
Cell address/cell reference
Prompt
Input device
14. The type and how big the text or object is
Size & Style
Animate
Line-spacing
E-mail
15. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser
Slide show
WYSIWYG
Outbox
Compact Disk
16. 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
Align
Graphics
Publish
17. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Smart Tag
Surf
Screensaver
Date/Time control
18. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
OS
Smart Tag
Organize
E-mail
19. The change from one thing to another
Transition
Block Letter Format
MEDIAN
Joystick
20. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
CPU
Bulleted list
Download
Sort
21. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Signature block
CTRL+ALT+DEL
CPU
Hyperlink
22. 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.
Digital
Grammar Checker
Analog
Formula
23. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
URL
Page Setup dialog box
Page Numbering
Web site
24. 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.
Signature block
Imported
Number
Look-up menu
25. 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.
Function
Cards
Design
Wizard
26. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
WWW
Jump/Flash drive
Scrolling
Task panes
27. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Print
Trashcan
Query
Start-up button
28. 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).
Graphics
CTRL+ALT+DEL
HTTP
MS-DOS
29. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Image
Digital
Size & Style
Range
30. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Key tape
spacing
Bulleted list
Personal Letter Format
31. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos
MAX
Paragraph dialog box
Soft copy
AutoCorrect
32. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Note Pad
Ad-ware
Jump/Flash drive
Browser
33. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Forward
CLOSE
Web page
Design
34. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Forward
Contacts
Program
Auto-number
35. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Punched cards
Scrolling
Relationships
ISP
36. Viewing portion of a display
Letters
Flyers
Row
Screen
37. Recording how long something takes
Store
Timing
Retrieve
Program
38. 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.
Enter
Promote
Junk
Attach
39. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Thesaurus
Sub-menu
Paint
Merged
40. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Browser
Desktop
Analog
Character
41. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Thesaurus
Print
Insert & Delete
Cell address/cell reference
42. 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.
Title bar
SUM
Save As
Slide show
43. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.
EXIT
Flyers
E-mail
Address
44. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
Signature block
Column
Inbox
Web page
45. 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.
Publish
Power Point
Memos
Internet
46. 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.
User name
Refresh
Toggles
Attach
47. Command or option used to close a program or file.
Active programs
AutoContent
EXIT
Display/Monitor
48. Sometimes referred to as run around - word wrap is an ability found in most text editing programs that allows any text that reaches the end of the far right edge of the window to wrap automatically to the next line without requiring the user to press
Template
Hard copy
Word wrap
Create
49. Styles of text already in MS
Built-in Styles
index.html
Smart Tag
Print dialog box
50. 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).
EXIT
Database
Undo
Page Numbering