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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.
  • 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. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.






2. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.






3. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser






4. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.






5. A general term used to describe what you see on your screen when you're using a computer. This may include video effects - tables - letters - or numbers.






6. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.






7. Alternatively referred to as malware - sneakware - or spyware - adware is a program installed without a user's consent or knowledge during the install of another program






8. Medium






9. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity






10. Completes the text for you






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device






14. Text or an image that is connected by hypertext coding to a different location. By selecting the text or image with a mouse - the computer 'jumps to' (or displays) the linked text.






15. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)






16. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.






17. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.






18. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information






19. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. A difference in the text






24. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year






25. The name you give your file or document before you save it on a disk. This name should help you identify and retrieve this file.






26. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers






27. A note added by way of comment or explanation






28. Term used to describe a menu that is contained within another menu






29. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis






30. ...






31. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition






32. The overall appearance of a document - image - text or other medium designed to be more appeasing to the viewer or help locate or identify the medium being looked at






33. Programs currently being worked on






34. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.






35. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software






36. A connection that is established using a modem






37. A program that walks you through MS






38. Where you send something in the past tense






39. This is a picture or an image.






40. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.






41. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.






42. A precise series of instructions written in a computer language that tells the computer what to do and how to do it. Programs are also called 'software' or 'applications.'






43. 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.






44. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier






45. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.






46. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.






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






48. To workout a mathematical equation






49. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text






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