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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.
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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. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.






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






3. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.






4. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command






5. 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.






6. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.






7. A key that can lock into place so that letters you type will come out capitalized. Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabetic keys (such as punctuation and symbols). To access these - you must still press the Shift key (on either side of the key board).






8. 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.






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






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.






11. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations






12. 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.






13. A box that allows you to close a document or window






14. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network






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






16. Extra programs






17. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs






18. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.






19. Medium






20. Microsoft software presentation program that allows a user to create a slide show of important notes that can be easily shown and moved through during a presentation






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






22. 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.






23. Minimum






24. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.






25. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.






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






27. A series of keys to unlock a screen






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. A Microsoft program






31. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers






32. 3






33. A letter - number or other symbol.






34. Computer company






35. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers






36. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.






37. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.






38. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes






39. 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.






40. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'






41. Turns computer on and off






42. 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).






43. A file or view of data formatted in a way that allows the user to see a large amount of data quickly from documents or a database.






44. The address of documents and resources on the internet.






45. A graphical or textual page that incorporates navigation hyperlinks to pages that are part of a web structure.






46. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.






47. The cell in which you are working - indicated by the current location of the cell pointer.






48. A design that defines the overall look of characters






49. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.






50. 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.