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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. A set of instructions that you enter in a cell to perform numeric calculations (adding - multiplying - averaging - etc.); for example - +A1+B1. (in spreadsheet applications)






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






3. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.






4. The rectangular area - above the worksheet window - that displays a cell's contents - including numbers - text - and formulas - when you click a cell. You can use the formula bar to enter and edit data in the active cell.






5. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read






6. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document






7. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos






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.






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






10. To combine two or more files into a single file.






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






12. A character that is not a number or a letter






13. 1) text-based applications - a way of designing the number of characters that fit on the computer's display. A column is one character wide. 2) In spread sheet applications - a column is a vertical arrangement of cells.






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization






24. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.






25. Sometimes referred to as seek - search is the process of locating a letter(s) - word(s) - file(s) - website(s) - etc.






26. Completes the text for you






27. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.






28. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.






29. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.






30. A tool where the numbering happens automatically






31. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files






32. 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.






33. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers






34. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon






35. Creating a new document or folder






36. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.






37. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.






38. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.






39. An item that has been disposed of






40. Justify






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






42. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power






43. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.






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






45. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer






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






47. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.






48. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else






49. The actual web page on the domain






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