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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. Completes the text for you






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






3. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.






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






5. 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.






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






7. In general - the term query is commonly used to describe a question or request that is made by a user or another computer or device






8. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.






9. Maximum






10. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed






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






12. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.






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






14. 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)






15. 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.






16. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function






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






18. 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.






19. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly






20. Internet Service Provider






21. Command or option used to close a program or file.






22. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.






23. 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






24. 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.






25. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.






26. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.






27. To reduce to a lower grade or rank






28. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs






29. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits






30. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.






31. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed






32. A note added by way of comment or explanation






33. 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.






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






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36. A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.






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






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






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






40. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0






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






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






43. World Wide Web - Group of internet servers linking computers around the world.






44. Adding text to a document






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






46. A column in a table






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






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. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.






50. Styles of text already in MS