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Computer Literacy
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literacy
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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. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).
MS-DOS
Notes
Animate
Jump/Flash drive
2. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Contacts
Dial-up
Print
Currency
3. Styles of text already in MS
Hyperlink
Integrated circuits
Built-in Styles
Background
4. Where you send something in the past tense
Brochures
Template
Sent
Cell address/cell reference
5. A type of edging around a document
Borders
Cell address/cell reference
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Thesaurus
6. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0
Number
Sort
Recycle bin
Column
7. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Calculate
Page Setup dialog box
Column
Soft copy
8. Computer company
Apple/Mac
Recycle bin
Cell address/cell reference
Calendar
9. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Query
Organize
Publish
Cards
10. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Currency
Bulleted list
Title bar
Graphics
11. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Notepad
Flyers
Blog
Active worksheet
12. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Edit
SAVE
CLOSE
Align
13. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Status bar
Retrieve
Frame
Template
14. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Symbol
Personal Letter Format
Refresh
Gateway
15. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Calendar
Date/Time control
Merged
DSL
16. 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.
Ad-ware
Drag & Drop
Hyperlink
Input device
17. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
Spam
Brochures
Task-switching
Address
18. 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.
Cards
Calculator
Junk
Command
19. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.
Gateway
Animate
Output
Store
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.
User name
Operating system
Password
Line-spacing
21. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Toggle Switches
Title bar
File name
AutoCorrect
22. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
Task-switching
Margins
Row
Start-up button
23. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Copyright
Cards
Send
Digital
24. A row in a table
Auto Text
Gateway
Record
Windows
25. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Update
Currency
SUM
Setup dialog box
26. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another
Active programs
Exported
Field
index.html
27. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
Forward
Notepad
Clipart
Output
28. A letter - number or other symbol.
Note Pad
Brochures
MIN
Character
29. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Database
Screensaver
Punched cards
Retrieve
30. The type and how big the text or object is
Size & Style
Auto-number
CLOSE
Form
31. What You See Is What You Get. When using most word processors - page layout programs (See desktop publishing) - and web page design programs - words and images will be displayed on the monitor as they will look on the printed page or web page.
WYSIWYG
Jump/Flash drive
Screen
Cards
32. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values
Modem
Range
Deleted items
Design
33. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Start-up button
Record
Fonts
Imported
34. Where you get something
Receive
Undo
Screensaver
Timing
35. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.
Row
Spam
Insert & Delete
Drag & Drop
36. Where you advertise something
Slide show
Promote
AutoContent
CTRL+ALT+DEL
37. The default document name in Excel
Filter
.xls
spacing
Output device
38. 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.
Fonts
Imported
Workbook
Banners
39. 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.
Spam
Input device
Annotations
Hard drive
40. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Database
Record
Screensaver
Calculator
41. A character that is not a number or a letter
Letters
Symbol
AutoContent
Range
42. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Menu
Address
Outbox
Modified Block Letter Format
43. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Document
Outbox
Note Pad
Integrated circuits
44. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Auto-number
Toggles
Desktop
CTRL+ALT+DEL
45. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Prompt
E-mail
Option
Field
46. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Smart Tag
Forward
Number
Icon
47. 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.
Menu toolbar
Paragraph dialog box
Active worksheet
Imported
48. 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).
HTML
Promote
Placeholder
Function
49. A connection that is established using a modem
Workbook
Insert/Type over
Address
Dial-up
50. Copy: A command that copies the selected information and places it on the clipboard.cut: To remove text or graphics from a document by using the Cut command. The most recent 'clipping' is stored on the Clipboard of the computer so that you can paste
Task panes
Cut - Copy & Paste
Jump/Flash drive
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