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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.
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. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Gridlines
Clipart
Notes
Internet
2. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Floppy drive
Page Setup dialog box
Formatting toolbar
Hyperlink
3. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another
Exported
Text box
CA TV
Relationships
4. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Highlighting Tool
Power Point
CPU
Banners
5. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Copyright
Ready
Formatting toolbar
Query
6. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs
Fonts
Toggles
Hard drive
Currency
7. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Active worksheet
Typeface & Font
Outline View
Dial-up
8. The type and how big the text or object is
Menu
Size & Style
Placeholder
Cell address/cell reference
9. 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.
Workbook
Sub-menu
Print dialog box
Digital
10. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Row
Secondary storage device
Wizard
Screensaver
11. 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.'
Task-switching
Spam
Program
Update
12. The first calculation device
Abacus
Background
Computer output
Word wrap
13. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
Download
HTML
Thesaurus
Modified Block Letter Format
14. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.
Character
Image
Number
Application software
15. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Input device
HTTP
Option
Print
16. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network
Windows
Gateway
Menu toolbar
Screen
17. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
Indicators
Notepad
Sort
Modified Block Letter Format
18. A box that allows you to close a document or window
Power Point
Worksheet
Close box
Relationships
19. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
Soft copy
Modem
Filter
AutoCorrect
20. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Number
Demote
Personal Letter Format
Calculator
21. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Cards
Toggle Switches
Power Point
Spreadsheet
22. Unique location identified by intersecting column and row coordinates. (spreadsheet application) -The address or name of a specific cell. Cell references may be used in formulas and are relative or absolute. (spreadsheet application)
Imported
Cell address/cell reference
DSL
Spy-ware
23. Adding text to a document
Gateway
AVERAGE
Output device
Insert/Type over
24. A difference in the text
Task panes
Date/Time control
Memos
Change
25. Command or option used to close a program or file.
Demote
Num lock
Undo
EXIT
26. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Handouts
Reports
Active cell
Apple/Mac
27. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Hard copy
Password
Date/Time control
Screen
28. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Punched cards
Drag & Drop
Thesaurus
Menu - drop-down
29. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Character
Active programs
Indicators
Spreadsheet
30. 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.
Worksheet
Prompt
Character
MS Windows Tour
31. To workout a mathematical equation
Calculate
Signature block
Grammar Checker
Menu toolbar
32. Receptacle for unwanted items
Key tape
Send
Recycle bin
Letters
33. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.
Password
Relationships
UNIVAC
Function
34. Internet Service Provider
ISP
Inbox
Letters
Database
35. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
Option
Layout
Monitor
Block Letter Format
36. Where you send something in the past tense
Sent
Forward
Title bar
Power Point
37. 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.
Paragraph dialog box
UNIVAC
Deleted items
Demote
38. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
MIN
Retrieve
Chart
Spell Checker
39. Cable TV
File name
Character
CA TV
Browser
40. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
MAX
Compact Disk
Retrieve
Outline View
41. A website - or web site - is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser
Command
Web site
Drag & Drop
Format
42. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
Modem
Password
Calculator
Background
43. Maximum
Password
Number
Modem
MAX
44. A key on the numeric keypad that confirms a choice or tells a program you're ready to proceed. In most cases - the Return key also serves this function. The ____ button is used to confirm an entry into an active cell. (in spreadsheet applications)
Enter
Hard copy
Flyers
Save As
45. Software file that contains updated information and various fixes that resolves issues that have been located by the software developer to help prevent those errors from occurring in the future
Flyers
Notes
Update
Send
46. A collection of similar information stored in a file - such as a database of addresses. This information may be created and stored in a database management system (DBMS).
Forward
Blog
Database
MS Windows Tour
47. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
HTTP
Personal Letter Format
Smart Tag
Computer output
48. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Margins
Key tape
DSL
On/Off
49. To combine two or more files into a single file.
Objects box/pane
Merged
MS Word
Organize
50. Styles of text already in MS
Built-in Styles
Option
Storage
Web site