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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. 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.
Formula bar
Download
Format
Sort
2. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Ready
Search & Replace
Address
Banners
3. 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.
Background
Scroll Bars
Analog
Reports
4. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos
Refresh
Active cell
AutoCorrect
Spy-ware
5. 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.
Letters
Workbook
MS-DOS
Column
6. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Fonts
Worksheet tab
Output
Title bar
7. Justify
Tasks
Ready
Alignment
Internet
8. A program that walks you through MS
Merged
MS Windows Tour
Notes
Toggles
9. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Menu toolbar
Update
Scanner
Toolbar
10. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'
Annotations
On/Off
Bulleted list
Image
11. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
Secondary storage device
Align
Row
Highlighting Tool
12. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
OPEN
Screen
Option
Jump/Flash drive
13. Cable TV
Title bar
CA TV
Imported
Objects box/pane
14. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
Screen
Retrieve
Publish
ISP
15. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Tables
Copyright
Insert & Delete
File name
16. Function performed to reverse the action of an earlier action
Form
Undo
Web page
Spreadsheet
17. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Signature block
spacing
Frame
MEDIAN
18. 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.
DSL
Auto-number
Integrated circuits
Outline View
19. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
Microphone
Command
MS Word
Output
20. Creating a new document or folder
Dial-up
Line-spacing
Create
Keyboard
21. A box that allows a change of the format of text that affects the complete paragraph or is different from other paragraphs in a document.
Input
Worksheet
Paragraph dialog box
Save As
22. 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
Task-switching
Update
Floppy drive
Built-in Styles
23. 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.
Brochures
SAVE
Frame
Junk
24. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
CLOSE
Menu - drop-down
.xls
Key tape
25. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
Undo
Junk
Notepad
Program
26. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Scrolling
Brochures
Journal
Start-up button
27. The default document name in Excel
.xls
Imported
Output
Inbox
28. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
AutoCorrect
Gridlines
Outlook
Spell Checker
29. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Punched cards
Windows
Bulleted list
Personal Letter Format
30. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
Power Point
Block Letter Format
Store
Auto-number
31. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
AutoCorrect
Recycle bin
Task-switching
Thesaurus
32. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Document
Tables
Outbox
Handouts
33. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Application software
Spreadsheet
Surf
Task-switching
34. 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)
Undo
Enter
Jump/Flash drive
Character
35. Programs currently being worked on
Active programs
Punched cards
AutoContent
Look-up menu
36. Turns computer on and off
Download
On/Off
Page Numbering
Line-spacing
37. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Address
Text box
Brochures
Worksheet
38. Alternatively referred to as a worksheet - a spreadsheet is a data file made up of rows and columns that are used to sort data and allow a user to manipulate and arrange data easily - commonly numerical data.
Record
Caps lock
Key tape
Worksheet
39. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Indicators
Clipart
Imported
Setup dialog box
40. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Storage
Indicators
DSL
Tasks
41. 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).
Alignment
HTML
Indicators
Hard drive
42. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.
Column
Function
MEDIAN
Image
43. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Personal Letter Format
Annotations
Paint
Note Pad
44. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Microphone
Screen
Modem
Letters
45. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Caps lock
Text box
Handouts
Edit
46. 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.
Line-spacing
Imported
WYSIWYG
Function
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
Analog
Calendar
Status bar
48. 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.
Brochures
Scrolling
WYSIWYG
Monitor
49. Sections of a document that are unused. White spaces help separate paragraphs of text - graphics and other portions of a document - and helps a document look less crowded.
Default # worksheets
Print
Grammar Checker
spacing
50. A connection that is established using a modem
Dial-up
Insert & Delete
Function
Margins