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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. Where you get something
Active programs
Timing
Receive
Junk
2. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Ready
Date/Time control
Character
Pointer
3. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file
Sort
Typeface & Font
Workbook
Password
4. Receptacle for unwanted items
Typeface & Font
Computer output
Program
Recycle bin
5. Short for document
Save As
.doc
On/Off
Slide show
6. A set of data-entry fields on a page processed on a server. The user submits the form by clicking on a button or image - and the form is sent by a form handler.
Form
Cards
Outlook
Sort
7. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
Auto-number
Spell Checker
Slide show
Spam
8. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.
Calculate
Image
Compact Disk
Active cell
9. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Sort
Template
Upload
Document
10. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Active programs
OS
Font dialog box
Jump/Flash drive
11. 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)
Bulleted list
HTML
CLOSE
Enter
12. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another
Title bar
Mouse
Surf
Exported
13. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone
Contacts
Align
Spam
Text box
14. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Create
.xls
Multiple
Align
15. 3
Default # worksheets
Template
Change
Compact Disk
16. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Database
Hardware
Document
Flyers
17. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Number
Hard copy
Web page
Cell address/cell reference
18. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
SAVE
Insert & Delete
On/Off
Retrieve
19. 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).
Menu - drop-down
Headers & Footers
Number
Database
20. The type of money used in a certain place
Letters
Insert & Delete
Form
Currency
21. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Frame
Design
Output
Forward
22. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Database
Download
Num lock
Multiple
23. 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)
.doc
Formula
Active cell
Cell address/cell reference
24. Completes the text for you
Dial-up
Menu toolbar
Scanner
Auto Text
25. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'
Dial-up
Hard drive
Create
Bulleted list
26. 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.
Look-up menu
Typeface & Font
Integrated circuits
File name
27. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Menu
Key tape
Memos
Accessories programs
28. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
Blog
Integrated circuits
Punched cards
Filter
29. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Option
AutoCorrect
Background
CA TV
30. 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.
WordPad
Number
Headers & Footers
WYSIWYG
31. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
Toggle Switches
Memos
MEDIAN
Organize
32. Styles of text already in MS
Cell address/cell reference
Insert & Delete
Built-in Styles
Gateway
33. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Ergonomics
Ready
Paint
Personal Letter Format
34. A key that can lock into place so that letters you type will come out capitalized. Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabetic keys (such as punctuation and symbols). To access these - you must still press the Shift key (on either side of the key board).
Caps lock
Auto Text
Spell Checker
Soft copy
35. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
AVERAGE
WWW
Title bar
Option
36. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Page Numbering
Inbox
Banners
Note Pad
37. 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.
Ready
Imported
Pointer
Trashcan
38. Where the text is automatically entered
Timing
OPEN
AutoContent
Enter
39. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
OS
Symbol
OPEN
Search & Replace
40. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later
Tables
Contacts
AVERAGE
Store
41. A Microsoft program
MAX
MS Word
Layout
Gateway
42. 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.
Range
Attach
Hard copy
Margins
43. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Ad-ware
Store
Exported
Wizard
44. 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.
SUM
Range
Display/Monitor
Save As
45. A software program or program feature sometimes found in a program such as a word processor that can be used to help check text for any improper grammar.
Send
Align
Grammar Checker
CA TV
46. Adding text to a document
Insert/Type over
Web site
Handouts
Navigate
47. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
.doc
Banners
Change
Upload
48. A function similar to the save function that allows a user to specify the name and location of where he or she wishes to save the file before saving it.
Menu
Save As
Design
HTML
49. A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.
Chart
Virus
Mouse
AVERAGE
50. 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
Title bar
Recycle bin
Update
WordPad