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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. 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.






2. 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






3. A difference in the text






4. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive






5. Where the text is automatically entered






6. Digital Subscriber Line. A method of connecting to the Internet via a phone line. A DSL connection uses copper telephone lines but is able to relay data at much higher speeds than modems and does not interfere with telephone use.






7. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition






8. 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.






9. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.






10. 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)






11. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits






12. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon






13. Computer company






14. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year






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






16. Where you advertise something






17. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files






18. 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.






19. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.






20. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.






21. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text






22. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol






23. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network






24. 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)






25. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.






26. A weblog or blog - is a listing of text - images - or other objects that are arranged in a chronological order that first started appearing in 1998.






27. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device






28. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files






29. The type of money used in a certain place






30. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.






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






32. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.






33. The cell in which you are working - indicated by the current location of the cell pointer.






34. 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.






35. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone






36. This is the screen that appears if you are not browsing the Internet - reading a file - or playing a game. Your icons are on this screen.






37. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.






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






39. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).






40. 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.






41. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device






42. 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.'






43. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.






44. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.






45. Maximum






46. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software






47. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network






48. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity






49. Creating a new document or folder






50. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.







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