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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. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers






2. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.






3. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.






4. 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)






5. 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.






6. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)






7. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.






8. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.






9. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.






10. Programs currently being worked on






11. 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.






12. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.






13. 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.






14. The end of a line of text. You can force a line break by pressing 'Return' - or you can let the application break lines for you. This is a special character that forces a new line on a page without creating a new paragraph.






15. The number keys on the right side of the keyboard that are laid out like the keys on an adding machine. In most cases - you can use these keys interchangeably with the number keys on the top row of the keyboard. Some programs use the numeric keypad a






16. 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.'






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Turns computer on and off






22. A command that removes and adds cell contents from a worksheet.






23. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent






24. A tool that converts an image or a file.






25. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.






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






27. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command






28. A column in a table






29. 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.






30. Adding text to a document






31. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values






32. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0






33. A type of edging around a document






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






35. 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.






36. A connection that is established using a modem






37. 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.






38. A set of programs that - among other things - controls the way information is loaded into memory - the way the computer works with that information - the way information is stored on a disk - and the way the computer communicates with a printer and o






39. 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.






40. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.






41. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.






42. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read






43. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.






44. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.






45. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data






46. Graphical User Interface. A system that simplifies selecting computer commands by enabling the user to point to symbols or illustrations (called icons) on the computer screen with a mouse.






47. In general - the term query is commonly used to describe a question or request that is made by a user or another computer or device






48. The type and how big the text or object is






49. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser






50. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software