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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. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
CPU
Menu toolbar
Refresh
Hard drive
2. 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.
Receive
Form
Note Pad
Reports
3. 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.
Spreadsheet
Web site
Alignment
Junk
4. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Query
Design
Format
Tables
5. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Image
CPU
Display/Monitor
Spreadsheet
6. The change from one thing to another
Relationships
Transition
.doc
Outbox
7. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
Font dialog box
Save As
Alignment
URL
8. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Hyperlink
Journal
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Document
9. The type of money used in a certain place
Currency
Row
Column
WYSIWYG
10. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Recycle bin
Reports
Placeholder
Ready
11. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Upload
Active worksheet
Highlighting Tool
CLOSE
12. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer
Integrated circuits
Multiple
Date/Time control
Outlook
13. 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.
Transition
Signature block
Display/Monitor
Database
14. Side text that could be important later
Formula bar
Animate
Letters
Notes
15. Adding text to a document
On/Off
Insert/Type over
Spy-ware
AVERAGE
16. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Notes
Toggle Switches
Ergonomics
Relationships
17. The physical division of space on a disk into sections--where information can be stored. A disk's format is established as part of the initialization process.
Chart
Format
Publish
Query
18. 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.
Icon
WordPad
Screensaver
Notes
19. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
Layout
Punched cards
Outbox
Timing
20. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Worksheet tab
Menu
Animate
Cards
21. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Num lock
Receive
Dial-up
Personal Letter Format
22. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Modem
Screen
Status bar
Function
23. A device - such as a keyboard - stylus and tablet - mouse - puck - or microphone - that allows input of information (letters - numbers - sound - video) to a computer.
Ready
Letters
Memos
Input device
24. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Screensaver
Web page
Toggles
Power Point
25. Justify
Command
Placeholder
Alignment
Handouts
26. Short for document
Computer output
Promote
SUM
.doc
27. Completes the text for you
Clipart
Internet
Create
Auto Text
28. To workout a mathematical equation
Search & Replace
Monitor
Calculate
WordPad
29. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Secondary storage device
Outbox
Upload
Size & Style
30. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Web page
Enter
Change
Multiple
31. A graphical or textual page that incorporates navigation hyperlinks to pages that are part of a web structure.
Borders
Navigate
Spell Checker
Undo
32. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
CPU
Demote
Create
GUI
33. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Abacus
Brochures
Auto-number
ISP
34. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Internet
Status bar
Scanner
Digital
35. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
Row
Alignment
Trashcan
Enter
36. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
Tables
Command
Image
Setup dialog box
37. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Application software
Receive
Print
Notes
38. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Active worksheet
Worksheet tab
Formatting toolbar
Toolbar
39. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
Upload
Function
CA TV
Memos
40. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.
Pointer
Spreadsheet
User name
Web site
41. Turns computer on and off
Filter
GUI
On/Off
Number
42. 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).
Database
Print dialog box
Address
Power Point
43. A connection that is established using a modem
Dial-up
Modified Block Letter Format
Forward
Auto Text
44. Copy: A command that copies the selected information and places it on the clipboard.cut: To remove text or graphics from a document by using the Cut command. The most recent 'clipping' is stored on the Clipboard of the computer so that you can paste
Cut - Copy & Paste
Animate
Mouse
Compact Disk
45. A note added by way of comment or explanation
Annotations
Brochures
Application software
E-mail
46. 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.
Desktop
Scanner
HTML
EXIT
47. A difference in the text
Annotations
Internet
Application software
Change
48. Microsoft software presentation program that allows a user to create a slide show of important notes that can be easily shown and moved through during a presentation
Navigate
Power Point
Flyers
Note Pad
49. Minimum
Display/Monitor
Borders
Password
MIN
50. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered
Multiple
Cut - Copy & Paste
Page Numbering
Paint