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Computer Literacy
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Subjects
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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. More than one or something that can be multiplied
Multiple
Symbol
Grammar Checker
Design
2. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network
Joystick
Margins
MS Windows Tour
Journal
3. 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.
Flyers
MEDIAN
Column
Address
4. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Sort
Integrated circuits
URL
Clipart
5. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
Placeholder
Surf
Formatting toolbar
Memos
6. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
Modified Block Letter Format
Print dialog box
Thesaurus
Windows
7. Maximum
Range
Soft copy
Form
MAX
8. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Spreadsheet
Highlighting Tool
Modem
Fonts
9. Toolbar used to format documents
Floppy drive
Formatting toolbar
Update
Hard copy
10. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'
Relationships
Modem
Bulleted list
Line-spacing
11. Exploring the Internet.
Storage
Inbox
Accessories programs
Surf
12. 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.'
Slide show
Program
Option
Spam
13. The overall appearance of a document - image - text or other medium designed to be more appeasing to the viewer or help locate or identify the medium being looked at
Ad-ware
Receive
Layout
Analyze
14. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Application software
Store
Icon
CPU
15. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Calculator
Analog
Gridlines
SUM
16. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document
Organize
Bridge
Design
Indicators
17. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
MS Windows
Microphone
EXIT
Status bar
18. The study and designing of products to help reduce the stress & make a product more comfortable to the user helping increase the users' productivity
Ergonomics
Promote
Recycle bin
Merged
19. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Output
Brochures
Outlook
Align
20. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Clipart
MEDIAN
Calendar
Memos
21. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Sort
Worksheet tab
Background
Hard copy
22. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
Hard drive
Refresh
Exported
spacing
23. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file
Workbook
Range
Query
Currency
24. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Placeholder
Word Art
MAX
Text box
25. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Gridlines
Accessories programs
Inbox
Storage
26. 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)
Background
Spy-ware
Enter
Spam
27. The type and how big the text or object is
GUI
Active cell
Paragraph dialog box
Size & Style
28. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Web site
Forward
CPU
Active cell
29. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
Transition
Junk
Compact Disk
SAVE
30. 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.
Active cell
Personal Letter Format
Junk
Digital
31. 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.
Text box
EXIT
User name
Background
32. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
CPU
Display/Monitor
Bulleted list
Flyers
33. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Formatting toolbar
Brochures
Analyze
Status bar
34. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Jump/Flash drive
Computer output
Headers & Footers
Hard drive
35. A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.
AutoCorrect
MIN
Create
Mouse
36. 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.
Integrated circuits
Ergonomics
MS Windows Tour
Save As
37. Where you get something
Form
Output device
Receive
Hyperlink
38. An item that has been disposed of
Deleted items
Text box
Memos
MS-DOS
39. A difference in the text
MEDIAN
Store
Change
Forward
40. A connection that is established using a modem
Dial-up
Sent
Joystick
E-mail
41. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Placeholder
AutoCorrect
OS
Auto-number
42. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another
Look-up menu
Exported
Text box
Thesaurus
43. A graphical or textual page that incorporates navigation hyperlinks to pages that are part of a web structure.
Modified Block Letter Format
Task-switching
Highlighting Tool
Navigate
44. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Insert/Type over
WordPad
Handouts
45. Alternatively referred to as malware - sneakware - or spyware - adware is a program installed without a user's consent or knowledge during the install of another program
Program
Ad-ware
Output device
Bulleted list
46. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Address
Spreadsheet
Print dialog box
Copyright
47. Microsoft Office feature found in Microsoft Office 2002 (XP) - Office 2003 - and later versions that enables users to have quick access to common features - information - and commands.
Active cell
Calculate
Task panes
Hyperlink
48. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Design
Web page
MIN
Windows
49. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.
Worksheet
Character
Reports
Pointer
50. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.
Function
Sort
Memos
Contacts