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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.
  • 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 advertise something






2. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later






3. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis






4. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion






5. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits






6. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly






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






8. A circuit board that you can install in a slot inside the computer to expand the computer's memory or give it the means to communicate with a peripheral device.






9. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information






10. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file






11. To combine two or more files into a single file.






12. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered






13. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.






18. 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






19. Hypertext Markup Language. A standard of text markup conventions used for documents on the World Wide Web. Browsers interpret the codes to give the text structure and formatting (such as bold - blue - or italic).






20. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.






21. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers






22. Recording how long something takes






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






24. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images






25. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos






26. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer






27. A type of edging around a document






28. 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.






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






30. Internet Service Provider






31. A difference in the text






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






33. Computer company






34. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.






35. A letter - number or other symbol.






36. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.






37. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.






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






39. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.






40. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task






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






42. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord






43. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).






44. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.






45. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)