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Computer Literacy
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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. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Typeface & Font
Highlighting Tool
Floppy drive
Active programs
2. A key that can lock into place so that letters you type will come out capitalized. Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabetic keys (such as punctuation and symbols). To access these - you must still press the Shift key (on either side of the key board).
Caps lock
Screensaver
Thesaurus
Software
3. 3
Paint
Default # worksheets
Blog
CTRL+ALT+DEL
4. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Worksheet tab
Hard copy
Template
Image
5. Recording how long something takes
Timing
Desktop
Indicators
E-mail
6. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
ISP
Toolbar
Computer output
Formatting toolbar
7. 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
Compact Disk
Operating system
Active cell
Symbol
8. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later
EXIT
Active cell
Store
SAVE
9. Extra programs
SUM
Active cell
MS-DOS
Accessories programs
10. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
MS Windows
Spam
Menu toolbar
Transition
11. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Worksheet
Sent
Placeholder
Change
12. 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.
Brochures
User name
Currency
Calendar
13. 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.
Sort
Keyboard
Form
Align
14. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Publish
Recycle bin
Search & Replace
Personal Letter Format
15. Sometimes referred to as run around - word wrap is an ability found in most text editing programs that allows any text that reaches the end of the far right edge of the window to wrap automatically to the next line without requiring the user to press
Word wrap
Hard copy
Row
Outline View
16. A column in a table
Create
Ad-ware
Field
Browser
17. Exploring the Internet.
Document
Refresh
Surf
Print
18. 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)
Record
Task panes
Gateway
Enter
19. 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.
Keyboard
CLOSE
Slide show
Blog
20. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits
Enter
Analyze
Start-up button
Digital
21. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Typeface & Font
Paint
Option
Program
22. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Outbox
Software
Task-switching
Calculator
23. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
Toggle Switches
Analog
OS
Menu toolbar
24. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
MIN
Monitor
Indicators
Record
25. Short for document
.doc
Spam
On/Off
Hardware
26. Side text that could be important later
Notes
Gateway
Compact Disk
Form
27. A file or view of data formatted in a way that allows the user to see a large amount of data quickly from documents or a database.
Reports
Database
Row
Borders
28. 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.
Undo
Record
Imported
Caps lock
29. 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.
Title bar
Auto-number
Worksheet
Deleted items
30. A character that is not a number or a letter
Insert/Type over
Windows
Placeholder
Symbol
31. 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.
Journal
MS Windows
Banners
Task panes
32. Text or an image that is connected by hypertext coding to a different location. By selecting the text or image with a mouse - the computer 'jumps to' (or displays) the linked text.
Transition
Hyperlink
Windows
Command
33. Data that goes into a computer device.
Size & Style
Input
Multiple
Navigate
34. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Digital
Bridge
index.html
Storage
35. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Organize
Close box
.xls
Banners
36. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
Refresh
Output
Column
Insert & Delete
37. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Chart
Bulleted list
Tasks
Active worksheet
38. 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.
Send
Auto Text
Format
Punched cards
39. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values
Range
Alignment
Start-up button
Fonts
40. Many computers that are connected like a web so you can see what other computer operators show you and you can show them things as well.
Internet
Timing
Banners
Active programs
41. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Page Numbering
Search & Replace
Frame
Modem
42. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
Refresh
Menu - drop-down
Filter
Toolbar
43. A row in a table
Notes
Gateway
Record
Integrated circuits
44. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Browser
Flyers
Create
Caps lock
45. More than one or something that can be multiplied
Screensaver
Multiple
Hard copy
.doc
46. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Paragraph dialog box
Refresh
Scrolling
Password
47. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition
Gridlines
WYSIWYG
Insert/Type over
Slide show
48. Where you get something
Spam
Default
Update
Receive
49. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Abacus
Tasks
E-mail
Status bar
50. 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.
HTTP
Sub-menu
Enter
Menu toolbar