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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. A character that is not a number or a letter
Symbol
Clipart
Publish
Menu toolbar
2. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.
Key tape
Upload
Function
Integrated circuits
3. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
AutoContent
Abacus
Page Setup dialog box
Apple/Mac
4. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
MAX
Chart
Task-switching
Program
5. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.
Scroll Bars
Template
Multiple
Copyright
6. 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.
Format
Screensaver
Relationships
Alignment
7. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Refresh
Title bar
MS Windows
Built-in Styles
8. 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.
Format
Output device
Inbox
Desktop
9. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Jump/Flash drive
Floppy drive
Upload
Toggles
10. Extra programs
Query
Accessories programs
Signature block
Print
11. Where you get something
Paint
Background
Receive
Setup dialog box
12. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network
Headers & Footers
Gateway
Surf
Software
13. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Flyers
Address
Spreadsheet
Frame
14. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Forward
Key tape
Animate
Headers & Footers
15. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Paint
Align
Application software
SUM
16. 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
Brochures
Floppy drive
Look-up menu
Cut - Copy & Paste
17. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone
Contacts
SUM
Web page
Notes
18. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Default
URL
Spell Checker
Dial-up
19. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Fonts
Calculate
Banners
Computer output
20. Unique location identified by intersecting column and row coordinates. (spreadsheet application) -The address or name of a specific cell. Cell references may be used in formulas and are relative or absolute. (spreadsheet application)
Active cell
Frame
Task-switching
Cell address/cell reference
21. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Secondary storage device
Formula bar
Headers & Footers
Relationships
22. Space separating text or other elements from the edge of the paper commonly adjusted through the page setup.
Bulleted list
Chart
Joystick
Margins
23. An item that has been disposed of
Frame
.xls
Personal Letter Format
Deleted items
24. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Filter
Paint
Edit
Column
25. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Cell address/cell reference
Alignment
Copyright
Analyze
26. To combine two or more files into a single file.
AutoCorrect
Modified Block Letter Format
Merged
Hyperlink
27. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.
Store
Spam
Hard drive
Command
28. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Document
Borders
Wizard
Operating system
29. Something that can be accessed
Sent
OPEN
Record
Setup dialog box
30. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Auto Text
Forward
Status bar
Calculate
31. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Toggle Switches
Refresh
Signature block
File name
32. 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.
CA TV
Imported
GUI
Tasks
33. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Command
Demote
Option
Smart Tag
34. A website - or web site - is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser
Pointer
Web site
Gridlines
HTML
35. 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).
Mouse
Placeholder
Spam
HTML
36. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Page Numbering
.doc
Record
Calculator
37. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Document
Record
Keyboard
Menu
38. 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.
User name
Soft copy
Copyright
Scroll Bars
39. The change from one thing to another
Active worksheet
Transition
Notes
CA TV
40. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
File name
Task-switching
Prompt
SAVE
41. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Margins
Receive
Task-switching
Filter
42. The rectangular area - above the worksheet window - that displays a cell's contents - including numbers - text - and formulas - when you click a cell. You can use the formula bar to enter and edit data in the active cell.
Outlook
Power Point
Formula bar
Compact Disk
43. 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.
Line-spacing
Slide show
Sent
Accessories programs
44. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Hardware
Analog
Gateway
Application software
45. A set of instructions that you enter in a cell to perform numeric calculations (adding - multiplying - averaging - etc.); for example - +A1+B1. (in spreadsheet applications)
Row
Formula
Web site
Cut - Copy & Paste
46. Minimum
Filter
URL
MIN
Hard copy
47. A program that walks you through MS
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Grammar Checker
MS Windows Tour
Sub-menu
48. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.
Deleted items
E-mail
Page Numbering
Menu
49. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Floppy drive
Paint
Edit
Cut - Copy & Paste
50. 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.
URL
Create
Worksheet
Store