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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.
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 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
Promote
Range
Upload
2. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Input
Font dialog box
Navigate
Highlighting Tool
3. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Reports
Query
Outbox
Bulleted list
4. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.
Contacts
SUM
Update
Brochures
5. 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.
Keyboard
Formula
Junk
Output device
6. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Jump/Flash drive
HTTP
Outline View
Option
7. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
Spreadsheet
Contacts
Upload
Currency
8. Toolbar used to format documents
Num lock
Program
Active cell
Formatting toolbar
9. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
Imported
Windows
Column
Virus
10. 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
Num lock
Web site
Auto Text
Workbook
11. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
MS Windows Tour
Download
Reports
Punched cards
12. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
User name
Indicators
Banners
WYSIWYG
13. A difference in the text
Change
Timing
Record
Tasks
14. Command or option used to close a program or file.
EXIT
Spreadsheet
index.html
Memos
15. 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
Reports
Power Point
Integrated circuits
Range
16. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Chart
Row
Look-up menu
Function
17. 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)
.doc
Search & Replace
Note Pad
Enter
18. To combine two or more files into a single file.
Storage
Surf
Junk
Merged
19. 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).
Format
Forward
Field
Caps lock
20. Data that goes into a computer device.
Input
Print
Analog
Internet
21. Completes the text for you
Screen
CA TV
Auto Text
Layout
22. A collection of icons - pictures - buttons and other useful image files along with sound and video files that can be embedded or inserted into web pages.
Clipart
Layout
AutoCorrect
Promote
23. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later
Calendar
Calculator
Store
Microphone
24. 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.
Cards
Filter
Timing
Secondary storage device
25. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).
Word wrap
Objects box/pane
MS-DOS
Size & Style
26. 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.
Spy-ware
Display/Monitor
OPEN
Caps lock
27. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Icon
WWW
spacing
Menu toolbar
28. Graphical User Interface. A system that simplifies selecting computer commands by enabling the user to point to symbols or illustrations (called icons) on the computer screen with a mouse.
GUI
Relationships
Integrated circuits
Accessories programs
29. Term used to describe a menu that is contained within another menu
Sub-menu
Microphone
Alignment
Outline View
30. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Flyers
Joystick
Ready
Insert/Type over
31. Where the text is automatically entered
Screensaver
Tasks
AutoContent
Database
32. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
Address
Publish
Forward
Ergonomics
33. A character displayed on the screen to prompt the user to take some action. The most common prompt is the 'C prompt' in which the computer hard drive or 'C' requests directions on what the computer should perform next.
Upload
Password
Address
Prompt
34. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Page Setup dialog box
Toggle Switches
Monitor
Store
35. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Ready
Monitor
Print dialog box
Document
36. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
Recycle bin
Active worksheet
Print
Look-up menu
37. 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.
Spell Checker
Memos
Menu toolbar
Objects box/pane
38. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Exported
Storage
Merged
Personal Letter Format
39. A Microsoft program
MS Word
spacing
Gateway
Number
40. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Page Numbering
AVERAGE
Character
Scanner
41. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Spy-ware
Prompt
Note Pad
Key tape
42. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
Smart Tag
MS-DOS
Multiple
Relationships
43. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Hyperlink
Bridge
Spell Checker
.doc
44. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Input device
SAVE
Retrieve
Filter
45. Where you get something
Hard copy
Spy-ware
Receive
Placeholder
46. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Insert & Delete
Function
Analog
Demote
47. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Output device
Note Pad
Power Point
Tables
48. 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.'
GUI
Blog
Program
Publish
49. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Publish
Modified Block Letter Format
Column
Web site
50. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file
Workbook
Built-in Styles
Align
Insert & Delete