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Computer Literacy
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Study First
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. Cable TV
CA TV
Default
Paragraph dialog box
Change
2. 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
Web site
Alignment
Row
Close box
3. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document
Program
Storage
Design
Relationships
4. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Junk
HTTP
Transition
Storage
5. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
MS-DOS
Integrated circuits
Active worksheet
Create
6. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Web site
SAVE
CPU
SUM
7. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Timing
MS Windows
GUI
Text box
8. Minimum
MIN
Web page
Cards
Letters
9. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Document
Frame
Task panes
Send
10. Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor included with Microsoft Windows 95 - 98 - ME - NT - 2000 - XP - Vista - 7 - and future releases of Microsoft Windows.
Password
WordPad
Recycle bin
Inbox
11. 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
Worksheet tab
Document
Note Pad
12. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Print dialog box
Row
Bridge
Save As
13. Justify
Word wrap
Pointer
Alignment
Key tape
14. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Template
Organize
Toggle Switches
Jump/Flash drive
15. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.
WWW
User name
SAVE
Integrated circuits
16. A portion of a computer display used in a graphical interface that enables users to select commands by pointing to illustrations or symbols with a mouse. 'Windows' is also the name Microsoft adopted for its popular operating system.
Range
Windows
Attach
Row
17. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
Command
Retrieve
WYSIWYG
OPEN
18. 3
Record
Indicators
Default # worksheets
Operating system
19. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Abacus
CLOSE
Chart
Undo
20. A program that walks you through MS
MS Windows Tour
Graphics
Auto-number
Clipart
21. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
Spam
User name
Soft copy
Clipart
22. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values
Range
Background
Cell address/cell reference
Gateway
23. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
URL
Ergonomics
Toggle Switches
Print
24. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Bulleted list
Database
Design
Computer output
25. To combine two or more files into a single file.
Banners
DSL
Surf
Merged
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)
Form
Headers & Footers
Enter
MS Windows
27. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network
Active programs
E-mail
Alignment
Gateway
28. Digital Subscriber Line. A method of connecting to the Internet via a phone line. A DSL connection uses copper telephone lines but is able to relay data at much higher speeds than modems and does not interfere with telephone use.
DSL
Insert & Delete
Sent
Modified Block Letter Format
29. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Print dialog box
Organize
Borders
CPU
30. Programs currently being worked on
Monitor
Accessories programs
Size & Style
Active programs
31. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Microphone
.doc
Output
Drag & Drop
32. 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.
Transition
Formula bar
Word wrap
Trashcan
33. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Filter
Search & Replace
Address
Calendar
34. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
CPU
Tasks
Layout
Surf
35. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Junk
Menu
Auto-number
Copyright
36. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Menu
Headers & Footers
Download
Align
37. 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.
Scroll Bars
Formula bar
Design
Task panes
38. Styles of text already in MS
Built-in Styles
Screensaver
Menu toolbar
Align
39. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Trashcan
Modified Block Letter Format
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Symbol
40. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
Hyperlink
Function
OS
URL
41. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Operating system
Analyze
Surf
Secondary storage device
42. Universal Automatic Computer the UNIVAC is an electrical computer containing thousands of vacuum tubes that utilizes punch cards and switches for inputting data and punch cards for outputting and storing data.
Inbox
Merged
UNIVAC
Joystick
43. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Banners
Spell Checker
Output device
Calculate
44. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs
Toggles
Joystick
Query
Desktop
45. 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
Trashcan
Power Point
Active cell
Word Art
46. 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.
Design
Column
Copyright
HTTP
47. 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.
Size & Style
Punched cards
Internet
Highlighting Tool
48. Software file that contains updated information and various fixes that resolves issues that have been located by the software developer to help prevent those errors from occurring in the future
Download
Graphics
Exported
Update
49. A series of keys to unlock a screen
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Cut - Copy & Paste
Clipart
WYSIWYG
50. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Paint
Menu
Storage
Update