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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.
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1. A connection that is established using a modem






2. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly






3. Cable TV






4. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.






5. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.






6. 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






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






8. 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.






9. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.






10. Viewing portion of a display






11. Recording how long something takes






12. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text






13. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.






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






15. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits






16. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers






17. 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.






18. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.






19. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.






20. Styles of text already in MS






21. The type of money used in a certain place






22. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.






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






24. Alternatively referred to as ANSI art - text art - or word art - ASCII art is the process of forming pictures or art out of the characters available in the ASCII chart






25. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord






26. The process of transferring information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network). v. To transfer information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network).






27. 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.






28. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.






29. Data that goes into a computer device.






30. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.






31. Term used to describe a software program that is intentionally installed on the computer by a user to monitor or spy on what other users of the same computer are doing.






32. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.






33. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.






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






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






36. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function






37. A column in a table






38. A menu where you can search for anything that you need






39. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).






40. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.






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






42. Where you advertise something






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






44. A box that allows you to close a document or window






45. 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.






46. A type of edging around a document






47. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.






48. The number keys on the right side of the keyboard that are laid out like the keys on an adding machine. In most cases - you can use these keys interchangeably with the number keys on the top row of the keyboard. Some programs use the numeric keypad a






49. 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.






50. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program







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