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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. Where the text is automatically entered
Imported
AutoContent
Recycle bin
GUI
2. An attachment can be a picture - a word document - a movie - a sound file - an excel document - or any other file that requires another program to open it.
Attach
Template
Workbook
Virus
3. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.
Hard copy
Function
MS-DOS
Currency
4. 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.
UNIVAC
Reports
Spreadsheet
Form
5. Styles of text already in MS
Formatting toolbar
Update
Browser
Built-in Styles
6. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Scrolling
Trashcan
Letters
Compact Disk
7. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
Key tape
Attach
Indicators
Punched cards
8. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Scrolling
Flyers
Imported
Caps lock
9. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Workbook
Output device
Wizard
CLOSE
10. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Analog
MAX
Deleted items
Input device
11. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
ISP
Memos
Personal Letter Format
Worksheet tab
12. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
Workbook
Active worksheet
Ad-ware
Handouts
13. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Database
Menu - drop-down
Column
Personal Letter Format
14. 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.
Borders
Spy-ware
Objects box/pane
Compact Disk
15. A function similar to the save function that allows a user to specify the name and location of where he or she wishes to save the file before saving it.
Save As
Alignment
Setup dialog box
Journal
16. Where you send something in the past tense
Sent
Abacus
Active worksheet
Joystick
17. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Outbox
Hard drive
Icon
Bulleted list
18. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.
Print
Query
Template
On/Off
19. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).
WordPad
Floppy drive
Input
Transition
20. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
Desktop
Keyboard
Dial-up
Toolbar
21. 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)
Internet
Spreadsheet
Enter
Cell address/cell reference
22. 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
Document
Formula bar
Update
Receive
23. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Demote
EXIT
Brochures
Align
24. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
Modified Block Letter Format
Num lock
Virus
Headers & Footers
25. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Address
Line-spacing
Menu - drop-down
E-mail
26. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Default # worksheets
Range
Handouts
Receive
27. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
AVERAGE
Windows
Tasks
Active worksheet
28. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Ready
Edit
Pointer
Joystick
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.
Worksheet
Tasks
Exported
Journal
30. 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
Cell address/cell reference
Command
Formula bar
31. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Placeholder
Merged
Formula bar
Send
32. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.
Function
spacing
Integrated circuits
Virus
33. A series of keys to unlock a screen
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Keyboard
SAVE
Password
34. The actual web page on the domain
Worksheet tab
Query
index.html
Change
35. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Pointer
Tables
Update
Cut - Copy & Paste
36. 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.
Icon
Blog
Digital
Built-in Styles
37. 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.'
Background
Chart
Application software
Program
38. A connection that is established using a modem
Print
Placeholder
Dial-up
GUI
39. A character that is not a number or a letter
Objects box/pane
Symbol
MAX
Windows
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
Worksheet tab
Screensaver
Frame
41. Adding text to a document
Margins
Modem
OPEN
Insert/Type over
42. 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
Cut - Copy & Paste
MIN
Menu - drop-down
Headers & Footers
43. A difference in the text
Save As
Hard drive
Change
Trashcan
44. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Print
Clipart
Margins
Default
45. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Page Setup dialog box
Personal Letter Format
Toggle Switches
Microphone
46. A vertical or horizontal bar commonly located on the far right or bottom of a window that allows a user to move the window viewing area up - down - left - or right.
Command
Blog
OPEN
Scroll Bars
47. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Note Pad
Auto Text
Digital
Default
48. An item that has been disposed of
Hardware
WWW
Deleted items
HTML
49. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.
Output device
Page Numbering
Floppy drive
Application software
50. A box that allows the process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Record
Print dialog box
Formula bar
Punched cards