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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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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 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.






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






3. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.






4. 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






5. Something that can be accessed






6. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).






7. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text






8. Internet Service Provider






9. Text or an image that is connected by hypertext coding to a different location. By selecting the text or image with a mouse - the computer 'jumps to' (or displays) the linked text.






10. A box that allows a change of the format of text that affects the complete paragraph or is different from other paragraphs in a document.






11. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.






12. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.






13. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device






14. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another






15. 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.






16. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)






17. 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.






18. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma






19. 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.






20. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.






21. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization






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






23. 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).






24. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.






25. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later






26. More than one or something that can be multiplied






27. A device - such as a keyboard - stylus and tablet - mouse - puck - or microphone - that allows input of information (letters - numbers - sound - video) to a computer.






28. 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.






29. Turns computer on and off






30. Programs currently being worked on






31. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file






32. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.






33. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).






34. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data






35. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.






36. Exploring the Internet.






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






38. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.






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






40. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive






41. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'






42. 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.






43. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.






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






45. A note added by way of comment or explanation






46. The actual web page on the domain






47. 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.






48. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser






49. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.






50. Maximum