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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. A column in a table
Toolbar
Align
Symbol
Field
2. Turns computer on and off
Formula
Typeface & Font
On/Off
Field
3. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Wizard
Inbox
Surf
Image
4. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Browser
Text box
Joystick
Send
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.
ISP
Junk
Headers & Footers
Microphone
6. A set of programs that - among other things - controls the way information is loaded into memory - the way the computer works with that information - the way information is stored on a disk - and the way the computer communicates with a printer and o
Enter
Num lock
Operating system
Paragraph dialog box
7. To do this - you click on something and hold the button down. This will move the object you clicked on and will leave it where you let go of the button. So it drags it and drops it.
AutoCorrect
Brochures
Modem
Drag & Drop
8. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Form
Download
WYSIWYG
Outlook
9. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.
Merged
Brochures
Tasks
Cut - Copy & Paste
10. 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.
Screensaver
Wizard
Command
Attach
11. Programs currently being worked on
Active programs
Format
Desktop
Range
12. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.
Margins
Scanner
Notes
User name
13. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Filter
Integrated circuits
Background
User name
14. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Ad-ware
Sort
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Virus
15. Side text that could be important later
Notes
Menu - drop-down
Query
Browser
16. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Attach
Enter
Store
Menu - drop-down
17. 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.
Windows
Thesaurus
Change
Built-in Styles
18. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
SUM
Headers & Footers
Gridlines
Upload
19. ...
Sub-menu
Screensaver
Upload
Smart Tag
20. Exploring the Internet.
Number
Surf
Edit
Organize
21. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Password
Handouts
OPEN
Borders
22. Unique location identified by intersecting column and row coordinates. (spreadsheet application) -The address or name of a specific cell. Cell references may be used in formulas and are relative or absolute. (spreadsheet application)
Sub-menu
Signature block
GUI
Cell address/cell reference
23. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.
MIN
Publish
Block Letter Format
Image
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
Bridge
Graphics
Word Art
CPU
25. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
Publish
Thesaurus
Range
Database
26. 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.
Annotations
Tables
Internet
Ad-ware
27. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
OS
Punched cards
Retrieve
CPU
28. 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.
Outline View
ISP
Scroll Bars
Auto-number
29. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Start-up button
Output
Calculate
Task-switching
30. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
Personal Letter Format
ISP
Punched cards
OS
31. A paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer.
Receive
Ad-ware
Microphone
Hard copy
32. Cable TV
CA TV
Wizard
Copyright
Tables
33. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A common system used to request and send HTML documents on the World Wide Web. It is the first portion of all URL addresses on the World Wide Web (e.g. - http://www.whitehouse.gov).
Relationships
Scroll Bars
HTTP
Screen
34. A tool that converts an image or a file.
Reports
Scrolling
Active cell
Filter
35. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values
Calculator
Publish
Built-in Styles
Range
36. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Desktop
Calendar
Microphone
Jump/Flash drive
37. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Typeface & Font
Keyboard
Reports
Screensaver
38. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
Cards
Retrieve
Undo
Monitor
39. To reduce to a lower grade or rank
Sent
Demote
Query
Status bar
40. Where you send something in the past tense
Sent
Indicators
EXIT
Create
41. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
Scrolling
Signature block
Refresh
Format
42. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.
Display/Monitor
Gateway
Edit
AVERAGE
43. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later
Enter
Title bar
Password
Store
44. 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.
Bridge
Attach
Pointer
Menu toolbar
45. This is a picture or an image.
Dial-up
Graphics
Memos
Paragraph dialog box
46. 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.
Software
Output
Spam
Blog
47. Viewing portion of a display
Screen
SAVE
Deleted items
Note Pad
48. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Default # worksheets
Abacus
Option
Character
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.
Ad-ware
Junk
Form
User name
50. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
HTTP
Recycle bin
Outbox
Title bar