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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. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Scroll Bars
Word wrap
Paint
Animate
2. 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.
Junk
Calculate
Surf
Outline View
3. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
User name
spacing
Windows
Toolbar
4. 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.
Animate
AutoCorrect
OPEN
Windows
5. To workout a mathematical equation
MIN
Calculate
WYSIWYG
Align
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
Layout
Toolbar
Trashcan
Wizard
7. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Worksheet tab
Objects box/pane
AVERAGE
MIN
8. Exploring the Internet.
Copyright
Auto-number
Surf
Promote
9. Styles of text already in MS
Calculate
Setup dialog box
Built-in Styles
Cell address/cell reference
10. 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).
Hardware
HTTP
Storage
Annotations
11. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.
Row
Modem
Apple/Mac
Punched cards
12. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Gridlines
Date/Time control
Internet
Paragraph dialog box
13. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Menu toolbar
Receive
Chart
.xls
14. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Input device
Text box
Calculate
HTTP
15. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values
Apple/Mac
Range
Joystick
Calculate
16. A box that allows you to close a document or window
Close box
Relationships
Form
Character
17. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.
Paragraph dialog box
Headers & Footers
Document
Secondary storage device
18. Allows you to collapse the documents to see only the main headings or to expand a document to see all the main headings and text.
User name
Program
MIN
Outline View
19. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Placeholder
Memos
Column
Calculate
20. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)
Hard drive
Address
Analyze
WordPad
21. Graphical User Interface. A system that simplifies selecting computer commands by enabling the user to point to symbols or illustrations (called icons) on the computer screen with a mouse.
GUI
Internet
Modem
Close box
22. 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.
Journal
Transition
Save As
CLOSE
23. The first calculation device
Change
Thesaurus
Abacus
Headers & Footers
24. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
Dial-up
Hardware
Font dialog box
Tasks
25. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Virus
Word wrap
Task panes
Storage
26. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Spy-ware
Change
Formula
Title bar
27. This is a picture or an image.
Toggle Switches
Computer output
Retrieve
Graphics
28. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Password
Tasks
Hard copy
Cards
29. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos
WYSIWYG
Task panes
AutoCorrect
ISP
30. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.
Search & Replace
Block Letter Format
Handouts
Scanner
31. Something that can be accessed
Query
Journal
Organize
OPEN
32. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered
Page Numbering
Integrated circuits
Title bar
Update
33. 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
Objects box/pane
Software
Operating system
MS Windows
34. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
CPU
Currency
Wizard
.doc
35. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.
Background
Pointer
Reports
Drag & Drop
36. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
Title bar
Punched cards
Ergonomics
Function
37. 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.
Grammar Checker
Print dialog box
Integrated circuits
User name
38. 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.
Blog
Option
Merged
Modified Block Letter Format
39. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
Organize
Print dialog box
Worksheet
Margins
40. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Personal Letter Format
Banners
Software
Download
41. A file that has been created with an overall layout and format to be used for a group of documents or a generic document.
Web site
Template
Placeholder
Blog
42. The cell in which you are working - indicated by the current location of the cell pointer.
Margins
Secondary storage device
Mouse
Active cell
43. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Caps lock
Task-switching
Sent
Sort
44. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software
Worksheet tab
CA TV
OPEN
OS
45. Where you advertise something
Junk
Promote
Scanner
Analyze
46. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
Password
Transition
index.html
Trashcan
47. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
HTML
CPU
Brochures
Look-up menu
48. The change from one thing to another
Transition
MS-DOS
Annotations
Deleted items
49. A row in a table
Record
CLOSE
Screen
Borders
50. In general - the term query is commonly used to describe a question or request that is made by a user or another computer or device
Fonts
Query
Note Pad
Address