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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.
  • 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. This is a picture or an image.






2. A piece of paper used to advertise an event - company - etc.






3. Recording how long something takes






4. A Microsoft program






5. What You See Is What You Get. When using most word processors - page layout programs (See desktop publishing) - and web page design programs - words and images will be displayed on the monitor as they will look on the printed page or web page.






6. Completes the text for you






7. The first calculation device






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






9. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations






10. Extra programs






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






12. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.






13. 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






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






15. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet






16. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year






17. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network






18. 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.






19. Turns computer on and off






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






21. Programs currently being worked on






22. Where you advertise something






23. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.






24. A key that can lock into place so that letters you type will come out capitalized. Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabetic keys (such as punctuation and symbols). To access these - you must still press the Shift key (on either side of the key board).






25. Cable TV






26. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.






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






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






29. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition






30. The name you give your file or document before you save it on a disk. This name should help you identify and retrieve this file.






31. 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.






32. Exploring the Internet.






33. A connection that is established using a modem






34. To reduce to a lower grade or rank






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






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






37. Where the text is automatically entered






38. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task






39. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.






40. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos






41. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.






42. A file or view of data formatted in a way that allows the user to see a large amount of data quickly from documents or a database.






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






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






45. A set of instructions that you enter in a cell to perform numeric calculations (adding - multiplying - averaging - etc.); for example - +A1+B1. (in spreadsheet applications)






46. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits






47. 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.






48. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs






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






50. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.