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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. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
Inbox
Banners
Undo
Objects box/pane
2. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
Auto Text
Operating system
Soft copy
Title bar
3. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Jump/Flash drive
Image
Timing
Range
4. A space reserved for a person's signature
Text box
Signature block
Dial-up
Soft copy
5. The actual web page on the domain
Print
index.html
Formula
Caps lock
6. 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.
Cell address/cell reference
Notepad
Attach
Currency
7. Styles of text already in MS
Application software
Built-in Styles
Search & Replace
Toggle Switches
8. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Edit
Smart Tag
Page Setup dialog box
Password
9. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Print
Block Letter Format
Character
Hyperlink
10. A box that allows you to close a document or window
Close box
Spam
AutoCorrect
Change
11. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
MAX
URL
Toggle Switches
Option
12. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Worksheet tab
Outbox
Sub-menu
Display/Monitor
13. 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.
URL
Edit
Prompt
Scroll Bars
14. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Auto-number
DSL
Outlook
Toolbar
15. Viewing portion of a display
Calculate
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Slide show
Screen
16. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Web page
Animate
Fonts
Worksheet
17. Minimum
Clipart
MIN
Filter
Paint
18. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
AVERAGE
Search & Replace
Template
Look-up menu
19. 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.
Notepad
Num lock
File name
Task-switching
20. This is an abbreviation for 'sending particularly annoying messages'; it stands for unwanted e-mail.
Menu
Banners
Spam
Wizard
21. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information
Notepad
Operating system
Start-up button
Modified Block Letter Format
22. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
HTTP
Gridlines
Active worksheet
Screen
23. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Menu
Indicators
Hard drive
Option
24. 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
Accessories programs
File name
Date/Time control
25. A circuit board that you can install in a slot inside the computer to expand the computer's memory or give it the means to communicate with a peripheral device.
Align
Cards
Option
Menu
26. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers
Scroll Bars
Trashcan
MS Windows
Num lock
27. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Cut - Copy & Paste
Analog
HTML
Highlighting Tool
28. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
SUM
Save As
Operating system
Placeholder
29. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Transition
Wizard
Background
Size & Style
30. 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.
Font dialog box
Align
Fonts
Paragraph dialog box
31. A character displayed on the screen to prompt the user to take some action. The most common prompt is the 'C prompt' in which the computer hard drive or 'C' requests directions on what the computer should perform next.
Prompt
Scanner
Receive
Alignment
32. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
File name
Document
Form
Thesaurus
33. Toolbar used to format documents
Input device
Line-spacing
DSL
Formatting toolbar
34. The process of transferring information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network). v. To transfer information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network).
Function
Memos
Upload
Input device
35. 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)
Template
Hyperlink
Formula
Program
36. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Program
Joystick
Scrolling
Outbox
37. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
Size & Style
Built-in Styles
Active worksheet
Output
38. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Enter
Brochures
Apple/Mac
Ready
39. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.
Publish
Gateway
Deleted items
URL
40. ...
Handouts
Smart Tag
Copyright
Symbol
41. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Digital
Outline View
Placeholder
Analyze
42. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
Hardware
Soft copy
Computer output
MS-DOS
43. A collection of similar information stored in a file - such as a database of addresses. This information may be created and stored in a database management system (DBMS).
Trashcan
Database
MIN
Output device
44. 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.
Drag & Drop
Print dialog box
Query
Personal Letter Format
45. The pre-defined configuration of a system or an application. In most programs - the defaults can be changed to reflect personal preferences.
Chart
Default
Outbox
Gateway
46. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Display/Monitor
AutoCorrect
Microphone
Font dialog box
47. Exploring the Internet.
Column
Option
Surf
Paint
48. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations
Menu - drop-down
Calculator
Scrolling
Tasks
49. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function
Toggle Switches
MS Windows
Relationships
spacing
50. 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.
Virus
Address
Column
Blog