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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. Everything to the left except date - closing - written signature - typed name - senders address - comma
Personal Letter Format
Banners
Cards
File name
2. Copy of text stored on the computer and only accessible through the computer
Typeface & Font
Soft copy
Copyright
Cards
3. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.
Keyboard
Internet
Address
Built-in Styles
4. 3
index.html
Default # worksheets
Virus
AutoContent
5. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
Signature block
Storage
Indicators
SUM
6. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
Currency
Annotations
Setup dialog box
Task-switching
7. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Jump/Flash drive
Status bar
Download
Scrolling
8. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
GUI
Task panes
Align
Active worksheet
9. Digital Subscriber Line. A method of connecting to the Internet via a phone line. A DSL connection uses copper telephone lines but is able to relay data at much higher speeds than modems and does not interfere with telephone use.
Jump/Flash drive
DSL
MS Windows
Currency
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.
Hardware
Close box
Auto Text
Attach
11. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Built-in Styles
Worksheet
Edit
Hard drive
12. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Create
Setup dialog box
Download
HTML
13. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Relationships
Placeholder
On/Off
Junk
14. A program that walks you through MS
Analog
MS Windows Tour
CLOSE
Digital
15. 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.
Clipart
HTTP
Save As
GUI
16. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
Digital
Virus
Margins
Personal Letter Format
17. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).
MS-DOS
Output device
Spreadsheet
Brochures
18. A difference in the text
Document
Operating system
Sent
Change
19. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Background
Create
Relationships
Number
20. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet
Row
Screensaver
Insert & Delete
Toggles
21. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers
MS Windows
Template
Character
Trashcan
22. Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor included with Microsoft Windows 95 - 98 - ME - NT - 2000 - XP - Vista - 7 - and future releases of Microsoft Windows.
CPU
WordPad
Journal
MAX
23. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.
Look-up menu
Page Setup dialog box
Margins
Icon
24. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Note Pad
Num lock
Hard copy
Drag & Drop
25. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Option
Junk
Retrieve
Query
26. Minimum
Abacus
MIN
Look-up menu
MEDIAN
27. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
WYSIWYG
Notepad
Jump/Flash drive
Hard copy
28. Sections of a document that are unused. White spaces help separate paragraphs of text - graphics and other portions of a document - and helps a document look less crowded.
.doc
Menu - drop-down
spacing
WordPad
29. A key on the numeric keypad that confirms a choice or tells a program you're ready to proceed. In most cases - the Return key also serves this function. The ____ button is used to confirm an entry into an active cell. (in spreadsheet applications)
Format
Task panes
Workbook
Enter
30. Toolbar used to format documents
Default # worksheets
Forward
Formatting toolbar
Input
31. A type of edging around a document
Insert & Delete
Borders
Symbol
Active programs
32. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
Worksheet
Notes
Ad-ware
Output
33. Sometimes referred to as seek - search is the process of locating a letter(s) - word(s) - file(s) - website(s) - etc.
WordPad
Calculate
Search & Replace
Digital
34. Term used to describe a menu that is contained within another menu
Record
Software
Hard copy
Sub-menu
35. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)
Modified Block Letter Format
Thesaurus
Align
AutoContent
36. 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.
Drag & Drop
Desktop
Web site
Input device
37. An item that has been disposed of
Drag & Drop
Copyright
Deleted items
Print
38. 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.
Placeholder
Paragraph dialog box
Auto Text
Spreadsheet
39. 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.
WYSIWYG
Setup dialog box
Secondary storage device
Digital
40. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
Typeface & Font
AVERAGE
Mouse
Toolbar
41. Cable TV
AutoContent
Image
Page Setup dialog box
CA TV
42. Sometimes referred to as run around - word wrap is an ability found in most text editing programs that allows any text that reaches the end of the far right edge of the window to wrap automatically to the next line without requiring the user to press
Title bar
Outlook
WYSIWYG
Word wrap
43. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Task panes
Modified Block Letter Format
Formatting toolbar
E-mail
44. A chart or graphic image that can be moved and re-sized and contains handles when selected.
Objects box/pane
AutoContent
ISP
Title bar
45. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
Print
Trashcan
Memos
Symbol
46. A set of data-entry fields on a page processed on a server. The user submits the form by clicking on a button or image - and the form is sent by a form handler.
Jump/Flash drive
Form
Output device
Receive
47. 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.
MIN
Hyperlink
Key tape
Placeholder
48. 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).
Surf
Forward
HTML
DSL
49. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
Worksheet tab
Inbox
Joystick
AutoCorrect
50. 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
Date/Time control
Trashcan
SAVE
Update