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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. To sort or arrange a file or document neatly
OPEN
Organize
Memos
Ad-ware
2. 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.
Icon
Paragraph dialog box
Close box
Forward
3. A letter - number or other symbol.
Character
Compact Disk
EXIT
Calculate
4. A program that walks you through MS
MEDIAN
Caps lock
Drag & Drop
MS Windows Tour
5. Programs currently being worked on
Indicators
Active programs
CLOSE
Number
6. A difference in the text
Spy-ware
Change
Line-spacing
Active cell
7. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Text box
CA TV
Program
Fonts
8. Adding text to a document
Personal Letter Format
MS Windows Tour
Insert/Type over
Sent
9. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Screen
Format
MS-DOS
Status bar
10. A tool where the numbering happens automatically
Auto-number
Layout
File name
HTTP
11. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
.doc
Worksheet tab
Screen
Notepad
12. 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
Word Art
Image
Relationships
Operating system
13. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text
EXIT
Close box
Font dialog box
Filter
14. 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.
Internet
Built-in Styles
Print
Number
15. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.
Abacus
Key tape
Headers & Footers
Jump/Flash drive
16. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Ready
Menu
Clipart
Smart Tag
17. To study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis
Analyze
MS Windows
Apple/Mac
MS Windows Tour
18. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.
Spell Checker
Personal Letter Format
Refresh
Bridge
19. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers
Modified Block Letter Format
AutoCorrect
File name
Microphone
20. To workout a mathematical equation
Animate
Date/Time control
Calculate
Start-up button
21. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Merged
Modem
Built-in Styles
Trashcan
22. 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.
Computer output
User name
File name
Pointer
23. The type and how big the text or object is
Size & Style
Block Letter Format
GUI
OS
24. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Highlighting Tool
Outlook
Recycle bin
Icon
25. The rectangular area - above the worksheet window - that displays a cell's contents - including numbers - text - and formulas - when you click a cell. You can use the formula bar to enter and edit data in the active cell.
Formula bar
Flyers
Highlighting Tool
GUI
26. A design that defines the overall look of characters
User name
Page Numbering
Download
Typeface & Font
27. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Gateway
CPU
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Scroll Bars
28. 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.
Range
Output
Input device
Margins
29. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
Calculate
Page Numbering
Calendar
Retrieve
30. Term used to describe a software program that is intentionally installed on the computer by a user to monitor or spy on what other users of the same computer are doing.
AutoCorrect
Drag & Drop
Spy-ware
CPU
31. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.
Punched cards
Monitor
Note Pad
CTRL+ALT+DEL
32. A series of keys to unlock a screen
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Workbook
HTTP
Store
33. Toolbar used to format documents
AVERAGE
MS-DOS
Hard copy
Formatting toolbar
34. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers
Default # worksheets
Timing
Surf
SUM
35. A column in a table
Field
Reports
Upload
.xls
36. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document
Design
SAVE
Worksheet
Output
37. 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
Create
Smart Tag
CA TV
38. 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.
Toolbar
Monitor
Junk
Hyperlink
39. The end of a line of text. You can force a line break by pressing 'Return' - or you can let the application break lines for you. This is a special character that forces a new line on a page without creating a new paragraph.
Jump/Flash drive
Display/Monitor
Line-spacing
Output
40. 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.
Cards
EXIT
Symbol
Web page
41. 3
AutoCorrect
CPU
Layout
Default # worksheets
42. Extra programs
CLOSE
Screen
Key tape
Accessories programs
43. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Software
Formula bar
Fonts
Send
44. Receptacle for unwanted items
Spell Checker
Formatting toolbar
Change
Recycle bin
45. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
Punched cards
Apple/Mac
Merged
Worksheet tab
46. Term used to describe the location or folder where e-mail is stored before being sent
Undo
Screensaver
WordPad
Outbox
47. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Program
Setup dialog box
Word Art
Virus
48. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed
Computer output
Thesaurus
Spam
SAVE
49. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Grammar Checker
Graphics
Letters
Merged
50. Copy: A command that copies the selected information and places it on the clipboard.cut: To remove text or graphics from a document by using the Cut command. The most recent 'clipping' is stored on the Clipboard of the computer so that you can paste
Grammar Checker
Cut - Copy & Paste
Storage
Sent