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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. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.
Send
Indicators
Web site
Monitor
2. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Banners
Scroll Bars
Command
Punched cards
3. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Highlighting Tool
Background
Layout
Outlook
4. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.
Active cell
Fonts
Database
Layout
5. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
Refresh
Key tape
Output
Task panes
6. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
spacing
Ad-ware
Active worksheet
Timing
7. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.
Software
Outbox
Column
Align
8. This is the screen that appears if you are not browsing the Internet - reading a file - or playing a game. Your icons are on this screen.
Bulleted list
Desktop
OPEN
UNIVAC
9. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Upload
Alignment
Mouse
Sort
10. The type and how big the text or object is
Screen
Size & Style
Hardware
Letters
11. Sometimes referred to as seek - search is the process of locating a letter(s) - word(s) - file(s) - website(s) - etc.
Paragraph dialog box
Bulleted list
Application software
Search & Replace
12. To workout a mathematical equation
Personal Letter Format
Calculate
Web page
Update
13. The cell in which you are working - indicated by the current location of the cell pointer.
AVERAGE
Active cell
Digital
Spam
14. The physical division of space on a disk into sections--where information can be stored. A disk's format is established as part of the initialization process.
Graphics
Print
Format
Objects box/pane
15. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition
Typeface & Font
Slide show
Formula bar
Menu
16. 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).
Paint
Template
Prompt
HTTP
17. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Change
Edit
Slide show
Toolbar
18. Turns computer on and off
Hardware
UNIVAC
spacing
On/Off
19. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.
Computer output
Sent
Modem
Row
20. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Punched cards
CTRL+ALT+DEL
CLOSE
Transition
21. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file
Notepad
OPEN
Ready
Workbook
22. 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
Create
Storage
Copyright
Update
23. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Letters
Typeface & Font
Modem
Function
24. Term used to describe a menu that is contained within another menu
Template
Sub-menu
AVERAGE
Format
25. 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.
Tasks
Worksheet
Reports
Smart Tag
26. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Windows
Screensaver
CPU
MS Windows
27. More than one or something that can be multiplied
Frame
Number
Built-in Styles
Multiple
28. World Wide Web - Group of internet servers linking computers around the world.
Symbol
MAX
WWW
Journal
29. Command or option used to close a program or file.
EXIT
Banners
Edit
Letters
30. 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).
URL
HTML
Query
Function
31. 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.
Line-spacing
Formula bar
Field
MS Windows Tour
32. Completes the text for you
Letters
Analog
Auto Text
Screen
33. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Scrolling
Edit
Forward
Grammar Checker
34. In general a range refers to a series of value between two other values
Menu - drop-down
Range
Modified Block Letter Format
Reports
35. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Copyright
Document
Toggle Switches
Field
36. 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.
Note Pad
Blog
Retrieve
Toggle Switches
37. A note added by way of comment or explanation
Annotations
Paint
ISP
Hyperlink
38. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer
Outlook
Background
Upload
OS
39. 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.
Exported
Windows
Scroll Bars
Page Setup dialog box
40. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Sub-menu
Monitor
Placeholder
Outbox
41. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.
Punched cards
Handouts
Application software
Contacts
42. This is simply a way to send a message from one computer to another.
Contacts
MIN
MS Word
E-mail
43. 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.
Margins
File name
Power Point
Form
44. Where you send something in the past tense
Sent
MS Windows Tour
Address
Deleted items
45. An item that has been disposed of
MS Word
Application software
Bulleted list
Deleted items
46. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network
Gateway
Icon
Hardware
Screensaver
47. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
CTRL+ALT+DEL
Navigate
Paint
Ready
48. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power
Active cell
Handouts
Secondary storage device
On/Off
49. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Paint
E-mail
Setup dialog box
Formula
50. Microsoft Office feature found in Microsoft Office 2002 (XP) - Office 2003 - and later versions that enables users to have quick access to common features - information - and commands.
Task panes
Cell address/cell reference
Database
Output device