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Computer Literacy
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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. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).
Clipart
Send
Menu - drop-down
Floppy drive
2. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.
Screensaver
Virus
Active programs
Forward
3. 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.
Spam
User name
Internet
Insert & Delete
4. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command
Default
Thesaurus
Alignment
Background
5. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
Notepad
Virus
CLOSE
Size & Style
6. A software program that allows a person to explore the Internet in an easy to use way
Drag & Drop
Forward
Banners
Margins
7. A menu where you can search for anything that you need
Cell address/cell reference
Page Setup dialog box
Look-up menu
Row
8. 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.
Ad-ware
CA TV
Reports
MIN
9. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Calendar
Update
Storage
Highlighting Tool
10. Where you send something in the past tense
Web page
Jump/Flash drive
Formatting toolbar
Sent
11. A connection that is established using a modem
Power Point
Dial-up
Copyright
Active programs
12. Magnetic tape drive capable of moving the tape through the tapes drive's read
Key tape
Active worksheet
Calendar
Outbox
13. A character that is not a number or a letter
Symbol
Active worksheet
Bulleted list
Insert & Delete
14. Command or option used to close a program or file.
EXIT
Abacus
Animate
File name
15. Data that come out of a computer device. For example - information displayed on the monitor - sound from the speakers - and information printed to paper.
WordPad
Output
Animate
Edit
16. 3
Analyze
Default # worksheets
MAX
Filter
17. 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.
Background
Notepad
Page Numbering
Prompt
18. 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.
Format
HTTP
Toggle Switches
Junk
19. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Send
Clipart
Thesaurus
Flyers
20. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
Margins
Placeholder
WYSIWYG
Indicators
21. A precise series of instructions written in a computer language that tells the computer what to do and how to do it. Programs are also called 'software' or 'applications.'
MS-DOS
Program
Insert & Delete
Column
22. This is where all the letters - numbers - and other buttons are located. When you type on it - the symbols appear on the monitor.
Keyboard
Navigate
Upload
Page Setup dialog box
23. A series of keys to unlock a screen
Ready
Menu
Setup dialog box
CTRL+ALT+DEL
24. Where you advertise something
Journal
Promote
Transition
Organize
25. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.
Image
Thesaurus
Modem
Chart
26. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Spell Checker
Background
Trashcan
Annotations
27. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.
Default # worksheets
Chart
Toolbar
Virus
28. A graphical or textual page that incorporates navigation hyperlinks to pages that are part of a web structure.
Scrolling
Navigate
Sub-menu
Option
29. Side text that could be important later
Notes
Sort
Blog
Send
30. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Chart
Forward
Title bar
Software
31. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion
Slide show
Smart Tag
Memos
Copyright
32. Recording how long something takes
MEDIAN
Receive
Flyers
Timing
33. 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.
Headers & Footers
Send
Spy-ware
Sub-menu
34. In mathematics - a sum is the total amount obtained from adding numbers
.doc
SUM
Memos
Hyperlink
35. 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)
Recycle bin
Enter
Paint
Floppy drive
36. A note added by way of comment or explanation
Design
Annotations
.doc
Ergonomics
37. Exploring the Internet.
Alignment
Surf
Key tape
EXIT
38. Add - delete or change the contents of a cell or worksheet or file.
Edit
Multiple
Number
Document
39. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.
Symbol
Modem
Alignment
Software
40. 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.
User name
Ready
Insert/Type over
Windows
41. This is a picture that pops up when you are not using your computer.
Screensaver
WYSIWYG
Punched cards
Clipart
42. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.
Scrolling
Inbox
Workbook
Line-spacing
43. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
Hardware
Secondary storage device
Annotations
Num lock
44. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Field
Line-spacing
Multiple
Option
45. In mouse-based applications - a market moves across the screen when you move the mouse across your desk.
Pointer
Ergonomics
Page Numbering
Spam
46. The cell in which you are working - indicated by the current location of the cell pointer.
Surf
Upload
MS Word
Active cell
47. To do this - you click on something and hold the button down. This will move the object you clicked on and will leave it where you let go of the button. So it drags it and drops it.
Cell address/cell reference
Drag & Drop
CA TV
Transition
48. The address of documents and resources on the internet.
URL
AutoContent
Hard copy
Floppy drive
49. 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).
Active cell
Spam
Date/Time control
Database
50. Viewing portion of a display
Screen
Auto Text
WWW
Menu