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Computer Literacy

Subjects : literacy, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis






2. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.






3. A column in a table






4. 1) text-based applications - a way of designing the number of characters that fit on the computer's display. A column is one character wide. 2) In spread sheet applications - a column is a vertical arrangement of cells.






5. Allows you to collapse the documents to see only the main headings or to expand a document to see all the main headings and text.






6. Data laid out in a horizontal line in a table or spreadsheet






7. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier






8. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.






9. Medium






10. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer






11. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network






12. A program that walks you through MS






13. The horizontal strip across the top of an application's window. Each word on the strip has a context sensitive drop-down menu containing features and actions that are available for the application in use.






14. A name - e-mail - or other personal information that enables other users to get a hold of someone






15. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.






16. A flat round storage medium that is read by a laser






17. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.






18. A minor show offered in addition to a main exhibition






19. 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.






20. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).






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.'






22. Minimum






23. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.






24. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images






25. Turns computer on and off






26. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.






27. A tool that converts an image or a file.






28. 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.






29. Adding text to a document






30. Provides access to begin programs - documents & access internet information






31. A type of edging around a document






32. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.






33. A software tool included with some word processors that provides synonyms for selected words on command






34. Electronic signal that is sent as binary digits






35. Converts digital data into analog data - so it can be sent over phone lines. Changes analog into digital when receiving data.






36. 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






37. A computer bridge is a device that connects two local-area networks (LANs) - or two segments of the same LAN.






38. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.






39. An item that has been disposed of






40. To workout a mathematical equation






41. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.






42. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software






43. 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.






44. Automatically corrects misspellings on common typos






45. Maximum






46. Universal Automatic Computer the UNIVAC is an electrical computer containing thousands of vacuum tubes that utilizes punch cards and switches for inputting data and punch cards for outputting and storing data.






47. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.






48. A device that scans something that is flat and sends the image to the computer.






49. Term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more function






50. Exploring the Internet.