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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. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.






2. 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).






3. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.






4. The overall appearance of a document - image - text or other medium designed to be more appeasing to the viewer or help locate or identify the medium being looked at






5. 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.






6. To move the visual portions of a screen up - down - left - or right - in order to see additional information on the monitor.






7. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.






8. A program that walks you through MS






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






10. Where you get something






11. 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.






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






13. A Microsoft program






14. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.






15. A word or character that causes the computer to do something. A command is a request or directions given to a computer.






16. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.






17. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).






18. Adding text to a document






19. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed






20. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.






21. The horizontal placement of cell contents - for example: left - center - or right. (spreadsheet application)






22. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers






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






24. A file containing a series of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images that are displayed in rapid sequence in some Web browsers.






25. Electronic hardware device or software capable of performing mathematical calculations






26. A key that can lock into place so that letters you type will come out capitalized. Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabetic keys (such as punctuation and symbols). To access these - you must still press the Shift key (on either side of the key board).






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






28. 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.






29. Text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or every other page of a document.






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






31. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later






32. 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






33. A letter - number or other symbol.






34. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.






35. The type of money used in a certain place






36. A connection that is established using a modem






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






38. A box that allows you to close a document or window






39. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.






40. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.






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






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






43. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year






44. Any character that is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - or 0






45. This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.






46. 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.






47. A set of instructions that you enter in a cell to perform numeric calculations (adding - multiplying - averaging - etc.); for example - +A1+B1. (in spreadsheet applications)






48. A collection of icons - pictures - buttons and other useful image files along with sound and video files that can be embedded or inserted into web pages.






49. A box that allows the process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.






50. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software