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Windows XP
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
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. An area that is collapsed and only the title and doble down arrow button appear in the area.
Details area
task bar
Pick a Help topic area
keyboard
2. Controls access to the hardware - software - and other resources on the network and provides centralized storage area
keyboard shortcut
Cancel command
server
WinZip
3. An application program included with windows XP
program
ctrl + enter
windows explorer
pinned items list
4. A command on the shortcut menu that will move the icon from its current location to a new location.
Move Here
double down arrow
Join Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
active window
5. A button that replaces the maximize button on the title bar.
scroll bar
Cancel command
Restore Down button
Shared Documents folder
6. New page
down scroll arrow
ctrl + e
ToolTip
ctrl + enter
7. A list containing most frequently used programs.
hyperlink
up scroll arrow
most frequently used programs list
ctrl + t
8. A specific action.
most frequently used programs list
Help and Support
command
Pick a Help topic area
9. The screen that appears showing the names of every computer user on the computer.
Help and Support
Welcome screen
word processing program
service packs
10. A button on the title bar of a window that closes the window and removes the taskbar button from the taskbar.
scroll box
network drive
Close Button
menu
11. A list of related commands.
menu
most frequently used programs list
server
link
12. A device that allows you to perform often-used tasks more quickly than when you use the menu bar.
title bar
network
Standard Buttons toolbar
scroll bar
13. An area on the hard disk that contains all the items you have deleted not only from the desktop but also from the hard disk.
Web browser program
Recycle Bin
title bar
link
14. Settings preset by the operating system
default settings
right arrow
keyboard
scroll bar
15. A printed version of a webpage (printout)
hard copy
ctrl + z
active window
word processing program
16. An area that contains the title and three tasks associated with the My Computer window.
drive icons
System Tasks area
dialog box
server
17. Qualities unique to a specific object that affect what can be done to the object or what the object does.
Drag
drive icons
windows explorer
properties
18. The menu that allows you to access easily the most useful items on the computer.
Start menu
Maximize button
Join Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
keyboard shortcut
19. The action of pointing to an item - holding down the left mouse button - moving the item to the desired location - and then releasing the left mouse button.
Details area
user interface
System menu
Drag
20. Contains the Pick a Help topic area - Ask for assistance area - Pick a Task area - and Did You Know? area
table of contents
user interface
Standard Buttons toolbar
keyboard shortcut
21. Storage device that is connected to the server
text label
network drive
Other Places area
right click
22. Nearly every item on the Windows XP desktop.
keyboard shortcut
object
Shared Documents folder
double click
23. Underlined text.
down scroll arrow
WinZip
hyperlink
Other Places area
24. An area that contains links to four folders (Desktop - Shared Documents - My Computer - and My Network Places.)
Other Places area
Turn off computer link
user icon
WinZip
25. Located at the bottom of the screen - shows which programs are currently running
object
task bar
System Tasks area
down scroll arrow
26. A window that is a central location for the storage and management of documents.
link
My Documents window
user-friendly
downloading
27. A set of computer instructions that carries out a task on the computer
Pick a Help topic area
program
double down arrow
task bar
28. Center
scroll box
favorite
Move Here
ctrl + e
29. A button that indicates the area is collapsed
monitor
Web browser program
ctrl + enter
double down arrow
30. A pointing device that allows you to enter data in the form of command or other response into the computer. It is attached to the computer by a cable.
Join Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
Restore Down button
Temporary Internet Files folder
keyboard
31. An arrow that enables you to view areas that currently are not visible.
Pick a Help topic area
down scroll arrow
ctrl + enter
most frequently used programs list
32. A series of three dots that indicate that more information is required to execute the command.
Other Places area
user icon
hard copy
ellipsis
33. A combination of keys that helps you avoid using the mouse all the time
keyboard shortcut
Move Here
object
dialog box
34. Hanging indent
ctrl + t
Control Panel
Links bar
command
35. An arrow tat appears following a command on the Start menu that indicates that pointing the command will display a submenu.
Right-drag
task bar
ToolTip
right arrow
36. An area that contanis three tasks (Make a new folder - Publish this folder to the Web - and Share this folder.)
double click
title bar
System menu
File and Folders Tasks area
37. Contains four category groups with unique icons
File and Folders Tasks area
Pick a Help topic area
Turn off computer link
WinZip
38. The combination of hardware and software that you use to communicate with and control the computer.
user interface
Help and Support
indow border
up scroll arrow
39. A bar that allows you to start an application - display a document - open another window - and search for information on the Internet.
Address bar
WinZip
task bar
Double-click
40. Compresses the larger files into a single smaller file - allowing the folders to be downloaded mor easily and quickly
indow border
WinZip
System Tasks area
hard copy
41. The process of a computer receiving info
Details area
downloading
link
Web browser program
42. The thin blue line surround the My Computer window.
server
indow border
user interface
System Tasks area
43. A list that consists of the default Web browser program and default e-mail program.
program
pinned items list
System Tasks area
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
44. A short on-screen note associated with the object to which you are pointing.
word processing program
command
WinZip
ToolTip
45. A method of encoding pictures on a computer
Links bar
Web browser program
title bar
Join Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
46. A box that enables you to view areas that currently are not visible.
My Documents window
scroll box
most frequently used programs list
favorite
47. Application program that allows you to create graphic presentations for display on a computer
user-friendly
Move Here
most frequently used programs list
word processing program
48. The action of pointing to an item - holding down the right mouse button - moving the item to the desired location - and then releasing the right mouse button.
table of contents
Right-drag
scroll bar
mouse
49. Turns off Windows XP so you can turn off the power to the computer
service packs
Turn off computer link
ellipsis
Right-drag
50. Icons that represent a hard disk drive - 3 1/2 inch floppy disk drive - and a Compact Disk drive.
Start menu
ToolTip
down scroll arrow
drive icons