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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. Press and release the right mouse button once
ctrl + e
Start menu
ctrl + enter
right click
2. A device that allows you to perform often-used tasks more quickly than when you use the menu bar.
Details area
Standard Buttons toolbar
object
Start menu
3. Quickly press and release the left mouse button two times
double click
ctrl + t
user name
Double-click
4. Qualities unique to a specific object that affect what can be done to the object or what the object does.
properties
down scroll arrow
Other Places area
network drive
5. Underlined text.
WinZip
Recycle Bin
keyboard shortcut
hyperlink
6. Located at the bottom of the screen - shows which programs are currently running
Turn off computer link
task bar
user name
ctrl + t
7. A label that identifies the function of a button.
File and Folders Tasks area
Drag
text label
ellipsis
8. Gives the user access to the computer system and many support applications - such as "Add new hardware" - "Add/Remove Programs"
Control Panel
ctrl + z
user name
Other Places area
9. Storage device that is connected to the server
Cancel command
Help and Support
network drive
Welcome screen
10. The button that makes it so the My Computer window no longer is displayed on the desktop and the recessed dark blue My Computer button in the taskbar button area changes to a non-recessed medium blue button.
active window
Drag
Minimize button
Join Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
11. Compresses the larger files into a single smaller file - allowing the folders to be downloaded mor easily and quickly
Links bar
Turn off computer link
user name
WinZip
12. A button that replaces the maximize button on the title bar.
Right-click
ctrl + enter
Restore Down button
monitor
13. An area that is collapsed and only the title and doble down arrow button appear in the area.
Details area
ctrl + t
Join Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
14. A printed version of a webpage (printout)
text label
keyboard
server
hard copy
15. The thin blue line surround the My Computer window.
dialog box
folder
hyperlink
indow border
16. Undo
Links bar
ctrl + z
Move Here
user interface
17. The title identifying the window.
Control Panel
dialog box
ellipsis
window title
18. When software can be used easily by individuals with limited training.
Standard Buttons toolbar
link
Temporary Internet Files folder
user-friendly
19. Contains answers to many questions you may ask with respect to WIndows XP
Help and Support
scroll bar
Cancel command
program
20. A command on the shortcut menu that will move the icon from its current location to a new location.
title bar
File and Folders Tasks area
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Move Here
21. 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.
Recycle Bin
favorite
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Control Panel
22. A square shaped button that causes the window to fill the entire screen.
Maximize button
folder
ctrl + e
Recycle Bin
23. A window that is a central location for the storage and management of documents.
Temporary Internet Files folder
My Documents window
service packs
scroll bar
24. A bar that appears when the contents of a pane or window are not completely visible.
server
scroll bar
user icon
Restore Down button
25. A command that will reset anything you have done during the operation.
Cancel command
Start menu
user interface
service packs
26. The menu that contains the commands to carry out the actions associated with the My Computer window.
network
System menu
folder
scroll box
27. A combination of keys that helps you avoid using the mouse all the time
keyboard
System menu
ellipsis
keyboard shortcut
28. The name used to identify a user on the Welcome screen.
active window
user name
windows explorer
My Documents window
29. 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.
Right-click
Right-drag
Drag
mouse
30. Contains the Pick a Help topic area - Ask for assistance area - Pick a Task area - and Did You Know? area
table of contents
title bar
Links bar
Close Button
31. A bar that allows you to start an application - display a document - open another window - and search for information on the Internet.
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Drag
Address bar
My Documents window
32. New page
Web browser program
ctrl + enter
service packs
keyboard shortcut
33. A user interface that displays graphics in addition to text when it commnicates with the user.
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
user interface
Help and Support
graphical user interface (GUI)
34. Nearly every item on the Windows XP desktop.
hard copy
folder
System menu
object
35. 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.
keyboard
Details area
down scroll arrow
favorite
36. Contains four category groups with unique icons
Cancel command
scroll bar
Pick a Help topic area
service packs
37. A set of computer instructions that carries out a task on the computer
Pick a Help topic area
program
Close Button
scroll bar
38. A list containing most frequently used programs.
Web browser program
Start menu
most frequently used programs list
keyboard
39. A box that enables you to view areas that currently are not visible.
Join Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
scroll box
WinZip
System Tasks area
40. The combination of hardware and software that you use to communicate with and control the computer.
user interface
title bar
Right-click
text label
41. An area that contanis three tasks (Make a new folder - Publish this folder to the Web - and Share this folder.)
File and Folders Tasks area
user interface
Web browser program
title bar
42. A device that allows you to enter data in the form of command or other response into the computer.
application program
ctrl + enter
right click
mouse
43. A series of three dots that indicate that more information is required to execute the command.
right arrow
ellipsis
ctrl + t
default settings
44. The bar at the top of the window containing a small icon that is similar to the icon on the desktop.
title bar
Right-click
hyperlink
user interface
45. 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.
Drag
ctrl + t
scroll box
menu
46. A collection of computers and devices connected together for the purpose of sharing info b/w users
network
up scroll arrow
favorite
command
47. A folder that contains documents and folders that area available to other computer users on the network.
Shared Documents folder
File and Folders Tasks area
Standard Buttons toolbar
Maximize button
48. Updates that contain fixes and enhancements to the operating system.
service packs
System menu
title bar
window title
49. A window that opens when you chose a menu command that needs more info before the program can carry out the command you selected
dialog box
command
Web browser program
Temporary Internet Files folder
50. Turns off Windows XP so you can turn off the power to the computer
Turn off computer link
window title
dialog box
ctrl + e