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Windows XP Commands
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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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. Cancel the current task
CTRL+SHIFT
ESC
CTRL+DOWN
ALT+Underlined letter
2. Search for a file or a folder
SHIFT+DELETE
F3 key
WindowsLogo+F1
TAB
3. View the properties for the selected item
SPACEBAR
SHIFT+DELETE
RightSHIFT for eight seconds
ALT+ENTER
4. Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+LEFT
ALT+TAB
SHIFT five times
ALT+SPACEBAR
5. View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
BACKSPACE
ALT+F4
CTRL+LEFT
LEFT
6. Close the active item - or quit the active program
CTRL+C
END
ALT+SPACEBAR
ALT+F4
7. Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously
NUMLOCK+Plus sign +
ALT+SPACEBAR
CTRL+X
CTRL+F4
8. Display the System menu for the active window
F5
CTRL+C
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC
ALT+SPACEBAR
9. Collapse the current selection if it is expanded - or select the parent folder
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
LeftALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
CTRL+LEFT
LEFTARROW
10. Update the active window
ALT+ENTER
F5
ESC
DELETE
11. Switch FilterKeys either on or off
RightSHIFT for eight seconds
ALT+SPACEBAR
CTRL+LEFT
SHIFT
12. Restore the minimized windows
Windows Logo+M
WindowsLogo+U
WindowsLogo+SHIFT+M
extended selection mode
13. Move backward through the options
CTRL+A
LeftALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
SHIFT+TAB
F2 key
14. Display Help
ALT+F4
WindowsLogo+F
F1
LeftALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
15. Open the next menu to the right - or open a submenu
CTRL+C
WindowsLogo+E
RIGHT
CTRL+LEFT
16. Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
NUMLOCK for five seconds
WindowsLogo+ L
ALT+ENTER
F4
17. while dragging an item Create a shortcut to the selected item
NUMLOCK+Minus sign -
CTRL+SHIFT
SHIFT
WindowsLogo+E
18. Open the Run dialog box
Windows Logo+M
ALT+F4
BACKSPACE
WindowsLogo+R
19. Cut
WindowsLogo+E
WindowsLogo+R
CTRL+X
ALT+SPACEBAR
20. Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option
F4
CTRL+ESC
WindowsLogo +U
ALT+Underlined letter
21. Display the desktop
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
HOME
Windows Logo+D
ESC
22. Display the items in the active list
F1
F3 key
F4
Windows Logo+M
23. Collapse the selected folder
SHIFT
Windows Logo+BREAK
NUMLOCK+Minus sign -
HOME
24. Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
HOME
ALT+Underlined letter
F4
SHIFT+DELETE
25. Select all
ALT+TAB
SHIFT
Windows Logo+M
CTRL+A
26. Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
WindowsLogo+ L
ALT+ENTER
DELETE
SHIFT+F10
27. Display the System Properties dialog box
NUMLOCK+Asterisk sign *
Windows Logo+BREAK
SHIFT+TAB
CTRL+DOWN
28. Move backward through the tabs
CTRL+A
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
F3 key
CTRL+Z
29. Display the properties of the selected object
ALT+ENTER
RightSHIFT for eight seconds
CTRL+X
LEFT
30. Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
TRL+UP
ALT+SPACEBAR
SHIFT+F10
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
31. Minimize all of the windows
TAB
Windows Logo+M
F4
F5
32. with any of the arrow keys Highlight a block of text
ALT+F4
CTRL+X
CTRL+SHIFT
BACKSPACE
33. Switch High Contrast either on or off
DELETE
LeftALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
F2 key
ALT+TAB
34. Display the corresponding menu
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
DELETE
WindowsLogo +U
TAB
35. Display the top of the active window
SPACEBAR
HOME
CTRL+LEFT
LEFT
36. Paste
CTRL+V
ALT+F4
CTRL
SHIFT+F8
37. Undo
SHIFT+DELETE
SHIFT+when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive
SHIFT+F10
CTRL+Z
38. Activate the menu bar in the active program
CTRL+X
F10
F1
WindowsLogo+F1
39. Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
WindowsLogo+U
ESC
CTRL+DOWN
TAB
40. Search for a file or a folder
NUMLOCK+Asterisk sign *
WindowsLogo +U
BACKSPACE
WindowsLogo+F
41. Open the next menu to the left - or close a submenu
Windows Logo+BREAK
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
LEFT
CTRL+Z
42. Display the Start menu
LeftALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
CTRL+ESC
Windows Logo+D
Windows
43. Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons
Arrow
WindowsLogo+F1
F10
LeftALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
44. Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
NUMLOCK for five seconds
CTRL+WindowsLogo+F
F6
Windows Logo+D
45. Open My Computer
F1
CTRL+F4
WindowsLogo+E
Windows
46. Open Task Manager
RIGHTARROW
CTRL+RIGHT
Windows Logo+BREAK
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC
47. Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
END
CTRL+RIGHT
CTRL+Z
RIGHTARROW
48. Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
WindowsLogo+SHIFT+M
CTRL+V
NUMLOCK+Asterisk sign *
CTRL+F4
49. Copy
Windows Logo+D
F2 key
CTRL+C
F6
50. Switch the MouseKeys either on or off
RIGHTARROW
LeftALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK
WindowsLogo+F1
SHIFT+TAB