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What menu is selected to print?

1. Edit
2. Special
3. File
4. Tools

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The name a user assigns to a document is called

1. File name
2. Program
3. Record
4. Data

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A_is an electronic device that process data, converting it into information.

1. Processor
2. Computer
3. Case
4. Stylus

✅ Correct Answer: 2

____ are words that a programming language has set aside for its own use.

1. Control Words
2. Reserved words
3. Reserved keys
4. Control structures

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What are the two types of output devices?

1. Monitor and printer
2. Storage disks (floppy, CD)
3. Keyboard and mouse
4. Windows 2000, Windows NT

✅ Correct Answer: 1

To access properties of an object, the mouse technique to use is —

1. Dragging
2. Dropping
3. Right-clicking
4. Shift-clicking

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A n ____ is a program that makes the computer easier to use.

1. Operating system
2. Application
3. Utility
4. Network

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Connections to the Internet using a phone line and a modem are called_connections.

1. Digital
2. Dial-up
3. Broadband
4. Dish

✅ Correct Answer: 2

To access a mainframe or supercomputer, users often use

1. Terminal
2. Node
3. Desktop
4. Handheld

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A flaw in a program that causes it to produce incorrect or inappropriate results is called a —

1. Bug
2. Byte
3. Attribute
4. Unit problem

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A Website address is a unique name that identifies a specific_ on the Web.

1. Web browser
2. PDA
3. Website
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Every component of your computer is either —

1. Hardware or software
2. Software or CPU/RAM
3. Application software or system software
4. Input devices or output devices

✅ Correct Answer: 1

To make the number pad act as directional arrows, you press the_key.

1. Numlock
2. Caps lock
3. Arrow lock
4. Shift

✅ Correct Answer: 1

When creating a word-processed document, this step involves the user changing how words on the page appear, both on the screen and in printed form?

1. Editing text
2. Inserting tables and indexes
3. Formatting text
4. Proofing documents

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The_performs simple mathematics for the CPU.

1. ALU
2. DIMM
3. BUS
4. Register

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Reusable optical storage will typically have the acronym —

1. CD
2. RW
3. DVD
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 4

____ is processed by the computer into information.

1. Numbers
2. Processor
3. Input
4. Data

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Personal computers can be connected together to form a —

1. Server
2. Supercomputer
3. Enterprise
4. Network

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A word in a web page that, when clicked, opens another document is called —

1. Anchor
2. Hyperlink
3. Reference
4. URL

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The ____ of software contains lists of commands and options.

1. Title bar
2. Menu bar
3. Formula bar
4. Toolbar

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What menu is selected to cut, copy, and paste?

1. File
2. Tools
3. Special
4. Edit

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The most important or powerful computer in a typical network —

1. desktop
2. network client
3. network server
4. network station

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The primary purpose of software is to turn data into —

1. web sites
2. information
3. programs
4. objects

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The ability to find an individual item in a file immediately ____ is used.

1. file allocation table
2. directory
3. sequential access
4. direct access

✅ Correct Answer: 3

To make a notebook act as a desktop model, the notebook can be connected to a ____ which is connected to a monitor and other devices.

1. bay
2. docking station
3. port
4. network

✅ Correct Answer: 4

You can use the tab key to

1. Move a cursor across the screen
2. Indent a paragraph
3. Move the cursor down the screen
4. Only a and b

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A collection of related files is called

1. character
2. field
3. database
4. record

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off is referred to

1. volatile storage
2. non-volatile storage
3. sequential storage
4. direct storage

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is an example of connectivity?

1. Internet
2. Floppy disk
3. Power cord
4. Data

✅ Correct Answer: 1

____ is the process of finding errors in software code.

1. Compiling
2. Testing
3. Running
4. Debugging

✅ Correct Answer: 2

A ____ contains specific rules and words that express the logical steps of an algorithm.

1. syntax
2. programming structure
3. programming language
4. logic chart

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Changing an existing document is called ____ the document

1. creating
2. editing
3. modifying
4. adjusting

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Virtual memory is —

1. memory on the hard disk that the CPU uses as extended RAM
2. in RAM
3. only necessary if you do not have any RAM in your computer
4. a backup device for floppy disks

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Computers use in ___ number system to store data and perform calculations.

1. decimal
2. hexadecimal
3. octal
4. binary

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The ____ key will launch the Start button.

1. esc
2. shift
3. windows
4. shortcut

✅ Correct Answer: 3

To move to the beginning of a line of text, press the ____ key.

1. home
2. nil
3. pageup
4. enter

✅ Correct Answer: 1

When sending an e-mail, the ____ line describes the contents of the message?

1. contents
2. subject
3. CC
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which groupings do you work with when formatting text in Word?

1. Tables, paragraphs and indexes
2. Paragraphs, indexes and sections
3. Characters, sections and paragraphs
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is the largest unit of storage?

1. GB
2. KB
3. MB
4. TB

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The ____ tells the computer how to use its components.

1. utility
2. network
3. operating system
4. application program

✅ Correct Answer: 3

____ is when the more power-hungry components, such as the monitor and the hard drive, are put in idle.

1. Hibernation
2. Power down
3. Standby mode
4. The shutdown procedure

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Hard disk drives are considered ____ storage.

1. flash
2. nonvolatile
3. temporary
4. nonpermanent

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The_ key and the_key can be used in combination with other keys to perform shortcuts and special tasks.

1. Control, Alt
2. Function, toggle
3. Delete, Insert
4. Caps Lock, Num Lock

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The most common input devices are the ____ and the_

1. microphone, printer
2. scanner, monitor
3. digital camera, speakers
4. keyboard, mouse

✅ Correct Answer: 4

To save an existing file with a new name or to a new location, you should use the_command.

1. Save
2. Save and Replace
3. Save As
4. New File

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which type of software manages the computer's processes functioning as an interface, connecting the user, the application software, and the hardware?

1. System software
2. Utility program
3. Translator program
4. Operating system

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The portion of the CPU that coordinates the activities of all the other computer components is the —

1. motherboard
2. coordination board
3. control unit
4. arithmetic logic unit

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Something which has easily-understood instructions is said to be

1. user friendly
2. information
3. word processing
4. icon

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In a database_fields store numbers used to perform calculations.

1. next
2. key
3. alphanumeric
4. numeric

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A n_is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information between computing devices.

1. network
2. peripheral
3. expansion board
4. digital device

✅ Correct Answer: 1

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