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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY State Test Study Guide

1. What are some examples of computer hardware? 2. What are the measurements for describing storage capacity? 3. CPU is the acronym for ______. 4. Spreadsheets, databases, and word processing programs are what types of software? 5. What are some ways to prevent virus attacks? 6. What is the best storage place for organizing similar files? 7. Use this key with the mouse to select more than one file from an adjacent (neighboring) list of files. 8. What are some input devices? 9. When a computer has two or more applications open at one time, and the user switches between them, it is called ______. 10. Which type of software is the master controller for all of the activities that take place within a computer? 11. A system that links two or more computers is called ______. 12. Which storage area loses all data when the computer is turned off? 13. The basic unit for measuring the processing speed of the CPU is ______. 14. LAN is the acronym for ______. 15. The most common way to input data into the computer is through what? 16. The measured scale that appears at the top of the document window showing tab stops and margin settings is called ______. 17. The ‘References (Words Cited, Bibliography)’ section of a report calls for which type of indent? 18. What will Spell Check find? 19. The editing technique that allows data to be moved within and between documents is called what? 20. Email is closely related to what? 21. Reports are generally keyed with which line spacing? 22. What does a green line under text mean what? 23. Cells that contain alphabetic or alphanumeric characters are referred to as ______. 24. When charting two or more columns of data, which type of chart would you use? 25. When you insert a new row in a spreadsheet, where does the new row appear? 26. What are some examples of Boolean connectors? 27. Pictorial representations that can be produced on a computer are ______. 28. Know the difference between the following: Unbound Report, Reference Page, Business Letter, and Memo. 29. What does a graphic look like? 30. How could you locate an error when the wrong form of a word is used? 31. What is the difference between text that is centered, left aligned, justified, or right aligned? 32. What is word wrap? 33. What can you use to neatly align lists of items? 34. Which tool can be used to suggest words that have the same meaning to replace other words? 35. How does boldface text appear? 36. How does italicized text appear? 37. What is the blank space at the top, bottom, left, and right of a page called? 38. What is the default line spacing in a word processing program? 39. Where is the name of the composer located on a letter? 40. Where is the name of the typist of the letter? 41. Know the order of operations for formulas. =(16-6)/2 is 5 42. What does the legend do? 43. Which direction do rows and columns run? 44. What are some examples of spreadsheet software? 45. What are formulas? 46. What is the cell called that is selected and ready to receive information? 47. Which function adds data? 48. What do you use to indicate division in a formula? 49. What do you use to indicate multiplication in a formula? 50. Which type of chart would be best for comparing one piece of data to a whole? 51. What is the difference between portrait and landscape orientations? 52. What is the difference between a line, bar, pie, and stacked chart? 53. What is the difference between ascending and descending sorting? 54. What type of number format would you use to show money? 55. What type of software can be examined free of charge for a trial period? 56. What CAN you do to copyrighted software? 57. What do you need to do if you use an Internet source in a report? 58. What is an Acceptable Use Policy? 59. What is a URL? 60. Which button will let you see the previous page when using the Internet? 61. What are some examples of search engines/directories? 62. What are some common server domains? 63. What is an Internet? 64. What is the purpose of an Internet Service Provider? 65. What are Hypertext links? 66. What does WWW stand for? 67. What can you use to find a web site when you can’t remember the location? 68. Is email private? 69. What is an attachment? 70. If you want to respond only to the sender of an email, you use what? 71. What is spam? 72. What is a transition in an electronic presentation? 73. Which view do you use to see miniature versions of your slides? 74. What are some ways you can change from one slide to the next in an electronic presentation? 75. What are some items you can create using presentations software?