TECHNOLOGY QUIZ

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TECHNOLOGY QUIZ
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QUESTION 1

• A grid in a spreadsheet program where entries are
  made consists of rows and?
• A. title bars
• B. columns
• C. graphs
• D. tables

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QUESTION 2

• Bill is doing a report on his family tree.He
  wants to include photos of his family members in
  his report.What kind of hardware could he use to
  put photos of his family in his report?
• A. printer
• B. DVD player
• C. scanner
• D. modem

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QUESTION 3

• When the pointer on your screen does not move
  very well or not at all, what device is more than
  likely giving you problems?
• A. Pentium processor
• B. keyboard
• C. monitor
• D. mouse

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QUESTION 4

• Jane loves to do crafts for the holidays. She
  decided to do some special crafts for Mother's
  Day so she decided to get on the Internet. What
  kind of software would be the best thing to use
  to view information on the World Wide Web?
• A. Web authoring software
• B. Web browser
• C. E-mail software
• D. spreadsheet

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QUESTION 5

• Betsy just finished an assignment for her
  computer class. She had to do a report on the
  history of computers. After reading her
  assignment, she finds a lot of spelling mistakes.
  Which option should Betsy use in her word
  processor to help find and correct these spelling
  mistakes?
• A. spell checker
• B. thesaurus
• C. word find
• D. grammar check

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QUESTION 6

• Betsy also found in her assignment that she uses
  the same words too many times. Which option in
  her word processor would help with this problem?
• A. spell checker
• B. thesaurus
• C. word find
• D. grammar check

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QUESTION 7

• Steve told me he wants to get a free copy of
  virus protection software off of the Internet
  for his brand new PC. So, Steve told me he was
  going to...
• A. pirate a copy
• B. upload it
• C. compress it
• D. download it

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QUESTION 8

• Doug did not like the shape of the text in his
  document, so he decided to select another....
• A. size
• B. value
• C. text wrap
• D. font

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QUESTION 9

• Jerry wants to take a computer home from work so
  he can play a computer baseball game. Jerry
  isn't the strongest guy in the world so he should
  probably take what kind of computer?
• A. server
• B. ENIAC
• C. laptop
• D. laser

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QUESTION 10

• Pam likes programs that have a lot of color,
  animation, video and audio clips. This means she
  likes programs that contain a lot of.....
• A. Java
• B. charts and tables
• C. QuickTime
• D. multimedia

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QUESTION 11

• Betsy is working on a report where there has to
  be .75 inch of blank space all around the sides
  of the text. This means Betsy has to set the....
  
• A. page orientation
• B. tabs
• C. header and a footer
• D. margins

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QUESTION 12

• In a database document, a collection of fields
  that contain data about a single activity,
  individual, subject, or transaction is called a
  .......
• A. LAN
• B. WAN
• C. record
• D. CD

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QUESTION 13

• Pam has a graphic in a word processing document
  and she wants to copy it and place it in another
  document. After she copies the graphic, the
  placing of the graphic is called.....
• A. exporting
• B. replacing
• C. pasting
• D. gluing

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QUESTION 14

• Steve is in a program creating a layout, sorting,
  and using a query to organize some records for a
  school project. This means he is making a..
• A. formula
• B. gif
• C. function
• D. report

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QUESTION 15

• Jerry wants to print a drawing he has done. He
  wants the paper to print "landscape" instead of
  "portrait." This means he has to change the....
• A. margins
• B. paper orientation
• C. indent
• D. printer ribbon

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QUESTION 16

• Pam created a report on her computer that all the
  Little League baseball teams had to fill out.
  The report is the same for all the teams, so she
  created a "template" of the report. What is a
  "template?"
• A. a laptop
• B. a graphics program
• C. a program used to copy files
• D. a design of a document that is used often

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QUESTION 17

• Poor Betsy was typing a huge report when her
  computer locked up. She lost everything she had
  been typing because she forgot to do what
  important function?
• A. copy
• B. save
• C. cut
• D. paste

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QUESTION 18

• Doug wanted to put a title at the top of his
  document that was in the "middle" of the page.
  What text alignment would he choose?
• A. right alignment
• B. left alignment
• C. full alignment
• D. center alignment

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QUESTION 19

• Steve was entering some information in a cell of
  a spreadsheet. The information would not fit in
  the cell because it was too long. What does
  Steve have to change the width of?
• A. column
• B. row
• C. header
• D. footer

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QUESTION 20

• Which sentence is an example of "italic" text
  style?
• A. This is an example of a text style.
• B. This is an example of a text style.
• C. This is an example of a text style.
• D. None of the above

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QUESTION 21

• Which sentence is an example of bold text
  style?
• A. This is an example of a text style.
• B. This is an example of a text style.
• C. This is an example of a text style.
• D. None of the above

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QUESTION 22

• Which sentence is an example of bold italic
  text style?
• A. This is an example of a text style.
• B. This is an example of a text style.
• C. This is an example of a text style.
• D. None of the above

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QUESTION 23

This is an example of a what? A. task bar B.
vertical scroll bar C. horizontal scroll bar D.
tool bar
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QUESTION 24

This is an example of a what? A. task bar B.
vertical scroll bar C. horizontal scroll bar D.
tool bar

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QUESTION 25

• The area that is selected in the diagram is
  called a ......
• A. column
• B. row
• C. formula
• D. cell

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QUESTION 26

• Using this button in a spreadsheet program will
  assist you in creating what?
• A. formula
• B. property
• C. image
• D. table

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QUESTION 27

• If you want to make a paper copy of information
  on your computer screen then you will need a
  .....
• A. network card
• B. scanner
• C. modem
• D. printer

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QUESTION 28

• Doug wrote a report on his computer at home, but
  he has no printer to print it up. Betsy has a
  printer at her house, so Doug wants to take his
  file to Betsy's computer, so he can print it out.
  Doug should save his file on a .....
• A. hard drive
• B. piece of paper
• C. scanner
• D. floppy disk

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QUESTION 29

• Pam wants to hook her computer up to the Internet
  at home, so she can do some shopping on a web
  site! Which of thefollowing components does she
  not need?
• A. Web browser software
• B. modem
• C. scanner
• D. telephone line

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QUESTION 30

• Steve has his own computer business. What kind
  of software should Steve use to keep track of
  bills and the money he is making?
• A. word processing
• B. spreadsheet
• C. web authoring
• D. graphics

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QUESTION 31

• If Steve wanted to type a letter to all his
  customers, what kind of software would he use?
• A. spreadsheet
• B. web authoring
• C. graphics
• D. word processing

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QUESTION 32

• Jerry wants to use the World Wide Web to find
  information on the history of the Pittsburgh
  Pirates. He does not know a specific address to
  go to, so he should use a ....
• A. search engine
• B. E-mail
• C. newsgroup
• D. chat room

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QUESTION 33

• Which of these is an e-mail address?
• A. professor.at.learnthenet
• B. www.learnthenet.com
• C. professor_at_learnthenet.com
• D. professor_at_learnthenet

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QUESTION 34

• Betsy wants to send a message to an electronic
  pen pal. What kind of application should she
  use?
• A. paint
• B. spreadsheet
• C. E-mail
• D. database

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QUESTION 35

• Jerry wants to put a picture in a document he
  created. What command could he use to do this?
• A. copy and paste
• B. edit and crop
• C. edit and cut
• D. file and close

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QUESTION 36

• Steve wants to put the title of his report in the
  middle of the line. What justification or
  alignment does he need to choose?
• A. full
• B. right
• C. left
• D. center

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QUESTION 37

• Pam likes to work with graphics on her machine.
  These graphics require a lot of memory to work
  with. This means Pam's computer needs a lot of
  .......
• A. CPU
• B. RAM
• C. ROM
• D. DVD

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QUESTION 38

• Betsy wants to play a music CD on her computer,
  which means she must have this kind of drive ....
  
• A. Zip
• B. floppy
• C. CD-ROM
• D. hard

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QUESTION 39

• Memory on a computer that remains even when the
  computer is turned off is called ....
• A. Read Only Memory (ROM)
• B. Random Access Memory (RAM)
• C. cache
• D. Video RAM (VRAM)

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QUESTION 40

• This button does what action to a window?
• A. maximizes it
• B. minimizes it
• C. opens it
• D. closes it

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QUESTION 41

• This button does what action to a window?
• A. maximizes it
• B. minimizes it
• C. opens it
• D. closes it

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QUESTION 42

• This button does what action to a window?
• A. maximizes it
• B. minimizes it
• C. opens it
• D. closes it

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QUESTION 43

• Steve is doing research on "swing dancing."
  Where should he look to find information?
• A. word processor
• B. spreadsheet
• C. fax/modem
• D. electronic encyclopedia

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QUESTION 44

• Doug wants to take a printer driver off the
  Internet and store it on his hard drive. This
  procedure is called ......
• A. dumping
• B. uploading
• C. pasting
• D. downloading

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QUESTION 45

• This is an example of what kind of bar?
• A. property
• B. tool
• C. power
• D. title

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QUESTION 46

• This is an example of what kind of bar?
• A. title
• B. status
• C. menu
• D. tool

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QUESTION 47

• Pam is collecting information on butterflies and
  she wants to put this information on her
  computer. What would be the best application for
  her to use?
• A. word processor
• B. database
• C. E-mail
• D. web browser

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QUESTION 48

• In a spreadsheet, a line of cells that runs
  horizontally is called a ....
• A. column
• B. row
• C. formula
• D. value

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QUESTION 49

• In a spreadsheet, a line of cells that runs
  vertically is called a ....
• A. column
• B. row
• C. formula
• D. value

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QUESTION 50

• When using a word processor, the blinking line in
  the document you see as you are typing along is
  called the ....
• A. tab
• B. pointer
• C. I-beam
• D. cursor

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