CT State Cert Practice Test
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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1. Windows XP is considered an Operting System Software?
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2. Word is an application software?
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3. Master controller is an application software?
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4. Operating System Software is used for specific applications?
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5. Operating system Software controls input and output?
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6. Operating system software is required to operate a computer?
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7. Excel is an Operating systerm software?
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8. Public Domain is information that is available to anyone who accesses a specific site.
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9. The Internet is one enormous network of interconnected computers.
____ 10. Email is private like the United Postal Service.
____ 11. A network is two or more connected computers.
____ 12. You can have a network in your home?
____ 13. Refer to the Letter handout. Patrick V. Ray wrote the letter?
____ 14. Spell check will find the error if it is a wrong word choice?
____ 15. AUP is the acronym for Acceptable Use Policy?
____ 16. A good method of virus prevention is to turn off your computer after each use?
____ 17. A virus can be spread when infected e-mail attachments are opened.
____ 18. A virus can copy itself onto programs thereby spreading its damaging effects.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 19. Arrange auxiliary storage from smallest capacity to largest capacity.
a. CD ROM, Hard drive, Floppy Disk
c. Hard drive, CD ROM, Floppy Disk
b. Floppy Disk, CD ROM, Hard drive
d. Floppy disk, Hard drive, CD ROM
____ 20. Which of the following applications is best suited for organizing files on your computer in Windows?
a. Accessories
c. System Tools
b. Windows Explorer or My Computer
d. Scandisk
____ 21. Which feature allows you to switch between several open applications?
a. Menu Bar
c. Application Bar
b. Taskbar
d. Desktop
____ 22. The first generation of computers were powered by?
a. Vacuum tubes
c. Circuit boards
b. transistors
d. Chips
____ 23. This symbol indicates that Windows is processing.
a. Pointer
c. Right Arrow
b. Ellipsis
d. Hour glass
____ 24. A Local Area Network is known as?
a. LAN
c. Internet
b. Server
d. Link
____ 25. A type of search or word that can be searched for in documents.
a. Intranet
c. Secured Site
b. Server
d. Keyword
____ 26. The access of webpages on the Internet is known as a
a. Hit
c. Modem
b. Keyword
d. WAN
____ 27. The test or graphic used in HTML to jump from one page to another
a. Default
c. Expunge
b. Link
d. Hypertext
____ 28. Software used to view the Word Wide Web
a. Filter
c. Freeware
b. Shareware
d. Browser
____ 29. Special connecting words used in Keyword Searches
a. Boolean operators
c. Hypertext
b. Emoticon
d. HTTP
____ 30. The accepted rules of conduct on the Web when using email or a chatroom are called?
a. Manners
c. Netiquette
b. Etiquette
d. None of the above
____ 31. Software that is not copyrighted and can be copied or used freely is known as:
a. shareware
c. public domain
b. freeware
d. listserve
____ 32. Which of the following should you create to organize the messages you receive from other people?
a. Address book
c. Distribution List
b. Separate folders
d. All of the Above
____ 33. URL stands for?
a. Underground Ralroad Light
c. Upright Rolled Line
b. Uniform Resource Locator
d. Unbiased Resource Location
____ 34. A file that is sent along with an e-mail message is known as an?
a. Attachment
c. Additional Test
b. Appendix
d. Addendum
____ 35. What button on the browser toolbar will take to the previous web page?
a. Home
c. Back
b. refresh
d. Stop
____ 36. When you want to respond back to an e-mail message, what command button would yo use?
a. Cancel
c. Forward
b. Attach
d. Reply
____ 37. Refer to the #1 located on the letter handout: This letter part is called the dateline. It is not keyed correctly,
which of the following is the correct format for the dateline?
a. Dec 15, 2009
c. December 15, 2009
b. 12-05-09
d. Dec 15, 09
____ 38. Rerfer to the numbers located on the letter handout. #2 on the letter is known as the
a. Saluation
c. Inside address
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b. Complimentary close
d. Return address
Refer to the numbers located on the letter handout. #3 of the letter is the
a. Salutation
c. Inside address
b. Complientary close
d. Return address
Refer to the numbers located on the letter handout. #4 on the letter shows the formatting features
a. Bold, italics, all caps
d. Underline, bold, shadow
b. Bold, all caps, underline
e. All caps, italics, shadow
c. Underline, all caps, italics
Refer to the numbers located on the letter handout. #5 on the letter shows what alignment feature
a. Left
c. Right
b. Center
d. Justify
Refer to the numbers located on the letter handout. #8 on the letter is what letter part
a. Salutation
c. Return Address
b. Complimentary close
d. Inside Address
Refer to the numbers located on the letter handout. #9 on the letter is what letter part
a. Reference initials
c. Signature block
b. Complimentary close
d. Salutation
Refer to the numbers located on the letter handout. #10 on the letter indicates what?
a. There is additional information to be
c. There is additional information for the
added to the letter
Image Committee
b. There is additional information in the
d. The Image Committee is receving a copy
envelope with the letter
of the letter
Refer to the letter handout. The style of the letter is
a. Block with mixed punctuation
d. Block with Open Punctuation
b. Modified Block with Mixed Punctuation e. Modified Block with Open Punctuation
c. Personal Business Letter
This error where the word is your but should be you can only be found and corrected by
a. Using spellcheck
c. Turning on the AutoCorrect feature
b. Proofreading carefully
d. None of the above
Refer to the numbers located on the letter handout. #11 on the letter is called the
a. Header
c. Footnotes
b. Letterhead or Graphic
d. Unimportant information
Refer to the letter handout. This letter is printed in
a. Portrait orientation
b. Landscape orientation
When data is sorted from the highest number to the lowest number, it is sorted in
a. Ascending order
b. Descending order
An alphabetic order list is sorted in
a. Ascending order
b. Descending order
The application software that creates spreadsheets is
a. Word
d. Excel
b. PowerPoint
e. Access
c. Front Page
A pie chart is good for showing
a. Trends over time
c. Comparing values
b. Highs and lows
d. Showing relationships between parts and a
whole
What is the answer to this folloiwng equation: 4+6/2*(9-5)
a. 16
c. 2.25
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b. 20
d. 28
What is the answer to the following equation: 2*5+2*50/2
a. 60
c. 30
b. 120
d. 200
Advantages of using Excel do not include
a. Ease of calculations
d. Ability to add sounds
b. Ability to create charts from data
e. Automatically recalculates formulas
c. Built in functions for commmon tasks
What function is used to find a total of a range of cells
a. Sum
d. Min
b. Average
e. Count
c. Max
Formulas and functions must begin with a
a. +
d. %
b. #
e. =
c. $
Which is a built in function in excel?
a. Formula Bar
c. Merge and Center
b. Average
d. Chart Wizard
What type of chart is this?
a. Bar
b. Area
____ 60. What part of the chart is #1
c. Pie
d. Column
a. Title
c. Data Table
b. Axis
d. Legend
____ 61. Who scored the highest score on the 2nd test?
a. Bart simpson
c. Stewie Griffin
b. Sea Bass
d. Harry Potter
____ 62. When you first open a presentation, it appears in
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Matching
a. Slide show view
c. Outline view
b. Normal view
d. Slide sorter view
You can add slides in ________________________ view.
a. Slide Show view
c. Slide sorter view
b. All views
d. Normal View
Placeholders are ___________________?
a. Collections of pictures and sounds
c. Templates that show color schemes
b. effects that play over and over
d. Areas where you can add text, pictures or
other elements
In an electronic presentatiton which view displays miniature versions of slides?
a. Slide show sorter
c. Slide sorter view
b. Normal view
d. Outline view
What determines how each slide is introduced
a. Clipart gallery
c. Slide transition
b. Design template
d. Placeholders
Symbols such as a heavy dot or other character that precedes lists in a presentation are called
a. Emoticons
c. Placeholder
b. Acronyms
d. Bullets
A computer virus is
a. not a problem anymore because there is
c. doesn’t do any major damage to your
software that counteracts it.
computer
b. always easy to find.
d. a potentially damaging computer
program designed to infect other software.
A copyright
a. protects the user in case he accidentally
c. is a legal document.
uses someone else’s written work.
b. gives ownership rights tothe creator of the
written work.
Which is not an example of keeping a computer safe from a virus?
a. Use a safe web browser and email client c. Install anti-virus software and keep it
up-to-date
b. Scan all newly obtained disks, programs, d. Obtain and install software you can get, no
and files
matter where it comes from
Rights possessed by the author of a work is called
a. Plagiarism
c. Copyright
b. Security
d. Ethics
Getting into computer systems witout proper accessrights is called
a. hacking
c. ethics
b. viruses
d. web surfing
A service company that offers a login to a host computer to give access to the internet is
a. Listserve
c. ISP
b. navigate
d. LAN
When you are using the internet and you want to go to the home page, but you can;’t remember the URL,
which icon on the toolbar of the browser would you use?
a. Stop
c. Home
b. Refresh
d. Search
Match the following terms to their definitions
a. Multitasking
c. RAM/ROM
b. Hertz
d. CPU
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The processor is called?
The speed at which the processor operates is measured in ?
The ability of a computer to have more than one application running at a time is called?
Two type of memory are called?
Match the meaning of the five domain names listed.
a. .com
d. .mil
b. .edu
e. .org
c. .int
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Match the foloiwng erms with their definitions.
a. Formatting
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b. Virus
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c. Save As
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d. Save
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e. Hanging Indent
j.
Clipboard
Word Wrap
Thesaurus
Spam
Left/Right Indent
____ 84. The type of indention that must be used when creating a Bibliography.
____ 85. When text is cut or copied, it is stored here until it is pasted into a document.
____ 86. A feature in a word processor which gives suggestions for other word choices which mean the same as the
word selected for replacement.
____ 87. The icon on the toolbar that looks like a floppy disk does this common task.
____ 88. The feature that continues the text onto the next line without the user pressing the enter key.
____ 89. The type of indention used when a long quotation is being included in a document.
____ 90. Use this feature when a document must be saved with a new name.
____ 91. Controls the appearance of the document’s text and its layout.
____ 92. Unwanted email.
____ 93. A file that causes damage or mischief to a user’s computer.
Match the following terms to its definition.
a. active cell
b. range
c. row
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e. cell Address
The coordinates of the intersection of the column and row.
A group of adjacent cells.
In Excel these are identified by letters and they divide the worksheet vertically.
In Excel, these are identified by numbers and they divide the worksheet horizontally.
The cell you are working in that has a dark border around it.
Match the following:
a. Enter + Click
b. Shift + Click
____ 99. Selects adjacent files.
____ 100. Selects files that are not adjacent.
c. Alt + Click
d. Ctrl + Click
CT State Cert Practice Test
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