Business Computer Information Systems 1A

Computer Literacy, Videos, Windows, Microsoft Office

XP Basics and Internet Test 1 - REVIEW

 

Part 1: True/FalseDirections: Using your Scantron, please mark "A" for True and "B" for False.

Part 2: MatchingDirections: Using your Scantron, please match the correct term with its definition.

Part 3: Multiple ChoiceDirections: For each question, please mark the best answer on your Scantron.

1. What did Ivan Sutherland develop?

Sketch Pad

2. Ivan Sutherland’s development made what important contribution to personal computers?

Interactive computing

3. What did Doug Englebart create and develop?

The Mouse

4. Who are the founders of Apple Computers?

Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniack

5. Who is the founder of Microsoft?

Bill Gates

6. What are the 4 basic parts of the computer?

Input, storage, processing, and output

7. What makes a computer different than a toaster?

Step-by-Step processing (The ability to follow a series of instructions)

8. What is the name of the 1st electronic computer?

The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator)

9.  What is the smallest unit of information?

A Bit

10. Personal computers translate binary data into a code called?

ASCII American Standard Code (for) Information Interchange

 11. The Office Office XP spreadsheet application is called ________?

Microsoft Excel

12. The user is limited to a maximum of ______ characters or letters including ________, when naming a file.

255 characters including spaces

13. The _______ is a vast network of computers linked to one another.

Internet

14. Choose ________from the menu, when you save a file for the 1st time.

File, Save As

15. Is the only way to start an Office XP application by choosing Start, Programs on the desktop.

NO! you may click a shortcut on the desktop or click a shortcut on the Office XP shortcut bar

16. __________ are the physical components of a computer.

Hardware

17. The Office application that enables you to create letters and reports is called __________?

Microsoft Word

18.__________ is considered the "Father of Computers", although his machines never worked.

Charles Babbage

19. A _____is a network of computers that are some distance apart (i.e. in another city); while a _____ is networked computers that are locally in the same building.

WAN, LAN

20. The brain of the computer is called the?

It has no brain

21. Tool that processes requests for information on the web.

Search Engine

22. Internet addresses that identify hypertext documents.

URLs

23. The 1st page that appears when you start your browser or the 1st page of a specific website.

Home page

24. Software used to display Web pages on your computer.

Web browser

25. What is Windows XP?

it is a operating system that runs the computer

26. The only 2 types of computers are:

PCs and Apple/Macs

27. What is an integrated software package or program?

A program that combines several computer applications into one program

28. A ____________ is represented by colored, underlined text and by clicking it, the user jumps to another document or page that is connected or linked.

hyper-link

30. Permanent storage where the computer's registry is located is called?

ROM

30. Storage that is volatile and is erased when the computer is turned off is called?

RAM

31.   What are the 3 primary functions of microprocessors?

Fetch, Decode, and Execute

32. __________ and __________ deal with the speed of the computer.

Speed:Megahertz and Gigahertz

33. __________ and __________ deal with memory and hard disk space.

Size:megabyte and gigabyte

END OF REVIEW