2002 Computer Applications Page 1

TRUE OR FALSE

  1. A database is a collection of related data that is organized into objects that can provide information.
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a. True

/ b. False
  1. DRAM is specialized fast-access memory used to efficiently store and display graphical images.
/ a. True /

b. False

  1. Before printing a document, you should always spell check and use your print preview.
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a. True

/ b. False
  1. A bus is simply a group of electrical circuits that allows the transmission of signals between the different components of the computer.
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a. True

/ b. False
  1. Paragraphs in a letter are double-spaced.
/ a. True /

b. False

  1. Internet browsers are software programs that provide the ability to navigate the Internet, locate data, and access sites worldwide.
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a. True

/ b. False
  1. E-mail is one of the most frequently used features of the Internet.
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a. True

/ b. False
  1. To keep an uncluttered, professional look to a document or publication, use at least five different fonts for interest.
/ a. True /

b. False

  1. Program icons can be opened automatically by double-clicking on them.
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a. True

/ b. False
  1. All computers use one worldwide operating system.
/ a. True /

b. False

  1. A sans serif typeface is traditionally used in text intensive documents
/ a. True /

b. False

  1. The higher the point measurement, the larger the character.
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a. True

/ b. False
MULTIPLE CHOICE
  1. RAM that is connected to a battery so that the computer permanently retains its contents is called
/ a. SRAM. / b. VRAM. / c. DRAM. /

d. CMOS.

/ e. TRAM.
  1. The main storage area used by today’s computer user is
/ a. floppy disk /

b. hard drive.

/ c. tape cassettes. / d. reel-to-reel tapes. / e. punch cards.
  1. The large printed circuit board inside the computer that carries and connects all of the principal electronic components, such as the microprocessor and memory, is called the
/ a. expansion card. /

b. mother board.

/ c. interface cards. / d. hard disk. / e. floppy drive card.
  1. CD-ROM stands for
/ a. compact disk-random only memory. / b. circular disk-random online memory. /

c. compact disk-read only memory.

/ d. compact disk-random online memory. / e. circular disk-read only memory.
  1. Which of the following is NOT an input device?
/ a. Digital camera / b. Scanner / c. Bar code reader /

d. Ink jet printer

/ e. Modem
  1. Which printer has the highest quality of printed output?
/ a. Dot-matrix printer / b. Laser printer / c. Inkjet printer / d. Bubble jet printer /

e. Imagesetter printer

  1. All of the following are Internet terms EXCEPT
/ a. x16 CD ROM. / b. hypertext links. / c. browsers. / d. uniform resource locators (URL). / e. search engine.
  1. A placeholder with the title and the URL of a web page is called a/an
/ a. shortcut. / b. bookmark. / c. history. / d. online help. / e. home page.
  1. A piece of software designed primarily for keying in business correspondence is called
/ a. desktop publishing software. / b. photo imaging software. / c. word processing software. / d. image manipulation software. / e. accounting software.
  1. The small picture representations used in most software applications and GUI operating systems are called
/ a. icons. / b. folders. / c. search sites. / d. home pages. / e. buttons.
  1. Which of the following is a software program that goes out on the Web, seeking web sites and cataloging them, usually by downloading their home pages?
/ a. Web site / b. E-mail / c. File transfer protocol / d. Directory software / e. Search engines
  1. All of the following are image files EXCEPT
/ a. .tif. / b. .eps. / c. .gif. / d. .doc. / e. .jpeg.
  1. Having one line of text left at the bottom of a document is called a/an
/ a. orphan. / b. widow. / c. endnote. / d. footnote. / e. hanging line.
  1. Software that has been designed primarily for working with numbers and performing calculations is
/ a. word processing. / b. desktop publishing. / c. spreadsheet. / d. database. / e. image manipulation.
  1. When the IRS stores information about all of the citizens having a social security number, the records are stored in which type of program?
/ a. Database / b. Spreadsheet / c. Graphics / d. Word processing / e. Home page
  1. Which of the following types of media is NOT used as often now in everyday computer usage?
/ a. Floppy disk / b. ZIP disk / c. Hard drive / d. Tape cassettes / e. JAZZ disk
  1. Working at home with your own computer and a modem hookup is called
/ a. home-base business network. / b. LAN system. / c. teleconferencing. / d. telecommuting. / e. home-based management.
  1. Putting the page number and your name at the bottom of each page of a 15-page document is done by inserting a (an)
/ a. footer. / b. footnote. / c. endnote. / d. header. / e. headnote.
  1. Which of the following displays the names of the available command menus across the top of application program?
/ a. Control-menu box / b. Menu bar / c. Desktop / d. Title bar / e. Maximize box
  1. Text that flows around another object, such as clip art or large print, is called
/ a. body wrap. / b. art wrap. / c. text edging. / d. text wrap. / e. skimming.
  1. Stacking objects on top of each other in a document is called
/ a. layering. / b. filling. / c. backing. / d. grouping. / e. art stacking.
  1. One 100mg ZIP disk can hold the equivalent of ______typical DS/HD floppy disks
/ a. 71. / b. 34. / c. 87. / d. 52. / e. 60.
  1. The highest quality clip art drawings are
/ a. vector graphics. / b. encapsulated postscript (EPS) graphics. / c. draw-type graphics. / d. object-oriented graphics / e. tiff images
  1. Which of the following is NOT a common style found for font usage?
/ a. Bold / b. Italic / c. Bold italic / d. Underline / e. Bold backstroke
  1. Fonts created using a pattern of dots are called
/ a. dot mapped fonts. / b. bit mapped fonts. / c. dot imaging fonts. / d. scaleable fonts. / e. text fonts.
  1. A block style letter has
/ a. date and closing at center. / b. date and closing at left margin. / c. date and enclosure at right margin. / d. indented paragraphs. / e. date at center.
  1. Using a standard sheet of typing paper, your margins would be ______left and ______right if you wanted to have a four-inch horizontal line.
/ a. 2” and 2” / b. 1.5” and 1.5” / c. 2.25” and 2.25” / d. 3.5” and 3.5” / e. 3” and 3”
  1. Tabs that are preset in the software package are called
/ a. left tabs. / b. default tabs. / c. programming tabs. / d. right tabs. / e. auto tabs.
Questions 41 – 44. In the following sentences, choose the letter of the underlined word that is misspelled. If all words are spelled correctly, choose “d” for correct. If all words are spelled incorrectly, choose “e” for incorrect.
  1. Hear are the too books that are do tomorrow.
/ a. Hear / b. too / c. do / d. all are correct / e. all are incorrect
  1. If your going to buy tickets, let me know.
/ a. your / b. buy / c. know / d. all are correct / e. all are incorrect
  1. Dofurther tests to determine the full affects.
/ a. Do / b. further / c. affects / d. all are correct / e. all are incorrect
  1. Dennis did not except the results of the latestpoll.
/ a. except / b. latest / c. poll / d. all are correct / e. all are incorrect
Questions 45 – 49. Choose the letter of the word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.
  1. Either the manager or the employees ______the purchase orders.
/ a. has / b. have
  1. Neither Alyssa nor Nicole ______aware of the surprise party.
/ a. is / b. are
  1. Each management ______was presented in the speech.
/ a. principal / b. principle
  1. Lissa felt the problem was too ______to discuss.
/ a. personal / b. personnel / c. personel / d. personnal
  1. Adrian will need tools to remove the ______desks.
/ a. stationery / b. stationary
Questions 50 – 59. In the following sentences, choose one of the following choices
a. Capitalization errors b. Punctuation errors c. Spacing errors d. Spelling errors e. Leave as is
  1. Dr. Dixon indicated he would spend three days in Sacramento, Ca.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. The two major sponsors were anderson printing and carlling realty company.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. Celeste is available every day accept Friday.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. Just before moving back to Venezuela, they acquired a few exotic pets.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. Raymond ordered 27 pants, 36 skirts, 50 belts, 48 socks, and 19 shirts.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. “That was the best experience in my life”, exclaimed Micah.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. Carol waited happily to recieve her FBLA award.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. My failure to listen will lessen what I can learn from this lesson.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. Randy’s new address is P. O. Box 2898.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. Betty’s niece and nephew could have gone on the trip if they had been intrested.
/ a. Capitalization errors / b. Punctuation errors / c. Spacing errors / d. Spelling errors / e. Leave as is
  1. A complete collection of letters, numbers, and character symbols, all of the same size and typeface, is called a
/ a. font / b. pitch / c. character / d. point
  1. A gap between the left margin and the first character of a line is called a/an
/ a. gap / b. gutter / c. indent / d. space
  1. A measure of type size is called a
/ a. font. / b. point. / c. character. / d. space.
  1. A character positioned slightly below the rest of the characters in a line of text is a/an
/ a. subscript. / b. superscript. / c. ascender. / d. space.
  1. The area left blank on a page for the sake of legibility is called
/ a. text space. / b. margin. / c. blank space. / d. window.
  1. A software package that contains two or more software programs made by the same company (for example, a word processing, a spreadsheet, and a presentation software program all in one package) is called
/ a. a multipackage program. / b. a Suite. / c. a prepackaged software. / d. an Office.
  1. What does HTML stand for?
/ a. Hyper Text Media Laser / b. Hydro Test Markup Leader / c. Hyper Text Markup Language / d. High Tech Machine Language
  1. What is the best resolution?
/ a. 640x480 / b. 280x480 / c. 1074x680 / d. 1074x480
  1. Organizations that provide Internet connections to the general public are called?
/ a. Guide organizations / b. Software companies / c. Content providers / d. Service providers
  1. The feature that permits a document on the screen to look just like it will when printed is called
/ a. justification. / b. leading. / c. WYSIWYG. / d. page layout.
  1. Approximately one million bytes equal a
/ a. word. / b. megabyte. / c. kilobyte. / d. gigabyte.
  1. The standard American code for representing characters with bits is
/ a. binary digits. / b. semiconductor storage. / c. ASCII. / d. Gigabyte.
  1. In a spreadsheet, which of the following is NOT one of the three types of information that can be in a cell?
/ a. Label / b. Range / c. Value / d. Formula
  1. If a spreadsheet user wants to use a range of cells that includes rows 3, 4, and 5 for columns B, C, and D, the range specified would be
/ a. C4 through D5. / b. B1 through D5. / c. D3 through B5. / d. B3 through D5.
  1. On a graph, the vertical graph line that normally shows amounts such as dollar value is the
/ a. legend. / b. y-axis. / c. x-axis. / d. title.
  1. A chart notation that explains the colors, shadings, and symbols used on the chart is called the
/ a. title. / b. variable. / c. value. / d. legend.