Suffolk County Community College Exam1 With Answer

SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

CST101 – Introduction to Computing

2011 Fall Section 153 – CRN 90789

Exam #1

Student Name:______

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.  Which of the following is the smallest unit of measurement?

a. / a terabyte / c. / a megabyte
b. / a gigabyte / d. / a kilobyte

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Concepts 6

2.  You are running two programs at once that require 10 megabytes each on a computer that only has 16 megabytes of RAM. What makes this possible?

a. / CMOS / c. / cache
b. / ROM / d. / virtual memory

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Concepts 8

3.  Antivirus software protects against which of the following types of malware?

a. / Viruses / c. / Worms
b. / Trojan horses / d. / all of the above

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Concepts 20

4.  A _____ is a named set of computers that can share information.

a. / group / c. / collection
b. / homegroup / d. / library

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Windows 31

5.  When you turn off your computer, it automatically clears the contents of _____.

a. / your hard drive / c. / RAM
b. / memory / d. / None of the above

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Windows 28

6.  To start Internet Explorer you can do any of the following except ____.

a. / Double-click the Internet Explorer icon on the Desktop
b. / Click the Internet Explorer icon on the Quick Launch toolbar
c. / Type Go Internet in the browser window
d. / Click Internet Explorer on the All Programs menu

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Internet 4

7.  The three letters com in Web site www.google.com is the ____.

a. / top-level domain / c. / domain name
b. / hyperlink / d. / protocol

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Internet 8

8.  Another name for a Web page's address is the ____.

a. / Uniform Resource Address / c. / Uniform Resource Locator
b. / Uniform Web Locator / d. / Uniform Hyperlink.

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Internet 4

9.  To move a Web page around in the browser window, click the____.

a. / horizontal scroll bar / c. / vertical scroll bar
b. / Go button / d. / Page Up button

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Internet 4

10.  If you want to stop annoying windows from opening on your screen that advertise products you may not want, you need to enable the ____.

a. / pop-up blocker / c. / spam filter
b. / phishing filter / d. / Accelerator button

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Internet 15

11.  ____ are predesigned combinations of color and formatting attributes you can apply, and are available in most Office programs.

a. / Palettes / c. / Templates
b. / Themes / d. / Styles

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Office 2

12.  You can move between open Office programs by clicking the desired program or document button on the taskbar or by using the [Alt][____] keyboard shortcut combination.

a. / Ctrl / c. / Tab
b. / Shift / d. / Delete

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Office 4

13.  When working in a program, one of the first things you need to do is to create and save a ____.

a. / file / c. / program
b. / document / d. / record

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Office 8

14.  A file created in ____ is called a document and has a .docx extension.

a. / Word / c. / Publisher
b. / Excel / d. / PowerPoint

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Office 8

15.  By saving an existing Office file with the ____ command, you create a duplicate that you can modify, while the original file remains intact.

a. / New / c. / Duplicate
b. / Rename / d. / Save As

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Office 10

16.  Which automatic feature causes red and green wavy lines to appear under words as you type?

a. / ScreenTips / c. / Spelling and Grammar
b. / AutoComplete / d. / AutoCorrect

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Word 6

17.  Which button is not on the Mini toolbar?

a. / Format Painter / c. / Font
b. / Line and Paragraph Spacing / d. / Italic

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Word 13

18.  Which command is used to create a duplicate copy of a file, while leaving the original file intact?

a. / Save As / c. / New Document
b. / Save / d. / Copy File

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Word 26

19.  Which of the following is not an option in the Paste Options menu?

a. / Keep Source Formatting
b. / Merge Formatting
c. / Keep Text Only
d. / Match Formatting

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Word 28

20.  By default, Word automatically creates a hyperlink to which of the following?

a. / The words Your Name
b. / The name of a Web site
c. / An e-mail address
d. / The name of a company with a Web page

ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Word 38

21.  What is a font with a small stroke at the ends of the characters is called?

a. / A serif font / c. / Italic text
b. / A sans serif font / d. / A stroke font

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Word 50

22.  What are shadows and outlines examples of?

a. / Text effects / c. / Font effects
b. / Text styles / d. / Font styles

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Word 52

23.  How do you ensure that the Format Painter remains active until you turn it off?

a. / Click the Format Painter once.
b. / Double-click the Format Painter.
c. / Right-click the Format Painter and click Remain Active.
d. / Hold [Ctrl] and click the Format Painter.

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Word 52

24.  By default, how is text aligned?

a. / Justified / c. / Centered
b. / Left-aligned / d. / Right-aligned

ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Word 56

25.  How can you balance columns of unequal length on a page?

a. / Insert a column break at the end of the last column on the page.
b. / Insert a page break at the end of the last column on the page.
c. / Apply text wrapping to the columns.
d. / Insert a continuous section break at the end of the last column on the page.

ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Word 82

26.  What do the minimal allowable margin settings depend on?

a. / Printer / c. / Sections
b. / Columns / d. / Orientation

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Word 78

27.  What is the function of text wrapping?

a. / Forces text after the break to begin on the next line.
b. / Ensures that at least two lines of a paragraph appear at the top and bottom of every page.
c. / Forces text after the break to begin at the top of the next section.
d. / Balances the columns on a page.

ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Word 83

TRUE/FALSE

28.  If you are working on a budget and save the spreadsheet on your hard drive, it is called an executable file.

ANS: F, a data file PTS: 1 REF: Concepts 10

29.  Phishing is a broad term that describes any program that is intended to cause harm or convey information to others without the owner’s permission.

ANS: F, Malware PTS: 1 REF: Concepts 20

30.  To move a window, you must drag its border.

ANS: F, title bar PTS: 1 REF: Windows 12

31.  RAM is a permanent storage location.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Windows 28

32.  A(n) library gathers files and folders from different locations on your computer and displays them in one location.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Windows 29

33.  When you use the Copy command, Windows 7 places a duplicate copy of the file in an area of your computer’s RAM called the notepad.

ANS: F, clipboard

PTS: 1 REF: Windows 36

34.  If you want to close Internet Explorer but have several tabs open, you will be asked if you want to close all the tabs or just current the current tab.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Internet 9

35.  Access and PowerPoint are not included in all configurations of Microsoft Office 2010.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Office 2

36.  Clicking the Save command will allow you to duplicate a document with a different name.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Office 10

37.  An Access file is an electronic database.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Office 2

38.  Double-clicking a word selects the entire word.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Word 10

39.  Press the [Enter] key to move the insertion point several spaces to the right.

ANS: F, Tab PTS: 1 REF: Word 6

40.  The last item you cut or copy from a document is added to both the Office Clipboard and the system Clipboard.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Word 26

41.  The Office Clipboard can only hold one item at a time.

ANS: F, system PTS: 1 REF: Word 26

42.  Dragging the pointer over the font list allows you to preview how selected text will look if the highlighted font is applied.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Word 50

43.  You must select an entire paragraph to change its paragraph formatting.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Word 54

44.  A theme is a complete set of characters with the same typeface.

ANS: F, font PTS: 1 REF: Word 50

45.  A continuous section break begins a new section and moves the text following the break to the top of the next page.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Word 80

46.  Pressing [Ctrl][Enter] inserts a soft page break.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Word 82

47.  When the Header and Footer areas are open, the text in the main document can still be edited.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Word 86

48.  Footnotes are placed at the end of a document.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Word 90

49.  On the scroll bar, you use the scroll arrows to scroll up or down by one screen.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Windows 11

50.  Menus are windows with controls that let you tell Windows what you want.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Windows 14

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