Computers/Careers – End of Year Study Guide

  1. A student who has not yet received a bachelor’s or similar degree is called?
  2. Non-State assisted college or university that relies on private funding, tuition and fees?
  3. A student’s main concentrated field of study?
  4. A certificate of completion of a course of study from a college or university is called?
  5. State assisted college or university?
  6. The process in which a student’s cumulative grade point average falls below 2.00?
  7. A group of classes required to earn a degree; providing a broadly based education?
  8. The first graduate degrees after you receive your undergraduate degree?
  9. What does BA stand for?
  10. What does AA stand for?
  11. A person that has not yet graduated from college is called?
  12. There are ____ California State Universities.
  13. There are ___ UC colleges in California
  14. If you are searching for a particular web page and you get a “404” error message, what does that mean?
  15. Define the following terms

Server *

Network *

Download *

IP Address *

Upload *

Domain Name *

Hyperlink *

  1. What does HTML stand for
  2. The World Wide Web and the Internet are the same things. T/F
  3. A URL usually begins with
  4. Transferring files FROM your computer TO the internet is called what
  5. This internationalization of the Internet helped give its name - an INTERnational NETwork; hence Internet T/F
  6. Web browsers are software like Safari & Microsoft Internet Explorer. T/F
  7. Internet is made up of what
  8. The Internet is the largest ______in existence.
  9. Blog is short for
  10. What does VoIP stand for
  11. Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first web browser called
  12. The World Wide Web is made up of ______
  13. Define the following terms

Uniform Resource Locator

Hypertext Markup Language *

WWW *

Internet *

spam *

bandwidth *

  1. The two types of software classes are
  2. The ______is how the computer's operating system presents information to the user and the user gives instructions (commands) to the computer.
  3. 1 Byte = how many bits?
  4. The microprocessor is the ______of the computer.
  5. Define the following terms

Motherboard *

RAM *

Firewire *

Mouse *

Operating system *

  1. What does USB stand for?
  2. What does the CPU stand for?
  3. Define the following words

CPU *

WAN *

CD drive *

Modem *

data *

  1. A byte equals one character. T/F
  2. The type of software that is needed to run all other software
  3. A network is what
  4. The interaction between the user and the computer and what you see on the monitor would be the?
  5. What is considered the brains of the computer?
  6. What does CPU stand for?
  7. The main difference between LAN and WAN is?
  8. 1 Byte = what?
  9. The ______is the primary device that a computer uses to store information
  10. Define the following terms

motherboard *

RAM *

mouse *

fire-wire *

  1. Define the following terms

Backspace *

Bold *

Bullets *

Copy *

Cursor *

Cut *

delete *

font *

footer *

Spell Check *

  1. An action button is a type of chart. T/F
  2. Small circles and squares at the sides and corners of the graphic are called ______.
  3. To change a theme from a brown color scheme to green, use the ____ button.
  4. The ____ command combines cells so you can center a heading over an entire table
  5. ______view allows you to see the entire presentation with all the applied animations.
  6. You can insert a single slide with the default slide layout by clicking the ____ button in the Slides group.
  7. The ____button is used to trim away the unwanted parts of a picture.
  8. Define the following terms

Clip art *

SmartArt graphic *

Chart *

Table *

Pictures *