Computer Applications

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Alignment refers to how text is positioned on a line between margins or indents.

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True

False

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The drag operation in a spreadsheet is the same as the copy operation.

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True

False

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The Find feature is used to find a word in a document and automatically replace it with another word.

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True

False

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The number of colors that a video card can display is determined by the number of bits it uses to store information about each pixel.

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True

False

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A header is text that appears at the bottom of each page.

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True

False

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In a database, a field contains information about a given person, product, or event, and a record contains a specific piece of information within a field.

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True

False

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Although each network that constitutes the Internet is owned by a public or private organization, no single organization owns or controls the Internet.

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True

False

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Another name for secondary storage is memory.

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True

False

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A relative cell reference used in a formula remains the same when copied.

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True

False

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A primary key is a field that uniquely identifies each record in a table.

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True

False

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The acronym GUI stands for

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Grayed user information.

Group user icons.

Graphical user interface.

Group user interconnect.

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All of the following are examples of using a mouse, except

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clicking the maximize button.

pressing [Enter].

double-clicking to start a program.

dragging the My Computer icon.

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To prepare a floppy disk to save your files, you must first do which of the following?

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Copy work files to the disk

Format the disk

Erase all the files that might be on the disk

Place the files on the Clipboard

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Pressing [Backspace]

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deletes the character to the right of the cursor.

moves the insertion point one character to the right.

deletes all text to the left of the cursor.

Place the files on the Clipboard

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The size of a font is measured in

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centimeters.

places.

points.

millimeters.

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Software programs used to access and display Web pages are called

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Web sites.

Web windows.

Web documents.

Web browsers.

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Which of the following URL is valid?

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http://www.usf.edu

http:\\www.usf.edu

http:/www.usf.edu

http//www.usf.edu

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To locate information on a specific topic on the Internet, you can use a

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URL locator.

Web browser.

favorites list.

search engine.

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An electronic spreadsheet can perform all of the following tasks, except

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display information visually.

calculate data accurately.

plan worksheet objectives.

recalculate updated information.

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Using an electronic spreadsheet, what type of cell reference changes when it is copied?

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Absolute

Circular

Looping

Relative

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Which of the following is an example of the comma format?

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$5,555.55

5555.55

55.55?

5,555.55

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The orientation of a page whose dimensions are 11” by 8 1/2” is

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sideways.

longways.

portrait.

landscape.

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Using a relational database, which data type would be best for a field that was going to store birth dates?

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Text

Number

Auto number

Date/time

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Which data type would be best for a field that was going to store telephone numbers?

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Text

Number

OLE

Hyperlink

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Sorting, in a relational database, refers to

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reorganizing records in either ascending or descending order.

selecting a subset of fields and/or records to view as a datasheet from one or more tables.

displaying only those records that meet certain criteria.

using Or and And criteria in the query design grip.

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When the spellchecker identifies a word as misspelled, which of the following is not a choice?

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To ignore this occurrence of the error

To change the misspelled word to the correct spelling

To have the spellchecker automatically correct all the errors it finds

To ignore all occurrences of the error

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A group of computers connected to each other with cables and software is called

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the Internet.

a network.

a modem

electronic mail.

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Which of the following applies to the Footnote feature?

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Footnotes are source references that print at the end of a document.

The Footnote feature will automatically renumber existing footnotes if additional footnotes are added or existing footnotes are removed.

You must move the insertion point to the location where the footnotes will print.

Footnotes are numbered by lowercase roman numerals.

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A line chart has been created to show a change in temperature over a 12-month period for four counties. Where would you expect to find the months of the year?

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On the Y axis

On the X axis

On the legend

In the chart title

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Row 11 contains total sales values for the first quarter period. C11, D11, and E11 contain totals for January, February, and March respectively. F11 contains a formula that calculates a grand total for the quarter. C13 contains the formula =C11/F11 calculating the percent of January’s sales to the grand total. You want to adjust this formula so you can copy it to cells D13 and E13. Which of the following formulas should you use?

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=C11/$F$11

=C11/F$11

=$C$11/F11

=$C11/F11

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