Business And Computer Keyboarding Quiz
Objective (MC) test on concepts learned during the one-semester Computer Keyboarding course: keyboarding, business documents, proofreading, number and capitalization rules
- 1.When calculating keyboarding speed, net words a minute refers to:
- A.
Total keystrokes
- B.
Total words - total errors
- C.
Total errors per minute
- D.
Total words + allowable errors
- 2.How do the first four lines of a memo apper?
- A.
TO, FROM, SUBJECT, DATE
- B.
DATE, SUBJECT, TO, FROM
- C.
TO, FROM, DATE, SUBJECT
- D.
They can be in any order
- 3.Where is the title of an Unbound report keyed?
- A.
At the left margin
- B.
Centered
- C.
In mixed upper/lowercase
- D.
Underlined
- 4.In an Unbound report, where do the page numbers appear?
- A.
Upper left
- B.
Upper right
- C.
Bottom center
- D.
Bottom, alternating left and right
- 5.In a table, how should columns of numbers be aligned?
- A.
Left
- B.
Center
- C.
Right
- D.
Anyway you want
- 6.At the end of a personal business letter, why do we QS (leave three blank lines) before the writer's typed name?
- A.
For the enclosure notation
- B.
For the salutation
- C.
For the typist's initials
- D.
For the writer's signature
- 7.If you key a word that is not in Word's dictionary, what happens?
- A.
A wavy line appears under the word
- B.
The word is highlighted in red
- C.
The word is italicized
- D.
The word is corrected automatically
- 8.Which Ribbon button displays the document's non-printing characters?
- A.
Undo
- B.
Show/Hide
- C.
Display
- D.
Layout
- 9.To force the start of a new page (also known as a page break) press
- A.
CTRL+down arrow
- B.
ALT+ENTER
- C.
CTRL+ENTER
- D.
ALT+page down
- 10.A collection of rows and columns is called a
- A.
Table
- B.
Cell
- C.
Chart
- D.
Box
- 11.To center a table horizontally on the page, use the
- A.
Table Properties dialog box
- B.
Distribute Columns button
- C.
Cell Alignment button
- D.
Table Autoformat dialog box
- 12.To apply a specific color of shading to a table cell, use
- A.
The Table Tools Layout tab
- B.
The Formatting tab
- C.
The Borders and Shading dialog box
- D.
The Frames tab
- 13.To view the current document either closer or farther away, use
- A.
Zoom on the Page Layout tab
- B.
The + or - key
- C.
The Zoom slider on the Status bar
- D.
The scroll bars
- 14.What does the proofreader's mark # mean?
- A.
Insert space
- B.
Add a number
- C.
Transpose
- D.
New paragraphs
- 15.Which Quick Access Toolbar button reverses a recently made formatting change?
- A.
Redo
- B.
Undelete
- C.
Go Back
- D.
Undo
- 16.Which key deletes text to the left of the insertion point?
- A.
DELETE
- B.
ESC
- C.
BACKSPACE
- D.
INSERT
- 17.What software feature automatically moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line when the current line fills up?
- A.
Word Wrap
- B.
Margin Settings
- C.
Hanging Indent
- D.
Text Fill
- 18.Which of the following is an appropriate use of a memo?
- A.
A customer writes to a restaurant to complain about the service
- B.
A company vice president schedules a meeting with his department
- C.
A girl contacts her pen pal in France
- D.
A credit card company notifies a customer that his payment is late
- 19.When keyboarding, what should the typist not do?
- A.
Sit straight in the chair
- B.
Rest wrists on the keyboard frame or the desktop
- C.
Curve fingers over the home keys
- D.
Keep eyes on copy
- 20.To turn on Bold while keying, press
- A.
CTRL + B
- B.
ALT + B
- C.
The BOLD key on the keyboard
- D.
Must use the mouse to turn on bold
- 21.When we double-space lines of type, how many blank lines are left betweeen them?
- A.
Zero
- B.
One
- C.
Two
- D.
Three
- 22.Whose initials are keyed at the bottom of a memo?
- A.
The person who wrote the memo
- B.
The person who will receive the memo
- C.
The person typing the memo
- D.
Xx always appears
- 23.Which finger is used to correctly operate the backspace key?
- A.
Right thumb
- B.
Right pointer
- C.
Any finger you want
- D.
None of the above
- 24.If a check is included with a personal business letter, which notation do we add at the bottom of the letter?
- A.
Enclosure
- B.
Check
- C.
Inclusion
- D.
No notation is needed
- 25.Why does a memo include a SUBJECT line?
- A.
It explains why this document is written as a memo instead of a letter
- B.
It provides a greeting
- C.
It identifies the topic of the memo
- D.
It gives the writer a place to sign his/her name
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