Computer Technology Assessment

1. E-mail is

Electronic mail sent from your computer.

Papers you send through the mail that start with the letter 'e'

Always junk mail

Externail mail sent to those you don't know

2. 'Font' is defined as:

Any letters that are underlined

The style, size, and overall appearance of text

The color of your text

How long a paragraph is

3. What are the little images on your computer called?

Cursors

Icons

Windows

Favorites

4. The CPU is the

Place you see images.

The brains of the computer.

Place to plug in headphones.

5. What are some common uses for a computer?

Using the Internet to search.

Writing letter in Microsoft Word.

Keeping track of finances in Microsoft Excel.

E-mail.

All of the above.

6. The monitor

Lets you hear sound.

Watches you.

Shows you images and text.

7. If you are doing research for an essay, and you use some information from a web site in your essay, you must:

Do nothing. You can use this material in your essay freely.

List the web site in a bibliography at the end of you essay.

Type the information in bold letters.

Type the information in italic letters.

8. Why is a website like Wikipedia NOT the best choice for researching information about a topic?

Wikipedia and other "wikis" allow anyone to type information on their pages, which may be inaccurate.

It is the best choice.

There is too much information on the site to sort through which complicates things.

There are not enough images on the site.

9. When would you use the "Save As" function?

Everytime you want to save something.

Only when working with a Microsoft Word document.

Only when you want to burn the file onto a CD.

10. The three most popular applications in Microsoft Office are:

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Word, Internet Explorer, and Excel

Excel, Internet Explorer and Powerpoint

Paint, My Computer, and Word

11. If you accidentally deleted some text from a document, and you want it back, you should:

Select "Redo" or press Ctrl + Y.

Immediately close the document and reopen it.

Restart the computer.

Select "Undo" or press Ctrl + Z.

12. If you wanted to create an animated presentation, what would be the BEST program to use?

KidPix

Excel

Powepoint

Word

13. Most of the time when using the mouse, you click it on the _______ side.

Left

Right

Pointing finger

14. The best way to move some text to another part of an essay would be to:

Delet the text and then re-type it.

Highlight the text, and then drag it into place with the mouse.

Highlight the text, and press the up or down arrows to move it.

Highlight the text, right-click, and use the "Cut" and "Paste" functions.

15. To access the Paint program, you click on the start menu and

Go to programs, then accessories, then click on 'Paint.'

Go to programs, then accessories, then Microsoft Office and click on "Paint."

Go to Internet Explorer or FireFox.

Go into the control panel.

16. Which of these are examples of search engines?

Word and Excel

Internet Explorer and FireFox

Yahoo! and Google

Word and Powerpoint

17. The screen you see when you first log on to the computer is called a

Desktop

Wallpaper

Windows

18. To play a CD or DVD on your computer, you

Put the CD into the proper drive, open my computer, and click on the CD/DVD drive.

Put the CD into the proper drive and a screen automatically pops up.

Leave the CD in the case and it will play automatically.

A & B.

19. If you opened a document from your folder and added a new paragraph to it, how would you save the changes that you made?

Select "Save As" and select a new folder and file name for it.

Just click the "Save" icon on the toolbar or press Ctrl + S.

Just close the program. It will save automatically.

Any of the above would work.

20. If you wanted to add an image from Google to an essay or a presentation, how would you do this?

You must download the image first.

Save the image into your folder, and then select "Insert Image" on the essay or presentation.

Right-click the image, select "Copy", then right-click in your essay or presentation and select "Paste."

Both answers "B" and "C" are correct.