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___9. Which key deletes text to the left of the insertion point?
A. Backspace
B. Home
C. Insert
D. Delete
___10. Once a block of text is selected, you can replace the selected text with new text by:
A. Clicking the File tab and selecting Insert
New Text.
B. Simply typing the new text.
___11. Press ______ to move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.
A. <Ctrl> + <End>
B. <Ctrl> + <G>.
___12. Which of these are NOT objects you can browse by in Word?
software.
D. Never mind about it just hide it there.
___15. What should you do if a word is marked as misspelled, but is actually correct?
A. Click Change.
B. Click Ignore All.
___17. What is the fastest way to count the number of words in a document?
A. Click the Word Count button on the
Ribbon.
B. Print out the document and count the
words by hand.
___18. You want to find a synonym for the word scary. How could you do this?
A. Right-click the word scary and
C. Right-click the word and select a
select Synonyms from the contextual
spelling correction from the contextual
menu.
menu.
B. Select the word scary then press
D. Open the Find dialog box and enter
<Ctrl> + <S>.
the word you want to a synonym for
and click Thesaurus.
___19. How would you insert a symbol in a document?
A. Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon and click
C. Click the Copyright button on the Quick
the
Access
symbol button in the Symbols group.
Toolbar.
B. Press <Ctrl> + <C>.
D. Word cannot display the symbol.
___20. A keyboard shortcut to select all contents of the page document.
A. Ctrl + A
B. Ctrl + B
C. Ctrl + C
D. Ctrl + D
II. Match the keyboard shortcut according to its functions. Write the letter on the
blank.
____1. Ctrl + A
____2. Ctrl + B
____3. Ctrl + C
____4. Ctrl + X
____5. Ctrl + P
____6. Ctrl + F
____7. Ctrl + I
____8. Ctrl + U
____9. Ctrl + S
____10. Ctrl + V
____11. Ctrl + Y
____12. Ctrl + Z
____13. Ctrl + L
____14. Ctrl + R
____15. Ctrl + J
____16. Ctrl + E
____17. Ctrl + 1
____18. Ctrl + 2
____19. Ctrl + 5
____20. Alt + Shift + D
a. insert the current date
b. 1.5-line spacing
c. Double-space lines.
d. Single-space lines.
e. Justify alignment of the paragraph
f. right alignment of the paragraph
g. Left alignment of the paragraph
h. center alignment of the paragraph
i. Undo last action.
j. Redo the last action performed.
k. Paste.
l. Save document
m. Underline highlighted selection
V. Directions: Read the instructions below and make formatting changes within the
text as instructed.
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2. True or False: The Mail Merge feature can be used to address the same
letter to several different people.
Your answer:
A. True
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3. True or False: You can customize the Ribbon with different tabs.
Your answer:
A. True
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6. How can you increase the indent space at the beginning of a line?
I. Press the TAB key
II. Click the increase indent command
III. Drag the indent marker
Your answer:
C. I, II, and III
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9. Jerome created the following list. Whats the quickest way he can add
bullets to the list?
Pencil
Paper
Calculator
Notebook
Your answer:
A. Select the text and click the Bullets icon
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12. Cierra created an invitation for her works annual holiday party. She
asked her boss to look over it and this is what she sent back:
Cierra agreed with all of her bosss editing suggestions. How can she
finalize the document?
Your answer:
A. Under the references tab, turn off Spelling and Grammar, then save the document
Correct Answer:
D. Under the Review tab, click Accept drop-down arrow, then select Accept All Changes in
Document
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14. Juan wants to convert text to a table. What is the first step Juan
should take?
Your answer:
B. Select Convert Text to Table
Correct Answer:
A. Select the text
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15. Whats one way to edit the header after it has been created?
Your answer:
A. Double click the header
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17. Which of the following orientations would work best with a very wide
table?
Your answer:
D. Landscape
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18. Which of the following can be used to remove text from a document?
I. The delete key
II. The backspace key
III. The cut feature on the Home tab
IV. Ctrl + C
Your answer:
C. I, II, and III only
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1.
What is the first English language use of the word "computer"?
-------------> Answer: The first known English language use of the word "computer" is found in
writings of Sir Thomas Browne in 1646. Browne defined "computers" as persons who reckoned
the passage of time through the making up of calendars.
2.
What is the name of the ancient counting device used thousands of years ago, that is still used
in some parts of the world today?
3.
What is the probable origin of the decimal numbering system?
-------------> Answer: The ten fingers of the hands. Our numbering system was used by the
Arabs as early as 800 A.D. and was probably borrowed from India.
4.
Arabic numerals were introduced into Europe by Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci in what century?
5.
In 1614, what Scottish mathematician, invented the use of logarithms and developed a
process of using rods for mathematical calculations?
In 1623, this German mathematician and clergyman designed and built a mechanism which
could add, subtract, multiply and divide. His machine was similar in operation to the slide rule
but also incorporated a set of metal wheels that performed the arithmetical operations. He
called his device a "calculator-clock."
-------------> Answer: Wilhelm Schickard
8.
Who developed an early slide rule and circular rule in 1632?
In 1642, what French mathematician and philosopher, developed a calculator called the
"Arithmatique" or "Pascaline."
-------------> Answer: Blaise Pascal
In 1801, Joseph Marie Jacquard built the first of these devices for which he later became well
known. ------------> Answer: first punch-card controlled machine
11.
In 1820, what Frenchman developed a complete hand-operated mechanical calculator?
12.
Who developed the "Difference Engine" concept in 1822?
In 1833, this same individual designed a machine which relied on punched cards to perform
automatic calculations. Although he did not build a working model, his machine design was
called the "____________ __________."
-------------> Answer: Analytical Engine
This person developed a punched-card driven tabulating machine in 1880, that was later used
in calculating the totals for the U.S. Census Bureau. He later started his own company.
-------------> Answer: Herman Hollerith
15.
This person (the answer to question 14), started his own company in 1886 which he called the
"Tabulating Machine Company." In 1911, he sold this company to a group of investors and it
became part of a new company called the "Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company" or
"CTR." In 1924, CTR became what now famous company?
16.
In 1939, Harvard University and IBM enter into an agreement to build a large mechanical
calculating machine called the ASCC. What does ASCC stand for?
17.
In 1939, what German scientist and inventor created the first automatic, program-controlled,
fully functional, general purpose digital computer?
18.
What was his computer called?
19.
This same individual (in question 17) developed the first high-level programming language.
What was the language called?
20.
From 1939 to 1945, the Allies were hard at work attempting to break the coded messages sent
by the Germans and Japanese during World War II. What now famous English estate was the
location of one of the secret code-breaking efforts?
21.
What was the name of the German cypher machine used in World War II?
22.
What electronic, vacuum-tube based code breaking machine was developed at the Dollis Hill
Research Station in 1943?
23.
Both the Americans and the British built electromechanical code-breaking machines during the
1939 to 1945 period. What was the odd name of these machines?
24.
In 1939, George Stibitz designed and built an electromechanical calculator using about 450
relays. It was probably the first computing device capable of being operated remotely over a
telephone line. What was this machine called?
25.
George Stibitz also designed a general purpose computer that utilized paper tape for
programming (around 1943). What was this computer called?
26.
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly designed and built the famous ENIAC machine in 1946.
What does ENIAC stand for?
27.
Eckert and Mauchly later went on to start the first computer company in the United States. It
was originally called the "Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company" but was later purchased by
what large company?
28.
What computer was produced by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly and marketed by
Remington-Rand?
29.
What famous woman was highly instrumental in the development of many early programming
languages and compilers, and who worked for the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company?
30.
Who constructed the "ABC," an early vacuum tube-based computer in 1939-41, at Iowa State
University?
31.
Who founded the Harvard Computational Laboratory and co-authored a paper on the
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator" (ASCC)" in 1946?
32.
What was the other name for the ASCC?
33.
Built in 1949, the BINAC was made by the Eckert-Mauchly division of Remington-Rand, and had
700 tubes. What did BINAC stand for?
34.
The digital computer that had more vacuum tubes than any other computer ever made was
the__________?
35.
What does IBM stand for?
This project is a multi-million dollar project designed to study artificial intelligence. The Cyc
computer contains a massive database of facts and learning programs. It was started in 1984
at Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), an Austin based research
consortium of high-tech companies. In 1994, MCC spun off this project on its own. Today, it is
one of the largest, continuously running artificial intelligence research projects in existence.
-------------> Answer: The Cyc Project
The Internet grew out of a project originally funded by this U.S. Government agency.
-------------> Answer: ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)
39.
Who invented the CP/M operating system?
40.
MS DOS came mostly from an earlier program called "QDOS." What did QDOS stand for?
41.
Who founded Lotus Development Corporation?
42.
Who founded Digital Equipment Corporation?
-------------> Answer: Kenneth Olsen, along with Stan Olsen and Harland Anderson, left M.I.T.'s
Lincoln Labs and founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) with $70,000 in capital (1957)
43.
Who founded Intel Corporation?
-------------> Answer: Robert N. Noyce and Gordon E. Moore, were two of the original 8 founders
of Fairchild Semiconductor. In 1968, they became dissatisfied with the direction Fairchild was
taking and they decided to start their own company, N M Electronics. Andrew S. Grove, Ph.D.,
also from Fairchild, soon joined them. It was later changed to INTEL.
44.
In January 1977, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and a former marketing manager at Intel and
Fairchild Semiconductor incorporated Apple Computer. Who was this third person?
45.
Who founded Atari in 1971?
This man designed the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine.
-------------> Answer: Charles Babbage
47.
In 1952, IBM was selected to work with MIT on a proposed government air defense system. It
was known as the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system. In July 1958 it became
operational at McGuire Air Force Base. What was this project called for short?
48.
In 1968, SRI International produced the first complete robot system,
called__________?
This company produced the 816, the first digital microcomputer available for personal use,
and the first successful microcomputer kit, the Altair.
-------------> Answer: MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems)
50.
The first commercially available microprocessor was the____?
51.
In 1959, Digital Equipment Corporation produced its first minicomputer. What was it called?
52.
What was the first large scale, fully functional, stored-program, electronic digital computer
(1949) at Cambridge, England?
53.
54.
Who was head of IBM during its big expansion in the computer manufacturing business?
What was IBM's first electronic computer? (Hint: It was made in 1953.)
-------------> Answer: The IBM 701
The first U.K. Computer company produced the LEO computer in 1953. The Company was J.
Lyons. What was the company's primary line of business?
-------------> Answer: J. Lyons was a maker of tea and pastries
57.
What does EBCDIC stand for?
58.
What does ASCII stand for?
59.
60.
Who invented the "mouse?" in the early 1960's?
61.
What does BASIC stand for?
62.
What does FORTRAN stand for?
63.
What does COBOL stand for?
65.
Some very early computers (before 1959) used acoustic delay line storage devices, with a
specific type of liquid used in acoustic tanks. The liquid was very dense and was used to store
vibrations. What liquid was most often used?
66.
What was the first commercially available computer that businesses could purchase?
67.
Who made the first hand-held, scientific, pocket-calculator?
68.
Who produced the PET microcomputer?
69.
What company was founded by these three men: Edward Roberts, William Yates and Jim
Bybee?
IBM introduced removable magnetic disc units for data storage in 1960. These units were
called:
81.
Who developed the first "floppy disks" in 1971?
-------------> Answer: Alan Shugart led a team at IBM that developed the 8 inch floppy diskette
for data and program storage
82.
IBM marketed its first microcomputer in what year?
-------------> Answer: in 1975 they marketed the IBM 5100 microcomputer IBM's first marketed
personal computer, but it was not successful (in 1981, IBM introduced the IBM PC, which was
successful)
84.
Some early computers (pre-1960) used CRT type devices for memory storage. These devices
were named after their inventor. What were they called?
85.
What do ROM and RAM stand for?
-------------> Answer:
ROM = Read-only Memory
Tapes and diskettes are magnetic media. CD-ROMs are referred to as ___________ media.
-------------> Answer: optical media
87.
A digital computer works with data in the form of bits (Binary Digits), which have either an
"on" or an "off" condition. An ______________ computer is a device that performs computations
using continuous physical variables which are analogs of the actual items being computed.
Such computers might, for example, use the continuous rotation of gears or the angular
movements of mechanical or electromechanical parts to perform computations. What are
these types of computers called?
88.
In a computer, what does CPU stand for?
Computer chips are often made of this common substance, which is a semiconductor material.
-------------> Answer: silicon
80.
Who founded Apple Computer?
81.
82.
Who founded Oracle Corporation?
83.
Who developed the JAVA language?
84.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator are two examples of what kind of
software?
The term NOS, in computer terminology, stands for _________ __________ _________.
-------------> Answer: Network Operating System
This function on the Internet allows one to send or receive files to or from remote computing
systems.
-------------> Answer: FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
At one time, this company was the largest computer company in the world. It was formed from
five companies, including Rand Kardex and others.
-------------> Answer: Remington Rand Corporation was formed in 1927 from five companies: 1.
Remington Standard Typewriter Company 2. Rand Kardex 3. Powers Accounting Machine
Company 4. Safe Cabinet Company, and 5. The Dalton Adding Machine Company It later
merged with Sperry Corporation to form Sperry-Rand. Prior to 1954, Sperry-Rand was the
largest computer company in the world. By the mid-1950's, they lost their lead to IBM and
never regained it.
88.
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley are credited with what revolutionary
invention in 1947?
89.
Advances in microprocessor technology and computer ship manufacturing processes made
possible VLSI. What is VLSI?
90.
The SEAC, SWAC, DYSEAC, Pilot Data Processor, FLAC and MIDAC were all computers
developed by or with the aid of what U.S. Government Bureau?
91.
During the 1960's, much research was done into the process of enabling more than one person
to use a computer system at one time. Early research in this area was done at MIT, Dartmouth,
at the Cambridge office of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BB&N), and other areas. What was this
concept called?
92.
In 1986, Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Rand Corporation to form UNISYS, the
second largest computer company in the world at that time. What does UNISYS stand for?
93.
The HP-35 was the world's first pocket electronic scientific calculator. It was introduced in
January 1972 and had the equivalent of 30,000 transistors. It originally sold for _______. (a)
Under $99.00 (b)
$199.95 (c)
$250.49 (d)
Over $390.00
94.
Memphis is the code name for what Microsoft product?
95.
This family of protocols is used on the Internet and is becoming more widely used by
businesses and organizations in the design of their internal networks and Intranets. It is known
by its five letter acronym. What is it?
96.
Which of these items have been used at one time or another for computer data and program
storage: Punched Cards; Punched Paper Tape; Punched Film; Magnetic Cards; Magnetic Tape
Magnetic Disk; Magnetic Drum
97.
Who made the original 80386, 80486, Pentium and the P6 chips?
98.
Who makes the 100 Mb Zip disk drive?
99.
Who was Bill Gate's partner in forming Microsoft Corporation?
100.
Who made the first general purpose, program-controlled electronic digital computer?
-------------> Answer: Dr. Konrad Zuse's Z3 COMPUTER, designed and built from 1938 to 1941,
was the first automatic, program-controlled, fully functional, general purpose digital computer.
101.
Decimal is base 10. Binary is base 2. What is base 16?
1.
transistors
electricity
2.
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2.
integrated circuits
vacuum tubes
3.
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3.
input
software
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4.
Herman Hollerith
Joseph Jacquard
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5.
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6.
keyboard
mouse
disk
7.
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7.
To keep track of large amounts of information such as employee addresses, you use which productivity
tool?
spreadsheet
word processor
8.
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spreadsheet
database
word processor
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9.
Which of the following is the correct order of the processing cycle of a computer?
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printer
monitor
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integrated circuits
microchips
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13. The abacus was believed to have been first used around 5000 B.C. in what country?
Japan
Germany
France
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spreadsheet
graphics
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15. When you work at home and send reports to the office it is called?
teleconferencing
telemarketing
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16. To keep track or monthly sales you use which productivity tool?
database
word processor
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17. When a meeting is conducted over communication lines on a TV-like device it is called:
electronic mail
telemarketing
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control memory
arithmetic/logic unit
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20. Which of the following is true about ROM (Read Only Memory)?
It is temporary memory
21.
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integrated circuits
microchips
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23. What machine allows money to be withdrawn from a checking account after the bank has closed?
CAD
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a good program
fun
electronic mail
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vacuum tubes
microchips
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26. What are programs that tell the computer what to do?
hardware
cartridges
printers
27.
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QUESTION 1:
Which pioneer of machine computing is known as the grandfather of computer pioneers?
Answer: Charles Babbage
QUESTION 2:
Which woman is often misleadingly called the world's first computer programmer?
Answer: Ada Lovelace
QUESTION 3:
Who, in 1937, claimed that some mathematical problems cannot be solved by an automatic
machine, and theorized a universal computing machine which could do anything a human
could do if programmed with explicit instructions?
Answer: Alan Turning
QUESTION 4:
For what great achievement are John Mauchly and Presper Eckert recognized?
Answer: ENIAC
QUESTION 5:
Who patented the junction transistor?
Answer: William Shockley
QUESTION 6:
Where, in the 1950s and 1960s would you have found the words, "Do not fold, spindle or
mutilate."?
Answer: ON AN IBM PUNCHED CARD
QUESTION 7:
The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics included an article about the Altair
microcomputer. The article was the stimulus for Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop what
computer programming language specifically for this machine?
Answer: BASIC Beginner All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
QUESTION 8:
What is/was ARPANET?
Answer: Advance Reasearch Project Agency NET
QUESTION 9:
When did the World-Wide Web enter the Internet scene?
Answer: 1991 Tim Berners-Lee by CERN
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The earliest known device that produced numerical calculations is the
A)
Punched-card loom
B)
C)
Abacus
Analytical Engine
CORRECT
Transistors
B)
Microprocessors
C)
Vacuum Tubes
CORRECT
True
False
CORRECT
The term debug refers to an actual event where a dead moth was found in the
relay of a computer.
A)
B)
True
False
CORRECT
Apple computers were first developed in the 1970s. Who invented the Apple?
A)
Feedback: Correct. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozinak introduced the Apple
II in 1977. It had 4 K of memory with a clock speed of 1.0 Mhz.
CORRECT
parallel processing.
Feedback: Correct. These are two features of the fifth generation of
computers.
INCORRECT
Authoring systems such as PILOT, Linkway and HyperCard have become widely
used by teachers.
A)
True
B)
False
CORRECT
Mosaic
B)
MECC
C)
PLATO
CORRECT
B)
Both A and B
Feedback: Correct. The vacuum tube was bulky and expensive and it
burned out continually.
10
INCORRECT
True
False
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The earliest known device that produced numerical calculations is the
A)
Punched-card loom
Analytical Engine
Feedback: Incorrect. Invented by Charles Babbage, this device was the first real
computer, but not the earliest known device that produced numerical calculations. That was
the abacus.
2
CORRECT
A)
Transistors
B)
Microprocessors
False
Feedback: Correct. Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer. She wrote a
demonstration program for the analytical engine.
4
CORRECT
The term debug refers to an actual event where a dead moth was
found in the relay of a computer.
This is the correct answer.
A)
True
B)
False
Feedback: Correct. Scientist Grace Hopper and her co-workers found a moth in Howard
Aiken's Mark II computer.
5
CORRECT
the Apple?
A)
B)
CORRECT
A)
True
MECC
C)
PLATO
Feedback: Correct. Mosaic allowed users to view pictures and documents by clicking a
mouse.
9
CORRECT
A)
B)
True
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True or False:All digital computers rely on a binary system of ones and zeros.
True
True or False: The Web's extraordinary tapestry of images and text are presented to us by web
browsers.
True
What do people use the Internet and Web for?
They use it for sharing and using information.
The "WorldWideWeb" featured a ______, ______, ______, and the first _____.
server, HTML, URLs, and the first browser
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