Ch 1 Review
Matching
Instructions: Match each term from the column on the left with the best description from the
column on the right.
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__
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1.
2.
3.
4.
software
input devices
output devices
storage device
a. data that is organized, has meaning, and is useful,
such as a report, newsletters, a receipt, a picture, an
invoice, or a check
b. allows a user to enter data and commands into the
__
5.
information
memory of a computer
c. examples include CD-ROM drives, floppy disk
drives, and hard disk drives
d. conveys information generated by a computer to a
user; examples include printers, monitors, and
speakers
e. a series of instructions that tells the hardware how
to perform tasks
Short Answer
Instructions: Write a brief answer to each of the following questions.
1. What is the difference between computer literacy, information literacy, and
integration literacy?
2. What are the components of a Macintosh computer or PC? How does each
component contribute to information processing?
3. What capabilities make a computer a powerful tool? Describe each. How does a
computer’s ability to communicate enhance a computer’s power?
4. What is computer software? How is system software different from application
software?
5.
Briefly summarize why computers should be used in K-12 schools.
1. A mouse unit is a(n) ____________.
a. input device
b. output device
c. secondary storage device
d. integral part of the system unit
For questions 2 through 5, use the following choices:
a. pointing
b. right-clicking
c. double-clicking
d. dragging
2. Rapidly pressing and releasing a mouse button twice
while maintaining the pointer's location on the screen is
called ____________.
3. Moving the mouse across a mouse pad or the top of the
desk to move the pointer on the screen is called
______________.
4. ____________ is primarily used to move an item from one
location on the screen to another.
5. _____________ when the mouse pointer is positioned over
an object displays a shortcut menu related to that object.
6. In the spaces provided below, draw the chief features of
the mouse. Include in the drawing the general shape of a
mouse, the location of the buttons, and its cable.
7. For questions 7 through 10, enter the letter T for true
or F for false on the line provided before the question
number.
__________
7. A check box is like a switch in that you can
turn it on or off by clicking it.
_________
8. Option buttons form a group of options from
which you must choose two or more.
_________
9. A drop-down list box contains a list of
options from which you can select at most one.
_________ 10. Use a scroll bar to set a value or move
around a document that is larger than the screen.
2. Shelly Cashman Series Using the Keyboard Lab
1. List the five categories of keys on the keyboard?
2. Toggle keys are pressed to turn a keyboard function on
or off. If you press one of these keys, the associated
function is activated. Press the same key again and the
associated function is deactivated. Name two keys on the
keyboard that act as switches.
3. List the navigation keys.
4. Explain two ways to type the capital letter C.
5. List the keys that have more than one location on the
keyboard. Do not include the function keys, navigation
keys, or numeric keypad keys.
6. If you pressed the CTRL and TAB keys simultaneously
to carry out a function, which key do you release
first?
7. Match the character on the top of the key with the
character on the bottom of the same key. Using the letters
at the far left, enter your responses on the blank lines.
a. Question mark (?)
_____ `
b. Dollar sign ($)
_____ 1
c. Asterisk (*)
_____ 2
d. Colon (:)
_____ 3
e. Less than sign (<)
_____ 4
f. Percent sign (%)
g. At sign (@)
h. Tilde (~)
i. Caret (^)
j. Ampersand (&)
k. Plus sign (+)
l. Underscore (_)
m. Number sign (#)
_____ 5
_____ 6
_____ 7
_____ 8
_____ _____ =
_____ ,
_____ /
n. Exclamation point (!)
_____ ;
Ch 2 Review
Matching
Instructions: Match each term from the column on the left with the best description from the
column on the right.
____ 1.
e-mail
____
____
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____
Webmaster
network
filtering software
search tool
2.
3.
4.
5.
a. an individual responsible for developing Web pages and
b.
c.
d.
e.
maintaining a Web site
a collection of computers and other equipment organized
to share data, hardware, and software
the transmission of messages and files via a computer
network
enables users to locate information found at Web sites all
over the world
allows parents, teachers, and others to block access to
certain materials on the Internet
Short Answer
Instructions: Write a brief answer to each of the following questions.
1. How are local area networks (LANs) different from wide area networks (WANs)?
2. What is a Web page? What purpose do hyperlinks have on a Web page? What is Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML)?
3. Explain the process of streaming over the Web. How are streaming audio and streaming
video similar? For what purposes is streaming used?
4. What is a firewall? What is filtering software? What is an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)?
Why is the use of firewalls, filtering software, and AUPs so important for K-12 networks?
5. What is a search tool? Name the two basic types of search tools and describe how each of
these works. Which would you use to search for links in the category, Education?
1. Describe the purpose of the Internet.
2. List the seven most common Internet services.
3. Using e-mail is just like ___________.
a. turning on the television
b. writing a letter
c. cooking in the microwave
d. driving a car
4. In an e-mail address, the _____________ is the location
where the user's account is set up.
a. user name
b. type
c. domain
d. service
5. Given the following e-mail address: tbaker@xyz.edu
What is the domain? ______________
What is the type? ______________
What is the user name? ______________
6. FTP stands for ______________.
a. File Transfer Protocol
b. fixed telephone PC
c. flat triangular pins
d. full text pixels
7. Message areas where people can discuss a common area of
interest are called _____________.
a. Telnet
b. FTP
c. Gopher
d. newsgroups
8. Gopher is a text viewer that can be used to follow hyperlinks
between different documents. (True or False)
______________
9. List two types of Web browsers.
10. Describe the purpose of a modem.
11. With a(n) ______________ Internet connection, all information
is sent directly to your computer.
a. remote log-in
b. distant
c. SLIP
d. host
12. Once a message arrives at the network, the ______________
determines where the message should go.
a. network server
b. network router
c. computer workstation
d. modem
13. List four types of communication channels a router may use to
send a message.
14. A gateway is _____________.
a. software
b. a communications program
c. a computer
d. a modem
2. Shelly Cashman Series World Wide Web Lab
1. The World Wide Web first became available in what year?
_____________
a. 1989
b. 1990
c. 1991
d. 1992
e. 1993
2. A Web page is a document with links that allows you to move
from one document to another quickly. (True or False)
_____________
3. Hypermedia documents use different media types as hyperlinks
to other documents, including:
4. Draw a line matching the type of hyperlink to its function.
i. Target hyperlinks move
a. to points within a document
ii. Relative hyperlinks move
b. to a document on the same
computer
iii. Absolute hyperlinks move
c. to a document on a
different computer
5. HTML stands for ______________.
a. hierarchical text machine language
b. hierarchical text markup language
c. hypertext machine language
d. hypertext markup language
6. A Web browser is a program that allows you to code text with
HTML tags. (True or False) _____________
7. List some of the features available on the toolbar of a Web
browser.
8. A Web page is retrieved using a ______________.
a. Unit Reference Locator
b. Uniform Resource Locator
c. Unit Resource Locator
d. Uniform Reference Locator
9. The basic elements of a URL are:
10. A search engine is a program that finds Web sites, Web pages,
and Internet files that match keywords you enter. (True or False)
______________
Ch 3
Review
Matching
Instructions: Match each term from the column on the left with the best description from the
column on the right.
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__ __
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1. Clipboard
2. database
3. field
a. collection of related facts
b. instructions that cause software to perform specific
actions
____
____
4. commands
5. cell
c. temporary storage location
d. intersection where a column and row meet
e. collection of data stored in files
Short Answer
Instructions: Write a brief answer to each of the following questions.
1. What is a graphical user interface? Describe some common features of both the Windows
and Macintosh graphical user interface.
2. Name and describe four different types of productivity software used by K-12 teachers.
Which productivity software program do you use the most? Why?
3. What are the advantages of integrated software and software suites? Describe three popular
integrated software or software suites used in K-12 schools.
4. What is a database? How are databases used in K-12 schools?
5 What are the advantages of using presentation graphics software
programs? What are the disadvantages? How are teachers and students
using presentation graphics programs?
1. Shelly Cashman Series Working with Word processing Lab
1. Word processing is the ability to produce or modify text to
create a ___________.
a. virus
b. document
c. spreadsheet
d. program
2. Word processing software is a computer program that enables
you to generate ____________.
a. an electronic copy of a document
b. a paper copy of a document
c. a handwritten copy of a document
d. both an electronic and paper copy of a document
3. List five types of documents people produce with word
processing software.
4. List the four steps used to produce a document.
5. Wordwrap allows you to type text that continuously flows to
the next line without having to press the ______________.
a. END key
b. DOWN ARROW key
c. ENTER key
d. PAGE DOWN key
6. Label each of the following word processing features as an E
for Editing or an F for Formatting.
Insert & Delete ____
Margins ____
Undo ____
Columns & Tables ____
Grammar Checker ___
AutoCorrect ____
Spacing ____
Borders & Shading ____
Drag & Drop ____
Thesaurus ____
Graphics ____
Cut, Copy, and Paste ____
Search & Replace ____
Page Numbering ____
Revision Marks ____
Headers & Footers ____
Typeface & Font ____
Annotations ____
Highlighting Tool ____
Size & Style ____
Spell Checker ____
Alignment ____
Built-in Styles ____
Templates ____
7. Spacing can be adjusted in some programs from the ________.
a. Font dialog box
b. Page Setup dialog box
c. Print dialog box
d. Paragraph dialog box
8. List three common ways to save a document quickly.
9. List four printing options.
10. A ____________ is a predefined style that provides the
formatting so you only have to input text.
a. font
b. template
c. table of contents
d. Page Setup dialog box
11. A document should be saved ___________.
a. prior to printing a document
b. when you are creating a document
c. when you are editing a document
d. when you are formatting a document
e. all of the above
2. Shelly Cashman Series Working with Spreadsheets Lab
1. A spreadsheet is a worksheet that resembles a table and is
used for organizing numbers. (True or False) _______
2. An electronic spreadsheet file can contain as many as _______
spreadsheets.
a. 125
b. 155
c. 225
d. 255
3. Columns and rows are used ________.
a. as a formatting feature
b. for printing purposes
c. to organize data or information in a spreadsheet
d. for adding or inputting data
4. Cells are referenced by __________.
a. a column label
b. a row label
c. labels defined by the user
d. a column letter and row number
5. List three types of data you can enter into a cell.
6. When you change values in a spreadsheet, formulas are
automatically ________.
a. removed
b. copied to an adjacent cell
c. recalculated
d. copied to another spreadsheet
7. List eight functions that come built-in with spreadsheet
programs.
8. Columns are identified by __________.
a. letters ranging from A to IV
b. numbers from 1 to 256
c. letters from A to Z and numbers from 1 to 230
d. numbers from 1 to 230 and letters from A to Z
9. What-if analysis is a powerful tool for testing the impact of
changing values in a formula. (True or False) ________
10. A spreadsheet can convert numerical calculations into charts
and graphs to show relationships graphically. (True or False)
________
3. Shelly Cashman Series Designing a Database Lab
1. In an inventory database, PART NUMBER would be an example of a
___________.
a. flat file
b. field
c. record
d. database file
2. A database restricts a user's access to a single file.
True or False? ____________
3. In a hierarchical database, a child can have more than one
parent. True or False? ____________
4. In a(n) ____________ database, data across multiple files is
linked together based on a single field common to each file.
a. hierarchical
b. object-oriented
c. network
d. relational
5. ____________ are items containing data and the actions that
can be taken on that data.
a. Objects
b. Relations
c. Networks
d. Trees
6. When a user is querying a database, he or she is ____________.
a. adding a record to the database
b. modifying a record that already exists in the database
c. deleting a record from the database
d. requesting data from the database to display
7. With QBE, a user enters criteria into one or more ___________.
a. files
b. records
c. fields
d. children
8. SQL stands for __________.
a. standard query language
b. stored query language
c. structured query language
d. saved query language
9. What type of field information is stored in a data dictionary?
10. A ____________ records changes made to the database in a log,
which can be used to reconstruct the database in the event of an
accident or malfunction.
a. query language
b. utility program
c. security program
d. recovery program
11. LAST NAME would be a good choice for a key field.
True or False? ____________
12. Explain why default values are used.
4. Shelly Cashman Series Evaluating Operating Systems Lab
1. The primary component of the system software is known as the
______________.
a. application software
b. user
c. operating system
d. hardware
2. The kernel contains external commands. True or False?
__________
3. Explain how a user interacts with a command language.
4. What type of pointing device is commonly used with a graphical
user interface? ____________
a. light pen
b. mouse
c. scanner
d. joy stick
5. List the three main functions of an operating system.
6. The operating system can give higher priority to important
programs by allocating them more time slices. True or False?
_____________
7. Data read from or written to an input/output device is stored
in areas of memory called _____________.
a. integrated circuits
b. disk drives
c. processors
d. buffers
8. By using threads, the system's performance ____________.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. remains the same
d. overloads
9. List the six types of operating systems.
10. Microsoft Windows 3.1 is an example of a _____________
operating environment.
a. foreground
b. single-program
c. low-priority
d. task switching
11. In a non-cooperative multitasking system, CPU access is
controlled by the programs being used. True or False?
_____________
12. UNIX is an example of a ______________ system.
a. pre-emptive multitasking
b. cooperative multitasking
c. non-cooperative multitasking
d. task switching
13. A multiprocessing operating system uses the computer hardware
to simulate several virtual machines. True or False?
_____________