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CompSci Exam Review
MCCJH Computer Science Semester Exam Review
Question | Answer |
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The home row keys in keyboarding are: | asdf jkl; |
Your fingers on the home row keys, which finger do you use to strike the Enter key on the keyboard. | ; finger |
Your fingers on the home row keys, which finger do you use to strike the “m” key on the keyboard. | j finger |
In typing you must first build _________ before you can work on _____________. | accuracy/speed |
What OpenOffice.org programs did we use this semester? | Writer, Impress, Calc, Base |
One way to start an OpenOffice.org program is | To click the Start button and choose Programs, then select the Office program you want to open |
To select a command using a menu | open the menu, then select the command. |
To find out the name of a toolbar button | Hover your mouse pointer over the button and wait a second; the name will appear |
What type of program is Writer | a word processing program. |
When you select a frame, whether it’s picture frame or a text frame | it will be surrounded by handles |
You can use Writer to create: | Letters, Memos and Reports |
A misspelled word in a Writer document appears | underlined in red |
The feature which allows you to type continuously without hitting return is | word wrap |
Print Layout View options allows you to display a document as it will appear when | printed |
You can easily change the appearance of text in a document by changing the | font, size, and color. |
Left, right, center and full are | alignment options |
The main purpose of social networking websites is to connect many different users together in an | online environment |
If you receive a series of insulting IMs from someone at school, you can | Ignore/delete the first IM; save any further IMs; tell a parent or other adult you trust |
Calc is a | spreadsheet program. |
You can use Calc to organize and analyze data, and perform powerful | Calculations |
Where in Calc can you find both the cell reference and the contents of an active cell? | Formula Bar |
The location of a cell in a workbook is defined by its | Cell Reference |
What is the formula bar used for in Calc? | Display and edit cell contents, formulas, and functions |
A formula in a Calc spreadsheet always begins with | an equal sign. |
The button on the Standard Toolbar allows you to quickly calculate the sum of columns or rows of numbers is | AutoSum button |
Centering data across a series of columns will cause your data to do what? | Remain in the current cell, but be displayed and printed in the center most cell in the selected columns |
Impress is a presentation program that | Helps you to create and present professional slide presentations |
The Outline view of an Impress presentation is used for displaying | The content and presentation structure. |
What is a Design Template? | A pre-designed presentation template you can use to make your presentation look more professional |
Which effect can be applied to slides in a presentation to create a flow from one slide to the next? | Slide Transition Effect |
Which parts of a presentation can you print? | Slides, Handouts and Outline |
Access can best be described as | A database program you can use to manage large lists of data |
A valid application for a database is | Storing information such as mailing lists, billing information, client orders and recipes |
Steps in planning a database include: | Determining how others will use the database, Gather information you want to store, determine what fields you need |
A record is a | Collection of information about one person, place, or thing in a table |
A field is | A category of data in a table. |
A form consists of | Fields |
You can sorted data in: | Ascending and Descending order |
If you wanted to learn about George W. Bush’s term as governor of Texas—but not his term as U.S. President—your search string would be: | “George W. Bush” + Texas - President |
In writing a report, you can use information from websites as long as you | Cite it properly |
What type of computer holds information that can be shared with other computers? | Server |
What is shouting? | When you TYPE AN EMAIL IN ALL CAPS |
Which options are a part of a domain name? | .gov .edu .com .org .net |
The step in data process flow when the computer acts on data is called | Process |
Data that has meaning is | Information |
Each time a character is entered into the computer, the computer processes a collection of 0’s and 1’s that open or close circuits to output the correct symbol to the monitor. (T/F) | True |
The part of the computer that permanently stores data and program instructions so that they can be accessed during processing is called | ROM |
The part of a computer system that is the “brains” of the machine, and that performs the arithmetic, makes decisions, and executes program instructions is called the ___ ___ __. It is a hardware component that is found inside the computer console. | Central Processing Unit |
Programs that do things for computer users are known as | Application software. |
A small picture displayed on a computer screen that when chosen with the mouse can cause the computer to do something is called a(n) | Icon |