Computer Competency Assessment
Computer Competency Assessment
Name
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First
Last
Social Security #
Please select one answer for each of the questions.
1. What is an example of a URL address?
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www.msn.com
c:/startup
121.45.0098
Internet Explorer
2. What command would you see to save a file?
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File, Save
Click on disk Icon
File, Exit
All of the above
3. How do you access the Internet?
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Click Internet Explorer or Internet Browser
Click Outlook
Click Programs
Turning on the computer will do
4. How do you communicate with others using the computer?
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Email
File
Enter a Command
Contacting your Internet Provider
5. Printer is an example of which of the four system components.
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Input
Output
Processor
Storage
6. Which component of a computer system executes the program?
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Input
Output
Processor
Storage
7. What is an icon on a computer?
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A picture
A shortcut to a program
A celebrity
None of the above
8. If you turn on a PC and the boot-up process halts, giving you the message: "Non-System disk or disk error... Replace and press any key when ready", the problem is likely: (Please select the most appropriate answer)
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Non-bootable floppy disk is in the floppy-disk drive and you should remove it
The hard-drive has failed and you should replace it
RAM has failed and you should replace it
A key on the key board is stuck and the keyboard should be replaced
9. If you turn on a PC and the system unit is clearly ON, but the monitor is dark, the problem could be that: (Please select the most appropriate answer)
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The monitor is not turned ON
The monitor is not plugged in
The monitor is not connected to the PC
Any or all of the above
10. The PC productivity tool that manipulates data organized in rows and columns is called a: (Please select the most appropriate answer)
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Presentation Mechanism
Word Processing Document
Database record manager
Spreadsheet
11. Which PC productivity tool would be helpful in writing a term paper? (Please select the most appropriate answer)
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Word processing
Presentation
Communications
Spreadsheet
12. Spell checker checks every word in the text against a(n)
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Online thesaurus
Hyperlink
Datasheet
Electronic dictionary
13. In the URL http://www.tabset.com/pr/ma.html, the domain is
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http
www.tabset.com
pr/ma.html
www
14. In the email address mickey_mouse@disney.com, the user ID is
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mickey_mouse
mouse
disney.com
@
15. Internet based capabilities that help you find information:
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Seek portals
Find files
Search motors
Search engines
16. Which program can you use to read a PDF file?
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Adobe
IBM
Java
Microsoft
17. When saving a file, which of the following cannot be used
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/ slash
( ) brackets
. period
all of the above
18. The feature that enables an electronic link between different sections of an electronic document: (Please select the most appropriate answer)
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Hypolink
HTML
Hyperlink
Hydralink
19. In the United States, gaining unauthorized access to any computer system with the intent of defrauding the system is a: (Please select the most appropriate answer)
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Violation of public ethics
Misdemeanor
High crime
Felony
20. What is violated when an organization duplicates proprietory software without permission? (Please select the most appropriate answer)
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Civil rights
Antitrust
Copyright
Patent
Admissions Representative
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(Admissions Representative)
David Aime
Cathy Salazar
Lynn Kriegstein
Kevin Sant
Vanessa Caraballo
Max St. Juste