Exam: Computer 2 – Flashcards
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One potential application of ________ is to provide sight to the blind.
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biomedical engineering
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All of the following are examples of being computer literate, EXCEPT ________.
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knowing only how to use your computer for e-mails
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Unwanted or junk e-mail is called ________.
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spam
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Using the Internet to get small donations from many people to start a business is called
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crowdfunding
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________ solicits online input from consumers.
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crowdsourcing
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The process of searching huge amounts of data seeking a pattern is called data ________.
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minning
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Analyzing computer systems to gather potential legal evidence is computer ________.
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forensics
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The goal of ________ technology research is to provide solutions to physical and health-related problems.
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biomedical
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The Khan Academy is
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a free technology tool used for education.
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________ is software which recognizes and simulates human emotions and responds as a human would.
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affective computing
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Computer forensics
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analyzes computer systems to gather potential legal evidence.
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________ provides the instructions that tell a computer what to do.
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software
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The term computer ________ is used to describe someone who is familiar enough with computers to understand their capabilities and limitations.
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literate
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________ tools gather information from sources such as e-mails, text messages, and tweets and make the information instantly and publicly available for use in emergencies.
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crisis-mapping
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Examples of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing include
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KIckstarter and MobileVoice.
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Autonomy is defined as ________.
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working without continual direction and control
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Sharing products rather than owning them individually is known as ________.
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collaborative consumption
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________ is a field of study focused on the management, processing and automatic retrieval of information.
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information technology
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________ tools enable groups of people to connect and exchange ideas.
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social networking
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________ is our normal sense of the world around us enhanced with digital information.
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augmented reality
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Mastery is defined as ________.
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feeling confident and excited about learning new skills
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What is a terabyte?
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one trillion bytes
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Which of the following is not an input device?
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laser printer
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Monitor screens are made up of millions of tiny dots known as
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pixels
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Which of these is NOT located on the motherboard?
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DVD drive
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Which of these is NOT an optical storage device?
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flash drive
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Ergonomics is an important consideration
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for all computing devices
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Computers use ________ language consisting of 0s and 1s.
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binary
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In binary language, each letter of the alphabet, each number, and each special symbol is made up of a unique combination of eight ________.
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bits
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Which of the following is the smallest unit of measure?
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megabyte
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Apple's OS X and Microsoft Windows are examples of ________ software.
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operating system
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An Apple iPad and a Samsung Galaxy Tab are examples of ________ computers.
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tablet
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Which of the following computers is large, expensive and supports many simultaneous users and manages large amounts of data?
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Mainframe Computer
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________ computers are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices such as a car.
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embedded
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A keyboard and mouse are examples of ________ devices.
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input
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A(n) ________ is an input device that looks like a pen
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stylus
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Each of these is a basic type of a touch screen, EXCEPT
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reflective
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The number of pixels displayed on the screen is known as
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screen resolution
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The most common type of monitor is a(n) ________.
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liquid crystal display (LCD)
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Inkjet printers and laser printers are examples of ________ printers.
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nonimpact
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________ printers either melt a wax based ink on regular paper or by burning dots on specially coated paper.
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thermal
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The ________ contains the central electronic components of the computer.
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motherboard
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________ is the abbreviation for the place in the computer where the programs and data the computer is currently using are temporarily stored.
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RAM
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RAM is a ________ storage location.
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volatile
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A(n) ________ CPU has two processing paths, allowing it to process more than one instruction at a time.
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dual-core
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Dropbox is an example of ________.
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cloud storage
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All of the following are names for a flash drive EXCEPT ________ drive.
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hard
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Flash drives plug into a(n) ________.
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USB port
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Which port is the most common port used to connect input and output devices.
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Universal serial bus (USB)
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A(n) ________ is where a peripheral device can attach to a computer so that data can be exchanged between it and the operating system.
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port
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_______ is concerned with the design and arrangement of machines and furniture to avoid uncomfortable or unsafe experiences.
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Ergonomics
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Which of the following is NOT a precaution to take when shopping online?
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Pay with a debit card, not a credit card.
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Silverlight, Flash Player, and QuickTime Player are examples of software programs called ________.
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plug-ins
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Podcasts enable you to ________.
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deliver audio/video files via RSS
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The World Wide Web was based on a protocol developed by ________.
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Tim Berners-Lee
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The unique address for a particular website is the ________.
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URL
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A computer connected to the Internet that asks for data is a ________.
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client
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A Microsoft ________ account allows you to store and share files in the cloud.
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OneDrive
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The unique identification number assigned to your computer when you connect to the Internet is known as all of the following EXCEPT ________.
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path
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In the URL https://www.microsoft.com/surface, the portion labeled "http" is the ________.
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protocol
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________ is a professional, business-oriented social networking site.
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LinkedIn
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Software that enables you to display and interact with text and other media on the web is a web ________.
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browser
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The Internet is ________.
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a large network of networks
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The concept of the Internet was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense as a network that ________ in event of an attack.
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would not be disrupted easily
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Search engines that search other search engines are called
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metasearch engine.
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A ________ is a personal journal posted on the web.
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blog
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Which of the following is a feature of Live bookmarks?
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Adds RSS technology to bookmarks
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A(n) ________ is a navigation aid that shows the path you have taken to get to a web page or where the page is located within the website.
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breadcrumb trail
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Which of the following describes an IP address?
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all of the above
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What web browser feature would be particularly useful when using public computers?
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privacy browsing
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A(n) ________ is installed on your computer, and when the program is opened, your e-mail is downloaded to your computer.
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e-mail client
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A subset of e-commerce that uses social networks to assist in marketing and purchasing products is known as ________ commerce.
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social
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Which of the following top-level domains identifies a degree-granting institution?
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.edu
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In the URL https://www.microsoft.com/surface, the portion labeled ".com" is the ________.
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top-level domain
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The browser feature which allows tabs to work independently from one another so if one crashes, the others may continue to work is known as ________.
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tab isolation
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All of the following are tips for professional e-mail etiquette EXCEPT ________.
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use abbreviations such as "u," "r," and "BRB" to keep the e-mail message shorter
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The "s" in "https" stands for ________ socket layer
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secure
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A(n) ________ is usually a live broadcast of audio or video content.
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Webcast
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Which of the following are personal video journal entries posted on the web?
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Vlogs
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The "fathers" of the Internet are Vinton Cerf and ________.
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Robert Kahn
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AND, OR, and NOT are examples of ________ operators.
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Boolean
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_______ media are continuously fed to your browser so you do not have to wait for the entire file to completely download before listening to or watching it.
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Streaming
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Which of the following is an installed e-mail client?
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Outlook
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The web is based on the ________ Protocol.
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Hypertext Transfer
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All of the following are types of e-commerce business EXCEPT ________.
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C2B
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In the URL https://www.microsoft.com/surface, the portion labeled "surface" is the ________.
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Subdirectory
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A preformatted document that you can use as a starting point and then change to suit your needs.
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template
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The feature that moves text from the right edge of a paragraph to the beginning of the next line as necessary to fit within the margins.
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wordwrap
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Characters that display on the screen to show the location of paragraphs, tabs, and spaces, but that do not print, are called:
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nonprinting characters
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Picture formatting options that control the manner in which text wraps around a picture or other object.
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Layout options
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The symbol that indicates the paragraph to which an image is attached is a(n):
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anchor
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A symbol with which you can rotate a graphic to any angle and that displays above the top center sizing handle.
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rotation handle
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The placement of paragraph text relative to the left and right margins is referred to as:
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alignment
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A movable, resizable container for text or graphics.
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textbox
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The space between the text and the top, bottom, left, and right edges of the paper.
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margins
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A list of items with each item introduced by a symbol such as a small circle or check mark, and which is useful when the items in the list can be displayed in any order.
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bulleted list
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A button that can be turned on by clicking it once, and then turned off by clicking it again.
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toggle
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A series of dots following a tab that serve to guide the reader's eye.
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dot leader
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Non-printing text that holds a place in a document where you can type.
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placeholder text
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A code that creates a link to a video, picture, or other type of rich media content.
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embedded code
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Computer interaction that responds to your actions; for example by presenting text, graphics, animation, video, audio, or games.
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interactive media
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To indicate words that might be misspelled because they are not in Word's dictionary, Word flags text with
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red wavy underlines
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A command with which you can automatically insert the current date and time into a document is
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date & time
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A research tool that provides a list of words with similar meanings is
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a thesaurus
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A word with the same or similar meaning as another word is
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a synonym
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A free web-based application from Microsoft with which you can save, store, organize, and share files online is called
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SkyDrive
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In a template, an area indicated by placeholder text into which you can add text, pictures, dates, or lists is a
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content control
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Using drag-and-drop to move text is most useful when both the text and the destination are on the same
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screen
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To locate specific text in a document quickly, use the
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Find Command
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A Microsoft product with which you can make voice calls, make video calls, transfer files, or send messages over the Internet is
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Skype
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The free online companions to the desktop versions of Office are called
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Office Web Apps
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Software, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Chrome, that displays webpages is called
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web browser
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To present your Word document to others who can watch in a web browser, use
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Office Presentation Service
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In a Word table, each cell behaves similarly to a
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document
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When you create a table, the width of all of cells in the table is
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equal
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To indicate possible grammar errors, Word flags text with
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blue wavy underlines
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Column text that is aligned to both the left and right margins is referred to as:
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justified
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The banner on the front page of a newsletter that identifies the publication is the:
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nameplate
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A portion of a document that can be formatted differently from the rest of the document is a:
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section
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A font effect, commonly used in titles, that changes lowercase text into uppercase letters using a reduced font size is.
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small caps
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To end a line before the normal end of the line, without creating a new paragraph, hold down the "Shift" key while pressing the:
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"enter" key
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The nonprinting symbol that displays where a manual line break is inserted is the:
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bent arrow
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In mail merge, the document that contains the text or formatting that remains constant is the:
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main document
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In mail merge, the list of variable information, such as names and addresses, that is merged with a main document to create customized form letters or labels is the:
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data source
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In mail merge, a row of information that contains data for one person is a:
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record
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To perform a mail merge using Word's step by step guided process, use the:
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mail merge wizard
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The relative lightness of a picture is its:
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brightness
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The difference between the darkest and lightest area of a picture is the:
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contrast
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A feature that enables you to change all colors in the picture to shades of a single color is:
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recolor
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The command that resizes a picture to a percentage of its size is:
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scale
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The command that removes unwanted or unnecessary areas of a picture is:
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crop
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