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QR stands for ________.

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Quick Response

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Being computer literate includes being able to: -use the web effectively. -all of the above. -avoid spam, adware, and spyware. -diagnose and fix hardware and software problems.

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all of the above

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________ results when leisure time and available tools allow us to engage in creative acts.

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Cognitive Surplus

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The gap between those who have easy access to the Internet and technology those who do not is known as the ________ divide.

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digital

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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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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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