Computer Concept Terms:

A container in which you store files is called:

Folder

In Normal view, the pane that displays below the Slide pane:

Notes pane

The type of cell reference that refers to cells by their fixed position in a worksheet is:

absolute

A cell surrounded by a black border and ready to receive data is the:

active cell

The symbol that indicates to which paragraph an image is attached is a(n):

anchor

Slides that are adjacent to each other in a presentation are considered to be:

contiguous

To decompress, or pull out, files from a compressed form is called:

extract

The placement of paragraph text relative to the left and right margins I'd referred to as:

Alignment

A specific type of computer program that manages the other programs on a computing device such as a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, or a game console is called:

An operating system

The Excel feature that generates and extends values into adjacent cells based on the values of selected cells is:

Auto Fill

An Excel feature that adjusts the width of a column to fit the cell content of the widest cell in the column is:

AutoFit

When you are sending one email to all of your friends in your address book, you should use the ______________ field to keep their addresses private.

Bcc:

A list of items with each item introduced by a symbol such as a small circle or checkmark, and which is useful when the items in the list can be displayed in any order.

Bulleted list

When you set up a new email account, you may have to enter a distorted series of letters and numbers, called a ____________, to ensure that you are a human and not a computer.

Captcha

An email claiming that you have won a lottery might be an example of____________

Computer fraud

The progress of managing files and folders is called:

Data management

A simulation of a real desk that represent your work area where you can arrange icons, such as shortcuts to files, folders, and various types of documents in the same manner you would arrange physical objects on top of a disk is called the:

Desktop

A command that displays a list of files or folders and their most common properties is called:

Details view

The action of transferring or copying a file from another location—such as a cloud storage location, your college's Learning Management System, or from an internet site—to your computer is called:

Download

Graphics such as shapes, diagrams, lines, or circles.

Drawing object

An area of storage that is formatted with a file system compatible with your operating system and is identified by a drive letter is called the:

Drive

Any email that you sent is private, and it cannot be read by anyone other than the person to whom it is addressed.

False

E-mails are completely private.

False

One advantage to using a webmail interface is that you can only access your email from your home computer.

False

The hierarchy of folders is called a:

Folder structure

A set of characters with the same design and shape is a:

Font

Text that displays at the bottom of every slide or that prints at the bottom of a sheet of slide handouts or notes is a:

Footer

Which of the following is NOT true about email?

It cannot be accessed by hackers

A command that joins selected cells in an Excel worksheet into one larger cell and centers the contents in the merged cell:

Merge and Center

An email supposedly from your IT department asking for your password so that it can troubleshoot. Your account is a form of __________________.

Phishing

A view that shows the full-screen slide show on one monitor while enabling the presenter to view a preview of the next slide, notes, and a timer on another monitor is:

Presenter view

A feature that displays in the lower right corner of a selected range with which you can analyze your data by using Excel tools such as charts, color-coding, and formulas is called:

Quick Analysis Tool

A feature that outlines cells in color to indicate which cells are used in a formula is called:

Range Finder

A view similar to slide show view but that also displays the title bar, status bar, and taskbar is:

Reading view

When you receive an email, and you want to reply back to the sender and all of the addresses that were included in the original message, you should use______________.

Reply all

The view in which all of the slides in your presentation displays in miniature is:

Slide sorter view

A conversation it takes place on a discussion board is called a:

Thread

It is a good idea to obtain an email account that is not tied to your ISP, so that when you change service providers you won't lose your email account.

True

Once a computer is infected, a virus can use the email program to send out copies of itself.

True

One way to access emails is to read it online through a webmail interface.

True

The type of email that is managed by your browser and enables you to access your email from anywhere you have Internet Access is _____ email.

Web-based

Formats applied to images that make pictures resemble sketches or paintings are:

artistic effects

A series of dots following a tab that serve to guide the reader's eye.

dot leader

The process of modifying a presentation by adding and deleting slides or by changing the contents of individual slides is referred to as:

editing

An element in the Excel window that displays the value or formula contained in the active cell is the:

formula bar

The default format that Excel applies to numbers is the:

general format

Text that prints at the top of a sheet of slide handouts or notes pages is a:

header

An email containing a virus hoax is dangerous because ______________

it causes people to search for and delete important files

The arrangement of elements, such as title and subtitle text, lists, pictures, tables, charts, shapes, and movies on a PowerPoint slide is:

layout

The space between the text and the top, bottom, left, and right edges of the paper.

margins

An element of the Excel window that displays the name of the selected cell, table, chart, or object is the:

name box

The symbols with which you can specify the type of calculation you want to perform in an Excel formula are:

operators

Non-printing text that holds a place in a document where you can type.

placeholder text

A set of instructions that a computer uses to accomplish a task is called a:

program

The command that locates all occurrences of specific text and replaces it with alternative text is:

replace

A symbol with which you can rotate a graphic to any angle and that displays above the top center sizing handle.

rotation handle

A box in the upper left corner of the worksheet grid that selects all the cells in a worksheet is the:

select all box

In Normal view, the pane that displays a large image of the active slide is the:

slide pane

Unwanted or junk e-mail is called ________.

spam

Tiny charts embedded in a cell that give a visual trend summary alongside your data are:

sparklines

A preformatted document that you can use as a starting point and then change to suit your needs.

template

moveable resizable container for text or graphics

text box

A pane that displays to the left of a SmartArt graphic and is used to type text and edit text in a SmartArt graphic.

text pane

A button that can be turned on by clicking it once, and then turned off by clicking it again.

toggle

The data that displays in the formula bar is referred to as the:

underlying value

If you want to send and receive email messages containing images and formatted text, you need to ensure that your email program is configured to read ________ email messages.

HTML

Picture formatting options that control the manner in which text wraps around a picture or other object.

Layout Options

When you send an email to your professor, a server, hold onto that email until the professor requested.

True

With a client-based e-mail account, such as Microsoft Outlook, you are able to view your e-mail only from the computer on which the client program is installed.

True

All of the following are tips for professional email, etiquette, EXCEPT___________.

Use abbreviations such as "u", "r", and "BRB" to keep the email message shorter

A variation on a theme style and color is a

Variant

The buttons in the lower right corner of the PowerPoint window that control the look of the presentation window are the:

View buttons

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.

Word wrap

The area along the bottom of a chart that identifies the categories of data is the:

category axis

Characters that display on the screen to show the location of paragraphs, tabs, and spaces, but that do not print, are called:

nonprinting characters