Technology SOL Practice Test

Stewart Middle School

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  1. Tina loves to do crafts for the holidays. She decided to do some special crafts for her mom on Mother's Day, so she decided to get on the Internet and visit Martha Stewart's website to get some ideas. What kind of software would be the best thing to use to view information on the World Wide Web?
  2. Your answer:
    Word processor
    Email Software
    Web browser
    Spreadsheet


  3. A grid in a spreadsheet program where entries are made consists of rows and ___________?
  4. Your answer:
    tables
    clip art
    columns
    graphs


  5. Pam likes programs that have a lot of color, animation, video and audio clips. This means she likes programs that contain a lot of _____________.
  6. Your answer:
    Multimedia
    Quicktime
    Java
    Charts, tables, and Graphs


  7. Steve told me he wants to get a free copy of virus protection software off of the Internet for his brand new Compaq PC. So, Steve told me he was going to...
  8. Your answer:
    upload it!
    download it
    animate it
    pirate it!


  9. Terry wants to take a computer home from work so he can play a computer baseball game. Jerry isn't the strongest guy in the world so he should probably take what kind of computer?
  10. Your answer:
    Laptop
    Server
    ENIAC
    Desktop


  11. Doug did not like the appearance of the text in his document, so he decided to select another....
  12. Your answer:
    Text Wrap
    Value
    Menu
    Font


  13. When the pointer on your screen does not move very well or not at all, what device is more than likely giving you problems?
  14. Your answer:
    Mouse
    Motorola Processor
    Pentium Processor
    Keyboard


  15. Bill is doing a report on his family tree. He wants to include photos of his family members in his report. What kind of hardware could he use to put photos of his family in his report?
  16. Your answer:
    Scanner
    Modem
    Ethernet cable
    DVD Player


  17. Rhonda just finished an assignment for her computer class. She had to do a report on the history of computers. After reading her assignment, she finds a lot of spelling mistakes. Which option should Rhonda use in her word processor to help find and correct these spelling mistakes?
  18. Your answer:
    Find and Replace Commands
    Thesaurus
    Grammar Check
    Spell Check


  19. Omar was entering some information in a cell of a spreadsheet. The information would not fit in the cell because it was too long. What does Omar have to change the width of?
  20. Your answer:
    Row
    Header
    Footer
    Column


  21. Carl Sandburg wanted to put a title at the top of his document that was in the "middle" of the page. What text alignment would he choose?
  22. Your answer:
    Right Justified
    Full justified
    Left Justified
    Center Justified


  23. Leah was typing a huge report when her computer locked up. She lost everything she had been typing because she forgot to do what important function?
  24. Your answer:
    Paste
    Save
    Cut
    Print


  25. Tracey created a report on her computer that all the Little League baseball teams had to fill out. The report is the same for all the teams, so she created a "template" of the report. What is a "template?"
  26. Your answer:
    a program used to transmit data over a network
    a paint program
    a PDA
    a basic design or layout for a document used repeatedly


  27. Jerry wants to print a drawing he has done. He wants the paper to print "landscape" instead of "portrait." This means he has to change the....
  28. Your answer:
    indention
    the toner setting
    printer cartridge
    paper orientation


    GRID

  29. The area that is selected in the diagram is called a ......
  30. Your answer:
    column
    cell
    opening
    row


    Horizontal.gif

  31. This is an example of a what?
  32. Your answer:
    Power Bar
    Tool Palette
    Task bar
    Scroll Bar


  33. Pablo has a graphic in a word processing document and he wants to copy it and place it in another document. After he copies the graphic, the placing of the graphic is called.....
  34. Your answer:
    pasting
    exporting
    replacing
    cutting


  35. In a database document, a collection of fields that contain data about a single activity, individual, subject, or transaction is called a .......
  36. Your answer:
    LAN
    CD
    WAN
    Record


  37. Betsy is working on a report where there has to be .5 inch of blank space all around the sides of the text. This means Betsy has to set the....
  38. Your answer:
    headers & footers
    tabs
    page margins
    pagination


  39. When text is typed intoa a word processing program, there are several options regarding how empahsis is placed on the entry. To make the text slightly slanted, you should select...
  40. Your answer:
    Subscript
    Bold
    Italics
    Underline



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