WorksheetsDigital Literacy Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Caleb creates a business proposal on his home computer. He wants to use a storage device to save the proposal and take it to his office.Which of the following devices will Caleb use to store the files?
a)
Speakers
b)
Flash Drive
c)
Modem
d)
Microphone
2.
Alexander needs to prepare the transcript for an audio file saved on his office computer. He wants to listen to the audio without disturbing his colleagues sitting nearby. Which of the following hardware devices will Alexander use?
a)
Headphone
b)
Speaker
c)
Microphone
d)
Web Cam
3.
Nahum wants to use his office computer. To log on to the computer, he needs to enter his logon details. Which of the following options does Nahum need in order to log on to the computer?
a)
User name, Password
b)
Home Address, telephone number
c)
Student Id # and School net password
d)
Password
4.
Bryce uses his computer to calculate the money he spent on transportation costs in the last two months. Which part of his computer will perform the calculations?
a)
Monitor
b)
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
c)
DVD
d)
Hard Disk
5.
Marko uses an instant messenger to chat with his friends over the Internet. How will you categorize an instant messenger?
a)
Hardware
b)
Software
c)
Operating System
d)
Data
6.
Angel listens to his friends talking about the Internet. He is curious about the Internet. How will you define the Internet to him?
a)
A software program installed on a computer
b)
An electronic device for printing documents
c)
A worldwide collection of computer networks
d)
A power backup source
7.
Francisco reads an advertisement about a computer hardware store. He wants to know the meaning of the term hardware. How will you define the term hardware for Francisco?
a)
Physical parts of a computer
b)
An item of information
c)
Instructions that make programs work
d)
Rules designed to enable computers to connect with one another
8.
Jocelyn notices that when she runs several programs simultaneously on her computer, the performance of the programs slows down considerably. What is the reason for this?
a)
Nonfunctional keyboard
b)
Nonfunctional mouse
c)
Insufficient random access memory (RAM)
d)
Low monitor speed
9.
Lindsey helps her son prepare for a computer exam. While describing the World Wide Web (WWW), she explains that he can access a Web site by using a unique alphanumeric address.To which of the following terms is Lindsey referring?
a)
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
b)
Web browser
c)
Internet service provider (ISP)
d)
World Wide Web (WWW)
10.
Lena receives an e-mail message from an online computer store offering her a new laptop at a very low price. She clicks the hyperlink in the message to open the Web page. The page requests her credit card details, and she enters her credit card number. After a few days, Lena finds that more money has been withdrawn from her credit card than she specified and that she did not receive the laptop. Lena realizes that she has been tricked by someone who created a site that looks like the actual computer store, but is not the official site for the computer store. Which one of the following terms refers to the type of attack described in this scenario?
a)
Decoding
b)
Encryption
c)
Phishing
d)
Spying
11.
On a daily basis, you get many e-mail messages from unknown senders.What is this type of security threat called?
a)
Spam
b)
Phishing
c)
Slander
d)
Virus
12.
Foster is creating his own Web site. While browsing the Internet, he finds some images that he wants to use on his site.Which of the following options indicates an ethical way for Foster to use the images on his site?
a)
Save the images on his computer
b)
Copy the images and reduce their size
c)
Obtain permission from the copyright owner, if required
d)
Cut only the required portion of the images
13.
Roberto copies an article from a magazine and uses it for his new book on computers. However, he fails to obtain permission from the magazine publisher. What kind of an action is this?
a)
cyberlibel
b)
Plagiarism
c)
gambling
d)
Slander
14.
Your friend publishes some photographs on his Web site. You want to view these photographs. After connecting your computer to the Internet, which of the following programs will you start to access your friend's Web site and view the photographs?
a)
Web browser
b)
Word processor
c)
E-mail client
d)
Antivirus
15.
You want to create an online journal that describes a music concert you attended last week. You want your friends to read the journal and view the pictures of the concert.Which of the following online communities will you use to create this online journal?
a)
Blog
b)
Chat group
c)
Newsgroup
d)
Bulletin board
16.
What is an example of a search engine?
a)
Bing
b)
Google Chrome
c)
Safari
d)
Firefox
17.
Tori's brother gives her a digital camera as a gift. She wants to know where the digital camera stores its pictures.Which of the following options will Angela's brother use to answer her question?
a)
SD Card
b)
Film
c)
Tape
d)
Graphics card
18.
Allisyn reads an article about digital cameras. She wants to know more about the term resolution.To help Allisyn, which of the following options will you use to define resolution? Select two answers
a)
Sharpness of a picture
b)
Color of a picture
c)
Size of a lens
d)
Zoom of a camera
19.
Which picture files has the best capacity for transparency? (Transparent Backgrounds
a)
GIF
b)
JPEG
c)
PNG
d)
TIFF
20.
Angela reads an article on common computer terminology. She does not understand the meaning of operating system. She comes to you for help.How will you explain operating system to Angela?
a)
An electronic device connected to your computer
b)
A storage device in your computer
c)
A program that controls and manages the computer
d)
A circuit board that connects the input, output, and processing devices
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