Beginning Keyboarding Final Exam Study Guide

Answer the questions below by typing them in MS Word or writing them on your own sheet of paper. You may print the questions out if you would like.

  1. Writing, designing, and laying out documents on the computer is the definition of what?
  2. What word is this the definition of: To make changes in a document.  
  3. What word is this the definition of: The name given to the different ways text can look.
  4. In MS Word how do you put page numbers in the footer of the page?
  5. In MS Word how do you insert a table? (List the steps)
  6. In MS Word what is the default font size?
  7. In MS Word what is the default font style?
  1. Fill in the blank - A ________________ is an electronic machine that takes in data and instructions, works with the data, and puts out information.
  2. What do you call a tiny picture on the screen that represents a program, file or folder?
  3. What input device do you use to enter text and number information?
  4. What is the primary output device of a computer?
  5. What do you call the physical parts of a computer?
  6. What gives the computer instructions and tells it what to do?
  7. What are the 4 main parts of a computer system?
  8. What are the 4 categories of hardware devices?
  9. What do you call the computers main storage?
     
  10. What is the brain of a computer?
  11. What do you call the circuit board that ties all of the computer parts together?
  12. What are the 4 main types of data a computer works with?
  13. What kind of error is this an example of… Tim sits down at a working computer and types in this address, http://www.coralspringmiddleschool.net, and the computer cannot find the address.
  14. What does it mean to have independence in your career?
  15. Identify the vocabulary word that matches this definition: The steps necessary to choose and prepare for a career.
  16. Identify the vocabulary word that matches this definition: An occupation or field in which a person works over a long period of time.
  17. How many years of college does it take to obtain a bachelors degree?
  18. How many years of college does it take to obtain a doctorate degree?
  19. How do you change the layout of a slide in MS PowerPoint?
  20. How do you add an animation in MS PowerPoint?
  21. What does a slide transition do in MS PowerPoint?
  22. What finger presses the P key on the keyboard?
  23. What are the home row keys?
  24. Where should your wrist be when typing?
  25. Where should your eyes be when typing?
  26. What finger presses the X key when typing?
  27. What finger presses the shift key for a capital L?
  28. What finger presses the shift key for a capital F?
  29. What finger presses the backspace key?
  30. When should you use the Caps Lock key?
  31. What finger presses the 8 key?