Basic Digital Literacy: Assessment

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You or your instructor may choose to use this self-evaluation in various ways: as a check of your baseline knowledge before taking the course, to evaluate your progress as you learn, and/or as a follow up to verify your understanding of the material. We hope using this tool will be a positive experience that supports your learning and development.

Please note that this assessment is based on a Windows Operating System.

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Assessment questions

How do you open a program such as a Microsoft Word when there are no icons on the desktop?*

Right click to reveal all icons

Restart the computer

It is not possible to open program if no icons are on the desktop

Click the start button and select program from the menu

All are correct

What is the desktop on your computer?*

The desktop is the main screen area that you see after you turn on your computer and log on to Windows.

The desktop is the main screen area that you see after you turn off your computer and log off

The desktop is what you see when you open the Control Panel

All are correct

How do you minimize or maximize a program in Windows?*

Right click on the mouse

Go to "File" and select minimize or maximize

Select the dash or square in the top right corner (Windows 10) or use "Snap Layouts" (Windows 11)

This function can not be done

A monitor is a ______________.*

External Hard Drive

Input Device

Output Device

None are correct

True or False: To permanently delete a file, you must empty your Recycle Bin folder.*

True

False

Which of the following is a storage device?*

USB Thumb Drive

Hard Drive

External Hard Drive

All are correct

True or False: The "Reply to All" e-mail function generates a reply message to everyone in the "To" and "CC" line on the original message.*

True

False

Which of the following is an example of an e-mail address?*

Www.google.com

Jeandoe.gmail.com

info@myemail.com

Bob Smith@yahoo com

Which of the following is a word processing program?*

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Adobe Photoshop

Which of the following statement about "folders" on your computer is true?*

A folder holds one or more files

A folder can be empty until it is filled

A folder can also contain other folders

There can be many levels of folders within folders

All answers are correct

A deleted file goes to the __________.*

Desktop

Control Panel

Recycle Bin

Quick Access

When sending an email, what does CC mean?*

Closed Captioning

Carbon Copy

Canada Copy

None are correct

True or False? You need an Internet browser to go on the Internet.*

True

False

Microsoft Powerpoint is a powerful spreadsheet program and analysis tool.*

True

False

What do you call a portable computer?*

CPU

Booktop

Desktop

Laptop

True or False? Windows 10 is an operating system.*

True

False

How do you close a window on your desktop?*

Go to "File" and select "Close"

Press the "Ctrl" key on the keyboard

Use the mouse to press the button with the "X" in it at the top right corner of the screen

Use the mouse to press the button with the _ in it at the top right corner of the screen

True or False? An application is not the same as a program on your computer*

True

False

What Is an icon?*

Something that you click to start something, such as an app

Something you ignore

Something you use to listen to music

Something you use to browse the internet

What is the keyboard shortcut for 'Save'?*

Ctrl + A

Ctrl + V

Ctrl + E

Ctrl + S

What memory below is the largest?*

1TB

1GB

10GB

5000 Bytes

How do you properly turn off your computer?*

Unplug the computer

Click the "Start Menu" Button then Shut Down

Turn off the monitor

All are correct

The 'Save As' command is used for which of the following scenarios?*

When you need to change the print settings of a file

When you need to Open the most recent file

When you need to create a new file name, file type or file location

When you need to create a new worksheet

A________________ is a group of independent computers attached to one another through communication media.*

All are correct

network

Internet

email

True or False? A file is the common storage unit in a computer, and all programs and data are "written" into a file and "read" from a file.*

True

False

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