The computer proficiency test is a 50 minute web-based test; it will be a combination of multiple choice and true/false questions.

Questions will be based on the following topics:

 

HARDWARE & OPERATING SYSTEMS

• Start/stop different applications
• Switch between tasks
• Save/open documents
• File System: Windows Explorer, etc
• Basic Internal parts: Memory, Disk, Cache, etc
• I/O devices: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Printer, etc
• Types of files: Image, Audio, Video
• File sizes: KB, MB, GB, TB

 

 

NETWORKING

• Sending and Retrieving Email
• Email Address format
• Uses and types of Web Browsers
• Using URL
• Navigating Web pages
• URL format
• Searching for Information on the Web.
• Using Search Engines: Google, Yahoo, etc
• Downloading/Saving information
• Bluetooth, Ethernet, and WiFi
• Social Networking

 

 

WORD PROCESSING

• Graphical-user Interface components
• Developing a Document default font size of all text
• Spell and Grammar check
• Saving and Printing a document
• Importing and manipulating objects
• Selecting and Editing documents
• Formatting text Document properties (margins, etc)

 

 

SPREADSHEETS

• Spreadsheet terminology
• Basic internal spreadsheet functions:
  • SUM,AVERAGE,IF, MAX,MIN
• User-defined functions
• Select a cell or range of cells
• Enter text and numbers
• Change the size of the font in a cell
• Create a chart using Chart Wizard
• Fill handle
• Precedence

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

• Creating a presentation
• Select a design template
• Create a title slide
• Change the font size of selected text
• Formatting selected text
• Save a presentation
• Add/Delete/modify/move a slide
• View a presentation in slide show view