Lab Review for Test 1
Lab 1 - Introduction to Computers
- What is a computer and what are the four basic operations of a computer?
- What is required for computer processing?
- What are the four main components of a computer and give examples of each. Also note Figure 4, page COM4.
- What is software? What is hardware?
- What is the processor unit composed of?
- Proper diskette care.
- What is a network?
- What is the difference between system software and application software?
- Give several examples of application software.
Lab 2 - Using MicroSoft Windows
- What is a user interface? What is a graphical user interface?
- What does the hourglass icon indicate?
- What is an active window?
- What are the different parts of a window and the desktop in Windows? (Examine figures 1-4, 1-13, 1-14, 1-20, and 1-26)
- What is FileManager?
- What is a backup diskette?
Lab 3 - Mail/Internet
- Review the process of sending and reading mail using your centum account.
- What is the Internet?
- What is hypermedia? hypertext link? WWW?
- Examine figures on page N6 and N7.
- What is URL?
- Why would the status indicator be animated?
- What is the purpose of the active link indicator?
- How do you stop the transfer of a page?
- What is the purpose of a search engine?
- What are several popular web search engines?
Lab 4 - DOS
- What is an operating system?
- Examine Table 1-4, page DOS16.
- Know the purpose and the correct way to use each of the following commands:
DIR, COPY, RENAME, DEL, and CD
- What is a subdirectory? root directory? child directory? parent directory?
- What is a DOS prompt?
- What is a file specification? What are the different parts?
Lab 5 & 6 - MS Word for Windows
- What are the different parts of the MS Word window? (Examine Figure 1-4
through 1-9) Know the purposes of the parts.
- When do you want to press the "ENTER" key in Word?
- What is paragraph formatting and character formatting?
- What are bullets?
- How do you make a word italicized?
- How do you add a header to a paper? What is the difference between a header
and a footer?
- How you insert a hard page break?
- What is the selection bar?