NC Released Multiple Choice Quiz (questions 31-40)
Quiz
Which of the following sentences would be selected as a possible error by a grammar checker?
Did you find Ace, the collie?
Sammy thought he had seen the dog.
We was searching for the lost collie.
Where is that dog?
Sarah typed in the following sentence: "The girl was very beautiful." In which word processing utility could she find a synonym for "beautiful"?
spell checker
outliner
thesaurus
grammar checker
What is a picture that is saved on a diskette and can be pasted into a document?
clip art
clipboard
annotation
subscript
A word processor would most likely be used to do which of the following?
keep an account of money spent
maintain an inventory
type a biography
do a computer search in the media center
Desktop publishing is a more sophisticated form of which of the following types of software?
database
spreadsheet
word processing
calendar
All of the following are examples of electronic databases except which one?
a collection of country music CDs
a CD-ROM
computerized student information
on-line catalog
Compared to a traditional card catalog, which of the following is an advantage of an electronic card catalog?
contains information on more books
less costly to install and operate
allows books to be shelved more quickly
allows sophisticated search strategies
What term applies to a collection of related records in a database?
field
layout
clipboard
file
All of the following terms are related to computerized databases except which one?
sort
field names
search
record grab
Bob Smith plans to run for governor of North Carolina. One part of his platform deals with increasing medical services to rural areas. Which of the following will best help determine where money should be spent on clinics?
Search a NC database for type of community = "rural" and then Sort on the field showing the number of doctors.
Sort a NC databse on the type of community and then Search number of doctors <= 5.
Search a NC database for type of community = "rural" and then Search number of doctors <= 5.
Sort a NC database on the type of community and then Sort on the field showing the number of doctors.