Which of the following sentences would be selected as a possible error by a grammar checker?

1.   ?    Did you find Ace, the collie?
2.   ?    Sammy thought he had seen the dog.
3.   ?    We was searching for the lost collie.
4.   ?    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"?

1.   ?    spell checker
2.   ?    outliner
3.   ?    thesaurus
4.   ?    grammar checker

What is a picture that is saved on a diskette and can be pasted into a document?

1.   ?    clip art
2.   ?    clipboard
3.   ?    annotation
4.   ?    subscript

A word processor would most likely be used to do which of the following?

1.   ?    keep an account of money spent
2.   ?    maintain an inventory
3.   ?    type a biography
4.   ?    do a computer search in the media center

Desktop publishing is a more sophisticated form of which of the following types of software?

1.   ?    database
2.   ?    spreadsheet
3.   ?    word processing
4.   ?    calendar

All of the following are examples of electronic databases except which one?

1.   ?    a collection of country music CDs
2.   ?    a CD-ROM
3.   ?    computerized student information
4.   ?    on-line catalog

Compared to a traditional card catalog, which of the following is an advantage of an electronic card catalog?

1.   ?    contains information on more books
2.   ?    less costly to install and operate
3.   ?    allows books to be shelved more quickly
4.   ?    allows sophisticated search strategies

What term applies to a collection of related records in a database?

1.   ?    field
2.   ?    layout
3.   ?    clipboard
4.   ?    file

All of the following terms are related to computerized databases except which one?

1.   ?    sort
2.   ?    field names
3.   ?    search
4.   ?    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?

1.   ?    Search a NC database for type of community = "rural" and then Sort on the field showing the number of doctors.
2.   ?    Sort a NC databse on the type of community and then Search number of doctors <= 5.
3.   ?    Search a NC database for type of community = "rural" and then Search number of doctors <= 5.
4.   ?    Sort a NC database on the type of community and then Sort on the field showing the number of doctors.