Beginning word processing

Beschreibung

This is a primer for anyone starrting a word processing course and needs a quiz to get a discussion moving around the topic
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

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Word processors were developed because computers became very popular
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  • True
  • False

Frage 2

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The remington no 1 - invented by american Chritopher Sholes was the first commerical typewriter. Which of the following are true?
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  • Only type capital letters
  • Was very popular with businesses
  • Did not need any training to use
  • Was invented in the 20th century

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What improvements to the typewriter made it more popular?
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  • The shift key allowed upper and lower case letters to be typed
  • Portable models were developed in the early 1900s
  • Microsoft bought the rights of the typewriter in 1972
  • It helped women to gain office jobs
  • IBM made the electromatic electonic typewriter in the 1930s

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M Shultz invented the automatic or repetitive typewriter that could produce multiple copies of form letters identical to a hand typed original. How did it work?
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  • A floppy disk stored the information
  • The typing sequence was recorded onto punched tape
  • Several typewriters were linked together to make multiple copies
  • It used special paper that could trace documents and make carbon copies.

Frage 5

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IBM invented the 'golfball' typewriter in 1961
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  • True
  • False

Frage 6

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when IBM brought out the selectric MT typewriter it was able to edit text for the first time because it used a new technology. what was it?
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  • Punched card
  • Hard drive
  • Magnetic tape
  • Floppy disk

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What IBM developed feature replaced the magnetic tape and is in common use today for a variety of other uses?
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  • Magnetic swipe cards
  • USB sticks
  • removable keyboard
  • hard drive

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Lexitron and Linolex changed the way that everyone used word processors by adding this device in 1972
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  • big keyboard
  • removable keyboard
  • mouse
  • video screen
  • tape cassette

Frage 9

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IBM developed the floppy disk for storing numbers not word processing
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  • True
  • False

Frage 10

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The first word processing software was called
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  • Word
  • Wordstar
  • Lotus notes
  • Electric pencil

Frage 11

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Microsoft Word was first released for the Apple Mac
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  • True
  • False

Frage 12

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which of these are real word processing titles
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  • Microsoft word
  • Macwrite
  • Gypsy
  • Ami Pro
  • Word Perfect

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What features in Microsft word allows you to customise the writing on any document?
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  • Fonts
  • styles
  • themes
  • format painter

Frage 14

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Microsoft word is used for a variety of word [blank_start]processing[blank_end] tasks because it is very versatile and has more features and many of its competitors. It is not the best at everything but can tackle most tasks involving text.
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  • processing
  • typing
  • writing

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Word has been translated into more than 100 languages
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  • True
  • False

Frage 16

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word has a dictation function to allow typing without a keyboard
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  • True
  • False

Frage 17

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Word automatically saves files at fixed time intervals in case of crashes
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  • True
  • False

Frage 18

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which of these can be incorporated into a word document
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  • table
  • chart
  • picture
  • text
  • music
  • movie
  • web page

Frage 19

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A grammar checker is able to check the [blank_start]readability[blank_end] of a document
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  • readability
  • number of words
  • spelling
  • font

Frage 20

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What would you not use word for?
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  • keeping count of the stock for a big business
  • making standard letters to send to customers
  • birthday cards
  • newsletters
  • making a CV
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