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xlsm ANS Excel 2007, 2010 2013 workbook file (for Excel 97-2003, the extension is .xls)
bmp ANS an uncompressed image file format used to store bitmap digital images, especially on Microsoft
Windows and OS/2 operating systems
jpg ANS JPEG/JIFF image (image file can be read by many applications: all drawing and photo editing
programs)
zip ANS a computer file who's contents of one or more files are compressed for store or transmission
purposes
pdf ANS Acrobat -Portable document format (read with Adobe Acrobat Reader- a free download)
html or htm ANS Hypertext Markup Language (can be viewed in any browser and edited by any text
editor)
avi ANS Audio Video Interleave File (video with sound- can be played in many applications like
RealPlayer and Quicktime)
mp3 ANS MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III (audio file can be read by many programs)
swf ANS Flash Format File (Adobe Flash, browser plug-in)
doc ANS Word Document (can be used with MS Office, Open Office and Google Docs)
When GUIs are built using metaphors similarly (e.g. buttons and sliders), the result is a... ANS consistent
interface
What is a GUI? ANS Graphical User Interface
, To indicate that the computer is continuing to perform a time-consuming operation, the cursor is replaced by
an icon such as a(n): ANS all of the above: hourglass, rainbow spinner and little dog running
Placeholders can be inserted throughout your work for all long, commonly occurring phrases, and the
placeholders can later be changed easily using: ANS find/replace all (F/RA)
Which of the following is an example of the computer providing feedback to the user? ANS all of the
above: editing changes become visible on the screen, the cursor changes to indicate an operation is in progress
and a progress bar shows how much of the work is done
The primary reason for consistency across computer applications is that certain operations are fundamental to
processing information no matter what the application is. ANS true
Which metaphor features file cabinets and wastebaskets as typical components? ANS desktop metaphor
A good wat to learn how to use a new application or piece of software is to... ANS click around
The mouse was invented by: ANS Douglas Engelbart and others at Stanford Research Institute
Perfect reproduction is a property of... ANS digital information
All HTML tags come in pairs. ANS false-most tags do, but some do not
All HML files must be text format files. ANS true-they cannot be any other file format
Image files must be stored in their own folder. ANS false-they don't have to but it's good for organizational
purposes
In HTML, text and background are limited to 16 colors. ANS false-there are potentially millions of colors
that can be used