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Quiz by tony thompson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by tony thompson
almost 4 years ago
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Question 1
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Word processors were developed because computers became very popular
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- True
- False
Question 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
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Was very popular with businesses
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Did not need any training to use
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Was invented in the 20th century
Question 3
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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
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Portable models were developed in the early 1900s
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Microsoft bought the rights of the typewriter in 1972
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It helped women to gain office jobs
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IBM made the electromatic electonic typewriter in the 1930s
Question 4
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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
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The typing sequence was recorded onto punched tape
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Several typewriters were linked together to make multiple copies
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It used special paper that could trace documents and make carbon copies.
Question 5
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IBM invented the 'golfball' typewriter in 1961
Answer
- True
- False
Question 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
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Hard drive
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Magnetic tape
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Floppy disk
Question 7
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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
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USB sticks
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removable keyboard
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hard drive
Question 8
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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
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removable keyboard
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mouse
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video screen
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tape cassette
Question 9
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IBM developed the floppy disk for storing numbers not word processing
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- True
- False
Question 10
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The first word processing software was called
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Word
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Wordstar
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Lotus notes
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Electric pencil
Question 11
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Microsoft Word was first released for the Apple Mac
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- True
- False
Question 12
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which of these are real word processing titles
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Microsoft word
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Macwrite
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Gypsy
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Ami Pro
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Word Perfect
Question 13
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What features in Microsft word allows you to customise the writing on any document?
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Fonts
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styles
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themes
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format painter
Question 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
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typing
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writing
Question 15
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Word has been translated into more than 100 languages
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- True
- False
Question 16
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word has a dictation function to allow typing without a keyboard
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- True
- False
Question 17
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Word automatically saves files at fixed time intervals in case of crashes
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- True
- False
Question 18
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which of these can be incorporated into a word document
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table
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chart
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picture
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text
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music
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movie
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web page
Question 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
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number of words
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spelling
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font
Question 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
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making standard letters to send to customers
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birthday cards
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newsletters
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making a CV
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