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Final Exam Review 2012.doc

Keyboarding Final Exam—Review

Keyboarding Position

  1. The typist’s ______should be on the text at all times.
  1. The typist’s ______should be low, but not touching the keyboard or table.
  1. The typist’s ______should be straight and against the back of the chair.
  1. The typist’s ______should be curved and upright over the home keys.
  1. The typist’s ______should be flat on the floor.

Home Row Keys

  1. The home row keys for the left hand are ______
  1. The home row keys for the right hand are ______

Function Keys

  1. The tab key is used to ______
  1. The backspace key is used to ______
  1. The caps lock key is used to ______
  1. The shift key is used to ______
  1. The enter key is used to ______
  1. What is the difference between Insert and Typeover (Overtype)? ______

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Spacing Rules (page 19, 23, and 27)

  1. After a . at the end of a sentence, space ______
  1. After a , in a sentence, space ______
  1. After a ; used as punctuation, space ______
  1. After a . within an abbreviation, space ______
  1. After a . following an abbreviation, space ______

Proofreader’s Marks (page 42)

  1. The proofreader’s mark, which means to delete, is ______
  1. The proofreader’s mark that means to insert or add information ______
  1. The proofreader’s mark that means to close up or bring together is ______
  1. The proofreader’s mark that means to transpose or switch is ______
  1. The proofreader’s mark that means to capitalize is ______
  1. The proofreader’s mark that means to add a space is ______

Email (page 79)

  1. What is an email? ______

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  1. What goes in the “To:” box? ______
  1. What goes in the “Subject” box? ______
  1. What does Cc stand for and what does it do? ______

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  1. What does Bcc stand for and what does it do? ______

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  1. How should the body of an email be formatted? ______

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  1. What is an Attachment? ______

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Personal Business Letters (page 102)

  1. What is a personal business letter? ______

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  1. What are the margins for a personal business letter?

Top = ______; Bottom = ______; Left = ______; Right = ______

  1. List the 7 basic parts of a personal business letter.

1.______2.______

3.______4.______

5.______6.______

7.______

  1. The body paragraphs are typed ______, with a DS between separate paragraphs.
  1. List the 2 times you should always QS (return 4 times) when typing personal business letters. ______
  1. What part of the letter is the salutation? ______
  1. What part of the letter serves as the complimentary closing? ______

Unbound Reports (page 90)

  1. What is a short report without a cover or binder called? ______
  1. On page one of the report, after typing the title, the typist should ______before beginning the body of the report. (SS, DS, TS, or QS?)
  1. The body of the report should be ______(SS, DS, TS, or QS?)
  1. ______are sub-topics above paragraphs and are underlined and typed at the left margin.
  1. References used to give credit for quoted or paraphrased material that is keyed in the parentheses in the report body are known as? ______
  1. How do you insert page numbers? ______
  1. What are the margins for page 1 of a report?

Top = ______; Bottom = ______; Left = ______; Right = ______

  1. What is an ellipsis ( . . . )? ______
  1. References should be keyed______with a double space between each reference.
  1. References should be listed in ______order by the author’s ______
  1. The feature used to format a reference that wraps to the next line is known as? ______
  1. When typing a reference, the second line should be hanging by ______

Tables (Page 114)

  1. What is a table? ______
  1. ______are labeled alphabetically from left to right.
  1. Most often you will use ______vertical alignment for the headings and ______vertical alignment for the data rows beneath the heading.
  1. Whole numbers are ______aligned if a column total is shown; decimal numbers are ______aligned, and other figures are ______aligned.
  1. ______are labeled numerically from top to bottom.
  1. How are the column headings formatted above the columns? ______

57.  Where are the source notes (table references) located? ______

58.  What does the sort feature do? ______

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Miscellaneous Word Processing Information (page 75-77, & 87)

  1. What does WPM stand for and what does it calculate? ______

60. What is the difference between DS (Double Space) and SS (Single Space)? ______

61.  What is default? ______

62.  List 4 types of tabs. ______

63.  List 4 types of horizontal alignment. ______

64.  Explain the undo/redo feature.______

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65. What is QWERTY? ______

66. What is a hard return? ______

67.  What is a soft return (word-wrap)? ______

68.  How do you change the margins? ______

69.  What is a soft page break? ______

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70. What is a hard page break? ______

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71. What does the widow/orphan feature do? ______

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72. What is the toolbar and where is it located? ______

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73. What is a header/footer? ______

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74. What do the following features do?

  1. Bold: ______
  2. Italic: ______
  3. Underline: ______

75.  What functions does the spelling/grammar check do? ______

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The Keyboarding Final Exam will be on the following dates:

Thursday, January 10th

Typing and Formatting an Unbound Report, Personal Business Letter, and Table

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Monday, January 14th

Multiple Choice and True/False portion on Quiz Star testing site

Good Luck Studying!