SUBJECT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ASSIGNMENT

1. Name the two toolbars. Scroll bar, status bar, quick access toolbar, formatting toolbar, standard
toolbar
2. Name the toolbar used to scroll the document up and down Vertical scroll bar
3. Name the bar present at the bottom of the Writer window that gives information
about the number of pages in the document. Status Bar
4. Name the two rulers Horizontal ruler, vertical ruler
5. Name the ruler that is used to set the left and right margins Horizontal ruler
6. Name the bar that has buttons for the most commonly used commands Quick Access Toolbar
7. Name the three buttons present to the right of the Title bar. Minimize, maximize, close
8. Name the button used to reduce the window to a small icon on the taskbar Minimize
9. Which button is used to make the window smaller than full size Restore Down
10. Mention any two features of word processors.
• Formatting text
• Creating, editing, saving, printing documents
• Insert images
• Create tables, insert charts
• Use thesaurus
11. Write Keyboard shortcuts for the following commands:
• New Ctrl + N
• Save Ctrl + S
• Copy Ctrl + C
• Cut Ctrl + X
• Paste Ctrl + V
• Undo Ctrl + Z
• Bold Ctrl + B
• Spelling and grammar option F7
• Find and Replace Ctrl + H

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12. Name the menu that has option to create a new document. File
13. Which command is used to make the text darker than the normal text? Bold
14. What is the difference between Save and Save As options of File menu?
Save: helps to save the file with the pre-existing name and location. User can’t change the file format.
Save As: helps to save the file with new name and location. User can change the file format.
*for saving the document for the first time, you can choose any of the above options.
15. Name the set of commands used make a duplicate of the selected text. Copy, Paste
16. Write the set of commands used to move the text from one position to another in document. Cut, Paste
17. How can you delete a character to the left of the cursor? Press Backspace Key
18. The default bullet style is Small Dot (●)
19. How can you select entire document using the keyboard? Ctrl + A
20. Name the command used to reverse the last action. Undo (Ctrl + Z)
21. Write key combination to select one character to the right of the cursor. Ctrl + Shift + right arrow key
22. Name the menu that has option to change the text color and size. Home
23. Which key will you press to turn on the INSERT mode? Insert key
24. Name the menu that has option to change the alignment of text in a document. Paragraph
25. Name the four alignment options. Left, Right, Centre, Justify
26. The intersection of row and column in a table is called a Cell
27. What is the name given to the text printed on top of each page of the document header?
28. What is the name given to the text printed at the bottom of every page in a document? Footer
29. Auto Spellcheck option is available on review bar.
30. How can you get the Drawing bar if is not there in the document window?
Click on Insert Tab
Choose Shapes option on Illustrations Group.
31. An ordered list is used when the order of items is important.
32. What is an operating system? It is a software that works as an interface between a user and the
computer hardware.
33. Mention any three functions of operating system. Booting, Memory Management, Loading and
Execution. Data security, Disk Management, Process Management, Device Controlling, Printing
controlling.
34. Name any three operating systems for computers Microsoft Windows, Apple's macOS (formerly OS X),
Chrome OS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, dos, Ubuntu, Unix and Linux

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35. Name any three mobile operating systems. Android OS (Google Inc.), Bada (Samsung Electronics)
BlackBerry OS (Research In Motion), iPhone OS / iOS (Apple) MeeGo OS (Nokia and Intel), Palm OS
(Garnet OS), Symbian OS (Nokia), webOS (Palm/HP)
36. What is the name given to the screen that appears after Windows operating system is loaded? Desktop
37. Small images on the desktop are called icons
38. Name two special icons on the desktop. 1. Recycle bin 2. My computer
39. Name the icon that provides access to all the drives, files and folders on a computer. My computer
40. Name the button to the left of the taskbar. Start button
41. Picture for the desktop background is called wallpaper
42. Similar types of files can be placed into groups called folder
43. Mention any one way in which can create a new folder.
Navigate to the location where you want to create the folder.
Hold down the Ctrl, Shift, and N keys at the same time.
Enter your desired folder name.
Folder is created
44. To change the name of the folder, right-click and select rename option from the Shortcut menu.
45. How can you delete a folder?
Select the folder you want to delete and then press the delete key on the keyboard.
46. What is the difference between moving and copying a folder?
Copying means to make a duplicate file of the existing folder and moving means to change the destination
of a specific folder.
47. Differentiate between file and folder.
The basic difference between the two is that files store data, while folders store files and other folders.
File has some size whereas folders themselves take up virtually no space on the hard drive
We can share folder on network but cannot share files.
File has some extension where folder doesn’t have.
48. Name the set of commands to move a folder from one location to another.
Shift + drag / cut and paste/ ctrl + X, ctrl +V/ select folder-> right click-> send to
49. Name the place where deleted files are placed. Recycle bin
50. How can you empty the recycle Bin?
Right-click the Recycle Bin icon and choose Empty Recycle Bin from the menu that appears.
51. Why we should remove temporary files and folders from the computer?
Deleting the temporary files from your computer can help keep it running smoothly as well as improving
its performance. It also increases disk space.
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