General Computer Knowledge Requirement

On a fifty question, multiple-choice test, students must know the meaning and/or computer related uses of the following terms:

application software DSL JPEG backup disk

right to privacy ethernet kilobyte router

bitmap expansion slot laser printer scanner

broadband firewall megabyte/gigabyte search engine

browser firewire megahertz/gigahertz server

cable modem GIF memory shortcut

computer program hard copy modem software piracy

computer virus hardware network spreadsheet

control panel HTML network interface card storage device

cookie hyperlink operating system terabyte

CPU icon output device URL

database input device peripherals USB

DDR-SDRAM IP address protocol word processing

desktop publishing ISP RAM

Passing score: The student must answer 40 out of 50 answers correctly (80%).

Required of All Students	Choose One	Choose Any two
1) Keyboarding	4) Spreadsheet	4) Spreadsheet (if not selected already)
2) Word Processing	5) Database	5) Database (if not selected already)
3) Information Retrieval		6) General Computer Knowledge
		7) PowerPoint **
		8) Desktop Publishing
		9) Computer Aided Drafting **
		10) Computer Programming *
		11) Computer Based Video Production **
		12) Advanced Information Retrieval/Information Literacy With Analysis of Web Sites

*Not available at PVHS

**Must be enrolled in a PVHS computer class