Word Processing interview questions

A root word dictionary

1. Accepts only exact matches
2. Strips prefixes and suffixes from words before checking them against the dictionary
3. Both (a) and (b)
4. Strips prefixes and suffixes from words before checking them against the dictionary

In word processing, the ability to adjust space between two characters is called

1. Soft hyphen
2. Micro spacing
3. Proportional spacing
4. Kerning

A on-screen formatter will not always provide an exact copy of what the text will look like on paper because

1. Display may not be capable of showing all the characters the printer can generate
2. Commands will be present in the file
3. Left and right margins will be different
4. All of these

Paragraph reforming

1. Sets paragraph margins
2. Changes the distance between lines from one paragraph to the next
3. Shifts words-up to fill shortened lines
4. All of these

In data processing system, what is the name given to the lead line of a paragraph that accidentally becomes an isolated last line on a print page?

1. Window
2. Header
3. Boiler-plate
4. Orphan

The indicator on the screen that shows where things will happen next is called

1. Control key
2. Cursor
3. Arrow key
4. None of these

When using correct star, if it is asked about a word that is consistently misspelled, which of the following should be used?

1. Correct all occurrences option
2. Type correction option
3. Ignore option
4. Add to dictionary option

Boilerplate is

1. commonly used by individuals who create documents that contain standard paragraphs
2. quickly being replaced by word processing software
3. used by professionals for making copies of important documents
4. none of these

All printers are capable of

1. Printing boldface characters
2. Shifting from plain text to italics
3. Underlining
4. None of these

Global search-and-replace allows to

1. Avoid typing many repetitions of a phrase
2. Correct a consistently misspelled word
3. Both (a) and (b)
4. None of these

A hard hyphen

1. cannot be used at the end of a line
2. is printed only if it falls at the end of a line
3. is part of a word
4. Both (a) and (b)

Which of the following is not an essential function of a word processing software package?

1. Indexing
2. Saving
3. Editing
4. Formatting

Which of the following allows you to reuse a portion of text several times in a document?

1. Block and re block
2. Block and copy
3. Block and delete
4. Block and move

In the first step of off-screen formatting, the user

1. Runs a print-formatting program
2. Enters text and embeds print-formatting commands in the text
3. Both (a) and (b)
4. None of these

Backward deletion

1. deletes the character immediately under the cursor
2. is useful when you need to delete something you’ve just typed
3. both (a) and (b)
4. none of these

Character enhancements include

1. Underline
2. Boldface
3. Italics
4. All of these

Micro spacing

1. Places in fields with different widths
2. Justifies text by inserting full column-width spaces between words
3. Inserts tiny spaces between letters and words
4. None of these

Which of the following is never placed at the top of a page by a word processing software package?

1. Running heads
2. Footers
3. Headers
4. Page numbers

Word wrap

1. Requires you to type the (RETURN) key at end every line
2. Will move a word to the next line if it is too long to fit at the end of a line
3. Increases the rate at which text can be entered
4. Both (b) and (c)

Studies have shown that the easiest documents to read use

1. Ragged left margins
2. Right-justified margins
3. Ragged right margins
4. None of these

Menu-driven software

1. Always requires that you depress a certain key to display the menu
2. Is also called command-driven software
3. Always has a menu present on the screen
4. May display a menu in various positions on the screen

The type of dictionary that might accept “mouses” as correct is

1. Root word dictionary
2. Literal dictionary
3. Personal dictionary
4. None of these

Many of the popular word processing software packages available today allow to

1. Redline a document
2. Total columns of numbers
3. Align decimal points automatically
4. Create and use macros

A context-sensitive help system

1. can give information about the function you’re currently using
2. is always used with a reference manual
3. can give just one screen of information for each function
4. both (b) and (c)

In word processing, a word is defined as

1. 32 bits
2. An English language word
3. A string of letters or numerals
4. Both (a)and (b)

Cursor-control commands allow the user to

1. Move one character at a time
2. Jump to the beginning or end of the current line
3. Move one word at a time
4. All of these

Menu driven software

1. is also called command-driven software
2. always requires that you depress a certain key to display the menu
3. always has a menu present on the screen
4. may display a menu in various positions on the screen

What is the name given to that part of a word processing package that is used to automatically insert names, addresses, and other text into designated locations in a series of letters?

1. Mail merge
2. Page layout
3. Block move
4. Word wrap

An example of a block-move operation is

1. Cut and paste
2. Deleting a character
3. Inserting a character
4. Both (b) and (c)

Disk-based word processor

1. Require you to break up documents if they are too large
2. Can edit files that are too long to fit into memory at once
3. Require that the entire document fit into memory while it is being edited
4. Both (a) and (c)