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BC Computer Competency Test

http://www.broward.edu/outlines/CGS1060C.pdf

BCC Basic Student Technology Literacy Test Objectives
What skills does BCC’s Basic Student Technology Literacy Test cover?
BCC uses a version of the IC³ Training and Certification Program exam. The exam covers a broad range of computing knowledge and skills that proves competency in the areas described below. Students seeking to satisfy BCC’s Basic Student Technology Literacy Competency must demonstrate knowledge in the three exam areas: Computing Fundamentals, Key Applications, and Living Online.
Computing Fundamentals Competencies:

This exam covers the following areas:
Computer Hardware:
1. Identify types of computers, how they process information and how individual computers interact with other computing systems and devices
2. Identify the function of computer hardware components
3. Identify the factors that go into an individual or organizational decision on how to purchase computer equipment
4. Identify how to maintain computer equipment and solve common problems relating to computer hardware

Computer Software:
1. Identify how software and hardware work together to perform computing tasks and how software is developed and upgraded
2. Identify different types of software, general concepts relating to software categories, and the tasks to which each type of software is most suited or not suited
3. Identify fundamental concepts relating to database applications

Using an Operating System:
1. Identify what an operating system is and how it works, and solve common problems related to operating systems
2. Manipulate and control the Windows desktop, files and disks
3. Identify how to change system settings, install and remove software

Key Applications: This exam covers the following areas:
Common Program Functions:
1. Be able to start and exit a Windows application and utilize sources of online help
2. Identify common on-screen elements of Windows applications, change application settings and manage files within an application
3. Perform common editing and formatting functions
4. Perform common printing functions

Word Processing Functions:
1. Be able to format text and documents including the ability to use automatic formatting tools
2. Be able to insert, edit and format tables in a document

Spreadsheet Functions:
1. Be able to modify worksheet data and structure and format data in a worksheet
2. Be able to sort data, manipulate data using formulas and functions and add and modify charts in a worksheet

Presentation Software:
1. Be able to create and format simple presentations

Living Online: This exam covers the following areas:
Networks and the Internet:
1. Identify network fundamentals and the benefits and risks of network computing
2. Identify the relationship between computer networks, other communications networks (like the telephone network) and the Internet

Electronic Mail:
1. Identify how electronic mail works
2. Identify how to use an electronic mail application
3. Identify the appropriate use of e-mail and e-mail related "netiquette"

Using the Internet:
1. Identify different types of information sources on the Internet
2. Be able to use a Web browsing application
3. Be able to search the Internet for information

The Impact of Computing and the Internet on Society:
1. Identify how computers are used in different areas of work, school, and home
2. Identify the risks of using computer hardware and software
3. Identify how to use the Internet safely, legally, and responsibly
Areas Tested On The Exam

The Computer Competency Exam covers five essential areas of computer skills in which students need to be able to demonstrate competency:

• MS-Word
• MS-PowerPoint
• MS-Excel
• The Internet
• Basic Computer Concepts

MS-WORD:

Students should be able to perform the following tasks in MS-Word:

1. Open a document
2. Edit/Enter text
3. Cut/Paste, Copy/Paste
4. Find/Replace
5. Adjust line spacing
6. Change font, formatting
7. Use the spell checker
8. Use the thesaurus
9. Use the grammar checked
10. Change font/formatting
11. Insert date or date field
12. Set/Adjust tab setting
13. Add Bullets/Numbering
14. Add/Edit document Header/Footer
15. Insert page break
16. Insert page numbering
17. Change margins
18. Adjust page setup
19. Insert/Format a table
20. Preview a document
21. Print a document
22. Save a document
23. Insert a comment
24. Insert/Edit footnotes/endnotes

MS-POWERPOINT:

Students should be able to perform the following tasks in MS-PowerPoint:

1. Create a blank presentation
2. Use the AutoContent Wizard
3. Create a presentation using a design template
4. Change views
5. Add a new slide
6. Add/Edit a Header/Footer
7. Add Text/Bullets
8. Format a slide
9. Promote/Demote text
10. Insert an image
11. Create a text box
12. Apply slide animations
13. Apply slide transitions
14. Change slide layout
15. Print handouts
16. Print notes
17. Save/Save As
18. Set up timings
19. Save for another computer
20. Save as a web page

MS-EXCEL:

Students should be able to perform the following tasks in MS-Excel:

1. 1. Delete Rows/Columns
2. 2. Edit text
3. 3. Edit numbers
4. 4. Format cells
5. 5. Apply Borders/Shading
6. 6. Align cells
7. 7. Adjust Row/Column Height/Width
8. 8. Auto format worksheet
9. 9. Adjust print area
10. 10. Print a worksheet or workbook
11. 11. Insert formulas
12. 12. Edit formulas
13. 13. Create a chart

The Internet:

Students should be able to perform the following tasks on the Internet:

1. Navigation
2. Refresh a page
3. Return to home page
4. Change your home page
5. Use favorites
6. Add to favorites
7. Stop page loading
8. Search the Internet
9. Enter a URL
10. Check browser settings

Basic Computer Concepts:

Students should be familiar with the following computer concepts:

1. Know proper email netiquette
2. Understand the difference between CC and BCC
3. Understand the definition of a computer
4. Know the purpose of RAM memory
5. Identify different ways to access the Internet
6. Understand the purpose of a link on a webpage
7. Know what the HTML language is used for
8. Understand email attachments
9. Understand Windows file-naming conventions
10. Recognize that email attachments that may be infected with a computer virus
11. Know what a boot sector virus is
12. Define a Trojan virus
13. Recognize the symptoms of a computer virus
14. Recognize a virus hoax email message
15. Select appropriate methods for performing backups of computer files

Hands-On Practice for the Computer Competency Test

http://cfcc.edu/learninglab/cc/tutorial.html
http://www.stedwards.edu/it_dept/competency/tutorial.html
http://www.ric.edu/technologyCompetency/tutorials_email_answers.php
http://www.bedford.lib.nh.us/Basics.htm

How to Write SAT Essay under 25 Mins

Bottom-Line

1. What is the Essay Topic
2. What is your position (agree, disagree, neutral)
3. Why are you taking this position (give 3+ main arguments to prove your case)
4. Use the 3+ arguments to summarize your Thesis
   
5. Introductory Paragraph: recap the essay topic, state your position, and summarize your +3 arguments into a thesis sentence
   
6. Body Paragraph: Provide examples and evidences supporting each arguments (quote academic info and cite sources)
   
7. Conclusion Paragraph: restate your thesis and expand your arguments. Elaborate on Thesis - leave your reader with solutions, answers, ideas, alternatives
8. Review essay for the following:
   

How an Essay is Graded

1. Intelligent / Convincing Argument
2. Relevant examples/evidences to support Argument
3. Clear Organization (smooth progression from idea to idea)
4. Use of imaginative sentences and complex vocabulary
5. Freedom from grammatical errors and mistakes

Developing Thesis

1. Rewrite the essay requirement and objectives
2. Take a Point of View on the Topic – do you agree, disagree, or neutral? (one Argument only)
3. Brainstorm:
4. Ask several questions as to why you are taking a specific position on the Topic
5. List examples/evidences that support each questions
6. Map/Outline your Essay to clearly organize each evidence with supporting details
7. Write a Thesis that summarizes all the Main Evidences that support your central Argument
8. Supporting Details does not have to be included. Why? You are convincing reader of your Point of View, not explaining!
   

Follow a standard Essay format:

1. Introductory Paragraph (tells the reader what your essay is about and the position you’re taking)
2. Rewrite the essay requirements and objective (Topic)
3. Rewrite Thesis that summarizes all the evidences that support your main Argument
4. Body (reason(s) why reader should agree with your position)
5. Evidence #1: Topic Sentence + Supporting Details + Summary/Transition Sentence (to lead into next paragraph)
6. Evidence #2
7. Evidence #3
8. Evidence #4
9. Conclusion (summarizes your arguments supporting your Point of View)
10. Restate Thesis that summarizes all the evidences that support your main Argument
11. Move beyond the Thesis and restate some supporting details to finally conclude your original Argument

Other Ideas

1. Restate simple sentences with more complex and colorful sentences
2. Does your final Essay follow your original Map/Outline? Is it a smooth progression from idea to idea?
3. Use/replace simple vocabulary with 25 complex words list
4. Do not use same/similar vocabulary words twice
5. Use computer thesaurus to find colorful words
6. Use descriptive/action words before Nouns/Verbs
7. Recheck essay for grammatically mistakes
8. Map/Outline Articles – will keep you focused, and provide additional ideas to explore.
9. Always use your personal experiences, books/magazine read, past college subjects ideas, and personal life examples to support your Point of View on an Essay topic.
10. Fill-up your Essay by citing research materials that support your main argument

Grading
Score Point 5—Superior
The writer is in command of the conventions of language. The writer makes very few, if any, mistakes in sentence formation, usage, and mechanics. Some evidence is shown of advanced or innovative techniques.

Score Point 4—Effective
On the whole, the writer correctly applies the conventions of language, though there are some mistakes in sentence formation, usage, or mechanics. However, none of these errors are serious enough to interfere with the overall flow of the response or with its meaning.

Score Point 3—Adequate
The writer is fairly successful in applying the conventions of language. Several mistakes in sentence formation, usage, or mechanics are present. While the density of these errors may interfere with the overall flow of the response, they do not interfere with its meaning.

Score Point 2—Marginal
The writer is marginally successful in applying the conventions of language. Patterns of mistakes in sentence formation, usage, and mechanics significantly detract from the presentation. At times the meaning of the response may be weakened.

Score Point 1—Weak
The writer’s achievement in applying the conventions of language is limited. Frequent and serious mistakes in sentence formation, usage, and mechanics make the response difficult to understand.

Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

How To Scan A Document (Win Photo Gallery)

XP
Click start, click printers and faxes, click scanners and cameras, double click on image scanner device (name), welcome to scanner and camera wizard pops up then follow instructions from there.

Vista

1. Click the Windows Vista ( ) icon, click All Programs , and then click Windows Photo Gallery .
2. Click File , and then click Import From Camera or Scanner .
3. Click Import , and then click Scan .

HP officeJet Flatbed 6300

You Are Not Alone

Life is like a box of chocolates

You never know, what you'll get. (Forrest Gump)

Talking Animals

Life is simple, its just not easy

Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night. ~Marion Howard

Today Is A Gift

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Our Place in the Universe

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How To Study For MCAT Verbal

Map the Main Argument for each Passage

1. Identify each passage’s MAIN ARGUMENT (the purpose / overall point of each paragraph). The goal is to see each passage as not just a bunch of information, but rather supporting a central theme.
2. Map in your head each passage’s “central theme” in one sentence/phrase. Again, if you can't come up with something for this step, then you haven't done a good job of reading of reading the passage.
   
3. Do not focus on the detail(s) supporting the argument. Details build on the central idea, but it is background information, supporting opinions, and a list of examples. Once you understand the point, and you can make sense of it in context, you can forget it and move on.
4. Goal is to analyze each passage for clues to tell you what the author’s overall “bias” is. The author must have some sort of interest, or he wouldn't bother to sit down and write the essay.

• What is his purpose for writing each Passage?
• What is his purpose for writing the Essay? What is he trying to convince you of?
• What is his overall attitude ((positive, negative, or neutral?)

Circle Key Words

1. "EMPHASIZING” key words. Is he stressing it to support his general argument?
2. “OPINION” key words: "I think" or "personally", also: clearly, obviously, on the contrary, simply, everyone, no one, pervasive, etc. These can help you find out what the author thinks.
3. “TRANSITION” key words. These help you follow the structure of an argument. Some of these overlap with the above set, but here you’re looking for ways to follow how the author builds his case, more than what exactly the case is. Some of these might be: then, however, also, but, primarily, further, in contrast, etc

Tricks

1. Speed read – use fingers/pen to follow words
2. Pause after each paragraph, make sure that you’ve understood the overall gist
3. Summarize each passage’s “central theme” in one sentence/phrase.
4. Don’t just pick an answer because it sounds good. Wrong answer options are designed to be tricky. They're written to look like right answers. The final answer must fit the overall central theme of the passage/essay.
5. The main thing to remember for inference questions is that the right answer MUST be true based on the passage. If it may or may not be true, then it is not correct.
6. Use process of elimination to reject weak answer options that does not fit the central theme of the author’s argument.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=223930

Why Study Elementary Algebra?

Elementary algebra is the most basic form of algebra. It is taught to students who are presumed to have no knowledge of mathematics beyond the basic principles of arithmetic. In arithmetic, only numbers and their arithmetical operations (such as +, −, ×, ÷) occur. In algebra, numbers are often denoted by symbols (such as a, x, or y). This is useful because:

• It allows the general formulation of arithmetical laws (such as a + b = b + a for all a and b), and thus is the first step to a systematic exploration of the properties of the real number system.
• It allows the reference to "unknown" numbers, the formulation of equations and the study of how to solve these (for instance, "Find a number x such that 3x + 1 = 10" or going a bit further "Find a number x such that ax+b=c". Step which lets to the conclusion that is not the nature of the specific numbers the one that allows us to solve it but that of the operations involved).
• It allows the formulation of functional relationships (such as "If you sell x tickets, then your profit will be 3x − 10 dollars, or f(x) = 3x − 10, where f is the function, and x is the number to which the function is applied.").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra