Computer Literacy Test in Lieu of Taking COSC 1315, Computer Literacy, to Meet Computer Literacy Graduation Requirement

The one-hour test is free and consists of one hundred questions (50 multiple choice and 50 true/false). The test is given on a computer and is graded pass/fail. Sixty or more correct answers are required to pass. You can repeat the test twice. Passing the test meets the computer literacy graduation requirement but does not grant the student any credit hours.

• Day and Time Offered: 1:00 PM on most Fridays or by special appointment.
• Location: Center for Instruction - CI 318

When you are ready to take the test, schedule it with Computer Literacy Test Administrator, david.burk@tamucc.edu, Telephone (361)825-3379, Office: CI 318.

All of the test questions are from the following text for the Computer Literacy course:

• Discovering Computers & Microsoft Office 2010, by Gary B. Shelly & Misty E. Varmaat

Subject areas covered by the test are:

• The development of computing.
• Personal computer hardware components and their purpose.
• Operating systems, to include network operating systems, and their purpose.
• Common application software to include word processing, presentation, database, and spreadsheet programs.
• The World Wide Web and Web pages.
• Electronic mail.
• Basic computer programming logic and concepts.
• Computer networks, telecommunications and the Internet.
• The fundamentals of software use and systems software.
• Information systems: developing organizational computer systems and applications software development.
• Developing microcomputer systems.
• Social issues involving computers.