Windows 10 Basic Concepts

Test your general knowledge of working with Windows 10.

This test contains 20 mulitple choice questions. When you have finished answering the questions, click the View your results button at the buttom of this page. Your test results and the correct answers are shown immediately on your screen. With a score of sufficient or greater, you can receve the Computer Certificate by email if desired.

Good luck!

Test questions:

1. What program can be used to view websites in Windows 10?

Microsoft Edge Control Panel File Explorer

2. What command in Windows is commonly associated with the word cut?

Save Delete Paste

3. How do you open a program from the desktop?

Click the icon Place the pointer on the icon Double-click the icon

4. How do you drag a window to another spot in Windows 10?

Place the pointer on a blank area of the window, double-click and begin dragging Place the pointer on one of the corners of the window, click the left mouse button and drag the window Place the pointer on the title bar of the window. Press the left mouse button and drag the window to the desired spot

5. How do you display a minimized program back on the desktop?

Drag the taskbar button to the desktop Double-click the desktop Click the taskbar button

6. What taskbar button can you click to open a program for arranging files and folders?

7. What happens when you click this button ?

The window will be just as wide as the screen The window will be reduced to its original size The window disappears from the desktop, but is still opened

8. When does this bar appear on the right or bottom of a window?

When a window is minimized When multiple windows are opened When the information does not fit into the window

9. How do you change the view layout of the items in a folder in the File Explorer window?

Right-click one of the options and then click Click the tab and select one of the options in the Layout group Click the View tab, then click and select one of the options

10. Is it possible to change the size of the windows in Windows 10?

Yes No

11. Is there a shortcut on the taskbar for every program on your computer?

No Yes

12. What happens when you click this button ? 

The window will be minimalized A list of choices appears A dropdown menu appears

13. Which button do you use to close a window?

14. What does it mean when the pointer changes into a hand ?

It is a hyperlink that can be clicked It is a program It is a section that can be dragged

15. What does the light-blue underlining indicate by a taskbar button on the taskbar?

The program is opened The program is closing right now The program will be opened when you start Windows

16. What is this screen called?

Control Panel Login screen Desktop

17. What happens when you click the button in the upper left corner of a File Explorer window?

The window will be closed The information in the window moves a bit to the left You will go back to the previous location

18. What is a proper method for shutting down your computer?

Click the Start button , then and select Close all programs and press the On/Off button of your desktop computer or laptop Click the Start button , then click

19. Can multiple programs be opened at the same time in Windows?

No Yes

20. What is this part of Windows called?

Taskbar Toolbar Programbar