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1. Personal Information

1.1 Name :
1.2 Email Address :

2. General Computer Knowledge

2.1 Can you name one input device and one output device?	Yes No
2.2 Do you know what RAM sands for and how much RAM your computer has?	Yes No
2.3 Do you know what an "icon" is and what to do with it?	Yes No
2.4 Do you know how to use a mouse to "drag" an item?	Yes No
2.5 Do you know the acceptable form for a filename?	Yes No
2.6 Do you know how to search for a file on your computer?	Yes No
2.7 Do you know what a modem is used for?	Yes No
2.8 Do you know how to reboot your computer?	Yes No
2.9 If you have a program on a diskette or a CD, do you know how to tell the computer to RUN it?	Yes No
2.10 Do you know how to open up more than one program at a time and move quickly between them?	Yes No

3. Documents and Documentation (Word Processing)

3.1 Do you know what font or typeface is?	Yes No
3.2 Do you know how to right and left justify a document?	Yes No
3.3 Do you know how to cut and paste a blobk of text?	Yes No
3.4 Do you know how to use a mouse to "drag" a block of text?	Yes No
3.5 Do you know how to reset margins in your word processor?	Yes No
3.6 Do you know how to create a table in a word processing document?	Yes No
3.7 Do you know what the clipboard does?	Yes No
3.8 Do you know how to tell your word processor to number the pages of your document?	Yes No
3.9 Can you use a spell checker?	Yes No
3.10 Do you know how to save as @ in order to change the format of the document you are saving from one type of word processing program to another or form a word processing format to HTML?	Yes No

4. Rows and Columns (Spreadsheets)

4.1 Have you ever balanced a checkbook with a computer program (i.e. Quicken)?	Yes No
4.2 Have you used a spreadsheet program to project or manage a budget?	Yes No
4.3 Do you know how to make a histogram or bar chart from selected spreadsheet rows and columns?	Yes No
4.4 Do you know what a cell is in a spreadsheet?	Yes No
4.5 Do you know the number a spreadsheet would enter in a cell where you typed the following: =2+2*6 (Hint: You need to know which operations the computer would do first)?	Yes No
4.6 Do you know how to write a formula to add a column of numbers?	Yes No
4.7 Can you change the format of a number in a spreadsheet from currency to a comma and do you know what that means?	Yes No
4.8 Have you ever used a statistical program?	Yes No
4.9 Can you find the mean for a column of figures in a statistical program?	Yes No
4.10 Do you know how to copy a column of figures into a second column?	Yes No

5. Data Inquiry (Search Engines and Databases)

5.1 Have you ever used a "search engine"(i.e. Yahoo, Infoseek, Alta Vista, Lycos, Google) on the Web?	Yes No
5.2 Have you ever searched for a topic in one of the large health-related databases (i.e. Medline, CINAHL, etc.)?	Yes No
5.3 Do you know what Medical Subject Headings (MESH) are and how to use them?	Yes No
5.4 Do you know what difference "AND" or "OR" would make in combining the results of two searches?	Yes No
5.5 Have you ever used an electronic clinical information system to look up a client\'s health record?	Yes No
5.6 Have you ever searched an electronic library catalog?	Yes No
5.7 Do you know how to add, delete or change felds in a database?	Yes No
5.8 Do you know how to create a query with and/or criteria?	Yes No
5.9 Do you know how tocreate a report and modify its format?	Yes No
5.10 Do you know how to set the primary key for a table?	Yes No
5.11 Do youknow how to create relationships between tables in a database?	Yes No
5.12 Do you know how to create a table in Design View?	Yes No
5.13 Do you know how to create a form?	Yes No
5.14 Do you know how to print records from a table?	Yes No
5.15 Do you know how to change the data type of a field?	Yes No
5.16 Do you know how to use a filter?	Yes No

6. Communicaions and Surfing (E-Mail, Computer Conferencing, Mail Groups, and WWW)

6.1 Do you have an e-mail address?	Yes No
6.2 Do you have an Internet provider for your home or office computer?	Yes No
6.3 Do you know what a list serve or electronic discussion group is?	Yes No
6.4 Have you ever subscribed to a list serve?	Yes No
6.5 Have you ever used a browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer to visit the World Wide Web?	Yes No
6.6 Have you ever participated in an asynchronous computer conference, on-line chat group or news group?	Yes No
6.7 Do you use e-mail regularly?	Yes No
6.8 Have you ever saved a web page, printed a web page or created a web page?	Yes No
6.9 Can you locate three major search engines on the Web?	Yes No
6.10 If you found a site on the Web that you particularly liked, do you know how to easily save that site (bookmark) so you can go back to it later without having to re-enter the entire address?	Yes No

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