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Technology Skills Self-Assessment Survey
This form has been adapted from a similar form from Florida Gulf Coast University (See Tech Skills Assessment link).  If this diagnostic indicates that you need to work on some computer skills, you may use the tutorials from Florida Gulf Coast University.  Just follow the links in the blue column to the left.

Complete their BROWSER TEST and record your results before you submit this form.

First Name
Last Name
Student ID
Email Address
Career goal
Level


Instructions
Click on the appropriate answer for each question.


Basic Computer Operation and Concepts
1.  Do you understand the basic function of computer hardware components, such as central processing unit, monitor, keyboard, printer, and disk?

Yes
No
2.  Can you find and launch specific software programs and navigate beetween programs?

Yes
No
3.  Can you save work to both the hard disk and floppy disk?

Yes
No
4.  Can you exit/quit an application and/or shutdown computers properly?

Yes
No


Word Processing Skills
5.  Can you create and save a new word-processing document?

Yes
No
6.  Can you open, view, and print a document?

Yes
No
7.  Can you cut, copy, and paste text in a document?

Yes
No
8.  Can you change font style and size in a document?

Yes
No
9.  Can you use spell-check and a thesaurus in a word-processing program?

Yes
No
10.  Can you justify text and change line spacing in a document?

Yes
No
11.  Can you set text margins and select page orientation in a word-processing program?

Yes
No
12.  Can you include page numbers and running headers/footers in a document?

Yes
No
13.  Can you create a numbered or bulleted list in a document?

Yes
No
14.  Can you create tables in a document?

Yes
No
15.  Can you insert media elements (graphics, images, clip art) in a document?

Yes
No


Internet/Web
16.  Can you go to a specific site on the World Wide Web given a URL (Universal Resource Locator)?

Yes
No
17.  Can you use a browser's functional buttons, such as Back, Forward, Reload/Refresh, Home, Print and Stop?

Yes
No
18.  Can you use a web browser to browse a web site (e.g., follow hyperlinks, move forward and backward)?

Yes
No
19.  Can you save the URL of a Web site so you can return to the page at a later time ("bookmarks", favorites", "hot lists")?

Yes
No
20.  Can you use an Internet search engine (e.g. Yahoo, Google, Infoseek) to find specific information?

Yes
No
21.  Can you download and save files from the World Wide Web (e.g., text, graphic, PDF files)?

Yes
No
22.  Can you download and install browser plug-ins, such as Acrobat Reader and Real Audio?

Yes
No


Email
23.  Can you read email messages?

Yes
No
24.  Can you activate your CSUF student user account and change the password?

Yes
No
25.  Can you compose and send electronic messages?

Yes
No
26.  Can you reply to an email message (reply to all or to an individual)?

Yes
No
27.  Can you manage your electronic mail by copying, saving, forwarding and deleting messages?

Yes
No
28.  Can you send and receive attachments through email messages?

Yes
No
29.  Can you print a received attachment and save the attachment in an appropriate place?

Yes
No


Access
30.  Do you own a computer?

Yes
No


Hardware
31.  What type of personal computer do you have?

32.  What type of operating system do you have on the computer?

33.  Does this computer have Internet access

34.  How do you connect to the Internet?

35.  What is your connection speed?

36.  Which web browser and what browser version are you using?

37.  Who is your Internet Service Provider?

38.  What word processor do you have on your computer and what version is it?



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