Tam Adult School

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Adult Education

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Community Education

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Challenge Exam: Word Processing

GUIDELINES

• The agreed upon standard is the creation of a quality document which contains no more than two errors.  Students may use the block business letter format guidelines during the exam.
• Each student must use Microsoft Word to type and format a block style business letter (everything starts to the left) following the directions on the test sheet.
• Each student must be able to use a word processor to change fonts, font sizes, and font styles (bold, underlining, and italics).
• Each student must be able to: use a word processor to change margin and line spacing; set, modify, and use tab stops (left, right, center, and decimal), or create and format tables; create headers; insert and format images; use justification (left, right, center, and full).
• Each student must understand the distinction between the left edge of the paper and where the text begins on the paper, as well as how these relate to margins and the ruler line at the top of the screen.
• Each student must be able to print a document.

CRITERIA FOR PASSING
NO MORE THAN TWO ERRORS are allowed.

Each occurrence of an error counts as one error. Errors include, but are not limited to, mistakes in the following areas: spelling; capitalization; letter duplication; word substitution; omitted or added words; punctuation; spacing between words; not using bold, italics or underlining when indicated; incorrect line spacing, margins, font size, justification, and tab placement.

SAMPLE TEST LINKS
Business letter guidelines (PDF)
Sample test instructions (PDF)
- Sample test document (Word doc)
- Letterhead graphic
- Ty Murray photo
Sample test solution (PDF)
Annotated solution (PDF)