ITPEC IP October 2025 Question 24
Which of the following is the function that aids keyboard input and lessens the trouble of entering characters, by looking up past input history for characters being entered and displaying a list of candidate character strings?
Explanation
Autocomplete — the input aid that lists candidate strings from past input while the user is still typing.
As the first characters are entered, the software searches the input history, and sometimes a dictionary, for entries that begin with them and shows them as a list. Choosing one fills in the rest of the entry. Browser address bars, search boxes, input forms and a smartphone's predictive text all work this way; it saves keystrokes and reduces typing errors.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- •(a) Indentation — shifts the start of a line to the right to show the structure of a text or program; it offers no candidates
- •(c) Autofilter — a spreadsheet function that shows only the rows matching a condition picked from a column's list; it narrows data already entered, not what is being typed
- •(d) Hyperlink — a link in a document that jumps to another location or resource when clicked
Key rule: Autocomplete and autofilter both show a list, but autocomplete predicts what is being typed from history, while autofilter selects rows of stored data.
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