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Computing Literacy · Foundation

Certificate of Computing Literacy (Foundation)

This is where you start. We ask you to find a file, send a message, and save your work where you can find it again.

  • £40Test fees

  • 20 minTest time

  • 100Points

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Practice

Take the mock test

Five free questions in 20 minutes, with a score and short feedback. This mock does not award the real certificate.

Take the mock test

The paper

I'm ready for the real test

Twenty questions in 20 minutes. Complete candidate details and identity verification before the paid assessment. The real assessment is subject to invigilation by an authorised ENEBA invigilator to protect exam integrity; consent is required before beginning.

I'm ready for the real test

What we test

If you are beginning with a computer, returning to study, or leaving school.

Syllabus

  • Starting work on a shared computer and leaving it tidy
  • Folders, file names, and finding yesterday’s document
  • A browser, a search, and knowing which result is an advert
  • Email: send, reply, and attach without posting the whole address book
  • A short document with a heading, a list, and a saved copy
  • Passwords, and what not to type into a page that arrived by surprise

Recommended reading

Learn My Way

Good Things Foundation

Short lessons on what we will ask you to do: finding a file, email, and search.

Cyber Aware

National Cyber Security Centre

Passwords, and what to do with a message or a page that arrives by surprise.

Applied Digital Skills

Google

Practice with documents and everyday computer tasks, on a machine you can reset.

Where this certificate is used

Library digital assistant

Book a PC, help a visitor print, and reset a session at the end of the hour.

Retail colleague, online orders

Look up an order, send the customer a plain email, and file the note.

Activities assistant in a care home

Open a tablet session, find a photograph, and put the tablet back ready for the next person.

The sitting

20 questions, 5 points each, 20 minutes. The real assessment is subject to invigilation by an authorised ENEBA invigilator to protect exam integrity. You will be asked to consent before beginning. You receive the points you score.