Deck 5: Business Software

Question 1

When you purchase an application,whether a computer game or a business program,you purchase a compiled version of the code,that is,the object code.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Microsoft,SAP,Oracle,and all other for-profit organizations that develop software own their software and license it.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Compilers and interpreters are types of programming language translators.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Hypermedia enables linking text,pictures,sounds,animations,and video.

Question 5

In traditional programming,data and the operations to manipulate the data are kept separate from each other.

Question 6

While many versions of Linux can be downloaded free of charge from the web,most firms prefer to purchase a packaged version.

Question 7

The developers of proprietary software make the source code of their software public.

Question 8

_________made programming somewhat easier because they aggregated common commands into "words," although many of those "words" are not English­like.

A)Programming languages
B)Utility languages
C)Assembly languages
D)Procedural languages

Question 9

When an application is developed especially for an organization,specific program goals and custom requirements are considered during the development process.

Question 10

Project management tools enable the creation and manipulation of local or shared databases.

Question 11

A compiler checks one statement at a time.

Question 12

3GLs are significantly less procedural than 4GLs.

Question 13

The only language that computer hardware understands is a series of electrical signals that represent bits and bytes.

Question 14

The two major categories of software are application software and operation software.

Question 15

The great majority of business and individual software is open source,that is,software that is developed and sold for profit.

Question 16

If the first statement that an interpreter checks is free of syntactic errors,it inteprets the statement into object code and makes the computer execute it.

Question 17

When executives talk about productivity tools,they really mean computer programs,commonly known as software _____.

A)devices
B)applications
C)utilities
D)sites

Question 18

Web page development packages expedite development of webpages.

Question 19

The permissive model of software licensing permits anyone to use,modify,and make applications with the code,but not to use it in proprietary products for sale or licensing.

Question 20

In the absence of an operating system,applications run slowly on a computer.

Question 21

Spreadsheets and word processors are_________ .

A)application-specific applications
B)general-purpose applications
C)software-testing applications
D)program-coding applications

Question 22

A(n)_________ scans the entire source code,looking for errors in the form of the code.

A)compiler
B)assembler
C)coder
D)interpreter

Question 23

Locating and fixing programming errors is called _________.

A)compiling
B)coding
C)assembling
D)debugging

Question 24

_________applications are programs that enable workers to collaborate in real time over the web.

A)Hypermedia
B)Multimedia
C)Groupware
D)Open source

Question 25

Programs that can handle many different types of data are called _________.

A)supermedia software
B)utility software
C)packaged software
D)multimedia software

Question 26

The most popular OOP languages are Java,Visual Basic,and _________.

A)XML
B)HTTP
C)C++/C#
D)HTML

Question 27

The _________mediates applications and the computer,and controls peripheral devices.

A)operating system
B)utility system
C)multimedia software
D)application software

Question 28

Which of the following is true of multimedia software?

A)Multimedia limits the method of communication.
B)Multimedia integrates all types and forms of information.
C)Multimedia is not associated with hypermedia.
D)Multimedia does not use embedded links.

Question 29

Which of the following is true of objective-oriented programming languages?

A)Operations are linked to the data that they run on.
B)Data and the operations to manipulate the data are kept separate from each other.
C)They require more code than other languages.
D)Their primary emphasis is on the procedure for performing a task.

Question 30

Operating systems are usually developed with the aid of_________ ,such as assembly languages or C.

A)4GL programming languages
B)low-level programming languages
C)high-level programming languages
D)OOP programming languages

Question 31

Higher-level _________enable the use of English-like statements to accomplish a goal,and these statements are translated by special software into the machine language.

A)utility languages
B)assembly languages
C)procedural languages
D)programming languages

Question 32

_________use a modular approach,which offers ease of maintenance and efficiency in applications development.

A)Application languages
B)Utility languages
C)Object-oriented programming languages
D)Graphic languages

Question 33

Applications that can be integrated with other software to create new useful applications are called_________ .

A)mashups
B)compilers
C)utilities
D)coders

Question 34

_________primarily involves modifying programs to meet new business needs,but also debugging of errors that were not detected when testing the developed code.

A)Recoding
B)Reassembling
C)Displacement
D)Maintenance

Question 35

The purpose of_________ is to manage computer resources and perform routine tasks that are not specific to any application.

A)multimedia software
B)production software
C)packaged software
D)system software

Question 36

A(n)_________ is the software that enables the OS to control a device.

A)compiler
B)interpreter
C)server
D)driver

Question 37

Programs designed to perform specific jobs,such as calculating and executing a company's payroll,are collectively called_________ .

A)application-specific software
B)general-purpose application software
C)packaged software
D)utility software

Question 38

_________is a feature that enables a user to access additional information by clicking on selected text or graphics.

A)Groupware
B)Graphical user interface
C)Hypermedia
D)Graphics accelerator

Question 39

Word,Excel,PowerPoint,and Outlook are productivity tools in the Microsoft Office_________ .

A)prototype
B)suite
C)driver
D)compilation

Question 40

Hardware diagnostics,file comparison,and file sorting are _________performed by an operating system.

A)procedures
B)object codes
C)applications
D)utilities

Question 41

_________applications are programs that enable workers to collaborate in real time over the web.

Question 42

Operating systems perform _________such as hardware diagnostics,file comparison,file sorting,and the like.

Question 43

_________enables users to complete a particular application or task,such as word processing,investment analysis,data manipulation,or project management.

Question 44

The main advantage of Java and JavaScript is that the code produced,called_________ ,can be executed well regardless of the operating system the computer uses.

Question 45

Linking among documents involves _________technologies,and embedding information such as sound and video clips in documents uses multimedia technologies.

Question 46

When application developers write code,they use the_________ for the operating system on which the application will run.

Question 47

Which of the following is true of open source software?

A)Open source software can offer more innovative features by incorporating ideas from a diverse set of experts.
B) The developers of open source software do not make the source code of their software public.
C) Open source software has more bugs because independent programmers are not allowed to review the code.
D) The motive for developing and improving open source software is monetary.

Question 48

In the permissive model of software_________ ,anyone can use modify,and make the software into a product that can be sold for profit.

A)distributing
B)dealing
C)licensing
D)programming

Question 49

In_________ ,software developers treat objects as parts,or standardized modules that work together and can be used and reused.

Question 50

_________means the code is owned by someone who has the right to sell or license the software to others.

A)Source code
B)Open source
C)Proprietary
D)Groupware

Question 51

_________enables application software to run on a computer and manages the interaction between the CPU,memory,storage,input/output devices,and other computer components.

Question 52

The developers of _________can obtain the source code free of charge,usually on the web.

A)proprietary software
B)open source software
C)multimedia software
D)hypermedia software

Question 53

Which of the following is true of operating systems?

A)Operating systems are not expected to function if the user makes a mistake.
B) Windows operating systems are considered to be more user- friendly than Mac operating systems.
C) Operating systems based on UNIX are known to be unstable.
D) Stable operating systems do not cause a computer to freeze or produce error messages.

Question 54

To accelerate their work,programmers can use one of several_________ ,such as Microsoft Visual Basic,Embarcadero Delphi,Micro Focus COBOL,ASNA Visual RPG,and Visual C++.

Question 55

General-purpose applications are available as_________ ;that is,they come ready to install from an external storage medium such as a CD or a file downloaded from a vendor's website.

Question 56

The motive for developing and improving_________ is not monetary,but rather the satisfaction of solving programming problems and the recognition of one's contribution.

A)proprietary software
B)open source software
C)multimedia software
D)packaged software

Question 57

_________are often referred to as "platforms," because they are the platform on which all other applications "ride" when interacting with the hardware.

Question 58

Code written in interpreted programming languages can run only on machines whose disks store a(n)_________ .

Question 59

_________is based on UNIX and can be obtained free of charge.

A)Windows CE
B)Linux
C)Solaris
D)Android

Question 60

A(n)_________ is the software that enables the OS to control a device,either one installed inside the computer or an external device such as a flash memory drive.

Question 61

A(n)_________ program can be developed by a random group of programmers,rather than by a single company.

Question 62

The developers of_________ do not make the source code of their software public.

Question 63

The_________ model provides application software developed and maintained by a third-party provider and offered to organizations for a recurring fee.

Question 64

Discuss the advantages of object-oriented programming (OOP) over procedural languages.

Question 65

Describe the term software.

Question 66

Procedural languages need special programs to translate _________,which is the program as originally written,into object code,which is the same program in machine language.

Question 67

In what way do project management tools help project managers?

Question 68

What are the advantages of open source software over proprietary software?

Question 69

Discuss visual programming languages.