Deck 15: Technology Guide 2 - Software

Question 1

Application software cannot be run on computer hardware without systems software.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The operating system supervises the overall operation of the computer.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Off-the-shelf application software consists of specific software programs developed for a particular company by a software vendor.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Computer hardware and software are designed to be general purpose.

Question 5

The overall trends in software include all of the following except:

A) Increased complexity.
B) Increased cost.
C) Increased number of defects.
D) Increased security.
E) Increasing percentage of the costs of modern computer systems.

Question 6

As hardware costs have decreased over the past 20 years, software costs have also decreased.

Question 7

The user interface is the most sophisticated on enterprise operating systems and the least sophisticated on desktop operating systems.

Question 8

The _____ complexity of software ansresults in a _____ potential for errors.

A) Decreasing, decreasing
B) Decreasing, increasing
C) Increasing, decreasing
D) Increasing, level
E) Increasing, increasing

Question 9

Software consists of computer programs, which are sequences of instructions for the computer.

Question 10

Personal application software consists of widely used packages such as word processing, spreadsheet, communications, and graphics software.

Question 11

Software is typically quite complex.

Question 12

Open systems refers to a model of computer products - hardware, operating systems, and application software - that allow any computing device to be seamlessly connected to and interact with any other computing device.

Question 13

Which of the following is not an overall trend in software?

A) Increased complexity
B) Increased cost
C) Increased number of errors
D) Increased amount of mainframe software written by users
E) Increasing percentage of the costs of information systems

Question 14

Computer code is generally efficient, well designed, and contains very few errors.

Question 15

Which of the following is not a reason why software currently comprises a larger percentage of the cost of modern computer systems than it did in the early 1950s?

A) Hardware costs have increased.
B) Hardware performance has increased
C) Software has become increasingly complex.
D) Building software applications remains slow, complex, and error-prone.
E) None of the above

Question 16

Packaged application software addresses a specific or unique business need for a company.

Question 17

_____ is(are) a written description of a computer program's functions.

A) Explanatory instructions
B) Documentation
C) Graphical user interface
D) Plug and play
E) README files

Question 18

Companies who develop software for sale license that software for use to protect their product from being copied and distributed illegally.

Question 19

Over the past 20 years, hardware costs have _____, while software costs have _____.

A) Increased, increased
B) Decreased, decreased
C) Decreased, increased
D) Increased, decreased
E) Increased, remained level

Question 20

Today, software comprises a larger percentage of the cost of modern computer systems than it did in the early 1950s. Which of the following reasons account(s) for this development?

A) Hardware costs have decreased.
B) Hardware performance has increased.
C) Software has become increasingly complex.
D) Building software applications remains slow, complex, and error-prone.
E) All of the above

Question 21

_____ are sequences of instructions used to direct the workings of a computer.

A) Computer programs
B) Microcode instructions
C) Assembler commands
D) Systems software
E) Input/output instructions

Question 22

The concept of _____ refers to competing computing products working together.

A) Open-source software
B) Software-as-a-Service
C) Object-oriented software
D) Application software packages
E) Open systems

Question 23

The main system control program is the _____.

A) Operating system
B) Cache software
C) Virtual memory
D) Security monitor
E) Multithread register

Question 24

_____ is software whose source code is available at no cost to developers and users.

A) Freeware
B) Shareware
C) Open systems
D) Open-source software
E) Software-as-a-Service

Question 25

Which of the following is not a characteristic of today's typical software?

A) It s efficient.
B) It is full of errors.
C) It is poorly designed.
D) It is expensive.
E) It is an art as well as a science.

Question 26

_____ programs are often used to analyze financial data.

A) Database
B) Word processing
C) Spreadsheet
D) Graphics
E) Communications

Question 27

Describe the factors to be considered for software selection.

Question 28

Which of the following is not a function of the operating system?

A) It allocates CPU time and main memory to programs running on the computer.
B) It provides an interface between the user and the hardware.
C) It supervises the overall operation of the computer.
D) It increases the complexity of the system to the user.
E) None of the above

Question 29

Discuss the reasons why software is more costly than hardware in today's information systems.

Question 30

Which of the following is not an advantage of open-source software?

A) It produces high-quality code.
B) It produces code that can be changed to meet the user's needs.
C) Bugs are discovered quickly.
D) Support is available only through online communities of core developers.
E) It produces reliable code.

Question 31

What are the overall trends in software?

Question 32

Discuss the importance of software licensing.

Question 33

The _____ allows users to exert direct control of icons on the computer screen.

A) Systems software
B) Application software
C) Graphical user interface
D) Plug-and-play
E) Operating system

Question 34

Describe the various types of application software.

Question 35

Discuss the importance of software defects.

Question 36

un is getting ready to open a store in her home town to sell unique lamp bases and shades. She has bought a laptop to use in the store for all of her operating needs. One of the first applications she needs is one to handle her accounting and checkbook. How might she obtain such an application?

A) Open-source software
B) Software-as-a-Service
C) Object-oriented software
D) Application software package
E) Open systems

Question 37

In order to protect their software from illegal distribution, vendors often rely on _____.

A) Secure packaging
B) Private security agents
C) Software licensing
D) Internet-based distribution methods
E) Personal honesty

Question 38

Creating specific application software using an organization's own resources is called ____ .

A) Outsourcing
B) Consultant-based development
C) In-house development
D) Contract software
E) Documentation

Question 39

The set of computer instructions that provides specific functionality to a user is called:

A) Transaction processing software.
B) Application software.
C) General software.
D) Systems software.
E) Microcode

Question 40

The set of computer programs used to manage hardware resources is called:

A) Microsoft Office Suite.
B) Application software.
C) General software.
D) Systems software.
E) Personal application software.

Question 41

Jun has bought an accounting package for her business, which involves selling unique lamp bases and shades. She wants to hire some part-time help to assist her in implementing and becoming comfortable with the new software.. Which of the follow skill sets would be the most beneficial for this worker to possess?

A) Business processes
B) Operating systems
C) Programming languages
D) HTML
E) Open systems