Deck 4: Software: Systems and Application Software

Question 1

What is one advantage that proprietary software has over off-the-shelf software?

A)Proprietary software offers better levels of customization through involvement in the development process.
B)The initial cost of proprietary software is lower.
C)Proprietary software is likely to meet the basic business needs that are common across organizations.
D)Proprietary software is likely to be of high quality because many customer firms have tested the software and helped identify its bugs.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Essa started her Outlook programs and realizes that she has many e-mails, many of which are from an unknown source that she did not recognize.After talking to a tech support, she was advised to install a utility program.What type of utility program can help Essa?

A)security utilities
B)file-compression utilities
C)spam filtering utilities
D)network and internet utilities

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What are people usually asked to read and agree to before using commercially available software?

A)a copyright agreement
B)a privacy statement
C)an end-user license agreement
D)a purchase order

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What is TRUE about embedded operating systems?

A)They represent a small, niche market.
B)They are changing the way we interact with many household devices.
C)They are used in a narrow range of applications.
D)They are an extension of the desktop applications.

Question 5

Which of the following statements is FALSE about mainframe computers?

A)They are often referred to as "Big Iron."
B)They provide the computing and storage capacity to meet massive data processing requirements.
C)They offer users high performance and excellent system availability.
D)They can only run a narrow range of application software.

Question 6

What operating system, sometimes referred to as "Vista done right," includes improved home networking capabilities?

A)Windows 7
B)Leopard
C)Linux
D)Google OS

Question 7

Which of the following is an operating system for cell phones?

A)iPhone Android
B)Google OS
C)Palm Windows Mobile
D)Symbian

Question 8

Kelly is a professional programmer and enjoys being able to look at the source code of the operating system and create applications.She is also able to share her work with her colleagues.What operating system allows this type of manipulation?

A)Windows 7
B)Apple computer
C)Linux
D)network operating

Question 9

What open-source operating system's source code is freely available to everyone?

A)UNIX
B)Snow Leopard
C)Linux
D)Red Hat

Question 10

What type of capabilities must an operating system have to allow a user to run more than one application at a time?

A)networking capabilities
B)hardware independence capabilities
C)memory management capabilities
D)multitasking capabilities

Question 11

Rare-Book International Company recently installed a system that allows its members to browse the company's collection of rare books located all over the world.What is the name of the software that makes this communication possible?

A)off the shelf
B)proprietary
C)middleware
D)utilities

Question 12

After a computer system is started, where are portions of the operating system transferred to as they are needed?

A)the CPU
B)the memory
C)the backup rescue disk
D)the secondary storage

Question 13

What features of the operating system allocate computer resources to make the best use of each system's assets?

A)the file management features
B)the task management features
C)the user interface features
D)the multitasking features

Question 14

What sphere of influence within an information system supports two or more people who work together to achieve a common goal?

A)personal
B)workgroup
C)enterprise
D)collaboration

Question 15

Kate clicks an icon on her computer and is able to access the accounting program.What is the name of the interface allowing for such operation?

A)software
B)hardware
C)a graphical user
D)an application

Question 16

What then-small company developed the early PC-DOS and MS-DOS operating systems?

A)IBM
B)Microsoft
C)Apple
D)SAP

Question 17

What powerful operating system, originally developed by AT&T for use on minicomputers, now runs on workstations, servers, and mainframe computers?

A)z/OS
B)AIX
C)UNIX
D)Linux

Question 18

Jay's computer is running very slowly.He loads a program to identify the issues and performs several maintenance functions in order to get his computer to run better.What type of program has helped Jay?

A)a utility
B)a anti-virus program
C)spyware
D)hardware management

Question 19

What displays icons and menus that people use to send commands to the computer system?

A)an operating system
B)a graphical user interface
C)a command-based user interface
D)an application program

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of a workgroup utility program?

A)software to compress data
B)antivirus software
C)software that monitors team activity to determine levels of participation
D)software that monitors network traffic and server loads

Question 21

What term is used to reference the ability for a company to offer its customers a subscription to business applications via a Web interface?

A)Cloud Services
B)Web Services
C)Software as a Service
D)Open Source Service

Question 22

Applications request services from the operating system run through a defined application program interface (API).

Question 23

Computer programs are sequences of user instructions.

Question 24

The operating system converts a basic user request into the set of detailed instructions that the computer hardware requires, thus acting as an intermediary between the application and the hardware.

Question 25

Company PO would like to develop a low-maintenance, flexible, and modular system that would allow connectivity between the systems in various locations.What is the name given to such a method?

A)enterprise systems
B)network systems
C)service-oriented architecture
D)cloud architecture

Question 26

Information systems that operate within the enterprise sphere of influence support the firm in its interaction with customers, suppliers, shareholders, competitors, special-interest groups, the financial community, and government agencies.

Question 27

What form of software includes a wide range of built-in functions for statistical, financial, logical, database, graphics, and date and time calculations?

A)word processing software
B)spreadsheet software
C)database software
D)graphics software

Question 28

What programming languages are used to create artificial intelligence or expert system applications?

A)assembly languages
B)fifth-generation languages
C)visual programming languages
D)object-oriented programming languages

Question 29

Maximus Company would like to implement an online sales system without having to buy and maintain the entire infrastructure.Which of the following could Maximus use?

A)software as a service
B)platform as a service
C)computing services
D)utility services

Question 30

What popular groupware software package from IBM enables a global team to work together from a common set of documents, have electronic discussions using threads of discussion, and schedule team meetings?

A)Lotus Notes
B)Exchange Server
C)Zoho
D)Thinkfree

Question 31

What helps individuals, groups, and organizations store useful data (such as a list of tasks to complete or a list of names and addresses), includes an appointment calendar, and provides a place to take notes?

A)graphics software
B)project management software
C)personal information managers
D)software suites

Question 32

What set of integrated programs are many multisite, global organizations turning to in order to manage their vital business operations?

A)software suites
B)enterprise resource planning suites
C)workgroup application software
D)productivity software

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT a risk involved with using an application service provider?

A)Sensitive information could be compromised.
B)The ASP could be incapable of keeping its servers and network up and running consistently.
C)A disaster could disable the ASP's data centre.
D)The software provided by the ASP may be out of date.

Question 34

Systems software consists of programs that help users solve particular computing problems.

Question 35

Olivia has been asked to create a budget for her manager that would provide several scenarios based on different inflation rates.What type of productivity software will be most appropriate?

A)word processing
B)spreadsheet analysis
C)database applications
D)presentation graphics

Question 36

Operating systems can control one computer or multiple computers, or they can allow multiple users to interact with one computer.

Question 37

A graphical user interface requires text commands to be given to the computer in order to perform basic activities.

Question 38

Claire is communicating with the computer using a set of key words in order to extract information from the database.She misspelled one of the key words and got a processing error.What is the name given to this type of error?

A)rule error
B)syntax error
C)programming error
D)grammatical error

Question 39

Which of the following allows software engineers to drag and drop graphical objects, such as buttons and menus, onto the application form?

A)machine code
B)assembly language
C)visual programming
D)fourth-generation language

Question 40

What type of software allows a team to share resources and contribute content to increase efficiency and effectiveness?

A)productivity software
B)on-demand software
C)collaborative software
D)mobile application software

Question 41

Utility programs help to perform maintenance, correct problems, merge and sort sets of data, keep track of computer jobs, and compress files of data.

Question 42

Programming languages are sets of keywords, symbols, and rules for constructing statements that people can use to communicate instructions to a computer.

Question 43

Most operating systems support virtual memory, which allocates space on the hard disk to supplement the immediate, functional memory capacity of ROM.

Question 44

Financial management software helps plan, schedule, allocate, and control people and resources needed to complete a project according to a schedule.

Question 45

Because embedded systems are typically designed for a specific purpose in a specific device, they are usually proprietary-or custom-created-and owned by the manufacturer.

Question 46

Software as a Service allows businesses to subscribe to Web-delivered business application software by paying a monthly service charge or a per-use fee.

Question 47

A unique, one-of-a-kind software developed for a specific application is called off-the-shelf software.

Question 48

Besides addressing some of the flaws in Windows Vista, Windows XP introduced new windows manipulation functionality that allows users to more easily find, access, and work with information in files.

Question 49

Microsoft Access, IBM Lotus Approach, Borland dBase, and Sun Base are all examples of database software.

Question 50

Symbian is the world's most widely used cell phone embedded operating system.

Question 51

Workgroup application software is designed to support teamwork, but only works if the people are in the same location.

Question 52

An application server provider is a company that can provide the software, support, and computer hardware on which to run the software from the user's facilities over a network.

Question 53

A software suite is a collection of single programs packaged together as a bundle and typically includes word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, and more.

Question 54

The ability of a computer to handle an increasing number of concurrent users smoothly is called multitasking.

Question 55

Yahoo has developed its own Linux-based operating system called Chrome OS.

Question 56

There are free Web-based productivity software suites that require no installation on the computer.

Question 57

Newer Apple computers use Intel chips.

Question 58

z/OS from IBM, HP-UX from Hewlett Packard, and Linux are examples of mainframe operating systems.

Question 59

Linux is not a full operating system; many distributions of Linux are available with various sets of capabilities and applications to form a full operating system.

Question 60

Application programs interact with systems software, and the systems software directs computer hardware to perform the necessary tasks.

Question 61

____________________ describes the program functions to help the user operate the computer systems.

Question 62

Google has developed its own Linux-based operating system called ____________________.

Question 63

____________________ allows more than one person to use a computer system at the same time.

Question 64

Most operating systems support ____________________, which allocates space on the hard disk to supplement the immediate, functional memory capacity of RAM.

Question 65

Sometimes referred to as a rich ____________________ application, a Web-delivered software application combines hardware resources of the Web server and PC to deliver valuable software services through a Web browser interface.

Question 66

The scope of the problems and opportunities addressed by a particular organization is called the ____________________.

Question 67

The operating system establishes a(n) ____________________ procedure that requires users to enter an identification code, such as a user name, and a matching password.

Question 68

Microsoft Auto provides a computing platform for automotive software such as the Ford ____________________.

Question 69

____________________ software allows one operating system to run on top of another by creating a virtual machine on which the guest operating system can run.

Question 70

The ____________________ is IBM's first 64-bit enterprise operating system for IBM's z900 and z800 mainframe computers.

Question 71

The ____________________ is software that performs many tasks, including providing a user interface and input/output management.

Question 72

____________________ works by swapping programs or parts of programs between memory and one or more disk drives.

Question 73

The ____________________ interface is an interface that allows applications to make use of the operating system.

Question 74

A(n) ________________________________________ allows applications to make use of the operating system.

Question 75

____________________ is another name for the picture that people use to send commands to the computer system.

Question 76

The early PC operating systems of the 1980s had a(n) ____________________ interface that was difficult to learn and use.

Question 77

Most software products are NOT protected by either copyright protection or licensing provisions.

Question 78

Outsourcing global software support to one or more third-party distributors is gaining acceptance in North America.

Question 79

____________________ software is software that is mass produced by software vendors to address needs that are common across businesses, organizations, or individuals.

Question 80

RIM introduced the ____________________ smartphone in 2002.