QTHTTT_Giữa kỳ 04

New cars come with an onboard computer that controls anti-lock brakes, air bag deployment, fuel injection, etc. The software is known as ____.

• a. a multi-user system
• b. an embedded system
• c. an enterprise system
• d. mobile application software

_____ is a personal application software that includes a wide range of built-in functions for statistical, financial, logical, database, graphics, and date and time calculations.

• a. Desktop Publishing (DTP)
• b. Spreadsheet
• c. Graphics
• d. Word processing

An information system that operates in the _____ sphere of influence supports two or more people who work together to achieve a common goal.

• . workgroup
• b. personal
• c. social
• d. enterprise

One of the disadvantages of proprietary software is that ______________.

• a. it is difficult to achieve what is required in terms of features and reports
• b. it does not allow modification of features that one might need to counteract an initiative by competitors
• c. it can take a long time and significant resources to develop the required software features
• d. it is hard to control results even if one is involved in the development of software

One of the advantages of off-the-shelf software is that ________________.

• a. an organization does not have to pay for features that are not required and never used
• b. the software contains important features, thus eliminating the need for future modification and customization
• c. the initial cost is lower because the software firm can spread the development costs over many customers
• d. the software always matches current work processes and data standards

Which of the following statements is NOT true about a mainframe computer?

• a. A mainframe computer provides the computing and storage capacity to meet massive data processing requirements.
• b. A single computer with a single user is typical of a mainframe computer.
• c. A mainframe computer offers users high performance and excellent system availability.
• d. A wide range of application software has been developed to run in the mainframe environment.

The _____ is the heart of the operating system and controls its most critical processes.

• a. kernel
• b. user interface
• c. register
• d. cache

Suppose a business wishes to move away from hosting its own applications, the recommended solution is to use ______.

• a. software as a service
• b. cloud computing
• c. muti-boot options
• d. virtualilzaton

With _____, a software engineer drags and drops graphical objects such as buttons and menus onto an application form.

• a. visual programming
• b. fourth generation language
• c. machine code
• d. assembly language

Kendra is taking a class in Finance and she has been asked to give a speech about a case study in which she's been working. She wants to create a set of slides containing a summary of her study notes that she will project on a screen while she's speaking. Which type of personal application software should she use to create her slides?

• a. database
• b. presentation graphics
• c. spreadsheet analysis
• d. word processing