Management Chapter 4 According The Text Web Browsers Are

78.

(p. 136)

According to the text, Web browsers are sometimes called the _______________.

79.

(p. 136)

According to the text, which of the following is true of integrated packages?

80.

(p. 136)

According to the text, which of the following is not true of integrated packages?

81.

(p. 137)

According to the text, experts predict the Web browser will be the model for:

82.

(p. 137)

According to the text, e-mail:

83.

(p. 137)

All of these statements regarding web logs or blogs are false except:

84.

(p. 138–

139)

All of the following are considered characteristics of a word processing package except:

85.

(p. 139)

All of the following are considered characteristics of a desktop publishing package except:

AACSB: Technology

86.

(p. 139)

According to the text, spreadsheet packages are used by virtually every business for

_______________.

87.

(p. 139)

When using a spreadsheet package to answer “what if” questions, the user must change:

88.

(p. 140)

Which one of the following would typically not be accomplished with presentation graphics

software?

89.

(p. 140)

Presentation graphics have become more powerful in recent years and can now:

90.

(p. 141)

Groupware aids collaboration by providing users with _______________.

91.

(p. 141)

Groupware is best described as a(n) _______________ program.

92.

(p. 145)

Cloud computing is best described as:

93.

(p. 145)

Cloud computing is not:

94.

(p. 145–

146)

When a company purchases software, it has:

95.

(p. 147)

System management programs:

96.

(p. 147)

Which of the following is a basic function that an operating system performs in the operation of

a computer system?

97.

(p. 147)

The user interface function of an operating system typically:

98.

(p. 147)

Which of the following is the most popular type of user interface?

99.

(p. 153)

Which statement best describes open source software?

100.

(p. 154)

Open-source licensing is defined by all of the following except:

101.

(p. 153)

According to the text, Linux’ popularity is due to all the following except:

102.

(p. 157)

Machine languages are _______________.

103.

(p. 157–

159)

The text outlines four levels of languages that allow a programmer to develop the sets of

instructions that constitute a computer program. Which of the following is not one of those

languages?

104.

(p. 158)

Which of the following characteristics does a high-level language possess?

105.

(p. 158)

Which of the following is not considered a high-level language?

106.

(p. 159)

Fifth generation languages, which are designed to be as much as possible like spoken

languages, are referred to as _______________ languages.

107.

(p. 160)

Object-oriented programming languages:

108.

(p. 160)

_______________ is a major benefit of object-oriented programming.

109.

(p. 161)

All of the following are popular programming languages for developing multimedia web pages,

websites, and web-based applications except:

110.

(p. 161)

The acronym HTML stands for:

111.

(p. 164)

Which of the following statements is applicable to the Java programming language?

112.

(p. 153)

Linux, an open source product, is a _______________-like operating system that is rapidly

gaining market share as a high-performance operating system for network and Web servers.

113.

(p. 173)

Program editors, debuggers, and code analyzers are types of _______________.

114.

(p. 173)

Those CASE tools that support activities early in the life cycle of a software project (e.g.,

requirements, design support tools) are sometimes called _______________.

115.

(p. 173)

Those CASE tools that are used later in the life cycle (e.g., compilers, test support tools) are

sometimes called _______________.

116.

(p. 130)

Because general purpose application programs, such as those for word processing and

database management, significantly increase the productivity of end users, they are

sometimes known as _______________ packages.

117.

(p. 130)

COTS is an acronym for _______________ off-the-shelf software.

118.

(p. 135)

Microsoft Office and Corel WordPerfect Office are examples of a combination of individual

software packages that share a common graphical user interface and are designed for easy

transfer of data between applications. Collectively, this software is referred to as a software

_______________.

119.

(p. 136)

Because of limited functionality, _______________ packages require less disk space than

software suites, even though they also offer word processing, spreadsheet, and other general–

purpose applications.

120.

(p. 136)

Browsers are sometimes called the _______________ client. That is, the software component

installed on all of the networked computing and communications devices of the clients (users)

throughout an enterprise.

121.

(p. 137)

_______________ allows groups of business professionals to send and receive electronic

messages instantly. Thus, they can communicate and collaborate in real time in a near

conversational mode.

122.

(p. 138)

_______________ packages have computerized the creation, editing, and printing of

documents by electronically processing text data.

123.

(p. 139)

End users and organizations can use _______________ software to produce their own printed

materials that look professionally published.

124.

(p. 139)

When an end user wants to analyze numerical data by applying formulas and then graphing

the results, _______________ packages are the correct choice of software.

125.

(p. 140)

Presentation graphics packages help users convert _______________ data into graphics

displays, such as line charts, bar charts, pie charts, and other types of graphics that can help

users prepare multimedia presentations.

126.

(p. 141)

_______________ software helps end users store, organize, and retrieve information about

customers, clients, and prospects. It also helps them schedule and manage appointments,

meetings, and tasks, thus enhancing productivity and collaboration.

127.

(p. 141)

_______________ is software used to support and enhance communication, coordination,

and collaboration among networked teams and workgroups. It generally includes software

tools for electronic communications, electronic conferencing, and cooperative work

management.

128.

(p. 147)

The primary purpose of an operating system is to maximize the _______________ of a

computer system by operating it in the most efficient manner.

129.

(p. 147)

_______________ software consists of programs that manage and support a computer

system and its information processing activities.

130.

(p. 147)

An _______________ system is an integrated set of programs that supervise the processing

operations of the CPU, control the input/output functions of the computer system, and provide

various support services.

131.

(p. 147)

The trend in user interfaces is toward an easy-to-use, _______________ user interface, which

uses icons, bars, buttons, boxes, and other images.

132.

(p. 147)

Three main types of user interfaces are __________-driven, menu-driven, and graphical.

133.

(p. 150)

A computer equipped with _______________ memory capability can process larger programs

and greater amounts of data than the capacity of its memory circuits would normally allow.

134.

(p. 150)

The component of the operating system that keeps track of the physical location of files on

magnetic disks and other secondary storage devices and controls the creation, deletion, and

access of files is the ____________________ program.

135.

(p. 151)

An example of _______________ is a computer that appears to perform several computing

tasks in a seemingly simultaneous fashion.

136.

(p. 153–

154)

To be considered open-source software, the program must allow distribution in source code as

well as in ____________ form.

137.

(p. 157)

_______________ is software that helps diverse software applications and networked

computer systems exchange data and work together more efficiently.

138.

(p. 157)

_______________ language is considered the most basic level of programming languages

and involves the difficult task of writing instructions in the form of strings of binary digits.

139.

(p. 161)

_______________ is a page description language that creates hypertext or hypermedia

documents. The language is an important tool for developing multimedia web pages, websites,

and web-based applications.

140.

(p. 164)

_______________ is an object-oriented programming language defined for programming real-

time, interactive web-based applications in the form of applets.

141.

(p. 165)

The term _______________ is commonly used to describe the Web-based business and

computing functions or services accomplished by Web services software technologies and

standards.

142.

(p. 165–

166)

The __________ language is one of the key technologies that enable Web services to make

applications work between different computing platforms.

143.

(p. 166)

UDDI, an acronym for a Web-based technical standard, stands for ____________________.

144.

(p. 166)

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is used to link _______________ running on different

computer platforms.

145.

(p. 167)

Most software development programs now include powerful graphics-oriented programming

editors and _______________.

146.

(p. 153)

At the simplest level, open source refer to software that is delivered with unrestricted access to

its _______________.

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