Informations Systems Midterm

Front 1

All computers are systems of input, processing, output, storage, and control components. (T/F)

Back 1

True

Front 2

Today's computer systems come in a variety of sizes, shapes and computing capabilities. However, the pace of change in hardware has been slow when compared with the pace of development of new software. (T/F)

Back 2

False

Front 3

Experts predict the merging or disappearance of several computer categories. For example, many midrange and mainframe systems have been made obsolete by the power and versatility of client/server networks composed of microcomputers and servers. (T/F)

Back 3

True

Front 4

A computer is a system of hardware devices organized according to the functions of input, processing, output, storage, and control. The function of an input device is to:

Back 4

Convert data into electronic machine-readable form for direct entry or through telecommunications links into a computer system

Front 5

This a system for tagging and identifying and tracking mobile objects such as store merchandise and postal packages, and provides an opportunity to reduce money counterfeiting but raises ethical issues related to privacy.

Back 5

Radio frequency identification

Front 6

Which one of the following would NOT fit the typical classification of a computer peripheral?
monitors and printers, scanners and hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives and backup systems, central processing unit

Back 6

central processing unit

Front 7

According to Moore's Law how often does computing power double?

Back 7

every 18 to 24 months

Front 8

A computer is a system of hardware devices organized according to the functions of input, processing, output, storage, and control. The function of an output device is to:

Back 8

Convert electronic information produced by the computer system into human-intelligible form for presentation to end-users.

Front 9

A bit, the smallest element of data, can have value(s) of:

Back 9

0 or 1

Front 10

A gigabyte (GB) is used to express which one of the following approximate measures?

Back 10

1,000,000,000 (billion) bytes of storage

Front 11

Software is the general term used to describe various kinds of programs used to operate computer and related devices. (T/F)

Back 11

True

Front 12

Your text gives a conceptual overview of computer software and illustrates it as either application or system software. System software are programs that manage and support operations of computer system and networks. (T/F)

Back 12

True

Front 13

Microsoft is expanding beyond software such as operating systems and general application productivity suites. Microsoft is assessing business processes of specific industries and writing software products to support them. (T/F)

Back 13

True

Front 14

What are the disadvantages of software suites?

Back 14

the packages take up a lot of disk space, upgrade costs are often expensive, and users may be paying for many features they never use

Front 15

What is used by computer users and operators to communicate with the computer?

Back 15

An operating system

Front 16

Computer software is classified as being either application of software or system software. What is an example of a type of application-specific program?

Back 16

Science and engineering program

Front 17

What is being described?
the software is developed with the intent on selling it in multiple copies, the company that develops it is not the intended audience, and the company buying the software has no control over the specifications, schedule, or evoultion of the software?

Back 17

Commercial off-the-shelf software

Front 18

Your text illustrates that application programs can be segregated into two major categories - general purpose and application-specific. Application programs consist of programs that:

Back 18

Direct the processing required for the solution to a specific user's problem

Front 19

Your text gives a conceptual overview of computer software and illustrates it as either application or system software. System software:

Back 19

Manages and supports the resources and operations of a computer as it performs various information processing tasks.

Front 20

Linus is a low-cost, powerful UNIX-like operation system that was developed as ____, thus allowing programmers the freedom to modify its source code.

Back 20

Open source software

Front 21

A ____ server contains a thin modular circuit board, contains one, two, or more microprocessors and memory, and is intended for a single dedicated application.

Back 21

Blade