Can You Pass This Information Systems Software Quiz?

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This activity covers chapter 5- Information Systems Software from the book entitled Business and Information Systems by Robert C. Nickerson and taught by Ms. Annette Cooper at Saint John's College Junior College.

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1.

A browser allows a user to view screens on the Web called ____________.
- A.
  
  Screen shots
- B.
  
  Virtual
- C.
  
  Graphical user interface
- D.
  
  Pages
- E.
  
  All of the above
2.

A ____________________ is a set of instructions that tells the computer what to do.
3.

_____________________ can be a single program or a group of programs needed to perform several functions.
4.

Simple ________________ may have a few hundred instructions (lines of code) though most have many more (several million).
5.

Which of the following would not be classified as Individual Application Software? Ms Word Ms Excel Ms Access Electronic conferencing software Internet Explorer
6.

Which of the following would not be classified as Workgroup Application Software? Yahoo mail Groupware Information sharing software Electronic Data Interchange Electronic conferencing software
7.

Three functions of an operating system are: 1. Process management 2. Resource management 3. Data management
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Some capabilities of an operating system are Multitasking Multiple-use Interactive Virtual memory
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Computer programming language generations. First _______________________ is the machine language.
10.

Computer programming language generations. Second generation is ___________________ language.
11.

Computer programming language generations. Third generation languages are machine ____________________, procedural languages, that have to be compiled or interpreted.
12.

Computer programming language generations. An ____________________________________ is a computer programming language that couples data and the processing of the data.
13.

When a program tells the computer to do one of two sets of instructions based on the value of certain data it is called a _________________.
14.

Which of the following is not individual application software? EDI Word processing Spreadsheet Graphics Database browser
15.

EDI means _____________ __________________ ____________________.
- A.
  
  Electric Data Internet
- B.
  
  Electronic Data Interchange
- C.
  
  Every Day Image
16.

File management is not a function of the operating system.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

The supervisor brings programs into ______________ ____________ when they are needed.
18.

Object-oriented programming languages couple the data and the ________________of the data
- A.
  
  Storage
- B.
  
  Use
- C.
  
  Filtering
- D.
  
  Processing
19.

The supervisor brings programs into ______________ ____________ when they are needed.
- A.
  
  Primary storage
- B.
  
  Secondary storage
- C.
  
  Screen shot
- D.
  
  Real time
20.

Grammatical rules of a ___________________ ___________________ are called its syntax.
- A.
  
  Application Program
- B.
  
  System Program
- C.
  
  Programming Language
- D.
  
  System Software
21.

A user _________________ that uses words and phrases is called commands.
- A.
  
  Graphical user interface
- B.
  
  Interface
- C.
  
  Dot prompt
22.

COBOL is an example of a 3^rd generation language.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
23.

C++ is an example of a programming language that is object-oriented.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
24.

It is possible for software to be a single program?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  No
25.

Software can never be just a single program.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False