ISTM 210 PHINNEY EXAM 4 CH1-14 KNOWLEDGE CHECK
1. Gordon Moore made which of the following observations?: Computing power doubles
every eighteen months.
2. What is the most important part of an information system?: People
3. Does the average businessperson need to be an expert in IT?: No
4. What plays an import role when learning IT?: Attitude
5. Acquiring technology when it is first introduced is called what?: Being a Leader
6. Waiting to acquire technology until it is proven is called what?: Being a Follower
7. The tangible and physical aspects of a computer are called what?: Hardware
8. What are the largest and most powerful business computers?: Mainframes
9. What computers process large amounts of data for a mid-sized business?: -
Midrange computers
10. Desktop computers are considered what type of computer?: Microcomputers
11. A computer program that accomplishes a specific task is called what?: Software
12. What kind of software requires no human interaction?: System software
13. What is the most important thing system software does?: Enables the operating
system
14. A common name for an operating system is what?: Platform
15. Any task a computer performs is called what?: Process
16. Running more than one application at a time is called what?: Multitasking
17. What part of the computer coordinates memory?: Operating System
18. The table of contents of a hard drive is called what?: FAT
,19. Software sold as a collection are called what?: Software Suite
20. What is the most important aspect of a productivity suite?: Sharing Data
21. What is the easiest and most basic way to share data?: Copy (or Cut) and Paste
22. Which method of sharing data is dynamic?: Object Linking
23. What part of a computer is responsible for reading and writing data?: Operating
System
24. How is information represented on a monitor?: Graphical User Interface
25. Will Google Earth become Google Live?: Yes
26. What is often called a platform, a collection of computer programs that work
together to manage hardware and software to ensure that they are working
properly?: Operating System
, 27. What computer is smaller than a mainframe and midrange and is so com-
mon that it is most commonly referred to simply as a "computer"?: Microcomputer
28. What kind of computer is smaller in physical size than mainframe computers,
(sometimes called minicomputers), but does many of the same things?: Midrange
29. What is a massive, room-sized computer that processes and stores
enor- mous amounts of bulk data and information?: Mainframe
30. What is the tangible or physical aspect of a computer like circuit boards,
chipsets, and keyboards?: Hardware
31. What is a management process, technique, or method that is most effective
at arriving at a desired outcome?: Best Practice
32. What is a way of thinking that involves analysis and evaluation and includes
considering all possible outcomes in order to form a solid decision?: Critical Thinking
33. What is the knowledge that enables a person to understand something?: -
Competency
34. What is the study, design, development, implementation, support, and man-
agement of computer-based information systems?: Information Technology
35. What does platform neutral mean in context of a PDF?: Works on any operating system
36. Which of the following is not a feature of word processing software?: Array
Document Protocols
37. What application software features a "what-if" analysis?: Spreadsheets
38. In a DBMS, what is a row called?: Record
39. In a DBMS, what is a column called?: Field
40. What is it called when a row and column intersect in a spreadsheet?: Cell
41. What differentiates system software from application software?: Human Interven-
tion
1. Gordon Moore made which of the following observations?: Computing power doubles
every eighteen months.
2. What is the most important part of an information system?: People
3. Does the average businessperson need to be an expert in IT?: No
4. What plays an import role when learning IT?: Attitude
5. Acquiring technology when it is first introduced is called what?: Being a Leader
6. Waiting to acquire technology until it is proven is called what?: Being a Follower
7. The tangible and physical aspects of a computer are called what?: Hardware
8. What are the largest and most powerful business computers?: Mainframes
9. What computers process large amounts of data for a mid-sized business?: -
Midrange computers
10. Desktop computers are considered what type of computer?: Microcomputers
11. A computer program that accomplishes a specific task is called what?: Software
12. What kind of software requires no human interaction?: System software
13. What is the most important thing system software does?: Enables the operating
system
14. A common name for an operating system is what?: Platform
15. Any task a computer performs is called what?: Process
16. Running more than one application at a time is called what?: Multitasking
17. What part of the computer coordinates memory?: Operating System
18. The table of contents of a hard drive is called what?: FAT
,19. Software sold as a collection are called what?: Software Suite
20. What is the most important aspect of a productivity suite?: Sharing Data
21. What is the easiest and most basic way to share data?: Copy (or Cut) and Paste
22. Which method of sharing data is dynamic?: Object Linking
23. What part of a computer is responsible for reading and writing data?: Operating
System
24. How is information represented on a monitor?: Graphical User Interface
25. Will Google Earth become Google Live?: Yes
26. What is often called a platform, a collection of computer programs that work
together to manage hardware and software to ensure that they are working
properly?: Operating System
, 27. What computer is smaller than a mainframe and midrange and is so com-
mon that it is most commonly referred to simply as a "computer"?: Microcomputer
28. What kind of computer is smaller in physical size than mainframe computers,
(sometimes called minicomputers), but does many of the same things?: Midrange
29. What is a massive, room-sized computer that processes and stores
enor- mous amounts of bulk data and information?: Mainframe
30. What is the tangible or physical aspect of a computer like circuit boards,
chipsets, and keyboards?: Hardware
31. What is a management process, technique, or method that is most effective
at arriving at a desired outcome?: Best Practice
32. What is a way of thinking that involves analysis and evaluation and includes
considering all possible outcomes in order to form a solid decision?: Critical Thinking
33. What is the knowledge that enables a person to understand something?: -
Competency
34. What is the study, design, development, implementation, support, and man-
agement of computer-based information systems?: Information Technology
35. What does platform neutral mean in context of a PDF?: Works on any operating system
36. Which of the following is not a feature of word processing software?: Array
Document Protocols
37. What application software features a "what-if" analysis?: Spreadsheets
38. In a DBMS, what is a row called?: Record
39. In a DBMS, what is a column called?: Field
40. What is it called when a row and column intersect in a spreadsheet?: Cell
41. What differentiates system software from application software?: Human Interven-
tion
