CIS 105 UPDATED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How is information represented on a monitor? - ✔✔Graphical User Interface
✔✔Which method of sharing data is dynamic? - ✔✔Object Linking
✔✔The table of contents of a hard drive is called what? - ✔✔FAT
✔✔Waiting to acquire technology until it is proven is called what? - ✔✔Being a follower
✔✔What is the most important aspect of a productivity suite? - ✔✔Sharing Data
✔✔Software sold as a collection are called what? - ✔✔Software Suite
✔✔What is the easiest and most basic way to share data? - ✔✔Copy (or Cut) and
Paste
✔✔A common name for an operating system is what? - ✔✔Platform
✔✔What part of a computer is responsible for reading and writing data? - ✔✔Operating
System
✔✔What are the largest and most powerful business computers? - ✔✔Mainframes
✔✔Running more than one application at a time is called what? - ✔✔Multitasking
✔✔What company makes Acrobat? - ✔✔Adobe
✔✔What is it called when a row and column intersect in a spreadsheet? - ✔✔Cell
, ✔✔Which of the following is not a feature of word processing software? - ✔✔Array
Document Protocols
✔✔What does platform neutral mean in context of a PDF? - ✔✔Works on any operating
system
✔✔In a DBMS, what is a row called? - ✔✔Record
✔✔Connecting two or more computers is called what? - ✔✔Network
✔✔What technology has made presentation software more popular? - ✔✔Business
Intelligence
✔✔Where was WordPerfect originally developed? - ✔✔Bringham Young University
✔✔What software did Excel replace as the most popular spreadsheet? - ✔✔Lotus 123
✔✔Linking the customer and transaction tables is called what? - ✔✔One-to-many
relationship
✔✔What software is designed to display on-screen? - ✔✔Presentation software
✔✔Which software displays web pages? - ✔✔Browser Software
✔✔Which is not word processing software? - ✔✔Apple Word Press Pro
✔✔What application software features a "what-if" analysis? - ✔✔Spreadsheets
✔✔Which is not a peripheral device? - ✔✔NIC Card
✔✔Which is the leading presentation software? - ✔✔Microsoft PowerPoint
✔✔Which software can provide a table of contents? - ✔✔Word Processor
✔✔In a DBMS, what is a column called? - ✔✔Field
✔✔What was the first web browser called? - ✔✔WorldWideWeb
✔✔What is a clickable navigation element? - ✔✔Hyperlink
✔✔Who invented the first web browser? - ✔✔Sir Tim Berners-Lee
✔✔What software models financial information? - ✔✔Spreadsheets
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How is information represented on a monitor? - ✔✔Graphical User Interface
✔✔Which method of sharing data is dynamic? - ✔✔Object Linking
✔✔The table of contents of a hard drive is called what? - ✔✔FAT
✔✔Waiting to acquire technology until it is proven is called what? - ✔✔Being a follower
✔✔What is the most important aspect of a productivity suite? - ✔✔Sharing Data
✔✔Software sold as a collection are called what? - ✔✔Software Suite
✔✔What is the easiest and most basic way to share data? - ✔✔Copy (or Cut) and
Paste
✔✔A common name for an operating system is what? - ✔✔Platform
✔✔What part of a computer is responsible for reading and writing data? - ✔✔Operating
System
✔✔What are the largest and most powerful business computers? - ✔✔Mainframes
✔✔Running more than one application at a time is called what? - ✔✔Multitasking
✔✔What company makes Acrobat? - ✔✔Adobe
✔✔What is it called when a row and column intersect in a spreadsheet? - ✔✔Cell
, ✔✔Which of the following is not a feature of word processing software? - ✔✔Array
Document Protocols
✔✔What does platform neutral mean in context of a PDF? - ✔✔Works on any operating
system
✔✔In a DBMS, what is a row called? - ✔✔Record
✔✔Connecting two or more computers is called what? - ✔✔Network
✔✔What technology has made presentation software more popular? - ✔✔Business
Intelligence
✔✔Where was WordPerfect originally developed? - ✔✔Bringham Young University
✔✔What software did Excel replace as the most popular spreadsheet? - ✔✔Lotus 123
✔✔Linking the customer and transaction tables is called what? - ✔✔One-to-many
relationship
✔✔What software is designed to display on-screen? - ✔✔Presentation software
✔✔Which software displays web pages? - ✔✔Browser Software
✔✔Which is not word processing software? - ✔✔Apple Word Press Pro
✔✔What application software features a "what-if" analysis? - ✔✔Spreadsheets
✔✔Which is not a peripheral device? - ✔✔NIC Card
✔✔Which is the leading presentation software? - ✔✔Microsoft PowerPoint
✔✔Which software can provide a table of contents? - ✔✔Word Processor
✔✔In a DBMS, what is a column called? - ✔✔Field
✔✔What was the first web browser called? - ✔✔WorldWideWeb
✔✔What is a clickable navigation element? - ✔✔Hyperlink
✔✔Who invented the first web browser? - ✔✔Sir Tim Berners-Lee
✔✔What software models financial information? - ✔✔Spreadsheets
