CIT 494 Class Questions and Answers Rated
100% Correct
True answer - Information technology is defined as computer hardware and software for
processing and storing information, as well as communications technology (voice and data) for
transmitting information.
Apple
(ARE:
*Dell
* Hewlett-Packard
* Lenovo) answer - What microcomputer vendor is NOT producing an IBM-compatible PC?
do not have control over their work schedules
(ARE:
* are knowledge workers
* are telecommuters
* work as independent contractors) answer - Which of the following is not a characteristic of
free agents?
wireless technology
(ARE:
,*Internect communication standards (TCP/IP)
* standard Web browsers
* high-bandwidth fiber-optic lines) answer - Which of the following did not lead to an increase
in IT investments by organizations in the 1990s:
enterprise systems answer - The widespread use of Microsoft's software products is responsible
for today's de facto software standards in each of the following areas, except:
tethered desktops
(ARE:
* cheaper purchase costs
* faster computer processing
* mobile hardware devices) answer - Which does not describe a current hardware trend?
compiler answer - The language translator program which translates an entire 3GL or 4GL
program into machine language before any of the program is executed is called a(an):
Direct Access Storage Device answer - DASD refers to:
object answer - Assembly language programs are converted to machine language using an
assembler. The resulting machine language program is called a(n) ________ program.
legacy systems
(ARE:
,*source, output, final) answer - Which does not describe a current software trend?
COBOL programs are shorter than those written in other languages
(ARE:
* The language resembles English
* It is standardized
* It is relatively easy to learn) answer - Which of the following is not a benefit associated with
the procedural language COBOL?
Linux and UNIX answer - Each response below lists two operating systems in common use
today. In which response are both of the operating systems listed open systems?
False answer - The CPU is made up of two components, the control unit and memory.
True answer - When a data item is retrieved from a memory cell, either to print out the item or
to use it in a computation, the contents of the cell are unchanged.
procedural assets answer - Based on Ross et al. (1996), IT managers need to focus on three
types of IT assets, which include all of the following except:
operating systems software
(ARE:
* inventory record-keeping programs
, * spreadsheet packages
* word-processing software) answer - Which of the following is not an example of applications
software?
All of these
(* purchases of downloadable software
* App Stores by Apple and other vendors
* a software industry trend) answer - The term "app economy" refers to:
benchmarking answer - Evaluating how well various computers will handle an organization's
workload by running a representative set of real jobs on the different machines is called:
True answer - The company responsible for much of today's de facto software standards
throughout corporate America is Microsoft Corporation.
both by being a low-cost producer of a good or service and by differentiating their products or
services answer - Information technology has enabled businesses to compete in which of the
following ways?
fast speed
(ARE:
* low cost, high capacity, nonvolatility) answer - Which of the following is not an advantage of
secondary storage devices compared to main memory?
MIPS answer - What is a commonly used rating of a computer's speed that is based on the
number of instructions per second executed by the computer's control unit?
100% Correct
True answer - Information technology is defined as computer hardware and software for
processing and storing information, as well as communications technology (voice and data) for
transmitting information.
Apple
(ARE:
*Dell
* Hewlett-Packard
* Lenovo) answer - What microcomputer vendor is NOT producing an IBM-compatible PC?
do not have control over their work schedules
(ARE:
* are knowledge workers
* are telecommuters
* work as independent contractors) answer - Which of the following is not a characteristic of
free agents?
wireless technology
(ARE:
,*Internect communication standards (TCP/IP)
* standard Web browsers
* high-bandwidth fiber-optic lines) answer - Which of the following did not lead to an increase
in IT investments by organizations in the 1990s:
enterprise systems answer - The widespread use of Microsoft's software products is responsible
for today's de facto software standards in each of the following areas, except:
tethered desktops
(ARE:
* cheaper purchase costs
* faster computer processing
* mobile hardware devices) answer - Which does not describe a current hardware trend?
compiler answer - The language translator program which translates an entire 3GL or 4GL
program into machine language before any of the program is executed is called a(an):
Direct Access Storage Device answer - DASD refers to:
object answer - Assembly language programs are converted to machine language using an
assembler. The resulting machine language program is called a(n) ________ program.
legacy systems
(ARE:
,*source, output, final) answer - Which does not describe a current software trend?
COBOL programs are shorter than those written in other languages
(ARE:
* The language resembles English
* It is standardized
* It is relatively easy to learn) answer - Which of the following is not a benefit associated with
the procedural language COBOL?
Linux and UNIX answer - Each response below lists two operating systems in common use
today. In which response are both of the operating systems listed open systems?
False answer - The CPU is made up of two components, the control unit and memory.
True answer - When a data item is retrieved from a memory cell, either to print out the item or
to use it in a computation, the contents of the cell are unchanged.
procedural assets answer - Based on Ross et al. (1996), IT managers need to focus on three
types of IT assets, which include all of the following except:
operating systems software
(ARE:
* inventory record-keeping programs
, * spreadsheet packages
* word-processing software) answer - Which of the following is not an example of applications
software?
All of these
(* purchases of downloadable software
* App Stores by Apple and other vendors
* a software industry trend) answer - The term "app economy" refers to:
benchmarking answer - Evaluating how well various computers will handle an organization's
workload by running a representative set of real jobs on the different machines is called:
True answer - The company responsible for much of today's de facto software standards
throughout corporate America is Microsoft Corporation.
both by being a low-cost producer of a good or service and by differentiating their products or
services answer - Information technology has enabled businesses to compete in which of the
following ways?
fast speed
(ARE:
* low cost, high capacity, nonvolatility) answer - Which of the following is not an advantage of
secondary storage devices compared to main memory?
MIPS answer - What is a commonly used rating of a computer's speed that is based on the
number of instructions per second executed by the computer's control unit?
