Deck 4: Programs and Apps

Question 1

Which of the following performs calculations on the data in a worksheet like the one in the accompanying figure and displays the resulting value in a cell?

A) index
B) formula
C) function
D) ratio

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following kinds of software enables users to enter typed text, handwritten comments, drawings, or sketches anywhere on a page and then save the page as part of a notebook?

A) sketching
B) notebook
C) note taking
D) PDA

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What kind of software assists in the preparation of a will, for example?

A) legal
B) tax
C) document management
D) financial

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What kind of software consists of programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks?

A) application
B) utility
C) operating
D) system

Question 5

Which of the following kinds of software allows users to create visual aids for presentations to communicate ideas, messages, and other information to a group?

A) desktop publishing
B) image editing
C) presentation
D) communications

Question 6

Which of the following kinds of software allows users to create and manipulate documents containing mostly text and sometimes graphics?

A) desktop publishing
B) contextual
C) image processing
D) word processing

Question 7

Which kind of software can be distributed by anyone to others at no cost?

A) freeware
B) public-domain
C) shareware
D) open source software

Question 8

A single point as shown in the accompanying figure is about what fraction of an inch in height?

A) 1/9
B) 1/18
C) 1/36
D) 1/72

Question 9

In the accompanying figure, 12 point and 28 point are measurements of which of the following?

A) graph scope
B) data valence
C) font size
D) textual ratio

Question 10

What is the term for a square-shaped coded graphic that corresponds to a web address or other information?

A) ISBN code
B) bar code
C) USPS code
D) QR code

Question 11

Which of the following (with examples such as Cambria and Calibri shown in the accompanying figure) is a name assigned to a specific design of characters?

A) point
B) font
C) text set
D) iconography

Question 12

Which of the following is a request for specific data from a database?

A) query
B) formula
C) resample
D) function

Question 13

Which of the following is a collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data?

A) spreadsheet
B) formula
C) database
D) functional set

Question 14

Which of the following programs allow designers to rotate designs of 3-D objects to view them from any angle?

A) CAD
B) DTP
C) CAM
D) DTM

Question 15

Many worksheet cells like those in the accompanying figure contain a number that can be used in a calculation. What is the name for this?

A) function
B) index
C) formula
D) value

Question 16

Which of the following is a collection of individual programs sold as a unit?

A) software cluster
B) software suite
C) software aggregate
D) software archive

Question 17

Which of the following is a collection of electronic drawings, photos, and other images that can be inserted into documents?

A) clip art
B) graphics checkers
C) glossaries
D) image repositories

Question 18

When using spreadsheet software like the kind in the accompanying figure, what are the rows and columns collectively called?

A) workbook
B) workspace
C) workload
D) worksheet

Question 19

Which of the following kinds of software provides a means for sharing, distributing, and searching through documents by converting them into a format that can be viewed by any user?

A) tax preparation
B) business
C) document management
D) accounting

Question 20

Which of the following (with examples such as the bold, italic, and underline shown in the accompanying figure) adds emphasis to a font?

A) font style
B) font point
C) font face
D) font weight

Question 21

What kind of application teaches a particular skill?

A) design
B) spreadsheet
C) CAD
D) educational

Question 22

What kind of software allows users to combine text, graphics, audio, video, and animation into an interactive application?

A) multimedia management
B) multimedia authoring
C) multimedia publishing
D) multimedia editing

Question 23

Which of the following warns that the computer is infected and needs immediate attention?

A) spyware
B) virus hoax
C) FBI consumer alert
D) web filter

Question 24

Which of the following kinds of software allows users to modify a segment of a video, called a clip?

A) video editing
B) image editing
C) clip management
D) illustration

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of a photo sharing app?

A) Adobe InDesign
B) Autodesk AutoCAD
C) Adobe Illustrator
D) Instagram

Question 26

Which category of applications allows you to locate a nearby restaurant or check the weather forecast?

A) convenience
B) lifestyle
C) education
D) geography-based

Question 27

What kind of software provides the capabilities of adjusting or enhancing image colors, adding special effects such as shadows and glows, and the like?

A) color library
B) multimedia authoring
C) image editing
D) professional desktop publishing

Question 28

Which of the following kinds of players is a program that allows you to view images and animation, listen to audio, and watch video files on your computer?

A) compression
B) entertainment
C) media
D) video

Question 29

Which kind of software allows users to draw pictures, shapes, and other graphical images with various on-screen tools such as a pen, brush, and eyedropper?

A) photo editing
B) CBT
C) DTP
D) paint

Question 30

Which of the following kinds of programs displays an online advertisement in a banner or pop-up window on webpages, email, or other Internet service?

A) spyware
B) phishing
C) adware
D) trojan horse

Question 31

Which of the following increases or decreases how crisp the objects in a photo appear?

A) sharpness
B) crispness
C) brightness
D) contrast

Question 32

Which of the following kinds of software provides the capabilities of paint software and also includes the ability to enhance and modify existing images and pictures?

A) desktop publishing
B) illustration
C) image editing
D) photo management

Question 33

Which of the following is a utility that detects and protects a computer from unauthorized intrusions?

A) personal firewall
B) antihacker
C) threat neutralizer
D) protection utility

Question 34

Which of the following kinds of software is a sophisticated type of application software that assists a professional user in creating engineering, architectural, and scientific designs?

A) DTP
B) CAD
C) CBT
D) WBT

Question 35

Which of the following kinds of software is software that enables professional designers to create sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics, and many colors?

A) CAD
B) DTP
C) CBT
D) WBT

Question 36

Designers and graphic artists can print finished publications on a color printer, take them to a professional printer, or post them on the web in a format that can be viewed by those without what kind of software?

A) VSP
B) DTP
C) ISP
D) CAD

Question 37

What kind of software helps users of all skill levels create web pages that include graphics, video, audio, animation, and other special effects?

A) website authoring
B) website software
C) website publishing
D) website editing

Question 38

As shown in the accompanying figure, which of the following kinds of program protects a computer against viruses by identifying and removing any computer viruses found in memory, on storage media, or on incoming files?

A) hoax
B) secure
C) antivirus
D) antispyware

Question 39

Which of the following adjusts the difference in appearance between light and dark areas of a photo?

A) sharpness
B) crispness
C) brightness
D) contrast

Question 40

Which of the following describes a potentially damaging computer program that affects, or infects, a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works without the user's knowledge or permission?

A) hotspot
B) file compression utility
C) virus
D) file conversion utility

Question 41

An alternative to e-mail filtering is to purchase which of the following kinds of program that attempts to remove a message before it reaches a user's inbox?

A) email
B) sieve
C) filtering
D) anti-spam

Question 42

Which kind of program attempts to locate a file on your computer or mobile device based on criteria you specify?

A) search tool
B) image viewer
C) file manager
D) file finder

Question 43

Which of the following are uses for application software?

A) to make users more productive
B) to serve as the interface between the user and the computer hardware
C) to assist users with controlling or maintaining the operation of a computer
D) to make business activities more difficult and, therefore, more secure

Question 44

Which of the following kinds of malware is a malicious mobile app that uses a variety of fraudulent schemes to charge unsuspecting users for premium messaging services?

A) trojan horse
B) rootkit
C) worm
D) toll fraud

Question 45

Which the following is a filtering program that stops pop-up ads from displaying on web pages?

A) firewall
B) pop-up filter
C) pop-up remover
D) pop-up blocker

Question 46

You compose a new song and you now have exclusive rights to sell your song. Of which of the following is this an example?

A) trademarking
B) intellectual publication
C) private domain
D) copyright

Question 47

You are an expert in devising product activation schemes for software publishers. Which of the following is not one of the techniques you have used in the past?

A) You enable the software to be run a preset number of times.
B) You create the application to be available for download only.
C) You write the code to deliver only limited functionality.
D) You devise the code not to function until you activate it via the Internet or by phone.

Question 48

Which of the following is a utility that removes a program, as well as any associated entries in the system files?

A) application remover
B) application purger
C) uninstaller
D) antiapp utility

Question 49

What is product activation?

A) a technique to ensure software is not installed on more computers than legally licensed
B) the method used by some software companies to guarantee that software purchased on the web will work on the computer on which the software was downloaded
C) the process of entering registration information so that users of the software will receive newsletters and other marketing materials regarding purchased software
D) a term used to describe starting application software purchased in a retail store

Question 50

Which of the following is a scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking e-mail that attempts to obtain a user's personal and financial information?

A) spam
B) spit
C) phishing
D) spyware

Question 51

Which of the following is a utility that allows users to display, copy, and print the contents of a graphics file?

A) graphics manager
B) JPEG utility
C) P N G player
D) image viewer

Question 52

When a document contains text displayed in 10-point Cambria, to what does the 10-point refer?

A) the font style
B) the number of characters that can fit in one linear inch of text
C) the number of colors in which a character can be displayed
D) the font size

Question 53

Windows, Mac OS, and which other operating system constitute three desktop operating systems?

A) DOS
B) Linux
C) Amazon
D) Internet Explorer

Question 54

If someone you know is purchasing word processing software, what features can she expect to find in the software?

A) wordwrap, spell checker, clip art
B) search and replace, word adjust, collaboration
C) columns, templates, autowrite
D) mail merge, wrapcheck, thesaurus

Question 55

In the event a backup file is used, which kind of program reverses the process and returns backed up files to their original form?

A) restore
B) return
C) reversal
D) backup

Question 56

When a word processing program user formats a document, what does the user change?

A) the document's appearance
B) the document's content
C) the document's reliability
D) the document's clipboard

Question 57

Which type of software has no restrictions from the copyright holder regarding modifications of the software's internal instructions and its redistribution?

A) shareware
B) custom software
C) open source software
D) system software

Question 58

Which of the following kinds of file utilities shrink the size of a file(s)?

A) unit
B) file compression
C) matrix
D) conversion

Question 59

Which of the following tools searches for and removes unnecessary files?

A) disk defragmenter
B) uninstaller
C) disk cleanup
D) file manager

Question 60

You are working for a book publisher and devising the height of the pages that will be required to print a given book. The text for the book is about 10 points. What will be the approximate height of each character in the book?

A) one-half of an inch
B) one-third of an inch
C) one-sixth of an inch
D) one inch

Question 61

Your new calendar application allows you to make sure that your mobile device and your corporation's server both have the latest version of any updated information. What is the term for this capability?

A) synchronization
B) adjoinment
C) concatenation
D) reconciliation

Question 62

Your friend has been assigned the task of creating visual aids to communicate ideas, messages, and other information to a sales group. What type of software should she use to complete this task?

A) information management software
B) presentation software
C) document management software
D) computer-aided design software

Question 63

You have a new word processing program. Which of the following is least likely to be a feature in the program's spelling checker?

A) the capability to check the spelling of a specific document section
B) the capability to check for a misuse of homophones
C) the capability to check for contextual spelling errors
D) the capability to check the arithmetic in a table of calculations

Question 64

In a spreadsheet program, how is data organized?

A) in a notebook containing thousands of pages
B) in columns and cells collectively called a notebook
C) in rows and columns collectively called a worksheet
D) in rows and columns collectively called a spreadsheet

Question 65

Which of the following are you, as a marketing manager, most likely to use to schedule the processes required in a new advertising campaign you are running?

A) personal finance
B) project management
C) calendar management
D) software suite

Question 66

Who can effectively use website authoring software?

A) high-level web page professional developers only
B) home and small business users only
C) users of all skill levels
D) all users except those who are creating web pages that contain graphical images, videos, and audio

Question 67

Which of the following types of software do engineers, architects and scientists use to create designs?

A) computer-aided design software (CAD)
B) augmented design software (ADS)
C) computer-based engineering design software (CED)
D) design and development software (DAD)

Question 68

What kind of file does Adobe Reader allow you to view?

A) FFT
B) DOC
C) PDF
D) PDT

Question 69

As you edit some photos from your summer vacation, you decide to shrink one of your favorite photos to produce a wallet size. Which tool will you use for this?

A) crop
B) resize
C) compress
D) contrast

Question 70

As you edit some photos from your summer vacation, you decide to remove a blurry area of one of your photos. Which tool will you use for this?

A) crop
B) resize
C) compress
D) contrast

Question 71

As you edit some photos from your summer vacation, you choose to make a beach photo much smaller in terms of its file size in order to be able to email it to your friends. Which tool will you use for this?

A) crop
B) resize
C) compress
D) contrast

Question 72

What type of software can your parents use to create a will without visiting an attorney?

A) attorney supernumerary software
B) legal software
C) court-documented software
D) accounting/tax preparation software

Question 73

You need to purchase a new application on behalf of your company, one that will track product inventory and manage shipping status. Which kind of software will you buy?

A) distribution software
B) human resources software
C) manufacturing software
D) retail software

Question 74

When data in a spreadsheet program is changed, what occurs?

A) Nothing; once entered, the data cannot be changed.
B) All calculations can be recalculated.
C) The worksheet is reorganized using preconfigured algorithms to conform to the formatting and hierarchical requirements of the spreadsheet program.
D) A new version of the spreadsheet is saved automatically so that both the old version and the new version are available.

Question 75

When you purchase a digital camera, what type of software often is included with the purchase?

A) clip art management software
B) paint editing software
C) reference software
D) photo editing software

Question 76

If you follow the advice of your instructor and use CBT to learn about programming languages, how would you learn?

A) You would access content by teachers from a web site designed to reinforce what you already know about programming.
B) You would answer a series of questions from your instructor and then, based on your answers, your instructor would assign books to read and programs to review.
C) Typically you would employ self-paced instruction to use and complete exercises presented on your computer.
D) You would use simulations.

Question 77

If your friend recently has participated in e-filing, what has she been doing?

A) using database software to electronically file all her records
B) creating a file-based system that allows her to produce a transcript and resume and then send them to potential employers online
C) accumulating digital graphics and photographs for online display
D) filing her state and/or federal tax returns online

Question 78

An engineer who needs to manage new product development might use what type of software?

A) project management software
B) engineering management software
C) product development management software
D) process management software

Question 79

To manage day-to-day interactions with customers, including phone calls and e-mails, what type of software would a company use?

A) phone call management software with e-mail extensions
B) human interface software
C) customer management software
D) customer service software

Question 80

An advertisement on a web site touts that the software for sale enables users to enter typed text, handwritten comments, drawings, or sketches anywhere on a page and then save the page. What kind of software is this ad selling?

A) administrative assistant training software
B) database software
C) note taking software
D) information management software