ISTM 210 Exam 1 Knowledge Check and Phinney Facts ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which law predicts that Google Earth will become Moore's Law
Google live?
What is the most important part of an information People
system?
Does the average business person need to be an expert No
in IT?
What plays an important role when learning IT? Attitude
Acquiring technology when it is first introduced is called Being a leader
what?
Waiting to acquire technology when it is first introduces is Being a follower
called what?
The tangible and physical aspects of a computer are Hardware
called what?
What are the largest and most powerful business Mainframes
computers?
What computer processes large amounts of data for a Midrange computers
mid-sized business?
Desktop computers are considered what type of Microcomputers
computer?
A computer program that accomplishes a specific task is? Software
What kind of software requires no human interaction? System Software
What is the most important thing a system software Enabled the operating system
does?
A common name for an operating system is? Platform
Any task a computer performs is called what? Process
, Running more than one application at a time is called Multitasking
what?
What part of the computer coordinates memory? Operating system
The table of contents of a hard drive is called what? FAT (File Allocation Table)
Software sold as a collection is called what? Software Suite
What is the most important aspect of a productivity suite? Sharing data
What is the easiest and most basic way to share data? Copy and Paste
Which method of sharing data is dynamic? Object Linking
What part of a computer is responsible for reading and Operating system
writing data?
How is information represented on a monitor? Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Will Google Earth become Google Live? Yes
Which is not word processing software? Apple Word Press Pro
What does platform neutral mean in the context of a Works on any operating system
PDF?
Which of the following is not a feature of word Array Document Protocols
processing software?
What application software features a "what-if" analysis? Speadsheets
In a DBMS, what is a row called? Records
In a DBMS, what is a column called? Field
What is it called when a row and column intersect in a Cell
speadsheet?
What differentiates system software from application Human intervention
software?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which law predicts that Google Earth will become Moore's Law
Google live?
What is the most important part of an information People
system?
Does the average business person need to be an expert No
in IT?
What plays an important role when learning IT? Attitude
Acquiring technology when it is first introduced is called Being a leader
what?
Waiting to acquire technology when it is first introduces is Being a follower
called what?
The tangible and physical aspects of a computer are Hardware
called what?
What are the largest and most powerful business Mainframes
computers?
What computer processes large amounts of data for a Midrange computers
mid-sized business?
Desktop computers are considered what type of Microcomputers
computer?
A computer program that accomplishes a specific task is? Software
What kind of software requires no human interaction? System Software
What is the most important thing a system software Enabled the operating system
does?
A common name for an operating system is? Platform
Any task a computer performs is called what? Process
, Running more than one application at a time is called Multitasking
what?
What part of the computer coordinates memory? Operating system
The table of contents of a hard drive is called what? FAT (File Allocation Table)
Software sold as a collection is called what? Software Suite
What is the most important aspect of a productivity suite? Sharing data
What is the easiest and most basic way to share data? Copy and Paste
Which method of sharing data is dynamic? Object Linking
What part of a computer is responsible for reading and Operating system
writing data?
How is information represented on a monitor? Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Will Google Earth become Google Live? Yes
Which is not word processing software? Apple Word Press Pro
What does platform neutral mean in the context of a Works on any operating system
PDF?
Which of the following is not a feature of word Array Document Protocols
processing software?
What application software features a "what-if" analysis? Speadsheets
In a DBMS, what is a row called? Records
In a DBMS, what is a column called? Field
What is it called when a row and column intersect in a Cell
speadsheet?
What differentiates system software from application Human intervention
software?
