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ISTM 210 Exam 1 Curtsinger Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Father of Intel - ANSWER ✔✔-Gordon Moore 1965
Information Technology (IT) - ANSWER ✔✔-study, design, development, implementation, support, and
management of computer-based information systems, particularly software and hardware.
YES - ANSWER ✔✔-is IT technology (Information Technology) a core compentency
end-users - ANSWER ✔✔-People that use computers.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - ANSWER ✔✔-attempts to protect investors from accounting and reporting
fraud
Competency - ANSWER ✔✔-knowledge that enables a person to understand something, in this case, a
computing system and its relationship to business.
Attitude - ANSWER ✔✔-towards information technology plays a pivotal role toward gaining computer
competency.
*plays in important role when learning IT*
critical thinking - ANSWER ✔✔-a way of thinking that involves analysis and evaluation and includes
considering all possible outcomes in order to form a sold decision
best practice - ANSWER ✔✔-A management process, technique, or method that is most effective at
arriving at a desired outcome or better outcome than any other process, technique, or method.
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Moore's Law - ANSWER ✔✔-technology will double in speed every 18 months meaning google earth will
become google live
Father of Apple/Mac - ANSWER ✔✔-Steve Jobs
Father of Microsoft/PC - ANSWER ✔✔-Bill Gates
first adopter - ANSWER ✔✔-First group to use a new technology; expensive, risky, leaders
follower - ANSWER ✔✔-waits at least one year to adopt a new technology
super computers - ANSWER ✔✔-fastest computer in the world
main frame computer - ANSWER ✔✔-massive computers used for huge data processing like credit cards
companies, take up entire rooms
reliability, scalability, availability, compatibility, cost, security, - ANSWER ✔✔-strengths of main frame
computers
midrange computers - ANSWER ✔✔-less powerful and smaller in physical size than mainframe
computers, but do many of the same things, simply on a smaller scale
smaller businesses use them that can't afford main frame
Microcomputer - ANSWER ✔✔-smaller than mainframes and midrange computers and are so common
that they are most commonly referred to simply as " computers" and sometimes just referred to as " boxes
microcomputers - ANSWER ✔✔-PC desktops, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, PDA, personal computers
?are examples of what type of computer
desktop computer & laptops - ANSWER ✔✔-made to reside on a desk and is not portable (desktop)
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has the same basic components as a desktop and is designed specifically for portability (laptop)
software - ANSWER ✔✔-a collection of computer programs that accomplish a specific task
system software - ANSWER ✔✔-background programs, no human interaction, responsible for data
mgmt, creates table of contents using FAT, responsible for RAM and ROM, operating system
application software - ANSWER ✔✔-requires human interaction, used in businesses when the user wants
to access them, Microsoft suites, Adobe
progress - ANSWER ✔✔-any task a computer performs
copy and paste - ANSWER ✔✔-simplest way to share info, allows the user to select an area in one
application (source data), copy the information into memory, switch to a different application, and then
paste it into the desired area (destination).
object linking - ANSWER ✔✔-similar to object embedding, but When the source file is linked into the
destination file, both files stay up to date.
* both files are current and editable.*
object embedding - ANSWER ✔✔-allows a user to select an entire area from one application and a part of
another
operating system - ANSWER ✔✔-often called a platform, is a collection of computer programs that work
together to manage hardware and software to ensure that they are working properly.
most popular platforms in today - ANSWER ✔✔-microsoft windows
MAC Os
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ISTM 210 Exam 1 Curtsinger Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Father of Intel - ANSWER ✔✔-Gordon Moore 1965
Information Technology (IT) - ANSWER ✔✔-study, design, development, implementation, support, and
management of computer-based information systems, particularly software and hardware.
YES - ANSWER ✔✔-is IT technology (Information Technology) a core compentency
end-users - ANSWER ✔✔-People that use computers.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - ANSWER ✔✔-attempts to protect investors from accounting and reporting
fraud
Competency - ANSWER ✔✔-knowledge that enables a person to understand something, in this case, a
computing system and its relationship to business.
Attitude - ANSWER ✔✔-towards information technology plays a pivotal role toward gaining computer
competency.
*plays in important role when learning IT*
critical thinking - ANSWER ✔✔-a way of thinking that involves analysis and evaluation and includes
considering all possible outcomes in order to form a sold decision
best practice - ANSWER ✔✔-A management process, technique, or method that is most effective at
arriving at a desired outcome or better outcome than any other process, technique, or method.
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Moore's Law - ANSWER ✔✔-technology will double in speed every 18 months meaning google earth will
become google live
Father of Apple/Mac - ANSWER ✔✔-Steve Jobs
Father of Microsoft/PC - ANSWER ✔✔-Bill Gates
first adopter - ANSWER ✔✔-First group to use a new technology; expensive, risky, leaders
follower - ANSWER ✔✔-waits at least one year to adopt a new technology
super computers - ANSWER ✔✔-fastest computer in the world
main frame computer - ANSWER ✔✔-massive computers used for huge data processing like credit cards
companies, take up entire rooms
reliability, scalability, availability, compatibility, cost, security, - ANSWER ✔✔-strengths of main frame
computers
midrange computers - ANSWER ✔✔-less powerful and smaller in physical size than mainframe
computers, but do many of the same things, simply on a smaller scale
smaller businesses use them that can't afford main frame
Microcomputer - ANSWER ✔✔-smaller than mainframes and midrange computers and are so common
that they are most commonly referred to simply as " computers" and sometimes just referred to as " boxes
microcomputers - ANSWER ✔✔-PC desktops, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, PDA, personal computers
?are examples of what type of computer
desktop computer & laptops - ANSWER ✔✔-made to reside on a desk and is not portable (desktop)
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has the same basic components as a desktop and is designed specifically for portability (laptop)
software - ANSWER ✔✔-a collection of computer programs that accomplish a specific task
system software - ANSWER ✔✔-background programs, no human interaction, responsible for data
mgmt, creates table of contents using FAT, responsible for RAM and ROM, operating system
application software - ANSWER ✔✔-requires human interaction, used in businesses when the user wants
to access them, Microsoft suites, Adobe
progress - ANSWER ✔✔-any task a computer performs
copy and paste - ANSWER ✔✔-simplest way to share info, allows the user to select an area in one
application (source data), copy the information into memory, switch to a different application, and then
paste it into the desired area (destination).
object linking - ANSWER ✔✔-similar to object embedding, but When the source file is linked into the
destination file, both files stay up to date.
* both files are current and editable.*
object embedding - ANSWER ✔✔-allows a user to select an entire area from one application and a part of
another
operating system - ANSWER ✔✔-often called a platform, is a collection of computer programs that work
together to manage hardware and software to ensure that they are working properly.
most popular platforms in today - ANSWER ✔✔-microsoft windows
MAC Os
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