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CIS105 - Midterm Exam (Arizona State University
Earned Admissions) Quizzes & Ans..
A common name for an operating sytem is called what?
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Platform
Running more than one application at a time is called
what? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Multitasking
Desktop computers are considered what type of
computer? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ microcomputers
Software sold as a collection are called what? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ software suite
What part of the computer coordinates memory? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hard drive
What is the most important aspect of a productivity
suite? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ sharing data
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How is information represented on a monitor? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Graphical user interface
What is the easiest and most basic way to share data? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Copy (or Cut) and Paste
Any task a computer performs is called what? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ process
What are the largest and most powerful business
computers? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ mainframes
The table of contents of a hard drive is called what? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ FAT
What plays an import role when learning IT? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Attitude
Which method of sharing data is dynamic? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ object linking
The tangible and physical aspects of a computer are
called what? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hardware
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What law predicts that Google Earth will become
Google Live? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Moores llaw
What computers process large amounts of data for a
mid-sized business? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Midrange
computers
Does the average businessperson need to be an expert
in IT? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ No
What kind of software requires no human interaction? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ System Software
requires human intervention but performs a certain task
the user needs (email, word processors, spreadsheets,
etc.) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Application Software
Portable Document Format - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ PDF
Database Management system Software. used to create
a collection of related files called Tables. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ DBMS
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Microsoft Powerpoint - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Presentation Software
allow users to view items via the internet - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Browser Software
allows computers to communicate with eachother -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Network Software
allows the user to display web pages found on the
World Wide Web - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ web browser
clickable navigation element that lets the user navigate
from one web page to another - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
hyperlink
invented the first web browser in 1990 - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Sir Tim Berners-Lee
two or more computers connected together for resource
sharing and communication - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
computer network
CIS105 - Midterm Exam (Arizona State University
Earned Admissions) Quizzes & Ans..
A common name for an operating sytem is called what?
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Platform
Running more than one application at a time is called
what? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Multitasking
Desktop computers are considered what type of
computer? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ microcomputers
Software sold as a collection are called what? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ software suite
What part of the computer coordinates memory? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hard drive
What is the most important aspect of a productivity
suite? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ sharing data
,2|Page
How is information represented on a monitor? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Graphical user interface
What is the easiest and most basic way to share data? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Copy (or Cut) and Paste
Any task a computer performs is called what? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ process
What are the largest and most powerful business
computers? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ mainframes
The table of contents of a hard drive is called what? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ FAT
What plays an import role when learning IT? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Attitude
Which method of sharing data is dynamic? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ object linking
The tangible and physical aspects of a computer are
called what? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hardware
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What law predicts that Google Earth will become
Google Live? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Moores llaw
What computers process large amounts of data for a
mid-sized business? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Midrange
computers
Does the average businessperson need to be an expert
in IT? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ No
What kind of software requires no human interaction? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ System Software
requires human intervention but performs a certain task
the user needs (email, word processors, spreadsheets,
etc.) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Application Software
Portable Document Format - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ PDF
Database Management system Software. used to create
a collection of related files called Tables. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ DBMS
, 4|Page
Microsoft Powerpoint - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Presentation Software
allow users to view items via the internet - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Browser Software
allows computers to communicate with eachother -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Network Software
allows the user to display web pages found on the
World Wide Web - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ web browser
clickable navigation element that lets the user navigate
from one web page to another - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
hyperlink
invented the first web browser in 1990 - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Sir Tim Berners-Lee
two or more computers connected together for resource
sharing and communication - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
computer network
