CS 1000 Quiz 4

What is the real-time exchange of messages, files, audio, and/or video with another online user called?

During the infection stage, what three actions does a computer virus typically perform?

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

In a spreadsheet program, how is data organized?

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?

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?

Why is a fragmented disk slower than one that is defragmented?

Which of the following terms is used to describe a program that copies itself repeatedly, using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network?

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?

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

Which of the following terms is used to describe a program that hides in a computer and allows someone from a remote location to take full control of the computer?

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?

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?

You have heard that it is possible to improve your computer's performance by storing all related files for a particular program together. What is the term for this?

Who can effectively use website authoring software?

A program has been placed on your smartphone without your knowledge and it is collecting personal information about you. What kind of application is this?

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?

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

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

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

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

What does a disk cleanup utility do?

You are experiencing some problems with your operating system on your desktop and want to repair some problems with your hard disk. Which of the following will you use?

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?

Which of the following are valid steps toward virus protection?

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

You have received an email that is directing you to a phony website that looks like the website for your mortgage company. What kind of message is this?

You are using a tool on your computer to organize a variety of files in folders. What is the term for this kind of tool?

You recently lost some files that were important to you so you have resolved to back up the contents of your hard disk on a series of rewritable DVDs. What kind of software will you use to do this?

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

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

You have a variety of helpful apps on your smartphone, including ones that allow you to remotely start your car or calculate a restaurant tip. In which of the following categories do these apps fall?

In reference to search utilities, what does an index do?

Define the term, payload, as it pertains to computer crime.

Which of the following are uses for application software?

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

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

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

What was the original purpose of a screen saver?

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?

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

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

What is product activation?

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?

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

You have created a specific named location on your hard disk to hold some songs you have purchased. What is the term for this location?

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

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?

Antivirus programs look for a specific pattern of virus code. What is this pattern called?

Which of the following features is offered by WBT?