1. Programs from the same developer , sold
bundled together , that provide better integration and share common features ,
toolbars and menus are known as ....
(A) software suites
(B) integrated software packages
(C) software processing packages
(D) personal information managers
(E) none of these
ANS (A)
2. A data warehouse is which of the
following ?
(A) Can be updated by the end users
(B) Contains numerous naming conventions
and formats
(C) Organized around important subject
areas
(D) Contains only current data
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
3. ______________ servers store and manages
files for network users.
(A) Authentication
(B) Main
(C) Web
(D) File
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
4. All of the following are examples of
real security and privacy risks Except _____
(A) hackers
(B) spam
(C) viruses
(D) identify theft
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
5. ___________ terminals (formerly known as
cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer
systems .
(A) Data
(B) Sales
(C) Query
(D) (Point-of-sale (POS)
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
6. The OSI model is divided into _______
processes called layers.
(A) five
(B) six
(C) seven
(D) eight
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
7. System software is the set of programs
that enables your computer's hardware devices and ______ software to work
together.
(A) management
(B) processing
(C) utility
(D) application
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
8. ________ are specially designed computer
chips reside inside other devices, such as your car or your electronic
thermostat.
(A) Servers
(B) Embedded computers
(C) Robotic computers
(D) Mainframes
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
9. The following are all computing devices
, except.........
(A) notebook computers
(B) cellular telephones
(C) digital scanners
(D) personal digital assistants
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
10. In a ring topology , the computer in
possession of the ______ can trasmit data
(A) packet
(B) data
(C) access method
(D) token
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
11. This part of operating system manages
the essential peripherals, such as the keyboard, screen , disk drives, and
parallel and serial ports ____
(A) basic input/output system
(B) secondary input/output system
(C) peripheral input/output system
(D) marginal input/output system
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
12. ________ Viruses are often transmitted
by a floppy disk left in the floppy drive
(A) Trojan horse
(B) Boot sector
(C) Script
(D) Logic bomb
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
13. ________ controls the way in which the
computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with
the computer
(A) The platform
(B) Application software
(C) Operating system
(D) The motherboard
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
14. Servers are computers that provide
resources to other computers connected to a ___________
(A) mainframe
(B) network
(C) supercomputer
(D) client
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
15. A goal of data mining includes which of
the following?
(A) To explain some observed event or
condition
(B) To confirm that data exists
(C) To analyze data for expected
relationships
(D) To create a new data warehouse
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
16. URL stands for ........
(A) Universal Research List
(B) Universal Resource List
(C) Uniform Resource Locator
(D) Uniform Research Locator
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
17. A database management system (DBMS) is
a ............
(A) hardware system used to create ,
maintain and provide controlled access to a database
(B) hardware system used to create,
maintain, and provide uncontrolled access to a database.
(C) software system used to create,
maintain, and provide uncontrolled access to a database.
(D) software system used to create,
maintain, and provide controlled access to a database.
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
18. A Proxy server is used for which of the
following?
(A) To provide security against
unauthorized users
(B) To process client requests for web
pages
(C) To process client requests for database
access
(D) To provide TCP/IP
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
19. When data changes in multiple lists and
all lists are not updated, this causes:
(A) data redundancy
(B) information overload
(C) duplicate data
(D) data inconsistency
(E) None of these
ANS (D)