Computer Software

Question 1

What is the general purpose software that is used to operate computer hardware?

Answer 1

System software

Question 2

What is a specific purpose software used to perform a specific task?

Answer 2

Application software

Question 3

Spreadsheets, web browser and accounting software are types of what kind of software?

Answer 3

Application software

Question 4

Microsoft Windows, Linux, Max OS and DOS are examples of what kind of software?

Answer 4

System software

Question 5

What is the term for a software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs?

Answer 5

Operating system(OS)

Question 6

What are the four categories of operating systems?

Answer 6

Network
Server
Mobile
Personal computer

Question 7

What are three of the most common desktop operating system?

Answer 7

Windows, Linux and Mac

Question 8

Closed-source software is also known as what?

Answer 8

Proprietary software

Question 9

What is the term for an operating system that can be modified and distributed by anyone?

Answer 9

Open-source software

Question 10

Name an example of open source software?

Answer 10

Linux

Question 11

What type of software extends the capabilities of an operating system?

Answer 11

Utility software

Question 12

What is the internal part of an operating system that contains the components that perform the basic functions required by the computer installation?

Answer 12

Kernel

Question 13

What maintains all the records of all the files stored in secondary storage?

Answer 13

File manager

Question 14

What allows end users to communicate with true operating system?

Answer 14

User interface

Question 15

What type of user interface communicates with end users through textual messages using a keyboard and monitor?

Answer 15

Command-line interface (CLI)

Question 16

Contemporary operating systems have what type rod interface that allows end users to issue commands through input devices such as keyboards, mouses or touch screens?

Answer 16

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Question 17

Whose account is often called a super user or root account?

Answer 17

Administrator

Question 18

What type do shell uses backslashes to express directory paths, not case sensitive, root directory is a letter?

Answer 18

Windows shell

Question 19

What shell uses forward slashes for directory path, is case sensitive, and whose root directory is expressed as a single forward slash

Answer 19

Linux

Question 20

What is the technique rotating programs between primary and secondary memory?

Answer 20

Paging

Question 21

What is the term for software that communicates with controllers or other periphery devices?

Answer 21

Device drivers

Question 22

Device drivers are sometimes referred to as what?

Answer 22

Middleware

Question 23

What is word processing, spreadsheet, database software classified as?

Answer 23

Productivity software

Question 24

What type of software includes online workplaces, document storage, video conferencing?

Answer 24

Collaboration software

Question 25

What type of software includes CAD, graphic design, scientific?

Answer 25

Specialized software

Question 26

Name the three categories of software architecture?

Answer 26

Bespoke Off-the-shelf Hybrid

Question 27

Which category of software architecture is custom-made?

Answer 27

Bespoke

Question 28

Which category of software architecture is general creation for broad range of users?

Answer 28

Off-the-shelf

Question 29

What category of software architecture is customizable from a prepackaged solution?

Answer 29

Hybrid

Question 30

What is the term for application software stored on individual computers?

Answer 30

Local applications

Question 31

What delivers services including computing ,networks, analytics and intelligence offloading infrastructure requirements to the cloud service provider?

Answer 31

Cloud computing

Question 32

What is the term for an app that can be installed as a trial with limited time and functionality?

Answer 32

Shareware

Question 33

What is the term for software that is free?

Answer 33

Freeware

Question 34

Freeware and shareware are protected by what?

Answer 34

End user license agreement

Question 35

What type of software has no EULA and no intellectual property protections and is available for anybody to download?

Answer 35

Public domain software

Question 36

Which type of language is machine-dependent yet consists of mnemonic processor instructions, data, and other statements that are not directly understandable by machine?

Answer 36

Assembly languages

Question 37

Java, C++, and Python are what?

Answer 37

High-level languages

Question 38

What is the term for a collection of instructions written in a programming language and cannot be directly processed by the computer?

Answer 38

Source code

Question 39

Source code requires what, which is a special-purpose system software used to translate?

Answer 39

Language processor

Question 40

What translates source code into machine language and checks the source code for errors before translating it?

Answer 40

Compiler

Question 41

What is another term for resolving errors?

Answer 41

Debugging

Question 42

What is the term for the software that translates and executed source code into machine language one line at a time. If an error is forums, the process is terminated

Answer 42

Interpreter

Question 43

Java, C, C++ need a what to execute?

Answer 43

Compilers

Question 44

Perl and Python need a what to execute

Answer 44

Interpreter

Question 45

What high level programming language uses a vocabulary and set of rules to perform certain tasks?

Answer 45

C++

Question 46

What high-level program is an easy to use language that doesn’t need a compiler to run?

Answer 46

Python

Question 47

What high level programming language is designed to enable user engagement with dynamic elements on web pages

Answer 47

Java Script

Question 48

What high level programming often used in rapid prototyping and the creation of GUIs

Answer 48

TCL

Question 49

What high level language is an all-purpose language that is especially subtle for web development

Answer 49

PHP

Question 50

What is the term for a step-by-step formula outlining how to execute a task?

Answer 50

Algorithm

Question 51

In the IT world, what is a well-organized, computer implemented instructions that often result in a computation or the solution to a problem

Answer 51

Algorithm