Exam 3: Computer Software

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-2 Tom owns a small company and is purchasing a software license for his company. He originally had to purchase a copy of each piece of software for each of his employees. However, one of his friends told him there were other types of license agreements. Tom has come to you and asked for help in deciding what kind of license is right for his company. Tom will be the only person using the license, so he needs a ____ license.

In the figure above, the box with a C is pointing to a(n) ____.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-2 Tom owns a small company and is purchasing a software license for his company. He originally had to purchase a copy of each piece of software for each of his employees. However, one of his friends told him there were other types of license agreements. Tom has come to you and asked for help in deciding what kind of license is right for his company. Five of the people in Tom's company use a web design software. You advise Tom to get a license for a specific number of users. He needs a ____ license.

A quarantined file is generally encrypted before storing.

A zombie is a computer under the control of a bad bot.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of spreadsheet software as number crunching software.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-2 Tom owns a small company and is purchasing a software license for his company. He originally had to purchase a copy of each piece of software for each of his employees. However, one of his friends told him there were other types of license agreements. Tom has come to you and asked for help in deciding what kind of license is right for his company. Tom has another need. Everyone at the company needs a word processing software. You advise Tom to use a license that is priced at a flat rate. It is called a ____ license.

The intersection of a column and a row on a spreadsheet is called a ____.

If a virus protection software identifies a virus, it can try to take all of the following actions except ____.

A virus hoax usually arrives as an attachment .

Production software refers to any type of application software that has the potential to help people do their work more efficiently.

Spreadsheets have built-in formulas.

There are two categories of software: public domain and ____________________.

A typical software package contains one file.

The type of threat that is used to describe malware that combines more than one type of malicious program is ____________________.

Hackers can use rootkits to hide their work.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-3 At the ACME Widget Company the computers have started behaving weirdly. Chris noticed that his directory had some files that he didn't remember putting on his computer. Lesley noticed their computer was beginning to run very slow and Kim realized she was getting replies to emails she had not sent. The owner of the ACME Widget Company has contacted you to see if their company might have a computer security problem. Another possibility is that ACME Widget Company has a ____ that seems to perform one function while actually doing something else.

A ____ is a legal contract that defines the ways in which you may use a computer program.

By using spell checkers and grammar checkers you are assured your document will be error free.

Some web applications such as Google Earth require a client-side program to be installed on your local computer.