Exam 4: Programs and Apps

Which of the following kinds of software allows users to create and manipulate documents containing mostly text and sometimes graphics?

Presentation software allows users to apply special effects to the transition between slides.

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

Word processing software includes a spelling checker, which reviews the spelling of individual words, sections of a document, or the entire document.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT 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?

Video editing software allows professionals to modify a segment of a video, called a clip.

With web apps, you always access the latest version of the software.

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

Distributing programs outside the terms of a license agreement is a violation of copyright law but is not a federal crime.

Which of the following kinds of software enables users to enter typed text, handwritten comments, drawings, or sketches anywhere on a page and then save the page as part of a notebook?

What kind of application teaches a particular skill?

Critical Thinking Questions Case 4-1 Your friends know that you understand a lot about computers, both the technical details of how they operate as well as information about software. Lately, with all of the concerns about copyright infringement, friends have started to ask you about categories of application software and what each kind permits. DeRobb is looking for a spreadsheet program that is available at no cost, but that also puts no restrictions on his use of it. If he wants to share it with a friend, or make copies of it and distribute it, he wants to be able to do so. What kind of software do you recommend he should be looking at?

____________________ is copyrighted software provided at no cost to a user by an individual or a company that retains all rights to the software.

When computer users ____________________ a project, they change its appearance.

In a database, each row, called a(n) ____________________, contains data about a given person, product, object, or event.

Professional DTP software is ideal for the production of high-quality color documents such as textbooks, corporate newsletters, marketing literature, product catalogs, and annual reports.

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

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What does a disk cleanup utility do?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT 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?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT 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?