Exam 4: Hardware and Software

Distinguish between open source and closed source programs.

If an organization's BYOD policy dictates that the employee is responsible for damage, the advantage to the organization is that it appears to be permissive without actually being so.

Linux applications are constructed using Objective-C.

Bits are used for computer data because they ________.

An operating system controls a computer's resources.

A spreadsheet program is an example of ________.

Native applications are sometimes called thick-client applications.

Mac OS and iOS applications are constructed using ________.

The ________ is sometimes called "the brain" of the computer.

Thin-client applications are typically limited by the capabilities of the ________.

The operating system creates and manages the user interface.

Bytes lack the capacity to measure sizes of noncharacter data.

In a closed source project, such as Adobe Photoshop, the source code is highly protected and only available to trusted employees and carefully vetted contractors.

Which of the following is an example of an application program?

Magnetic and optical disks are nonvolatile.

Which of the following refers to a small, portable storage device that can be used to back up data and to transfer it from one computer to another?

Source code is computer code as written by humans and understandable by humans.

________ is a version of Unix that was developed by an open source community.

Linux is an example of a(n) ________.

Virtualization is the process by which ________.