Exam 4: Computer Software

When programming in an object-oriented language, an example of an object would be a set of data about a customer's account and the operations that are performed on the data.

Performance monitor programs are designed to monitor and control the use of computer systems, provide warning messages, and record evidence of unauthorized use of computer resources.

Of the different programming languages, third-generation COBOL is the most widely used today.

An _______________ system is an integrated set of programs that supervise the processing operations of the CPU, control the input/output functions of the computer system, and provide various support services.

Machine languages are high-level languages whose instructions closely resemble human language or the standard notation of mathematics.

Three main types of user interfaces are __________-driven, menu-driven, and graphical.

According to the text, experts predict the Web browser will be the model for:

Unlike hardware, which has several categories, software has only one category-computer applications.

At the simplest level, open source refer to software that is delivered with unrestricted access to its _______________.

Which of the following are considered application software packages?

The ease of creating Java applets and distributing them from network servers to client PCs and network computers is one of the major reasons for Java's popularity.

Web sites built with collaborative development tools can integrate a wide variety of individual applications in order to increase team productivity. However, they do little to improve individual productivity.

A personal information manager helps users store, organize, and retrieve information about customers and prospects, and schedule and manage appointments.

Although Microsoft Office has a large share of the software suite market, Lotus, Corel, and Sun all offer competing productivity suites.

Software developers can use CASE tools at different stages of the software development processes.

COTS software stands for:

The trend in user interfaces is toward an easy-to-use, _______________ user interface, which uses icons, bars, buttons, boxes, and other images.

When a spreadsheet is used to answer "what if" questions, the user must reenter the values and formulas into the cells in order to see the impact of the changes.

According to the text, spreadsheet packages are used by virtually every business for _______________.

When high-level programming languages are used, programmers must learn a different language for each type of computer that uses the program.