Exam 4: Hardware, Software, and Mobile Systems

A thin-client application is designed to run within a program such as ________.

Which of the following is an advantage to an organization if its bring your own device (BYOD)policy offers wireless network to mobile devices?

Rebecca is one of the few reliable programmers of her organization who is authorized to work on a closed source project. The project will be especially useful to track the progress of outsourced activities. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true of Rebecca's project?

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

Android applications are developed using ________ programming language.

Ronald runs both Windows 7 and Linux on his desktop computer. This process is called ________.

The CPU stores the results of computations on the hard drive.

Which of the following is an example of storage hardware in computers?

Linux is high-priced and closed source software developed by Google.

Which of the following is an example of an open-source desktop operating system?

Main memory is also known as ________.

Explain the two types of application programs.

Java, C#, and VB.NET are examples of ________.

Programmers are not allowed to alter or add to an open source code.

An operating system is a program that controls a computer's resources.

Which of the following statements is true about firmware?

10 TB is equivalent to ________ gigabytes.

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

Linux applications are constructed using Objective-C and VB.NET languages.

Melissa is a senior accountant at a consulting firm. She brings to her manager's notice the considerable amount of time that is wasted when accounting tasks are performed manually, and proposes that the department automates these tasks. Melissa's accounting department is in need of a(n)________.