Exam 2: Hardware and Software

Utility programs are used to perform system maintenance, such as repairing errors on a hard drive, improving system security, and optimizing sluggish system processes.

Your business manager wants to be able to integrate multiple business applications. The integration software is typically known as ______.

Mac users can set up their computers to run both Windows and Mac OS X and select the platform they want to work with when they boot their computers. This is called dual ______.

A global positioning system (GPS) device uses a(n) _____ to help people find their way around town or more remote areas.

New cars come with an onboard computer that controls anti-lock brakes, air bag deployment, fuel injection, etc. The software is known as ____.

Virtual tape technology can decrease data access time, lower the total cost of ownership, and reduce the amount of floor space consumed by tape operations.

Helen is 72 years old and is a retired school teacher on a fixed income. She would like to buy a new computer so that she can communicate via email, follow friends and family on social media, and occasionally access recipes and gardening tips from the Web. An important thing to consider is that Helen has arthritis in her hands, making it difficult for her to work with small buttons and gadgets. So, of the following options, her best choice is probably a(n) ________.

An embedded system is a computer system that is implanted in and dedicated to the control of another device.

Solid state storage devices (SSDs) store data in hard disk drives or optical media rather than memory chips.

The need for additional data storage capacity is one of the factors driving the growth in data centers.

Which of the following types of credit cards is currently diminishing in popularity and being replaced by the other three types?

One advantage of proprietary software versus off-the-shelf software is that _____.

Lara recently purchased the Microsoft Office Suite for her own use on her laptop. She has not really purchased the software but rather a ____.

In a typical computer configuration, secondary storage has a much larger capacity than the volatile random access memory.

All of the following are examples of someone using personal productivity software EXCEPT _________.

_____ is a program concerned with the efficient and environmentally responsible design, manufacture, operation, and disposal of IS-related products.

Eight bits together form a(n) _____.

Discuss three disadvantages of using proprietary software.

_____ software addresses the needs that are common across businesses, organizations, or individuals.

_____ works by swapping programs or parts of programs between memory and one or more disk drives.