Device drivers facilitate communication between which layers of the system?

1.

Device drivers facilitate communication between which layers of the system?

(a) The operating system and applications using hardware devices (b) The operating system and hardware devices (c) Applications and hardware devices (d) Different hardware devices

Correct answer is

(b)

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See section 3.1 of the course notes.

2.

Which of the following software layer sequences correctly represents the task of saving a file with a text editor?

(a) operating system, application, hardware, device driver (b) operating system, device driver, application, hardware (c) application, operating system, hardware, device driver (d) application, operating system, device driver, hardware

Correct answer is

(d)

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See section 3.1 of the course notes.

3.

Which of the following steps are performed by the BIOS during the boot process? I. Locating a disk drive that has an operating system to be loaded II. Loading the necessary device drivers needed by the operating system III. Loading into RAM the program to load the operating system

(a) I and II only (b) I, II, and III (c) I and III only (d) II and III only

Correct answer is

(c)

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4.

Which of the following options in the Windows operating system can be used to improve aesthetics and convenience? I. Using the Control Panel II. Using the View menu options in My Computer or Explorer III. Changing the settings used by BIOS that control the PC's hardware configuration

(a) II and III only (b) I, II, and III (c) I and II only (d) I and III only

Correct answer is

(c)

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4.00

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See section 3.2 of the course notes.

5.

Which of the following indicates to the operating system that an application is referencing data not currently loaded into RAM?

(a) Page fault (b) Real mode interrupt (c) RAM interrupt (d) Relocation error

Correct answer is

(a)

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See section 3.3.1 of the course notes.

6.

Which of the following is (are) true regarding the cluster size of a disk drive? I. A cluster is the smallest amount of space that a file can occupy in a disk. II. The cluster size will decrease as the size of the disk increases.

(a) I and II (b) None (c) II only (d) I only

Correct answer is

(d)

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See section 3.4.2, subsection "Clusters and File Allocation Tables," in the course notes.

7.

Which of the following types of licenses usually allows use of the software for a trial period?

(a) Freeware (b) Application software (c) Shareware (d) Open source software

Correct answer is

(c)

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See page 53 in the textbook.

8.

Which of the following is an appropriate type of application for creating a rough blueprint of a home improvement project?

(a) Drawing (b) Database (c) Presentation (d) Painting

Correct answer is

(a)

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4.00

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See section 4.2 of the course notes.

9.

Which of the following sets of applications is the most appropriate to use for creating printed annual reports to stockholders?

(a) Animation, photo editor, spreadsheets (b) Word processing, spreadsheets, sound synthesis (c) Word processing, spreadsheets, graphics (d) Word processing, animation, sound synthesis

Correct answer is

(c)

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4.00

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10.

Which of the following applications, if integrated with an email client application, would provide the greatest convenience to a user?

(a) A spreadsheet application (b) An address book application (c) A personal finance application (d) A drawing application

Correct answer is

(b)

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4.00

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See section 4.2 of the course notes.

11.

What is the purpose of a switch in a command-line interface?

(a) It specifies a group of files that are affected by the command. (b) It allows two commands to be included in a single command line. (c) It specifies a change to the normal function of a specified command. (d) It tells the command processor what command to execute.

Correct answer is

(c)

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4.00

Feedback:

See section 4.3.1 of the course notes.

12.

A person, place, thing, or event about which data is stored is called a(n)

(a) record (b) string (c) key (d) entity

Correct answer is

(d)

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See page 495 in the textbook.

13.

Each field in a database record has a field _____ that identifies its contents.

(a) structure (b) name (c) nomenclature (d) item

Correct answer is

(b)

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4.00

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See page 494 in the textbook.

14.

File management software adapts to different files because of a concept called data

(a) input (b) sorting (c) indexing (d) independence

Correct answer is

(d)

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4.00

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See page 504 in the textbook.

15.

Which of the following are programs commonly found in an integrated software development environment? I. Compilers II. Spreadsheets III. Debuggers

(a) I, II, and III (b) II and III only (c) I and III only (d) I and II only

Correct answer is

(c)

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4.00

Feedback:

See section 4.5.3 of the course notes.

16.

Who of the following plans an entire information system?

(a) Systems administrator (b) Programmer (c) Systems analyst (d) Database administrator

Correct answer is

(c)

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4.00

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See page 549 in the textbook.

17.

An algorithm can be performed by following the

(a) standards (b) characters (c) instructions (d) protocols

Correct answer is

(c)

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4.00

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See page 562 in the textbook.

18.

Page tables are used

(a) to determine what output should be sent to the printer next by the spooler (b) to keep track of where in RAM the next instruction is to be executed (c) to translate virtual address references to real memory addresses (d) as a table of contents for a large document file stored in RAM

Correct answer is

(c)

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4.00

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See section 3.3.1 of the course notes.

19.

Virtual memory involves temporarily moving unneeded instructions or data from RAM to

(a) cache memory (b) a hard disk (c) a computer on the network (d) the CPU

Correct answer is

(b)

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4.00

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See section 3.3.1 of the course notes.

20.

A low-level language written in binary code that the computer can execute directly is called a _____ language.

(a) syntactical (b) machine (c) scripting (d) device

Correct answer is

(b)

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4.00

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See page 572 in the textbook.

21.

The Application Programming Interface (API) is the layer where programs communicate with

(a) the operating system (b) the device drivers used by the operating system (c) the hardware (d) the programming environment used to make the applications

Correct answer is

(a)

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4.00

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See section 3.1.1 of the course notes.

22.

Which of the following is(are) limitations of Object Linking and Encoding (OLE)? I. It is not supported by all applications. II. The application program used to create the embedded data must be installed on the user's computer for editing. III. There may be loss of information when embedding data.

(a) I only (b) I and II only (c) II and III only (d) I, II, and III

Correct answer is

(b)

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4.00

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See section 4.2.3 of the course notes.

23.

With respect to the types of software and components found in a computing system, what exists beneath the lowest software layer?

(a) The operating system layer (b) The application program layer (c) The hardware layer (d) Nothing

Correct answer is

(c)

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Feedback:

See section 3.1.1 of the course notes.

24.

Which of the following purposes can shortcuts serve in Windows? I. They allow the user to execute a program from many different windows. II. They allow the user to refer to applications by different names. III. They allow the user to copy a file by dragging its icon to another folder.

(a) I and III only (b) I, II, and III (c) II and III only (d) I and II only

Correct answer is

(d)

Your score on this question is:

4.00

Feedback:

See section 3.4.1 of the course notes.

25.

In the software development process, which of the following methods are used to assist programmers in finding "bugs" in their software? I. Debugging II. Testing III. Code Reviews

(a) I and III only (b) II and III only (c) I and II only (d) I, II, and III

Correct answer is

(d)

Your score on this question is:

4.00

Feedback:

See section 4.5.1 of the course notes.

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