CHAPTER 1

________ are the most important part of any information system

• People
• Software applications
• Hardware applications
• Programs

The five types of personal computers are: desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and ________

• microcomputers
• midranges
• wearables
• macrocomputers

Which of the following will not retain data after the computer is turned off?

• RAM
• DVD
• ROM
• hard drive

________ is the component of the information system that is described as the equipment that processes data to create information

• Hardware
• Programming
• System software
• Compiler

The Internet is the largest ________ in the world

• system unit
• operating system
• database program
• network

________ software is a collection of programs that helps the computer manage its own resources and enables application software to interact with computer hardware

• Application
• Database management
• Operating
• System

________ storage devices do not lose data or programs after the electrical power is turned off

• Input/output
• Communication
• Secondary
• Primary

"Background" software that helps the computer manage its own internal resources is called ________

• desktop
• shareware
• system software
• application software

System software includes all of the following except:

• utilities
• stand-alone operating systems
• browsers
• real-time operating systems

A microcomputer that is smaller, lighter, and less powerful than a notebook, and which has a touch-sensitive screen, is called a ________

• desktop
• laptop
• subnotebook
• tablet