Systems & Application Software

Which of the following is NOT a function of an operating system?

• Control input/output operations

• Perform calculations

• Provide security

• Provide a friendly user interface

Which of the following is NOT a type of application software?

• Word processor

• Spreadsheets

• Windows

• Smart Draw

An example of multitasking is

• doing a background save while typing a document

• allowing many users to use the same program

• allowing one user to use one program

• opening one program by many users

Quality Developers is a company that writes programs to do specific jobs for other companies. These programs are called

• general-purpose software

• special-purpose software

• custom-purpose software

• off-the-shelf software

Which of the following is NOT a software interface?

• Command-driven

• Touch screen

• Menu-driven

• Graphical User Interface (GUI)

The name of the interface used by blind persons to perform operations on a computer is

• sensor

• icon

• braille

• touch screen

Which of the following is not a utility program?

• Disk repair program

• Backup program

• Spreadsheet program

• File defragmentation program

Application software consists of:

• Entertainment software

• Productivity software

• Speciality software

• All of the above

An integrated software package:

• Can transfer data from one component to another very easily

• Costs less than individual applications

• Takes up less disk space than individual applications

• All of the above

Which of the following is not considered to be system software?

• Graphics presentation software

• Operating system

• Utility program

• Language translators