Preliminary Exam-ITSYS

1. The physical devices of a computer :

• Software

• Package

• Hardware

• System Software

Which of the following is designed to control the operations of a computer

• Application Software

• System Software

• Utility Software

• User

Which of the following is not an example of system software?

• Language Translator

• Utility Software

• Communication Software

• Word Processors

___________________ is designed to solve a specific problem or to do a specific task.

• Application Software

• System Software

• Utility Software

• User

Which of the following software can’t be categorized application software?

• DBM

• MS-DOS

• Spreadsheet

• Word processing

Information is ____________________.

• Data

• Processed Data

• Manipulated input

• Computer output

Data by itself is not useful unless

• It is massive

• It is processed to obtain information

• It is collected from diverse sources

• It is properly stated

Information systems are composed of ___ major components.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

An ______________________________ interrelated components that collect, process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization.

• Information system

• Knowledge system

• Database system

• Computer system

The United States Department of Defense created and funded ARPA Net (Advanced Research Projects Administration), an experimental network which eventually became known as the Internet. In what year did this occur?

• 1949

• 1959

• 1969

• 1979