Quiz 8

____________________ referes to the physical components used to collect, input, process data and to diplay and distribute information.

• a. Hardware

• b. Software

• c. Intranet

• d. Extranet

Hannah is a writer.  She regularly uses Microsoft Word for her work so she can write, edit and prepare her manuscripts for publication.  What category of computer product is Hannah using?

• a. Hardware

• b. Utility program

• c. Application software

• d. Operating software

A (n)  ________ links computer resources using either a wired or wireless connection.

• a. tracker

• b. operating system

• c. network

• d. graphical user interface

Which of the following links hundreds of thousands of smaller networks and operates under a common set of rules for communication?

• a. A web page

• b. The kernel

• c. A firewall

• d. The Internet

Documents stored on the World Wide Web are written and linked together using _________________.

• a. decision support systems (DSS)

• b. Expert systems (ES)

• c. computer-aided design (CAD)

• d. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

 Firms create _______________ by offering limited access to certain areas of their intranets to select groups of people.

• a. expert systems

• b. extranets

• c. open systems

• d. horizontally integrated networks.

________________ computing means using Internet-based storage capacity, applications and processing power to supplement or replace internally-owned computer resources.

• a. Grid

• b. Data base

• c. Cloud

• d. Elastic

 One of the primary advantages of cloud computing over traditional computing is that it:

• a. encourages collaboration among employees.

• b. allows users to log into the network much more quickly.

• c. promotes working form the office since users can access the network only inside company office buildings.

• d. helps companies and their emplooyees benefit from marketing on social networking sites.

 One of the vital functions of the information technology department in a company is to:

• a. manage the public image of the organization.

• b. ensure that employees are following productivity schedules.

• c. transform data into useful information for decision-makers.

• d. do the final decision-making for the management through the conversion of strategic data into high-quality information.

Data become ______________________ when they are processed, organized and presented in a way that makes them useful to a decision maker in a company.

• a. values

• b. knowledge

• c. information

• d. metadata