Test 5: Business Technology

What are the programs that instruct computers to perform specific operations?

• cookies

• software

• hardware

• information systems

What do businesses often develop to be able to store and analyze data for the purpose of making business decisions?

• advertisements

• employee policies

• information systems

• machinery operating guides

Why do many businesses store information in a computerized database?

• to maintain client lists

• to transcribe word documents

• to calculate and chart economic trends

• to communicate company policies to employees

What is part of a larger computer system and usually performs a highly specific function to aid in the overall machine operations?

• motherboard

• embedded system

• secondary memory

• application programs

What is the set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software of a computer?

• electronic resource

• digital connection

• operating system

• transfer protocol

Bryan would like to send the same e-mail message to multiple people at once. He wants to save their e-mail contact information for future e-mail messages too. Which e-mail service should he use?

• virus

• attachments

• address book

• distribution lists

Jordan is using software to create a letter of application that he will send to a potential employer. Which application software is he using?

• database

• spreadsheet

• presentation

• word processing

Which application software is designed to create, store, manage, search, and extract information?

• database application

• presentation application

• spreadsheet application

• word processing application

Anna created a computer program that will alter the way a computer operates without the permission of the user. She attaches this file to an e-mail message. What is this attachment called?

• virus

• browser

• worksheet template

• uniform resource locator (URL)

André keeps track of all orders, customer names and addresses, and inventory in an application software. Which application software is André using?

• database

• presentation

• spreadsheet

• word processing