Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis

CSCI N100

Quiz 3

1)What are the main software categories?

2. A new version or edition of a software product is referred to as a software                               .
3. The term service pack usually applies to operating system updates.
4. Purchasing software is the same as buying tangible goods, meaning software can be used, altered, loaned to friends, resold, or given away.
5.                         software may be freely copied, distributed, and even resold
6. A                                  is generally priced at a flat rate and allows software to be used on all computers at a specific location.
7. Which type of software must include the source code, which allows programmers to modify and improve the software?
8. The kernel stays in RAM the entire time your computer is on.
9. Within a single program, multiprocessing allows multiple commands, or threads, to run simultaneously
10. Every peripheral device connected to a computer is regarded as an input or output resource.
11. Which OS is installed on more than 80% of the World's personal computers?
12. Which of the following feature is unique to OS X?
13. On an Android device, a third­party file manager utility is required to manipulate files.
14. A person’s presence on a social media service is referred to as a(n)                             .
15. Crowdsourcing is based on contributions from groups of individuals, but it differs from collaborative work.
16. The bulletin board systems of the 1970s are considered to be the forerunners of

                                  .

17. The                                  is a collection of HTML documents, images, videos, and sound files that can be linked to each other and accessed over the Internet using a protocol called HTTP.
18. HTTP is the markup language used to specify the contents of a Web page.
19. What is the term that is used to describe a computer system that could store literary documents, link them according to logical relationships, and allow readers to comment and annotate what they read?

20. Which early browser was the first to run on multiple computer platforms including Windows?
21. A Web                          is an Internet­based computer that stores Web site content and accepts

requests from browsers.

22. Web sites can be spread across multiple Web servers.
23. A URL never contains spaces.

24. A link contains the

that links to another Web page.

25. URLs contain a domain name.
26. You can use multiple browsers on a device.
27. If you want to change your default browser, you need to delete the browsers that you no longer want to use.
28. Which of the following is a function of the browser cache?
29. In an HTML document, most tags are inserted as pairs.
30. HTML tags are instructions for a browser.
31. Which type of network topology connects a peripheral device to a host device?
32. Which type of network topology allows for redundant paths between devices that can be used to bypass failed devices?
33. Wi­Fi signals may reach up to 300 feet from the router.
34. When setting up a Wi­Fi network, the router you select should support the fastest device you’ll want to use on the network.
35. It is easier to upgrade your CPU than RAM.
36. Computers do not need an operating system.
37. When a complete installation of software is run on a server, but is displayed on the client computers this is called                                                         .
38. What are the disadvantages of cloud computing?