Operating Systems
This describes a workstation.
A. Single-user computer used in homes and businesses
B. Single-user computer which has a more powerful microprocessor than personal computers
C. Multi-user computer designed to handle hundreds of users at the same time
D. Extremely fast computer which can perform hundreds of millions of instructions every second
What is a single-user computer which has a more powerful microprocessor than personal computers?
This type of network covers a range of up to ten meters in distance.
A. Local Area Network (LAN)
B. Wide Area Network (WAN)
C. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
D. Personal Area Network (PAN)
What is a Personal Area Network (PAN)?
This is the correct order of an information system process.
A. Process, gather, use, store
B. Use, process, gather, store
C. Store, use, process, gather
D. Gather, process, store, use
What is Gather, process, store, use?
A work station is a powerful, multi-user computer which can support hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously.
A. True
B. False
What is False?
A company has 20 employees each of whom have a personal computer. Each employee needs to be able to run several programs at any given time. This type of operating system would work best.
A. Single-user, single-task operating system
B. Single-user, multi-task operating system
C. Multi-user operating system
D. Unix operating system
What is a Single-user, multi-task operating system?
This defines a small, single-user computer used in homes and businesses.
A. Personal computer
B. Work station
C. Mini computer
D. Supercomputer
What is a personal computer?
This type of network can be used to connect different office locations of one large company.
A. Local Area Network (LAN)
B. Wide Area Network (WAN)
C. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
D. Controlled Area Network (CAN)
What is a Wide Area Network (WAN)?
This is NOT a function of information systems.
A. Increasing security on computers
B. Decreasing expenses
C. Increasing sales
D. Decreasing complexity of systems
What is Increasing sales?
Hardware is the physical and mechanical components of a computer such as the monitor, mouse, chips, keyboard, etc.
A. True
B. False
What is True?
This helps distinguish individual computers, serving the same purpose as a street address.
A. Firewalls
B. Metropolitan area networks
C. Transmission control protocol
D. Graphical user interface
What is Transmission control protocol?
This is NOT a computer hardware.
A. Monitor
B. Internet
C. Keyboard
D. Mouse
What is the Internet?
This is NOT a network messaging program.
A. Instant messenger
B. E-mail
C. Blog
D. Online chat room
What is a blog?
This is NOT an example of hardware.
A. Printer
B. Antivirus program
C. Scanner
D. External storage device
What is an Antivirus program?
A personal digital assistant (PDA) is an example of a real-time operating system.
A. True B. False
What is False?
This is NOT a step of the information systems process.
A. Gather
B. Create
C. Store
D. Process
What is Create?
This is the type of operating system that Windows® belong to.
A. Real-time operating systems (RTOS)
B. Single-user, single task operating systems
C. Single-user, multi-tasking operating systems
D. Multi-user operating systems
What is a single-user, multi-tasking operating system?
This type of equipment allows multiple users to access common files stored in one central place.
A. Servers
B. Firewall
C. Transmission Control Protocol
D. Internet Protoco
What is a Server?
An operating system is an example of this.
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Networking system
D. Messaging system
What is Software?
Metropolitan area networks cover an area the size of an average to large city.
A. True B. False
What is True?
This should be performed in order to prevent an issue with information systems.
A. Decreasing security on computers
B. Increasing expenses/costs
C. Increasing complexity of systems
D. Increasing security on computers
What is Increasing security on computers?
This type of operating system is what Unix® belongs to.
A. Real-time operating systems (RTOS)
B. Single-user, single task operating systems
C. Single-user, multi-tasking operating systems
D. Multi-user operating systems
What is a multi-user operating system?
This type of equipment serves as a security device between a computer and Internet sites.
A. Servers
B. Firewall
C. Transmission Control Protocol
D. Internet Protocol
What is a Firewall?
This is NOT a part of a scanner.
A. Ink
B. Function bar
C. Power button
D. Bed
What is Ink?
Allison and Jessica send messages to each other at their place of employment using an online chat room. This process is called
A. Real-time operating
B. Unix serving
C. Firewall manipulation
D. Network messaging
What is Network Messaging?
This is NOT an example of software.
A. External storage device
B. Security program
C. Operating system
D. Photo or video editing program
What is External storage device?