An interface that features menus and icons that can be manipulated with a mouse is a (n) _____ interface.
Graphical - True
Command line - False
Workstation - False
Button - False
The mechanism used by a computer to ensure that all keyboard strokes are properly recorded, regardless of how fast a user may type, is a keyboard
Buffer - True
GUI - False
Index - False
Interpreter - False
The combination of hardware and software that enables computer users to provide input to and receive output from their computers is called a
User interface - True
Computer montage - False
Computer reference facility - False
User control panel - False
A program that is stored in ROM and contains the instructions needed by the operating system to load the kernel into memory is called the _____ program.
Bootstrap - True
Core - False
Loader - False
Energizer - False
Which of the following is the one part of the operating system that stays in main memory throughout the time that the computer is running?
The kernel - True
The motherboard - False
The control panel - False
The pipeline - False
Consider the following DOS command.
Dir /w c:\
The /w is known as a (n)
Switch - True
Argument - False
Parameter - False
Wildcard - False
Consider the following DOS command.
Dir /w c:\
The c:\ is known as a (n)
Argument - True
Switch - False
Wildcard - False
Pipe - False
Which of the following filenames would be listed by the DOS command dir c*.txt?
cat.txt
c.txt
cat.doc
I and II only - True
I only - False
I, II, and III - False
II only - False
Consider the following DOS command.
Dir | more
Linking the output of the dir command to the input of the more command as shown above is known as
Piping - True
Redirection - False
Argument - False
Batching - False
Consider the following DOS Help entry.
DEL [drive:] [path] filename [/P]
The items enclosed within square brackets are _____ parts of the command.
Optional - True
Required - False
Literal - False
Repeatable - False
What DOS command displays the contents of a text file?
Type - True
Del - False
Dir - False
Rd - False
Which of the following DOS batch file commands can be used to display a message to Standard Output?
Echo - True
Rem - False
Goto - False
@echo off - False
The smallest unit of meaningful information in a database is a
Field - True
Record - False
Structure - False
Definition - False
A data file that contains records each of which has the same type is called a _____ file.
Flat - True
Cardinal - False
Fundamental - False
Level - False
Database models that have been used successfully include which of the following?
Hierarchical
Network
Relational
I, II, and III - True
I and II only - False
I and III only - False
II and III only - False
Of the following database models, which is simplest?
Hierarchical - True
Network - False
Relational - False
Object-oriented - False
In a relational database, a row of a table is called a (n)
Tuple - True
Attribute - False
Multiple - False
Index - False
A systematic approach to the development, operation, maintenance, and retirement of a software system is called software
Engineering - True
Programming - False
Analysis - False
Management - False
In a software engineering project, the people who plan the entire system to be constructed are called the system
Analysts - True
Engineers - False
Programmers - False
Managers - False
In a software engineering project, the people who focus on the software components of the system to be constructed are called the software
Engineers - True
Analysts - False
Managers - False
Coders - False
A good problem statement for a computing project specifies which of the following?
All assumptions that define the scope of the problem
The information that is known about the problem
Criteria for determining when the problem has been solved