Operating system - True

Compiler - False

Execution system – False

Organizer - False

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. Consider the following DOS command.

Dir /w c:\

The /w is known as a (n)

Switch - True

Argument - False

Parameter - False

Wildcard - False

1. Consider the following DOS command.

Dir /w c:\

The c:\ is known as a (n)

Argument - True

Switch - False

Wildcard - False

Pipe - False

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. What DOS command displays the contents of a text file?

Type - True

Del - False

Dir - False

Rd - False

1. 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

1. The smallest unit of meaningful information in a database is a

Field - True

Record - False

Structure - False

Definition - False

1. 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

1. 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

1. Of the following database models, which is simplest?

Hierarchical - True

Network - False

Relational - False

Object-oriented - False

1. In a relational database, a row of a table is called a (n)

Tuple - True

Attribute - False

Multiple - False

Index - False

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

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