Custom Software vs Packaged Software

Which type of software is responsible for managing computer hardware and software resources?

What are device drivers and utility programs categorized as?

Which type of software is used for creating and editing text documents?

What type of software is used for organizing and storing large amounts of data?

Which operating system is based on Unix?

Which operating system is commonly used on desktop and portable PCs?

Which operating system is used to run the backbone of the Internet?

Which operating system is an open-source version of Unix?

Which of the following is NOT a component of system software?

What is the purpose of an operating system?

Which of the following is NOT a task managed by the operating system?

What are the four steps involved in the booting process?

Which of the following is an example of multitasking?

What is the purpose of device drivers?

Which operating systems are commonly used by general computer users?

What is a stand-alone operating system?

Which of the following best describes a diagnostic routine?

What is the purpose of a cold boot?

What does the CPU supervisor (kernel) do?

What is the purpose of spooling?

Which of the following is an example of custom software?

What is the main difference between freeware and shareware?

What is the purpose of productivity software?

What is the main difference between data files and program files?

Which type of file contains high-level computer instructions in the original form written by the computer programmer?

What is the purpose of translating a source program file into an executable file?

How do you use an executable file?

What is data compression?

What is lossless compression?

What happens during the process of data decompression?

Which of the following is NOT a component of system software?

What is the purpose of an operating system?

What is the role of device drivers in a computer system?

What is the main function of utility programs in a computer system?

Which operating system is based on Unix?

Which operating system is commonly used on desktop and portable PCs?

Which operating system is an open-source version of Unix?

Which operating system is used to run the backbone of the Internet?

Which type of software is responsible for managing computer hardware and software resources?

What is the purpose of productivity software?

What is the main difference between data files and program files?

Which type of software is mass-produced and offered for sale to a variety of users?

Which type of software is not protected by copyright and can be duplicated by anyone at will?

Which type of software is distributed free for a trial period, but users must then pay the software developer to continue using it?

What is the term for software that runs on a remote Internet server rather than on a person’s own personal computer?

Which type of file contains high-level computer instructions in the original form written by the computer programmer?

What is the purpose of translating a source program file into an executable file?

What is data compression?

Which of the following best describes the purpose of a diagnostic routine?

What is the purpose of a warm boot?

What is the role of the supervisor (kernel) in CPU management?

What is the purpose of spooling in CPU management?

Which of the following is an example of a utility program?

What is the purpose of device drivers?

Which of the following is NOT a stand-alone operating system?

What is the main function of an operating system?