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CIS 105 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:119 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 119
What represents a user's specific preferences?
TCP/IP
bus lines
firmware
Profile
Term 2 of 119
Shrinking transistor size on a PC chip can provide what?
Active window
Optimizing the way to accomplish a task
Increased performance
Reduced chip size
Desktop
Term 3 of 119
True or false: Application software is chosen by the user.
True
False
Term 4 of 119
Physically, what is a motherboard?
a circuit board
Warm boot
Active window
Secondary storage
,Term 5 of 119
Microsoft replaced menus with ________.
Profile
Ribbons
Process
bus lines
Term 6 of 119
Which coding scheme do most microcomputers use?
Sectors
Profile
ASCII
Process
Term 7 of 119
What is another name for an OS?
Packets
Platform
Windows
EPEAT.net
Term 8 of 119
A GUI opens a ________ when clicked.
Folder
Desktop
The internet
Window
,Term 9 of 119
Which of the following is a major difference between application software and system
software?
Traffic congestion
Standby mode
Behavioral, technical, business, and management theories about the components and
roles of information systems
Application software is used by the end-user, whereas system software controls
peripherals.
Term 10 of 119
Who leased MS-DOS to IBM?
Microsoft Disk Operating System
Bill Gates and Paul Allen
System software
Linus Torvalds
Term 11 of 119
Which operating system is open source?
UNIX
Linux
Mac OS
Windows
, Term 12 of 119
Which of the following programs organizes a disk?
Google Live
Defragmentation
Desktop
Object embedding
Term 13 of 119
How are bus lines measured?
EPEAT.net
Icon
width
maximize
Term 14 of 119
What is the most appropriate place to store backed-up data?
Motherboard
offsite
Process
bus lines
Term 15 of 119
What compensates for operating system inadequacies?
An operating system
System updates
System software
Bill Gates and Paul Allen
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