WGU Introduction to IT C182 Part 3 Exam 60 Questions with
Verified Answers
Local Applications - CORRECT ANSWER Software that is stored on an individual
computer
Intranet - CORRECT ANSWER A LAN that uses the Internet Protocol
Cloud Computing - CORRECT ANSWER Offers, as a service, the ability to offload
computation and storage from your local computer
Operating Systems - CORRECT ANSWER Primary task is to allow a computer user
to easily access the hardware and software of a computer system
Kernel - CORRECT ANSWER Core components of the OS that is loaded when the
computer is first booted.
Device Drivers - CORRECT ANSWER Provide specific interfaces between the OS
running a computer and hardware devices.
Shell - CORRECT ANSWER An interface for the user, often personalized for that
given user, that provides access to the kernel.
Services - CORRECT ANSWER OS programs that are usually started when the OS is
loaded and initialized, but they run in the background. Also called daemons.
Utility Programs - CORRECT ANSWER Programs that allow the user to monitor and
improve system performance.
Proxy Server - CORRECT ANSWER Acts as a giant cache of web pages that anyone
in the organization has recently retrieved; can be used to block access to certain
web pages
, Proprietary Software - CORRECT ANSWER Software purchased from a vendor; also
known as commercial
Shareware - CORRECT ANSWER Provides a trial version of the software.
Freeware - CORRECT ANSWER Usually software that has become obsolete; is free
Public Domain - CORRECT ANSWER Software that has been moved into the public
domain; can be used however you feel
Open Source - CORRECT ANSWER Created in the Open Source Community and
made freely available as source code
Copyrights - CORRECT ANSWER Protect an original work (in its tangible, expressed
form), but not the ideas behind the work for the duration of the author's life plus
70 years; protects against duplication.
Patents - CORRECT ANSWER Protect the creation of inventive concepts as well as
the tangible work product for 20 years from the filing date
End User License Agreement (EULA) - CORRECT ANSWER Gives the purchaser the
right to use the software
Decimal - CORRECT ANSWER Uses base 10 to represent numbers (0 - 9)
Binary - CORRECT ANSWER Uses base 2 system (0 and 1)
Byte - CORRECT ANSWER 8 bits; a single character of text in a computer
Octal - CORRECT ANSWER Every value is represented with some combination of 8
digits (0 - 7)
Hexadecimal - CORRECT ANSWER Uses a base 16
Character Representation - CORRECT ANSWER ASCII and Unicode
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