BCIS 2610 Chapter 5

Anusha wants to use her computer, rather than handwriting the information on her notepad, to analyze her monthly expenses to make the job easier. Which of the following apps should she use?

A spreadsheet app to keep a record of her expenses, sort data, and make calculations

How can you check data on devices connected through IoT network?

Use a tablet

Simone frequently downloads mobile apps from Amazon Appstore. What operating system does she have on her smartphone?

Android

Patricia has started a new interior designing business. Her top five tasks are creating designs, sharing them with her team and potential clients, making presentations for potential clients, sending and receiving payments, and carrying out marketing on social media. Which of the following sets of apps should she use?

Canva, Dropbox, PayPal, GoogleDocs, Instagram, Facebook

Fiona is responsible for presenting data at the monthly team meeting so that it can be understood at a glance and is visually appealing way. The data is available in spreadsheet. Which of the following can Fiona do?

Create trendlines

An organization has its employees working from home. Which of the following productivity apps should the employees use so they are able to collaborate easily with each other?

G Suite

Sophia is putting together a training manual for her new batch of employees. Which of the following features can she use to add a document title at the top of each page?

Header and Footer

Aaron has started a food blog on which he wants to post his recipes. He wants to place a good quality image that corresponds to each cooking step. Which file format should he use so that users do not experience a lag in loading of the website because of high-quality images?

JPEG

Jamie plans to sell his pottery designs through his website. If he also wants to launch a mobile app to reach more people, which type of app should he launch?

M-Commerce app

Andrew's company uses a special email program for communicating within the organization. What should the company do to ensure that its employees are able to access the inbox even when they are away from office?

Make the program available as a web app.

Jim wants to develop an app for a specific purpose that would run even when his computer is not connected to the Internet. What type of app should he develop?

Native app

Paul has opened a bespoke tailoring shop. He wants to keep a database of all his customers, send e-mails when garments are ready, create designs, and maintain financial records using software. Which productivity suites should he consider?

OpenOffice, G suite

Rohan has to create a presentation out of his thesis summary. He expects the presentation to have at least 50 slides. Which of the following parts of the presentation should he design first?

Slide master

Rob is planning his housewarming party. He wants to design an invitation and personalize it for each invitee. These are the things he needs to do: Create a list of invitees; Design the card; and Personalize the card. How should he go about the task?

Use a word processor for step 1, graphics software for step 2, and a mail merge for step 3.

Sammy created a new logo for his client to be used on the company website as well as office stationary. However, it became an almost invisible blur when it was enlarged to use on a billboard ad. Now Sammy needs to redo the logo. What should he do to avoid this in future?

Use vector images because they retain their clarity even when enlarged or shrunk.

Debra launched her start-up in 2016. After 2 continuous years of losses, she needs to now downsize. She has salary details of all employees in a spreadsheet report. Which of the following features should she use to decide how many people to layoff, and who?

What-if analysis

Which of the following devices can be used to advance slides without having to click a button on the laptop?

Wireless remote control

Samantha plans to self-publish her book on her website. She had asked a friend to design the cover of her book but he backed out at the last moment. Samantha now needs to design it herself. Which of the following apps should she use to complete this project?

A graphics app to design the cover page and place the desired text where needed

Lauren wants to be a blogger but uses a Chromebook for writing posts and uploading them to the website. If she has an Internet connection, what software can help her do her work?

Zoho writer

Martha has been appointed as the Data Security Manager of her organization. The company wants her to have a customized app created that can be used to remove viruses from the infected systems without connecting to the network. What type of app should she focus on getting developed?

A device management portable app

For an interview, Sean needs to familiarize himself with database software but cannot afford to purchase any software. Which of these app suites should he download?

Apache OpenOffice

Raina is putting finishing touches on her Ph.D. thesis report. She feels she should emphasize the keywords throughout the thesis. How can she do this in the word processor she is using?

Change font size, style, and color of the keywords.

Lauren is preparing a presentation for her class. She wants to make the slides and their objects appear and disappear to make it more interesting. What should she do?

Choose specific transition effects and animations to allocate the kind of transition and time to each slide and object.

Pierre has entered marks obtained by the students in all the classes he teaches in a spreadsheet. Now he wants to highlight some data according to his specifications. Which spreadsheet feature should he use?

Conditional formatting

When Florence joins her father's construction business, she realizes all the transactions are still done and maintained on paper. What should she do to establish a system where any data can be looked up immediately and transparency can be maintained?

Create a database of company projects, customers and vendors.

Logan is considering web app development as a career option. Which of the following languages does he not need to master?

Logo

Shania has started a new job as an app developer. Her first task was to make an old app designed for Android available on other platforms. Which of the following would make her job easiest and fastest?

Use cross-platform tools to write code that will translate the existing Android app code into different native formats.

Rafael has to type a report about class trip to the museum. Which of the following types of apps should he use to type the report?

Word processor