CISS Chapter 3

________ software is end-user software designed to accomplish a variety of tasks.

Application

Creating a website is called web ________.

Authoring

Cloud suites are stored on your hard drive and are available anywhere you can access the Internet.

False

System software can be described as end-user software and is used to accomplish a variety of tasks.

False

The last worksheet in a workbook is often a summary of the preceding worksheets.

False

Add-on programs for a variety of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets.

Mobile apps

Office suites are also known as ________ suites.

Productivity

In a Ribbon GUI, ________ are used to divide the ribbon into major activity areas.

Tabs

In a Ribbon GUI, a gallery displays the alternative choices.

True

Many apps are written for a particular type of mobile device and will not run on other types.

True

Presentation graphics software is an excellent tool to communicate a message and to persuade people.

True

Specialized and powerful programs, called ________ are typically used to create specialized commercial sites.

Web authoring programs

Illustration programs are specialized graphics programs for editing bitmap or raster images.

False

Worksheets are only used for a limited types of applications.

False

This type of software works with end users, application software, and computer hardware to handle the majority of technical details.

System

Desktop publishing programs focus on page design and layout and provide greater flexibility for this than word processors.

True

Microsoft Access is an example of general-purpose application software.

True

With faster data speeds and higher-resolution screens, smartphones and tablets are becoming a favorite way to watch TV shows, movies, or video clips.

True

A(n) ________ store is typically a website that provides access to specific mobile apps that can be downloaded either for a nominal fee or free of charge.

App

This is a website that provides access to specific mobile apps that can be downloaded either for a nominal fee or free of charge.

App store

This type of software can be described as end user software and is used to accomplish a variety of tasks.

Application

Image editors edit images consisting of thousands of pixels that form this type of image.

Bitmap

A ________ is a collection of related data—the electronic equivalent of a file cabinet.

Database

The electronic equivalent of a file cabinet is a ________.

Database

Programs that allow you to mix text and graphics and focus on flexible page design and layout.

Desktop publishing

________ programs allow you to mix text and graphics to create publications of professional quality.

Desktop publishing

________ provide additional information and request user input.

Dialog boxes

Functions, formulas, charts, and what-if analysis are common features of database management systems.

False

Microsoft Office uses an interface with traditional menus and toolbars.

False

Microsoft Word cannot be used to create personalized web pages.

False

Most applications use a(n) ________ that displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar objects.

Graphical user interface

These programs are used to create and edit vector images.

Illustration programs

These are specialized graphics programs for editing or modifying digital photographs.

Image editors

Which of the following is not a popular cloud suite or online office suite?

Lotus symphony

Digital photographs consist of thousands of dots, or ________, that form images.

Pixels

Programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentations are called:

Presentation graphics

________ are programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentations.

Presentation software

This GUI includes tabs, groups, and galleries.

Ribbon

These organize commonly used commands into a set of tabs.

Ribbons

Cloud suites are stored on a ________ on the Internet, rather than on your microcomputer.

Server

As opposed to general-purpose applications, which are widely used in nearly every discipline, ________ applications are more narrowly focused.

Specialized

Which would be the most appropriate type of application to create, analyze, and forecast budgets?

Spreadsheet

________ organize, analyze, and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial reports.

Spreadsheet programs

________ are used to quickly create a presentation by providing predesigned styles and layouts as well as suggested content based on the type you choose.

Templates

A database is a collection of related data.

True

A window is a rectangular area that can contain a document, a program, or a message.

True

In a Ribbon GUI, tabs are used to divide the ribbon into major activity areas.

True

Microsoft Word can identify incomplete sentences, awkward wording, and incorrect punctuation.

True

Role playing games, or RPGs, are computer games in which players assume persona of one of the game's actors and can join a team of other players online.

True

Web authoring programs are used to create sophisticated commercial websites.

True

What-if analysis is a very powerful and simple tool to test the effects of different assumptions in a spreadsheet.

True

________ images are made up of geometric shapes or objects.

Vector

________ are used to edit videos to enhance quality and appearance.

Video editors

Web authoring programs that allow you to build a page without interacting directly with HTML code are known as ________.

WYSIWYG editors

General-purpose applications include all of the following except:

Web authoring

________ are used to create text-based documents.

Word processors