Computer Science

Which of the following is NOT likely to be found on a webpage?

A formatting toolbar

Simone just received a letter from her health care provider telling her she can create an account online that will give her access to all her health records. How would you describe what her provider is encouraging his patients to engage with?

A mobile health app (mHealth)

Which type of website would allow Evan, an avid traveler, to share photos and videos with his friends?

A social networking website

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

What would you need to install if you have an app that is incompatible with your current operating system?

A virtual machine

Lucy is planning to launch her podcast on career guidance for college students and has already recorded a few videos for marketing purposes. Which of the following apps can she use to mix and match the clips?

Adobe Premiere Clip

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

Android

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

Patricia intends to study analyses of the last five Presidential elections. Which of the following is an authentic source for the study?

Articles published in a newspaper known to be neutral toward any political party

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

Ronald maintains a website that focuses on travel-related information. He gathers adventure posts from various travel blogs and shares them to his site. What type of a website does Ronald maintain?

Content aggregator site

_____ is a nonprofit organization that helps content creators keep copyright to their materials while allowing others to use, copy, or distribute their work.

Creative Commons

Samir has saved a file named Project.docx in various locations on his hard drive and needs to work with the most recent version. What file property should he examine to find the most recent version of Project.docx?

Date Modified

Which of the following is NOT a factor search engines consider when ranking search results?

Design quality of the webpage

Dominic lists his camera for sale on an online auction site. Chloe is the highest bidder and purchases the camera. How does the auction site earn its revenue through the transaction?

Dominic pays a small fee to the auction site.

Lionel wants to find images of colonies of Emperor penguins to use for a school project. Which of the following phrases should he use as the search query to find the results he needs?

Emperor penguin colony

Simon has difficulty pressing and holding more than one key at a time, such as CTRL+ALT+DEL. What setting can he change to make this task easier?

Enable sticky keys.

Tameka is expecting a baby and her partner wants to make sure he can get her to the hospital on the day of delivery using the fastest route possible regardless of time of day. How should he decide which technology to use?

He should choose technology with artificial intelligence that has the ability to predict outcomes and patterns.

Andy has diabetes and he is not good about taking his medications or even checking his insulin levels. His doctor has recently started using mobile health. How will Andy's doctor's use of myhealth help Andy get his diabetes under control.

He will receive text reminders to take his medications and check his insulin.

EasyMart (EM) has a physical store and an online shopping site and is coming up with deals on retail products for the week of Christmas. As a marketing consultant at EM, which of the following tactics would you recommend to achieve the highest sales?

Issue digital coupons for discounts on all products

What happens when you delete a folder?

It goes the Recycle Bin or Trash folder.

How would you describe an intelligent workplace?

It uses technology to enable workers to connect and communicate

The teachers in the mathematics department want to increase student retention and success rates in all the math courses. They are interested in looking for something that will allow students to check their progress, take practice test, and message instructors with questions. What would you recommend they consider?

Learning management system.

Which of the following is a technology designed for use in manufacturing?

Machine to machine communications.

Gertie wants to buy a smartwatch by making an electronic payment. She is not willing to divulge her financial information, and her only bank account is not linked to any online payment service. Which of the following most aligns to what Gertie feels comfortable doing?

She should use a virtual account number to make the payment.

Charley likes to have everything organized and she is bothered by the long list of documents on her flash drive. She wants to create folders by semester, then by course. How can you help her?

Show her how to use File Manager.

______ is an enviroment where processors are embedded in objects that communicate with one another via the internet or wireless networks

The internet of things

Ms. Lawson, a primary school teacher, told her students that a photograph of the president is in the public domain. What does she mean by this?

The photo is free of copyrights.

Susan is reading through a collection of webpages that contains information about a software firm. The firm manages the information on these webpages. What is Susan most likely browsing?

The website of the software firm

Why is it advisable to look beyond search engines like Google and Bing while conducting online research for assignments and projects?

There are search engines available with more reliable research.

The current Copyright Law states that, in general, works published after 1977 will fall into public domain 70 years after the death of the author. Which of the following will be true for those who want to use a whole or portions of a novel published in 1978, with a copyright notice 70 years after the author dies?

They are free to do so without seeking permission or paying royalty.

The fifth grade class at the local elementary school is doing a class project on recycling and wants to involve the entire community. How could they inform community members about their project using social networking?

They could create a hashtag and post on social media.

How are delivery drivers able to meet the delivery timelines selected by customers when purchasing products?

They use a GPS to avoid traffic delays.

Which property is assigned to a file by the operating system?

Type

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.

What should you avoid doing when creating your online profile for potential employers?

Using humor or informal names.

An organization has its employees working from home. Which type of software most likely includes collaboration features to help the employees work together online?

Web apps

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

Word processor

Which of the following is an advantage to saving a file to a flash drive?

You can take it with you and then work on it on another computer.

Lauren wants to write short articles and post them online. If she has an Internet connection, what software can help her do her work?

Zoho writer

On a desktop, the _____ is the window you are currently using, and it appears in front of any other open windows.

active window

Which of the following can you run to find and remove unnecessary files?

disk cleanup utility

What does an operating system provide so you can interact with a device?

graphical user interface

Samantha plans to self-publish her book on her website. Which of the following apps should she use to design the cover?

graphics app

Samantha has a file named vacation.jpg. What type of file is it?

graphics file

A(n) _____ is a small picture that represents a program, file, or hardware device.

icon

Folder names should _____.

identify the content and purpose of the folder

If Mark is developing a website to be optimized for mobile devices, what would be the top-level domain?

mobi

Swapping items between memory and storage is called _____.

paging

A smart refrigerator can use _____ to detect when you are running low on milk, and then send a reminder to you on a wireless network.

sensors

What is the main purpose of an operating system?

to coordinate the resources and activities on a computer

Which of the following is assigned to each webpage to identify its location on the Internet?

uniform resource locator (URL)

Jane volunteers at an orphanage called "We Are One" and is developing a website to seek financial assistance. Which server address should she use?

www.weareone.org

You and your best friend have both created online career profiles. Within a week, your friend has had three calls for interviews and another 19 companies have viewed his profile. Your profile has had only two views. You ask your friend to review your profile and he finds a problem with it. Which of the following would be a problem for your online career profile?

A humorous profile name

Patricia has started a new interior design business, and wants to store designs in the cloud so her clients can review them. Which of the following apps should she use for cloud storage?

Drop box

Sanjay, a middle school history teacher, has assigned his class to work in groups to create a presentation on the different legal systems around the world. Each group consists of three people in the class and one person from their pen pal class in India. How would you describe Sanjay's use of technology?

He is using technology to have students work cooperatively in groups and create a presentation.

LensForAll is a company that sells affordable contact lenses on its website. The CEO of the company realizes that an app must be developed that would allow customers to virtually try on colored lenses to find out what best suits them. Which of these features should the app have?

It should have responsive design so that it is easy to use on mobile devices.

Joaquin wants to create a strong professional online presence so employers will be interested in him and seek him out. What would be your best advice for him?

Tell him to upload PDF of his resume so no one can make changes to it and be sure to include links to the article he wrote.

Kay is researching the health benefits of avocados. She finds an article on the website tracyshealthproducts.com. Which of the following can assure Kay that the content is credible?

The article's author has been a nutritionist for the last three years.

In a large business, the _____ Department makes sure that all the computer operations, mobile devices, and networks run smoothly.

information Technology

Which of the following top-level domains is generally used by Internet service providers?

net

An operating system is also called a(n) _____.

platform

What type of window are you opening when you click the Start button on the Windows desktop, and then click the name of an app?

program window

When you want to add information to a document, what role does your operating system play?

saves your unsaved work to temporary storage

A _____ is a named collection of formats you apply to text in a word processing document.

style

A file manager is used for all of the following except ____.

to name files and folders

Abe is creating a presentation and wants to grab the audience's attention with a visual effect when he moves from one slide to another. What should he add to the presentation?

transitions