Chapter 6 review questions

When selecting font size in a document, ____ points equals one-inch-tall text.

72

Popular drawing programs include ____, CorelDRAW, and Corel Painter.

Adobe Illustrator

____ refers to using a personal computer to combine and manipulate text and images to create attractive documents that look as if they were created by a professional printer.

Desktop publishing

many business software services are offered as __________, including applications geared for collaboration, scheduling, customer service, accounting, project management, and more

SaaS, software as a service

In a worksheet, the intersection of a row and a column is called a __________

cell

software that is delivered via the web is called

cloud software

in addition to their full versions, some commercial software is available in a __________ or trial version

demo

Some mobile apps are designed to be compatible with popular __________ such as Microsoft Office

desktop software

When Mary started college, her parents bought her a new computer that came loaded with the bare essentials in terms of software applications. She is now looking into purchasing additional software. Mary enjoys taking digital photos and would like software that would allow her to perform tasks such as correct brightness or contrast, eliminate red eye, crop, resize, etc. In order to have this functionality on her computer, she needs a photo ____ program.

editing

Microsoft Office is available for users of all operating systems.

false

Once an image is inserted into a document, it cannot easily be modified.

false

The Cut command in Windows can be replaced by the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl]+[C]

false it would be [Ctrl]+[X]

A type of sensitivity analysis (called what if in Microsoft Excel) involves having the spreadsheet compute the amount a constant value would need to be in order for the result of a particular formula to become a specified amount

false, goal seeking

web-based software must be installed on the device being used before it is run

false, installed software

the formula = A2+B2 located in cell C2 would multiple the two cells to the left of cell C2

false, it would add them

in a word processing document, the Enter key is always pressed at the end of each screen line to move down to the next line

false, text wrapping is a thing

The development rights of a software program specify the allowable use of the program

false, the ownership rights

graphics are animated sequences of images

false, they are digital representations fo photos, drawings, charts, or other visual images

Ownership rights for original creative works are referred to as software licenses.

false, they are referred to as copyrights

A(n) __________ is a named, preprogrammed formula, such as to compute the average of a group of cells or to calculate a mortgage payment amount

function

The blinking vertical line displayed on the screen that indicates the current location in a document, such as where the next change will be made to the document in a word processing program, is called _________.

insertion point

with a(s) ____________ program, the source code for the program is made available to the public so it can be legally modified by others.

open source program

A __________ is an image designed to enhance a presentation (such as an electronic slide show or a printed report) visually, typically to convey information more easily to people

presentation graphic

Presentation slides can be advanced at predetermined intervals, by clicking or tapping on the screen, or by ____.

pressing the spacebar

Businesses and many individuals often use office suites, sometimes called ____, to produce written documents.

productivity software suites

__________ is used to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the tasks involved in a project, such as the construction of a building or the schedule for preparing a large advertising campaign for a client

project management software

A __________ is a question, or, in database terms, a request for specific information from the database

query

Bryan has just started an internship in which he uses a database frequently. The database contains information about the company's employees. Bryan's supervisor senses that he is anxious about using the database and drops by to give him a short tutorial. Bryan's supervisor explains that to retrieve information from the database, Bryan needs to use a ____.

query

A presentation graphics program contains an assortment of tools and operations for creating and editing slides, including preformatted __________ containing placeholders for the various elements in the slide

slide layouts

A __________ is a group of values and other data organized into rows and columns, similar to the ruled paper worksheets traditionally used by bookkeepers and accountants

spreadsheet

in a relational database, the database object that contains the actual data is the __________

table

At its most basic level, word processing is used to do what was done on a typewriter before computers were commonplace

true

Cloud software is delivered on demand via the Web to wherever the user is at the moment, provided he or she has an Internet connection

true

Graphics software--also called digital imaging software--is used to create or modify images

true

Like any document created with software instead of paper and pencil, word processing documents can be retrieved, modified, and printed as many times as needed.

true

Paragraph formatting changes an entire paragraph at one time, such as specifying the line spacing for a particular paragraph.

true

To capture sound from a CD, ripping software is used.

true

To retrieve information from a database, queries and reports are used.

true

Transitions-- special effects used between slides-- can be applied to specific slides, or random transitions can be selected for the entire slide show

true

changing the font size in a document is an example of a formatting operation

true

font size is measured in points

true

for most software programs, the licensing agreement or terms of use agreement is usually displayed and must be agreed to by the end user at the beginning of the software installation

true

microsoft office is one example of a software suite

true

font face refers to a named collection of text characters that share a common design, such as Calibri of Times New Roman

true, also called typeface

drawing programs typically create vector graphics, which are mathematical formulas to represent image content instead of pixels

true, also referred to as illustration programs

The keyboard shortcut [Ctrl]+[Z] is used to ____ the last change to the document.

undo

a single spreadsheet document is often called a __________

worksheet