Systems & Application Software

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which of the following is NOT a function of an operating system? a . b . c . d . Control input/output operations Provide security Perform calculations Provide a friendly user interface

. b special-purpose software . c custom-purpose software . d off-the-shelf software .

5. Which of the following is NOT a software interface? a . b . c . d . Command-driven Touch screen Menu-driven Graphical User Interface (GUI)

2. Which of the following is NOT a type of application software? a . b . c . d . Word processor Spreadsheets Windows Smart Draw

3. An example of multitasking is a . b . c . d . doing a background save while typing a document allowing many users to use the same program allowing one user to use one program opening one program by many users

4. Quality Developers is a company that writes programs to do specific jobs for other companies. These programs are called a general-purpose software

6. The name of the interface used by blind persons to perform operations on a computer is a . b . c . d . sensor icon braille touch screen

10. Which of the following is not a utility program? a . b . c . d . Disk repair program Backup program Spreadsheet program File defragmentation program

7. Which of the following statements is true of a transaction file? a . b . c . d . It is the most complete and up-to-date file. It is used as a back-up copy. It is used for real-time processing. It is used to update the master file.

11. Application software consists of: a . b . c . d . Entertainment software Productivity software Speciality software All of the above

8. Which type of processing system will use sequential file organisation? a . b . c . d . Real-time processisng Batch processing Transaction processing Online processing

9. An airline reservation system is an example of a . b . c . d . batch processing real time processing interactive processing distributed processing

12. An integrated software package: a . b . c . d . Can transfer data from one component to another very easily Costs less than individual applications Takes up less disk space than individual applications All of the above

16. Real-time processing is used for: a . b . c . d . Interactive games Processing utility bills Credit card billing All of the above

13. Which of the following is not considered to be system software? a . b . c . d . Graphics presentation software Operating system Utility program Language translators

17. Which of the following is not an operating system? a . b . c . d . Linux Unix Windows ME Language translator

18. A folder or directory can contain: 14. Which of the following is not a function of the operating system? a . b . c . d . Managing files and memory Managing tasks Creating a document Managing input and output devices 19. Operating system software that allows more than one user to access the same data is called: 15. Batch processing can be used for: a . b . c . d . Payroll processing Processing utility bills Credit card billing All of the above a . b . c . d . Multitasking operating system Multi-user operating system Single user operating system File managing operating system a . b . c . d . Files Folders Programs All of the above

20. An example of a menu interface is a

a . b . c . d .

Pop-up Pop-down Push-pull Pull-up

21. Which of the following is easy to remember and makes Graphical User Interfaces user-friendly? a . b . c . d . Icon Menu Mouse Window

22. A type of utility program used to reduce the size of a program is a . b . c . d . a file compression program a troubleshooting program an anti-virus program an un-install program

23. In which of the following file formats can music files be compressed?

a . b . c . d .

gif jpeg mp3 mpeg

Systems & Application Software Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. ANS: C 2. ANS: C 3. ANS: A 4. ANS: C 5. ANS: B 6. ANS: C 7. ANS: C 8. ANS: B 9. ANS: B 10. ANS: C 11. ANS: D 12. ANS: D 13. ANS: A 14. ANS: C 15. ANS: D 16. ANS: A 17. ANS: D 18. ANS: D 19. ANS: B 20. ANS: B 21. ANS: A 22. ANS: A PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1 PTS: 1

23. ANS: C

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