Exam 3: Software: Tools for Productivity and Creativity

Keys found on the top or the left of the keyboard that are used to execute commands specific to the software being used are called __________.

You could boot your computer from a boot disk,but normally your computer boots from the _________.

Which of the following is NOT distributed free of charge?

A thesaurus can provide the word processing user with alternative words.

When you purchase application software for your personal use you own it.

___________ involves mixing text and graphics to produce high-quality output for commercial printing.

While the operating system is running,the supervisor copies into memory nonresident programs to perform tasks that support application programs.

Unix is a proprietary multitasking operating system for multiple users.

What spreadsheet feature allows the user to see how changing one or more numbers changes the outcome of calculations?

Volunteer programmers continually improve a free version of Unix,called __________.

File names have _________,three or four letters added after a period at the end of the file name that indicate what kind of a file it is.

Altering the content in a document is called __________.

What are the main components of a graphical user interface (GUI)?

Data files are processed by _________ files.

Which of these is NOT financial software?

The basic operations of a computer are managed by the __________.

Drawing programs produce vector images,whereas painting programs create bit-mapped images.

The route through a computer's file system hierarchy is called a __________.

If a user turns on a computer that is currently turned off,it is referred to as a __________.

___________ software is software that is written to meet the needs of a specific company or individual.