Exam 14: Using Technology to Manage Information

On Realtor.com,homebuyers enter information regarding their preferred home location,price,and features.Using an ________,the website will automatically display real estate properties that match the homebuyer's criteria.

A(n)_____________ is a computer program that imitates human thinking through complicated sets of "if/then" rules.

Application software controls the basic workings of a computer system.

Personal computers have more storage capacity and are faster today than mainframe computers.

________ tie geographic regions together using long-distance telephone lines or satellite transmissions.

Transaction processing systems and process control systems are examples of operational support systems.

Virtual private networks are more expensive to install than wide area networks.

Angelo purchases a new game for his computer.He will load the program onto the computer's hard drive.Angelo is buying ________.

The heart of a management information system is the database.

A database can best be described as ________.

Explain the difference between data and information.

Telephones connected via _____ use personal computers with broadband connections in place of a traditional phone jack.

A new wireless standard called ________ has the potential to bring high-speed Internet access to rural areas where traditional forms of broadband access are too expensive or impractical.

Information overload is more of a problem today because of improved technology.

Which of the following is the most recent development in notebook computers?

A computer program that imitates human thinking is a(n)________.

DVD drives and monitors are examples of computer input devices.

What is disaster recovery planning?

Identify four significant trends regarding information systems.

Raw facts and figures are ________.