Exam 3: Computer Software

An example of a ____ usually arrives as an e-mail attachment named Picture.exe, which leads you to believe you have received some type of graphics software; however, it searches for AOL user information and tries to steal your login and e-mail passwords.

Groupware is a type of ____ market software.

Case 2 Claire is worried about computer viruses spreading. Also, with the proliferation of network traffic and e-mail, worms have become a major concern in the computing community. She is interested in tracking the sources of the viruses and worms to stop the threat. Claire has discovered that ____ are notorious for using backdoors to steal passwords and credit card numbers.

Case 3 John is in charge of buying the software for a hospital in a small town. He needs to research and make decisions about the software that is needed to update the hospital's outdated system. The hospital needs a patient management and billing software that is specially designed for hospitals. Such a software is an example of a ____ software.

What are functions in a spreadsheet?

What is frame-oriented software?

All the applications in a suite are produced by different software publishers.

Case Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1 You have been given three different databases, all of which use different database software, and your supervisor is asking you to identify which type of method each database uses to make its queries. The first database uses a query that looks like this: Select * from Operations where BuildingName = "Carnegie" and DateConstructed

A ____ license is priced per copy and allows a specific number of copies to be used at the same time.

____ style includes the alignment of text within the margin and the space between each line of text.

Case 2 Claire is worried about computer viruses spreading. Also, with the proliferation of network traffic and e-mail, worms have become a major concern in the computing community. She is interested in tracking the sources of the viruses and worms to stop the threat. Claire is having difficulty tracking the worms on her computer. She's noticing that the "From" line of the infected message sometimes contains a ____ of a randomly selected person from the address book rather than the address of the computer that actually sent the mail.

One point is about 1/____ of an inch.

A(n) ____________________ automatically creates personalized letters by combining the information in a mailing list with a form letter.

Drawing software includes features specially designed to fix poor-quality photos by modifying contrast and brightness and removing "red eye."

____ is used to arrange data on a hard disk for optimal efficiency.

Some operating systems provide a(n) ____________________ routine that deletes a software application's files from various directories on your computer's hard disk.

A ____ can corrupt files, destroy data, display an irritating message, or otherwise disrupt computer operations.

____ is the cell reference for the upper-left cell in a worksheet.

A(n) ____ is text that you specify to automatically appear in the top margin of every page.