Application Software and Programming Language in Engineering

Question 1

What is a software?

Answer 1

A collection of instructions that can be run on a computer to tell it what to do. It is a bunch of codes.

Question 2

What is application software?

Answer 2

A set of programs that allow a computer to perform a specific data-processing job for the user. These are designed to make users more productive.

Question 3

What is Business software?

Answer 3

A type of application software that assists people in becoming more effectice and efficient

Question 4

List some popular business software

Answer 4

Word Processing
Spreadsheet
Database

Question 5

What can business software be used for?

Answer 5

Presentation Graphics
Note Taking
PDA ( Pers Digi Assitant) Business software
Software Suite
Project Management

Question 6

What is word processing soft ware?

Answer 6

Allows users to create and manipulate text and graphics
Clips art is a collection of graphics that you can insert in documents

Question 7

List word processing softwares and their features

Answer 7

MS Word, Corel, Lotus Word, and Pro. OpenOffice Writer

Some of the word processing features:
Mail Merge
Tables
Voice Recognition
Columns
Macros
Templates

Question 8

Who does GIS Help?

Answer 8

Civil Engineers

Question 9

What is CAE

Answer 9

Computer Aided Engineering is the use of software to simulate the effects of different conditions on the design of a product or structure using simulated loads and constraints

Question 10

What is CAE used for?

Answer 10

CAE tools are often used to analyse and optimize the designs created within CAD software.

Question 11

How do mechanical engineers use CAE?

Answer 11

mechanical engineers can create virtual prototypes and subject them to virtual stresses to see how they perform.

Question 12

How do electronic and electrical engineers use CAE?

Answer 12

Electronic and Electrical Engineers also use Computer-aided engineering programs (CAE) to prepare technical plans

Question 13

What is a database?

Answer 13

A shared collection of logically related data (along with a description of this data), designed to meet the information needs of an organisation”

Question 14

Why are database useful?

Answer 14

A single repository of data that can be used simultaneously by many departments and users

Data is integrated and its duplication is minimised

As well as holding the organisation’s operational data, the database holds a description of this data. For this reason, a database is also defined as a self-describing collection of integrated records. The description of the data, that is the meta data is known as the system catalogue or data dictionary

Question 15

What is a record?

Answer 15

A line or row in a table

Question 16

What is a primary key?

Answer 16

Each record should have a field which is unique in every record and this field is called Primary Key such as ID number of a student

Question 17

How is data stored in relational databases?

Answer 17

In tables

Question 18

What is a foreign key?

Answer 18

The Primary Key of one entity is a Foreign Key in another entity

Question 19

What is a query and what is it used for?

Answer 19

If we want to find some particular records from a number of records, we need to run a query