Chp.1: Information Technology

Question 1

What are the parts of the information system?

Answer 1

1- People
2- Procedures
3- Software / programs
4- Hardware
5- Data
6- Internet

Question 2

What is the more important information system?

Answer 2

People

Question 3

How do computer touch our every day life directly?

Answer 3

By cearting document MS
or connecting to the internet.

Question 4

How do computer touch our every day life indirectly?

Answer 4

USING computer in:
1- medicine
2- entrainment
3- education
4- business

Question 5

What are procedures?

Answer 5

are the rules or guidelines to follow when using Software - Hardware - Data

Question 6

What are the forms of procedures?

Answer 6

1- Printed documented.
2- Electronic manuals
written by computer specialists

Question 7

What are software / programs

Answer 7

are the instruction the tell the computer how to do its work.

Question 8

What is the purpose of Software?

Answer 8

to convert data to infromation.

Question 9

What are the 2 majors of software?

Answer 9

1- Application Software (e.g. MS) < people use
2- System Software (e.g. OS) < computer use

Question 10

What is a computer?

Answer 10

is an electronic device that follows instructions to accept input, process it and produce information.

Question 11

What are the 4 types of computers?

Answer 11

1- Supercomputer
2- Mainframe computers
3- Midrange computers
4- Minicomputer

Question 12

What are the features / characteristics of supercomputer?

Answer 12

• special computers
• High capacity
• used by very large corporations.
• used to process massive of data.

Question 13

What are the features / characteristics of Mainframe computer?

Answer 13

• occupy specially wired
• Air conditioned room
• used by insurance company / large organizations
• used to process information about million of policy holders

Question 14

What are the features / characteristics of Midrange computer?

Answer 14

• Used by medium size companies / departments of large companies.
• used for retrieving data from database.

Question 15

What are the features / characteristics of personal computers?

Answer 15

• Most widely used
• fastest growing

Question 16

What are the types of PCs?

Answer 16

• desktop
• laptop
• tablets
• wearables
• smartphones

Question 17

What is Hardware?

Answer 17

is the equipment that processes the data to create information.
controlled by the software.

Question 18

What are the 4 categories of Hardware ?

Answer 18

1- system unit
2- input / output
3- secondary storage (USB - hard disk)
4- communication: internet / printer

Question 19

What is data?

Answer 19

• is a raw, unprocessed facts.
• including text - no. - image and sound.

Question 20

What are 4 common types of files?

Answer 20

1- Document file
2- worksheet file
3- Database file
4- Presentation file

Question 21

Document file.

Answer 21

• created by word processor
• used to save documents e.g. memo - letter

Question 22

Worksheet file.

Answer 22

• created by spreadsheet (excel)
• used to analyze things e.g. budget and predict sales.

Question 23

Database file.

Answer 23

• created be database management programs.
• used to contain highly structures and organized data.
• e.g. the information stored about students of uni

Question 24

Presentation file.

Answer 24

• created by presentation graphic programs.
• used to save presentation materials.

Question 25

What is connectivity?

Answer 25

is the capability of pc to share information with other computer. e.g network.

Question 26

What is network?

Answer 26

is a communications system connecting 2 or more computers.

Question 27

What is the largest network in the world?

Answer 27

internet

Question 28

What does the WEB provides?

Answer 28

a multimedia interface to numerous resources available on the internet.