Unit 2 - Application Software

Question 1

Application Software

Answer 1

Provides user with the ability to accomplish a goal or purpose.

Question 2

Big Data

Answer 2

Process of handling and analyzing evolving data.

Question 3

Boot Process

Answer 3

Process for powering on a computer and loading the operating system.

Question 4

Business Analytics

Answer 4

Used to describe the use of internal company data to improve business processes and practices.

Question 5

Business Intelligence

Answer 5

Used to describe the process that organizations use to take data they are collecting and analyze it.

Question 6

Data Mart

Answer 6

A small data warehouse used to solve specific business problems.

Question 7

Data Mining

Answer 7

Process of analyzing data to find trends, patterns, and associations in order to make decisions.

Question 8

Data Type

Answer 8

A classification of the type of data that a field will hold.

Question 9

Data Warehouse

Answer 9

A database used by large businesses and organizations for the purposes of collecting and analyzing data related to the business.

Question 10

Database

Answer 10

An organized collection of related information.

Question 11

Field

Answer 11

A fundamental element of a record; contains one unique piece of information about the record.

Question 12

File Extension

Answer 12

A suffix, typically two to four characters long, identifying the file type and used by the operating system to determine how the file should be handled.

Question 13

File Type

Answer 13

The ending of a file that gives the operating system the ability to identify it; provides the structure of a document and tells a software application how to display it; commonly referred to as file format.

Question 14

Flat File Database

Answer 14

Simple type of database that, at its core, contains a single table of information.

Question 15

Foreign File Type

Answer 15

File type that is not directly used by an application during the creation or editing of a document.

Question 16

Foreign Key

Answer 16

Field or group of fields in one table that uniquely identifies a row of another table or the same table.

Question 17

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Answer 17

Contains graphics and icons and is navigated with a mouse.

Question 18

Help System

Answer 18

Collection of stored files on your hard disk as well as information retrieved from the Internet.

Question 19

Logging On

Answer 19

Opens the user account and makes the computer ready to be used.

Question 20

Multitask

Answer 20

Ability to allow multiple software processes to run at the same time.

Question 21

Multiuser

Answer 21

Operating system’s ability to allow more than one user to use the same computer at the same time and at different times.

Question 22

Native File Type

Answer 22

File type that an application directly uses during the creation and editing of a document.

Question 23

Operating System

Answer 23

Software that performs the task required to keep the system running and provides the main interface for the user.

Question 24

Primary Key

Answer 24

Unique identifier for each record in the table.

Question 25

Productivity Software

Answer 25

Software that allows people to complete daily work; typically utilized in business or organizational settings.

Question 26

Programming Software

Answer 26

Software whose purpose is to make more software.

Question 27

Qualitative Data

Answer 27

Data that is descriptive.

Question 28

Quantitative Data

Answer 28

Numeric data that is the result of a measurement, count, or some other mathematical calculation.

Question 29

Record

Answer 29

An entry in a database that contains all the data about one instance of a particular person, company, or item.

Question 30

Relational Database

Answer 30

A database in which all the tables are related by one or more fields.

Question 31

Safe Mode

Answer 31

Special mode in which only the necessary drivers and software load.

Question 32

Software Category

Answer 32

Refers to classification of software based on function such as word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation.

Question 33

Software Domain

Answer 33

Refers to the environment or situation in which a particular piece of software is designed to be operational.

Question 34

System Restore

Answer 34

Provides users with a way to go back to previous system settings.

Question 35

Table

Answer 35

A collection of related data.

Question 36

Task Manager

Answer 36

Operating system component that enables the user to view running task and processes.

Question 37

User Interface

Answer 37

Operating interface that allows a user to interact with the files and software on a computer.

Question 38

Utility Software

Answer 38

Software that allows you to fix or modify your computer in some way.

Question 39

Welcome Screen

Answer 39

Presents a list of the names of all user accounts on the computer.