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ISTM 210 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
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What are the largest and most powerful business computers?
a) Mainframes
b) Mini Stack Blades (10Tb or more)
c) IBM
d) HAL - Correct Answer - Mainframes
What computers process large amounts of data for a mid-sized business?
a) Mainframe computers
b) Midrange computers
c) Mainstay computers
d) Microcomputers - Correct Answer - Midrange computers
Desktop computers are considered what type of computer?
a) Microcomputers
b) Immovable Computing
c) Non-laptop alternatives
d) Immobile Computing - Correct Answer - Microcomputers
A computer program that accomplishes a specific task is called what?
a) Process node
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c) Process network action (PNA)
d) Software - Correct Answer - Software
What kind of software requires no human interaction?
a) System software
b) Sentient software
c) Non-interactive software
- "Ghost" software - Correct Answer - System software
What is the most important thing system software does?
a) Creates swap files (virtual memory) for efficient RAM usage
b) Enables the operating system
c) Recreates packets from TCP/IP protocols
d) Scans for rogue systems - Correct Answer - Enables the operating
system
A common name for an operating system is what?
a) Platform
b) UNIX
c) Mac OS
d) Windows - Correct Answer - Platform
Any task a computer performs is called what?
a) Procedure
b) Task Batch
c) Process
d) Task Set - Correct Answer - Process
Running more than one application at a time is called what?
a) Multitasking 2 / 4
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b) Method/Class Processing (In all circumstances)
c) Multiple Application Protocol
d) Method Processing - Correct Answer - Multitasking
What part of the computer coordinates memory?
a) Random Access Memory
b) Operating System
c) Hard Drive
d) Primary and Secondary Memory - Correct Answer - Operating
System
The table of contents of a hard drive is called what?
a) Registry Allocation
b) Cluster File
c) Sector File(s)
d) FAT - Correct Answer - FAT
Software sold as a collection are called what?
a) Collective Application Group
b) Business Application Software Assembly
c) Software Suite
d) Business Application Group - Correct Answer - Software Suite
What is the most important aspect of a productivity suite?
a) Spreadsheets
b) Spreadsheets and databases combined (SDC)
c) Databases
d) Sharing Data - Correct Answer - Sharing Data
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pg. 4 What is the easiest and most basic way to share data?
a) Embedding
b) Linking
c) OLE
d) Copy (or Cut) and Paste - Correct Answer - Copy (or Cut) and Paste
Which method of sharing data is dynamic?
a) Object Linking
b) OLE
c) Object Embedding
d) Cut and Paste - Correct Answer - Object Linking
What part of a computer is responsible for reading and writing data?
a) Motherboard
b) Operating System
c) Bus Lines
d) Head node - Correct Answer - Operating System
How is information represented on a monitor?
a) Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
b) CTE
c) Graphical User Interface
d) Output Array Display - Correct Answer - Graphical User Interface
Which is not word processing software?
a) Adobe Acrobat
b) Apple Word Press Pro
c) Corel WordPerfect
d) Microsoft Word - Correct Answer - Apple Word Press Pro
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