Question: Which of the following tasks is performed by application software?

A) printing documents

B) writing a business letter

C) presenting information via a monitor

D) updating the system clock

E) saving data to a disk

Answer: B) writing a business letter

Question: A fundamental component of the IS infrastructure is the ________, that is, the computers that run the applications and databases necessary for processing transactions or analyzing business data.

A) protocol

B) archival storage

C) hardware

D) system software

E) data center

Answer: C) hardware

Question: With respect to the five general classes of computers, ________ are typically used for mission critical applications, such as transaction processing.

A) workstations

B) supercomputers

C) servers

D) mainframes

E) personal computers

Answer: D) mainframes

Question:

Answer: E) A workstation is typically used by one user at a time.

Question: With respect to the general classes of computers, a ________ is the most expensive and most powerful kind of computer, which is used primarily to assist in solving massive scientific problems.

A) supercomputer

B) workstation

C) mainframe

D) server

E) personal computer

Answer: A) supercomputer

Question: With respect to the general classes of computers, a ________ is very large and is used primarily as the main, central computing system for major corporations.

A) personal computer

B) supercomputer

C) server

D) mainframe

E) workstation

Answer: D) mainframe

Question: With respect to the general classes of computers, a ________ is any computer on a network that makes access to files, printing, communications, and other services available to users of the network.

A) workstation

B) server

C) personal computer

D) supercomputer

E) mainframe

Answer: B) server

Question:

Answer: A) They are used to provide services to users within large organizations or to Web users.

Question:

Answer: C) workstations

Question: With respect to the general classes of computers, a ________ is used for small business computing.

A) workstation

B) personal computer

C) mainframe

D) server

E) supercomputer

Answer: B) personal computer