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What is software that is less commonly known as payware and is computer software that is produced for sale or that serves commercial purposes. A 100
Commercial Software
A 200 What is software that has no flaws or errors?
Bug-free software A 200
What is integrated software? A 300
Integrated software is software for personal computers that combines the most commonly used functions of many productivity software programs into one application A 300
A 400 What is software
Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory A 400
What is the difference between shareware and freeware? A 500
The person downloading the software will eventually have to make a payment while using shareware. The person downloading freeware will never have to make a payment because it is simply free software A 500
What is software piracy? B 100
Software piracy or copyright infringement refers to several practices which involve the unauthorized copying of computer software. B 100
Jim buys a Maroon 5 CD and illegally burns three copies of it for his friends. This CD is copyrighted. What crime has Jim just committed? B 200
Software piracy B 200
What is the set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work? These rights can be licensed, transferred and/or assigned. B 300
Copyright B 300
Copyright holders frequently refer to copyright infringement as "theft". In law copyright infringement does not refer to actual theft, but an instance where a person exercises one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder without what? B 400
authorization B 400
The enforcement of copyright is the responsibility of who? B 500
The copyright holder B 500
C 100 What does GUI stand for?
Graphic User Interface C 100
What does GUI represent? C 200
The information and actions available to a user through graphical icons and visual indicators C 200
A GUI uses a combination of what to provide a platform the user can interact with, for the tasks of gathering and producing information? C 300
technologies and devices C 300
C 400 The most common combination of such elements in GUIs is the ________ paradigm, especially in personal computer.
WIMP (window, icon, menu, pointing device") C 400
What uses a physical input device to control the position of a cursor and presents information organized in windows and represented with icons? C 500
The WIMP style of interaction C 500
What is a user manual? D 100
A user guide or user's guide, also commonly known as a manual, is a technical communication document intended to give assistance to people using a particular system. D 100
What is a wizard? D 200
A software wizard is a user interface element that presents a user with a sequence of dialog boxes that lead the user through a series of well-defined steps. Tasks that are complex, infrequently performed, or unfamiliar may be easier to perform using a wizard. D 200
What is a template? D 300
The term template, when used in the context of word processing software, refers to a sample "fill-in-the-blank" document that can be completed either by hand or through an automated iterative process, such as with a software assistant
What is a license (multi-user, single-user, site license) D 400
Allowing an individual or group to use a piece of software. Nearly all applications are licensed rather than sold. There are a variety of different types of software licenses. Some are based on the number machines on which the licensed program can run whereas others are based on the number of users that can use the program. Most personal computer software licenses allow you to run the program on only one machine and to make copies of the software only for backup purposes. Some licenses also allow you to run the program on different computers as long as you don't use the copies simultaneously. D 400
What is a warranty? D 500
guarantee: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications D 500
Any unwanted electronic device E 100
A password is a secret word or string of character that is used for what? E 100
authentication E 200
The overall password system must, of course, be designed for sound security, with protection against what? E 200
Computer virus, “the man in the middle attack”, hackers, and unauthorized personnel E 300
What is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge? E 300
Encryption E 400
What is the point of “backing- up” files? E 400
To copy files to a second medium (a disk or tape) as a precaution in case the first medium fails E 500
What is a backdoor (trapdoor)? E 500
F 100 What is public domain?
A backdoor in a computer system (or cryptosystem or algorithm) is a method of bypassing normal authentication, securing remote access to a computer, obtaining access to plaintext, and so on, while attempting to remain undetected F 100
What does the intellectual property law include? F 200
Copyright, patents, and trademarks. F 200
F 300 Does the term “uploading” and “downloading”?
In computer networks, to download means to receive data to a local system from a remote system, or to initiate such a data transfer. Examples of a remote system from which a download might be performed include a webserver, FTP server, server, or other similar systems. F 300
F 400 What does compression/decompression mean?
F 400 Data compression is particularly useful in communications because it enables devices to transmit or store the same amount of data in fewer bits. There are a variety of data compression techniques, but only a few have been standardized. The CCITT has defined a standard data compression technique for transmitting faxes and a compression standard for data communications through modems In addition, there are file compression formats, such as ARC and ZIP.
F 500 What is public domain?
The public domain is an intellectual property designation for the range of content that is not owned or controlled by anyone. These materials are public property, and available for anyone to use freely (the "right to copy") for any purpose F 500
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