45 MCQ's Answers

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

____ 1. A(n) ____ is a set of elements or components that interact to accomplish goals.
a. process c. system
b. network d. intranet
 

____ 2. A firm’s ____ includes all the hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, people, and procedures that are configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information.
a. technology infrastructure c. transaction processing system
b. e-business d. MIS
 

____ 3. ____ consists of computer equipment used to perform input, processing, and output activities.
a. Virtual reality c. Hardware
b. Software d. Artificial intelligence
 

____ 4. ____ include the strategies, policies, methods, and rules for using a CBIS, including the operation, maintenance, and security of the computer.
a. Procedures c. Databases
b. Vision systems d. Podcasts
 

____ 5. A ____ is any business-related exchange such as payments to employees, sales to customers, or payments to suppliers.
a. procedure c. network
b. process d. transaction
 

____ 6. A(n) ____ is a set of integrated programs that manages the vital business operations for an entire multisite, global organization.
a. enterprise resource planning system c. database unit
b. network unit d. value chain
 

____ 7. A ____ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that support problem-specific decision making.
a. vision system c. decision support system
b. virtual reality system d. podcast
 

____ 8. The collection of data, rules, procedures, and relationships that must be followed to achieve value or the proper outcome is contained in the expert system’s ____.
a. knowledge base c. intranet
b. value chain d. network unit
 

____ 9. The ____ is that part of the computer that consists of three associated elements: the arithmetic/logic unit, the control unit, and the register areas.
a. gateway c. bridge
b. central processing unit d. channel bandwidth
 

____ 10. ____ are high-speed storage areas used to temporarily hold small units of program instructions and data immediately before, during, and after execution by the CPU.
a. ters c. Magnetic tapes
b. MP3s d. Arithmetic/logic units
 

____ 11. ____ is a hypothesis which states that transistor densities on a single chip double every 18 months.
a. RAID c. Parallel processing
b. RFID d. Moore’s Law
 

____ 12. ____ provides permanent storage for data and instructions that do not change, such as programs and data from the computer manufacturer.
a. RAM c. ROM
b. Linux d. UNIX
 

____ 13. ____ is a type of high-speed memory that a processor can access more rapidly than main memory.
a. RAM c. Cache memory
b. MP3 d. ROM
 

____ 14. ____ parallel processors all execute the same instruction on many data values simultaneously.
a. Thin client c. Embedded
b. Single instruction/multiple data d. UNIX
 

____ 15. The term ____ is used to describe devices that store larger amounts of data, instructions, and information more permanently than allowed with main memory.
a. secondary storage c. RAM
b. primary storage d. ROM