MIS管理信息系统 课后练习答案2.doc

Software that organizes, manages, and processes business data concerned with inventory, customers, and vendors is called: system software. application software. data management software. network software. Answer: c Page Reference: 118 Difficulty: Moderate Software that manages the resources of the computer is called: system software. application software. data management software. network software. Answer: a Page Reference: 118 Difficulty: Easy Software used to apply the computer to a specific task for an end user is called: system software. application software. data management software. network software. Answer: b Page Reference: 118 Difficulty: Moderate AACSB: Reflective Thinking Legacy systems are still in use today because: a. they can only be run on the older mainframe computers. b. they are too expensive to redesign. c. many integrate well using new Web services technologies. d. they contain valuable data that would be lost during redesign. Answer: b Page Reference: 119 Difficulty: Moderate What would be a reason for using a workstation rather than a personal computer? A、When you need more powerful computational abilities B、When you need to access a network When you need to serve applications and data to client computers D、When you need to share resources Answer: a Page Reference: 119 Difficulty: Moderate The use of multiple computers linked by a communications network for processing is called: a. grid computing. b. distributed processing. c. client/server computing. d. centralized processing. Answer: b Page Reference: 121 Difficulty: Moderate Which of the following storage technology stores data sequentially? a. CD-ROM b. RAID c. Magnetic disks d. Magnetic tape Answer: d Page Reference: 123 Difficulty: Moderate What type of device gathers data and converts them into electronic form for use by the computer? Output device Input device Optical storage Magnetic storage Answer: b Page Reference: 124 Difficulty: Moderate Which of the following is not a type o