ASSIGNMENT-UNIT-III- [SOFTWARE & IT’S TYPES]

[PART-B]
1. Which of the following(s) is/are the characteristics of system software?
(a) Provides a programming environment
(b) Part of object-oriented programming language
(c) Performs the tasks related to the execution of an application program
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) None of the above
2. What is a collection of programs written to provide services to other programs?
(a) Real time software
(b) Business software
(c) System software
(d) Embedded software
(e) None of these
3. ____is a collection of system programs that together controls the operation on a computer
system
(a) The platform (b) Application software
(c) Operating system (d) The motherboard
(e) None of these
4. ___runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on
(a) VLC (b) Java
(c) Operating system (d) All of these
(e) None of these
5. Which of the following(s) is/are example(s) of operating systems?
(a) Linux OS (b) Unix OS
(c) Windows 10 (d) Mac OS
(e) All of these
6. Specialized program(s) designed to allow particular input or output device(s) to
communicate with the rest of the computer system is called
(a) Compiler (b) Device drivers
(c) Interpreters (d) Operating system
(e) None of these
7. ___software creates a mirror image of the entire hard disk, including the operating system,
applications, files and data ___
(a) Operating system
(b) Backup software
(c) Utility programs

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 (d) Driver imaging
(e) None of these
8. What is used to support, enhance, expand and secure existing programs and data in the
computer system?
(a) Java (b) Operating system
(c) Web browser (d) System utility
(e) None of these
9. A word processor would be most likely used to do, which of the following?
(a) Keep an account to money spent
(b) Maintain an inventory
(c) Type a biography & text based documents.
(d) Do a computer search
(e) None of the above
10. The software that is used to create text-based documents is referred as
(a) DBMS (b) Suits
(c) Spreadsheets (d) Presentation software
(e) Word processor
11. What kind of software would you most likely use to keep track of a billing account?
(a) Word processing (b) Electronic publishing
(c) Spreadsheet (d) DBMS
(e) None of these
12. Which of the following software is/are allow users to perform calculation on rows and
columns of data?
(a) Word processing
(b) Presentation graphics
(c) Electronic spreadsheet
(d) Database management system
(e) None of the above
13. Microsoft Word is an example of
(a) An operating system
(b) A processing device
(c) Application software
(d) An input device
(e) None of the above
14. Which of the following (s) is/are type(s) of application software?
(a) Word processor (b) Database
(c) Browser (d) All of these

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 (e) None of these
15. ‘GUI’ stands for
(a) Graphic universal interface
(b) Graphical user interface
(c) Graphical uninstall/install
(d) General utility interface
(e) None of the above
16. Which among of following (s) is/are application software?
(a) MS-Word (b) MS-Excel
(c)Adobe Acrobat (d) All of these
(e) None of these
17. ___is a set of keywords, symbols and a system of rules for constructing statements by which
human can communicate the instructions to be executed by a computer
(a) A computer programs
(b) A programming language
(c) An assemble
(d) Syntax
(e) None of these
18. ____is a set of computer programs used on a computer to help perform tasks
(a) An instruction (b) Memory
(c) A processor (d) Software
(e) None of these
19. ____is a conceptual entity which is a set of computer programs, procedures, and
associated documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system
(a) Software (b) Hardware
(c) Firmware (d) All of these
(e) None of these
20. Circuits, displays, power supplies, cables, keyboards, printers and mice are all ____
(a) Software (b) Application
(c) Hardware (d) Circuits
(e) None of these
21. Which is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel?
(a) Software (b) Program
(c) Hardware (d) Application software
(e) None of these
22. System software is the set of programs that enables your computer’s hardware devices and
___software to work together

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 (a) Management (b) Processing
(c) Utility (d) Application
(e) None of these
23. Which of the following is an example of computer software?
(a) Laser printer (b) Payroll package
(c) Joystick (d) All of these
(e) None of these
24. The primary purpose of software is to turn data into
(a) Websites (b) Information
(c) Programs (d) Objects
(e) None of these
25. Internet Explorer is a(n) ___
(a) System software
(b) Application software
(c) Programming software
(d) All of these (e) None of these

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