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Discovering Computers Module 4 Checkpoint Exercises
True/False
1.) Application software serves as the interface between the user, the apps, and the computer’s or
mobile device’s hardware.
- False
2.) Enterprise and professional users employ cloud storage services to back up all of their files in
case of disaster.
- True
3.) Open source software is mass-produced, copyrighted software that meets the needs of a wide
variety of users.
- False
4.) When downloading shareware, freeware, or public-domain software, it is good practice to
seek websites with ratings for and reviews of products.
- True
5.) Because they run in a browser, you always access the latest version of web apps.
- True
6.) With database software, users run functions to retrieve data.
- False
7.) Software suites offer three major advantages: lower cost, ease of use, and integration.
- True
8.) A PDF file can be viewed and printed without the software that created the original
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document.
- True
9.) Augmented reality apps require the use of a special viewer device to display 360-degree
images or videos.
- True
10.) Many routers also can function as a hardware firewall.
- True
11.) A power management app will turn off Internet connectivity when your battery runs low.
- True
12.) Cookies typically are considered a type of spyware
- False
Matching Questions
1.) augmented reality
c.) Type of mobile application that
overlays media or other digital content
over an image on the screen.
2.) CBT
g.) Type of education in which students
learn by using and completing exercises
with instructional software.
3.) payload
a.) Destructive event or prank virus was
created to deliver
4.) personal firewall
f.) Security tool that detects and protects a
personal computer and its data from
unauthorized intrusions
5.) phishing
h.) Scam in which a perpetrator sends an
official looking email message that
attempts to obtain personal and/or
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financial information.
6.) QR code
i.) Square-shaped graphic that represents a
web address or other information
7.) quarantine
j.) Separate area of a hard drive that holds
an infected file until the infection can be
removed
8.) shareware
b.) Copyrighted software that is
distributed at no cost for a trial period.
9.) software as a service
e.) Computing environment where an
internet server hosts and deploys
applications
10.) tools
d.) Program that enables you to perform
maintenance-type tasks usually related to
managing devices, media, and programs
used by computers and mobile devices.
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