UTA INSY 2303 EXAM 2 LATEST 2023-2024 REAL
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Messages are held until the recipient is ready to view them; it offers
convenience because information can be gathered whenever you want it. –
ANSWER- Asynchronous communication
Interchanges happen in real time while all parties are online; these
communications have the advantage of immediacy. – ANSWERSynchronous communication
is a synchronous, real-time technology for two or more people
to type messages back and forth while online. – ANSWER- Instant
messaging (IM)
This telecommunications technique is sometimes referred to as store-andforward technology. – ANSWER- Email
You can use an or to set up a “feed” that monitors
your favorite blogs, collects the latest posts, and displays them. –
ANSWER- RSS reader; blog aggregator
Refers to the status of works with expired copyrights or whose creators
have forfeited their copyright. – ANSWER- Public domain
The works of Shakespeare are in the public domain. – ANSWER- True
A form of legal protection that grants the author of an original work an
exclusive right to copy, distribute, and sell. – ANSWER- Copyright
A is any word, name, symbol, or design used in commerce to
identify and distinguish the goods of one company from those of another. –
ANSWER- Trademark
All of the creations that materialize from the mind or intellect are considered
__. – ANSWER- Intellectual property
There are four categories of intellectual property: – ANSWER- Patents
Trademarks
Copyrights
Trade secrets
An is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a
computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. –
ANSWER- IP address
An IP address serves two main functions and . –
ANSWER- Host or network interface identification; location addressing.
A is simply a keyword that describes information, such as the
content of a media element. – ANSWER- Metadata tag
A Creative Commons license is based on five rights that copyright holders
can grant or deny to others: – ANSWER- Attribution
Share Alike
No Derivatives
Public Domain
Noncommerical
An operating system gives your digital device a personality; it controls key
elements of the , which includes the visual experience as well as
the keyboard, mouse, microphone, or touchscreen that collects user
commands. – ANSWER- User interface
People who circumvent copyright law and illegally copy, distribute, or
modify software are sometimes called software pirates, and their illegal
copies are referred to as . – ANSWER- Pirated software
makes uncompiled program instructions, the source code,
available to programmers who want to modify and improve the software. –
ANSWER- Open source software
Linux is an example of open source software. – ANSWER- True
An contains a computer program that is carried out step-by-step
within the microprocessor. – ANSWER- Executable file
The main executable file has an .exe extension; for example, Inkscape.exe
- ANSWER- True
A software license, or license agreement, is a legal contract that defines
the ways in which a computer program may be used. These licenses are
sometimes referred to as . – ANSWER- EULAs (End User
License Agreements).
is designed for PCs and it runs from removable storage, such as
a USB flash drive. – ANSWER- Portable software
Portable software is so simple to install that it is sometimes referred to as
install-free software. – ANSWER- True
A local application is installed on a computer’s hard disk. – ANSWER- True
Software designed for computers that run Microsoft Windows is commonly
composed of multiple files. – ANSWER- Local application
OS X uses a kernel based on UNIX, a server operating system that
includes industrial-strength memory protection features that contribute to a
low incidence of errors and glitches. – ANSWER- True
The BSD license originated as the Berkeley Software Distribution license
for a server operating system. – ANSWER- True
A provides essential operating system services, such as memory
management and file access. – ANSWER- Kernel
During the boot process, the OS kernel is loaded into RAM. – ANSWERTrue
Google launched an OS called Chrome OS in 2009 with a kernel based on
an open source OS called Linux. – ANSWER- True
An OS ensures that input and output proceed in an orderly manner, using a
to collect and hold data while the device is busy with other tasks. - ANSWER- Buffer