CHAPTER THREE
APPLICATION SOFTWARE Multiple Choice 1. d 2. d
3. c 4. b
5. b 6. b
7. c 8. b
Matching 1. c
2. f
3. e
4. b
5. d
Short Answer 1. A utility program is a type of system software that assists users with controlling or maintaining the operation of a computer, its devices, or its software. Utility programs typically offer features that provide an environment conducive to successful use of application software. For example, utility programs protect a computer against malicious software and unauthorized intrusions, manage files and disks, compress files, play media files, and burn optical discs. One of the more important utility programs protects a computer against malicious software, or malware, which is a program that acts without a user’s knowledge and deliberately alters the computer’s operations. A computer virus is a type of malicious software. 2. Presentation graphics software typically provides a variety of predefined presentation formats that define complementary colors for backgrounds, text, and graphical accents on the slides. This software also provides a variety of layouts for each individual slide such as a title slide, a two-column slide, and a slide with clip art, a picture, a chart, a table, a diagram, or animation. In addition, you can enhance any text, charts, and graphical images on a slide with 3-D and other special effects such as shading, shadows, and textures. Presentation graphics software typically includes a clip gallery that provides images, pictures, video clips, and audio clips to enhance multimedia presentations. 3. Video editing software allows professionals to modify a segment of a video, called a clip. For example, users can reduce the length of a video clip, reorder a series of clips, or add special effects such as words that move horizontally across the screen. Video editing software typically includes audio editing capabilities. Multimedia authoring software allows users to combine text, graphics, audio, video, and animation into an interactive application. With this software, users control the placement of text and images and the duration of sounds, video, and animation. Once created, multimedia presentations often take the form of interactive computer-based presentations or Web-based presentations designed to facilitate learning, demonstrate product functionality, and elicit direct-user participation. Training centers, educational institutions, and online magazine publishers all use multimedia authoring software to develop interactive applications. These applications may be available on an optical disc, over a local area network, or via the Internet.
4. Travel and mapping software enables users to view maps, determine route directions, and locate points of interest. Using travel and mapping software, you can display maps by searching for an address, postal code, telephone number, or point of interest (such as airports, lodging, and historical sites). Most programs also allow you to download construction reports and calculate mileage, time, and expenses. Many are compatible with mobile devices such as smart phones and portable media players. Educational software teaches a particular skill. Educational software exists for just about any subject, from learning how to type to learning how to cook to preparing for college entrance exams. Educational software often includes games and other content to make the learning experience more fun. 5. Web-based training is popular in business, industry, and schools for teaching new skills or enhancing existing skills of employees, teachers, or students. Many Web sites offer WBT to the general public. Such training covers a wide range of topics, from how to change a flat tire to creating documents in Word. Many of these Web sites are free. Others require registration and payment to take the complete Web-based course. To enhance communications, elearning systems may include video conferencing, e-mail, blogs, wikis, newsgroups, chat rooms, and groupware.