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Topic 3:
Application Software

Section A:

1. ____________________ Software is used to facilitate communications, assist with

graphics and multimedia projects, and support home, personal, and educational tasks.

2. ____________________ Software is mass-produced, copyrighted retail software that

meets the needs of a variety of users, not just a single user or company.

3. ___________________ Software performs functions specific to a business or industry.

4. ___________________ Software is provided for use, modification, and redistribution

and usually can be downloaded from the Web at no cost.

5. ___________________ is copyrighted software that is distributed at no cost for a trial

period.

6. ___________________ is copyrighted software provided at no cost to a user by an

individual or a company.

7. ____________________ Software is free software, but it has been donated for public
use and has no copyright restrictions.

8. ___________________ Software serves as the interface between the user, the

application software, and the computer’s hardware.

9. Each time a user starts a computer, the operating system is ____________________

(copied) from the computer’s hard disk into memory.

10. A (n) ____________________ is a graphical element that a user activates to cause a

specific action to take place.

11. ____________________ Software includes programs such as word processing,

spreadsheet, database, presentation graphics, personal information manager software,
personal mobile device business software, software suites, accounting, and project
management.

12. ___________________ Tags automatically appear on the screen when a certain action
is performed.

13. A (n) ____________________ is a document that contains the formatting necessary for
a specific document type.

14. When computer users ____________________ a document, they enter text or numbers,
insert graphical images, and perform other tasks using an input device.

15. To ____________________ a document means to make changes to its existing content.

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16. To cut involves removing a portion of a document and storing it in a temporary storage
location, sometimes called a(n) ____________________.

17. When computer users ____________________ a document, they change its

appearance.

18. Using ____________________ software, you can add, change, delete, sort, and retrieve
data.

19. Software ____________________ offer two major advantages: lower cost and ease of
use.

20. Personal ____________________ software is software that helps home and small
business users create newsletters, brochures, advertisements, postcards, greeting cards,
letterhead, business cards, banners, calendars, logos, and Web pages.

21. Personal ____________________ software is software that includes various simplified

tools, tailored to meet the needs of the home and small business users, to draw pictures,
shapes, and other images.

22. ____________________ Software enables real-time exchange of messages or files with

another online user.

23. ____________________ is the delivery of education via some electronic method.

24. ___________________ typically consists of self-directed, self-paced instruction on a

topic.

25. __________ software Enables users to enter typed text, handwritten comments,
drawings, or sketches anywhere on the page

26. ________________software Allows you to plan, schedule, track, and analyse the
events, resources, and costs of a project

27. ______________helps companies record and report their financial transactions

28. __________________is a sophisticated application Software that allows you to create

engineering, architectural, and scientific designs

29. ______________software enables you to design and produce sophisticated documents

that contain text, graphics, and many colours

30. ____________software allows users to customize digital photographs

31. Video editing software allows you to modify a segment of a video, called a ________

32. ______________is a collection of graphics that you can insert in documents

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33. _____________is the delivery of education at one location while the learning takes
place at other locations

34. _____________ is an electronic equivalent of a user manual

35. _______________ is a document that contains the formatting necessary for a specific
document type

36. _______________ Software, is computer software used to prevent, detect and remove
malicious software.

37. _______________is a security tool that detects and protects a personal computer and its
data from unauthorized intrusions.

38. Program placed on the computer or mobile without the user’s knowledge that secretly
collect information about the user is known as____________________________

39. An usual message or image is displayed on the computer screen is one sign of
_________________________

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Section B:

1. Define the following terms:

a. System software
b. Application software
c. Business software
d. Graphics and multimedia software

2. Why application software is widely used in nowadays society.

3. Why system software is important?

4. List and briefly explain the types of application software:

a. Packaged software
b. Custom software
c. Open source software
d. Shareware,
e. Freeware
f. Public-domain software

5. List all types and briefly describe the used of business software.

1. Word processing software

2. spreadsheet software

3. database software

4. presentation graphics software

5. note taking software

6. software suite

7. project management software

8. accounting software

9. document management
software

10. enterprise computing software

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6. List and briefly describe types of graphics and multimedia software.

1. computer-aided design
(CAD)

2. desktop publishing
software

3. paint/image editing
software

4. professional photo editing

software

5. video and audio editing

software

6. multimedia authoring
software

7. Web page authoring

software

7. Briefly explain an application service provider (ASP).

8. Briefly explain web application - a software application that exists on a Web site,
such as maps and directions

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