Application Software MCQs Quiz Questions and Answers - 4

Question: 16

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the conventional process of developing application system?

(A) Slow implementation of system  change

(B) Very long time span of development

(C) Minimized maintenance of application software

(D) Increasing labour cost for programming and system analysis

Question: 17

Application software

(A) performs a specific task for computer users

(B) includes programs designed to help programmers

(C) is used to control the operating system

(D) All of these

Question: 18

An expert system

(A) is an application of artificial intelligence research

(B) Simulates the reasoning of a human expert in a particular subject

(C) both (a) and (b)

(D) none of these

Question: 19

Which of these applications must be real time?

(A) flood warning systems

(B) calculating gas bills

(C) checking exam marks

(D) none of these

Question: 20

When users do not know in detail what they want until they use a version of it, the type of computing is

(A) Pre specified

(B) Structured

(C) User driven

(D) Prospective