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CLEP-BUSINESS Online Practice Questions

CLEP Business: Financial Accounting, Business Law, Information Systems & Computer Applications, Management, Marketing

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Question 1 Single choice

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) uses ____ to specify how a document should be formatted.

  1. A

    keys

  2. B

    hyperlinks

  3. C

    macros

  4. D

    protocols

  5. E

    tags

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Correct answer: E

Explanation

Tags are codes that specify links to other documents and indicate how a Web page is displayed when viewed on the Web.

Question 2 Single choice

With a _____, the vendor selects the product(s) that meets specified requirements and then quotes the prices.

  1. A

    request for quotation (RFQ)

  2. B

    request for information (RFI)

  3. C

    request for system services (RFSS)

  4. D

    request for proposal (RFP)

  5. E

    request for product price (RFPP)

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

System analysts use three basic types of documents to summarize requirements for potential vendors: RFQ, RFP, and RFI. After sending RFPs to potential vendors, the system analyst receives and evaluates completed proposals.

Question 3 Single choice

A(n) _____ uses devices that emit and sense light to detect the mouse's movement.

  1. A

    optical mouse

  2. B

    audio mouse

  3. C

    mechanical mouse

  4. D

    ergonomic mouse

  5. E

    laser mouse

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

An optical mouse uses optical sensors or lasers. An optical mouse is more precise than a mechanical mouse and does not require cleaning, but it is also more expensive.

Question 4 Single choice

A(n) _____ shows actors, which are drawn as stick figures, that connect to each function the actors can perform with an arrow.

  1. A

    data flow diagram

  2. B

    use case diagram

  3. C

    class diagram

  4. D

    entity-relationship diagram

  5. E

    sequence flow diagram

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

A use case diagram describes the functionality of a system with actors that the system interacts with and use cases, or services, that the system knows how to perform.

Question 5 Single choice

Through _____, health-care professionals in separate locations can have live conferences on the computer.

  1. A

    teledoc

  2. B

    telemedicine

  3. C

    telecare

  4. D

    teleremedy

  5. E

    telehealth

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

With telemedicine, a doctor at one location can have a conference with a doctor at another location to view and discuss X-rays or other patient information.

Question 6 Single choice

_____, which allows users to choose an encryption scheme that passes between a client and a server, requires that both the client and server have digital certificates.

  1. A

    Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

  2. B

    Secure HTTP (S-HTTP)

  3. C

    Secure Electronics Transactions (SET) Specifications

  4. D

    Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

  5. E

    Certificate authority (CA)

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

Applications that must verify the authenticity of a client, such as online banking, use S-HTTP.

Question 7 Single choice

A common netiquette rule is to avoid ____, which is the equivalent of shouting.

  1. A

    emoticons

  2. B

    italics font

  3. C

    all capital letters

  4. D

    bold font

  5. E

    acronyms

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

Netiquette is the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet. To emphasize a word, users often use asterisks around a word rather than capital letters.

Question 8 Single choice

Most _____ database products for midrange servers and mainframes include SQL.

  1. A

    relational

  2. B

    multidimensional

  3. C

    object-oriented

  4. D

    hierarchical

  5. E

    All of the above

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a query language that allows users to manage, update, and retrieve data in a relational database.

Question 9 Single choice

A program that stores and distributes newsgroup messages is called a _____.

  1. A

    news client

  2. B

    newsreader

  3. C

    news server

  4. D

    newsmonger

  5. E

    news host

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

To participate in a newsgroup, typically you use a program called a newsreader. Most browsers have newsreaders.

Question 10 Single choice

Groupware is a component of a broad concept called _____, which includes network hardware and software that enables group members to communicate, manage projects, schedule meetings, and make decisions.

  1. A

    public Internet access

  2. B

    workgroup computing

  3. C

    Web services

  4. D

    short message service

  5. E

    peer-to-peer

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

Groupware is a type of software that helps groups of people work together on projects and share information over a network.