Chapter 7
TRUE/FALSE.
Write “T” if the statement is true and “F” if the statement is false.
1. Computer software can be divided into three major categories: administrative,
operational, and academic.
2. Administrative software assists an educator in accomplishing the administrative,
professional, and management tasks associated with the profession.
3. A wise approach for educators to take in selecting academic software is identifying
reliable software evaluators to recommend the software that should be purchased.
4. The process of evaluating and making effective use of software yourself is a timeconsuming
one because it involves evaluation, acquisition, installation, and training.
5. There are three main types of administrative software: productivity, management
support, and business application.
6. It is helpful to use rubrics that give you specific tasks to accomplish when reviewing
software to judge its usefulness.
7. Office productivity software that has helped to increase efficiency in the business
workplace may also be helpful in the school office environment.
8. Productivity software can be purchased as individual programs or several programs
incorporated together into an application suite.
9. Freeware does not have to be paid for until you have tried it out and decided that it will work for
you.
10. A rubric helps to bring objectivity to an evaluation task.
11. The most commonly used computer application is word processing.
12. Electronic spreadsheets generally have the capability to check grammar and spelling.
13. When you highlight a block of text and then press the right mouse button, the
highlighted material will be cut.
14. Electronic spreadsheet software is to numeric data what word processing software is to text.
15. A significant feature of database management software is the ability to locate a single piece of
data from thousands of items in a database.
16. Productivity software is typically business software that has been adapted for an
educator’s administrative and professional tasks.
17. In word processing, templates allow the user to easily archive and print classroom
documents.
18. Electronic spreadsheet software is useful in helping students to gather, organize, sort, and look
for targeted data.
19. Classroom management support software packages often contain a word processor, a desktop
publisher, and an electronic spreadsheet.
20. In using a word processor, it is possible to command the software to check both the
grammar and spelling in a document you have created.
21. Clip art includes ready-made graphics stored in an electronic library for use by the
components of a productivity software suite.
22. In using a spreadsheet, data are stored in cells that can be used in formulas and altered for whatif analyses.
23. Charting in spreadsheets creates and displays visual representations of selected data.
24. Database management software collects and organizes data that can then be queried, sorted,
and reported on.
25. In creating a presentation using presentation software, slides are typically fixed in
design, animation, and sequence, but you can change the data.
26. In preparing a lecture, the productivity software that is most likely to be useful is a
spreadsheet.
27. At the district level, management support software typically collects attendance data
and grades and generates and tracks budget and financial information.
28. Careful evaluation of productivity software is critical because of the direct and
indirect costs of its acquisition and implementation.
29. While useful for display, presentation software is limited in the types and styles of
print materials that can be generated from slides.
MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1. Productivity software is actually generic
A) school software.
B) academic software.
C) business application software.
D) business software.
E) adaptable software.
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major types of productivity software
found in most school and business environments?
A) Database management systems
B) Presentation software.
C) Electronic whiteboards.
D) Electronic spreadsheets.
E) Word processing.
3. A license from a software company that lets the software be used legally on all of the
computers at the organization’s location is known as a
A) six-pack.
B) copyright clearance.
C) multilicense.
D) release form.
E) site license.
4. Software that you can request or download and try out without charge, paying a
usually small fee only if you decide you like the software, is known as
A) freeware.
B) shareware.
C) warmware.
D) software.
5. Modern word processing software can
A) edit documents and graphics.
B) develop web pages.
C) create documents.
D) create graphics.
E) all of the above.
6. Which of these is NOT one of the three main features of a word processor?
A) Autoformatting.
B) Document preparation.
C) Archiving and printing.
D) Desktop publishing.
7. The ability to find a desired piece or pieces of data from a database that holds
thousands of pieces of information is known as
A) a query.
B) a find.
C) a search.
D) B and C
8. In addition to organizing numeric information, spreadsheet software can manipulate
numeric data easily because the software has built-in
A) formulas.
B) fields.
C) mouse commands.
D) decimal holders.
9. One of the great advantages of an electronic spreadsheet is that you can relate cells to each other
so that changing data in one cell will make changes
A) in all cells that are related to each other.
B) automatically in a target cell.
C) in a target field.
D) in up to five other cells.
10. Syllabi, class outlines, and discipline reports are practical applications of
A) systems procedures.
B) spreadsheet functions.
C) database functions.
D) word processing packages.
11. A category of one kind of information in a database program, such as locker number
assignments, is a
A) file.
B) field.
C) record.
D) report.
12. Information about just one item or person, such as the name, address, telephone
number, and parents’ names of one student, in a database program is a
A) record.
B) file.
C) report.
D) field.
13. One of the key advantages of electronic spreadsheets over their manual counterpart is
A) their accuracy.
B) their lower cost.
C) their ease of setup.
D) B and C.
14. An intriguing feature of spreadsheets is their unique ability to help forecast the results
of changing conditions, such as developing a budget. This feature is known as
A) what-if analysis.
B) predicting.
C) forecasting.
D) guesstimating.
15. The advantages enjoyed by database management systems (DBMS) over manual
systems are best exemplified by
A) electronic budgets.
B) online newsletters.
C) online income tax forms.
D) electronic card catalogs.
E) online listservs.
16. The word processing feature that is a mini-program to create customized documents
is a
A) macro.
B) wizard.
C) assistant.
D) WSYIWG.
17. The type of software that uses fields, records, and files to organize and display data is
A) classroom management software.
B) electronic spreadsheet software.
C) database management software.
D) word processing software.
18. The administrative software that may include hypermedia features that allow the user
to link and jump to other documents is
A) a database management software package.
B) a presentation software package.
C) an electronic spreadsheet package.
D) a desktop publishing package.
19. The difference between freeware and shareware is that
A) freeware is free to schools, while shareware can be given only to students.
B) freeware comes with the computer, while shareware comes with other software.
C) freeware is free when you purchase a companion product, while shareware is not.
D) freeware is offered without charge, while shareware must be paid for after being tried.
20. The software that is typically included in a productivity package is
A) desktop publishing, authoring, classroom management, and presentation.
B) word processing, spreadsheet, database management, and presentation.
C) gradebook, seating chart, class roll, and attendance tracking.
D) Internet access, e-mail, dial-up software, and chat software.
21. In terms of document preparation and editing in a word processor, the software
provides the capability to
A) query and create reports from queries.
B) make what-if analyses.
C) format and enhance text as well as check spelling.
D) save and print.
22. When database management is applied to teaching and learning tasks, the software
assists students in
A) learning to categorize or demonstrate logic when creating a query.
B) creating and testing formulas.
C) creating clear summaries for student guides.
D) checking grammar and editing their work.
SHORT ANSWER.
Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
1. You assign your students a unit on medieval Europe and have them build an
assessment instrument consisting of 300 questions. To manage all the information, what type of
software should they use? Justify your answer.
2. In your eleventh-grade English classes, you assign your students to write book reviews of the
books on their reading list. You want software that will store their reviews so that they can be
accessed, added to, and organized in different categories (such as author, student reviews, genre,
historical period). What type of software program will you use, and how will it accomplish the tasks
you have specified?
3. To introduce a new textbook to the English Department at Roosevelt High School,
Allyn & Bacon’s sales representative wants to show a visually dramatic preview of the
contents of the textbook. What type of software would you recommend that she or he
use?
4. What are the two main types of administrative software, and what is each type used
for?
5. How does productivity software differ from other types of administrative software?
6. What is the difference between academic software and administrative software?
7. Name and briefly describe the function of three software packages that are typically
found in productivity software.
8. What is the difference between classroom management support software and district
management support software?
9. Name three issues of concern in selecting classroom management support software.
Chapter 8
TRUE/FALSE.
Write “T” if the statement is true and “F” if the statement is false.
1. Included in academic software are programs that help the teacher to teach and the
learner to learn.
2. Multimedia systems developed by a teacher using an authoring system can be used in large and
small groups, with individuals for review and reinforcement, or to study a
missed lesson.
3. The term “clip art” comes from the days of manual page layout using scissors and
paste.
4. Many clip art images are available on the Internet free of charge.
5. Unfortunately, when you input a clip art image, you have to use it the way it is because you usually
cannot manipulate it.
6. B. F. Skinner is associated with problem-solving software.
7. Reference software is the kind of software Joe Kim will use to find biographical
information on First Ladies for his research project on the topic “First Ladies in the
White House and Afterward.”
8. Lt. Col. Roddy Arnheim, a flight instructor for the Junior ROTC at Brooks High
School, should use tutorial software to put the students into a virtual cockpit to prepare
them for their private pilot’s rating.
9. Software that has an audio component to convey text that appears on the monitor to
students with hearing disabilities is backup software.
10. A networked management system that features standards, frameworks, and tests
incorporated into a curriculum, as well as progress tracking and reporting, is referred to
as an integrated learning system.
11. Computers tend to freeze up when they are forced to repeat information for a learner many, many
times.
12. Draw programs let the user create and manipulate digital pictures with electronic pens and
brushes and even spray-paint can tools.
13. Using a paint program, you can modify or print individual pieces of artwork.
14. Desktop publishing software enables teachers to create complex illustrations and
graphic images.
15. When creating their own multimedia tutorials for students, teachers generally use
authoring software.
16. Academic software includes the software that can be used to enrich the teaching and learning
environment for both teachers and students.
17. Draw programs use tools that simulate drawing and painting tools to create images.
18. In education, reference software is useful because it can provide Internet search
engines to find targeted data.
19. While tutorials present new material, drill-and-practice software is designed to
reinforce previously learned content.
20. Educational games, because of their entertainment value, have little application in a
classroom.
21. Hardware and software combinations designed to assist students in learning target
objectives are referred to as integrated learning systems.
22. Concept mapping software helps students to visually organize ideas and their
relationships.
23. The advantage of problem-solving software is that it addresses the needs of students who have a
physical or learning disability.
24. The cost of academic software includes both its acquisition cost and the time
necessary to install, support, and learn to use it.
25. Hypermedia not only uses multimedia but also organizes information so that students can access
it in a nonlinear fashion.
26. Web authoring software assists teachers and students in the creation of pages
designed for use on the World Wide Web.
27. Two applications of desktop publishing software are the creation of custom
transparencies and class newsletters.
MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1. When a teacher uses a software authoring program to create a unique lesson and the
resulting hypermedia program is stored in HTML, the tool used was probably
A) a hypermedia authoring tool.
B) a Web authoring system.
C) an HTML authoring tool.
D) a multimedia authoring system.
2. Educators can create sophisticated documents, certificates, flash cards, letters, field trip reports,
and so on using
A) desktop publishing software.
B) graphics software.
C) hypermedia authoring tools.
D) Web authoring systems.
3. Software that includes clip art libraries and enables the user to draw, paint, and
manipulate objects is known as
A) multimedia software.
B) graphics software.
C) hypermedia.
D) editing software.
4. Which of the following is NOT one of the three categories of graphics software?
A) Editing software.
B) Imaging software.
C) Multimedia software.
D) Drawing software.
5. The three functions of graphics software are
A) creating, sorting, and imaging.
B) sorting, imaging, and enhancing.
C) parsing, imaging, and sorting.
D) creating, editing, and enhancing.
6. Using the DVC online site to research learning styles, Mrs. McCarthy sees bold,
underlined topics in the text. By clicking on “Learning Styles Survey” as she reads
through the text, she can skip to a survey to find out her own and her students’ dominant learning
styles; then, with another click, she can return to the home page. This “skipping” between interactive
pages is made possible by
A) howlers.
B) interpreters.
C) translators.
D) hyperlinks.
7. Bertha Simon, who teaches computer classes at Backus High School, has been asked by her
principal to make a large banner welcoming the football team back after they have won the state
championship. She uses this kind of software:
A) Spreadsheet.
B) Desktop publishing.
C) Presentation.
D) Communications.
8. By storyboarding a lesson built with hypermedia authoring software, you can create
A) multimedia software.
B) antivirus software.
C) sniffer software.
D) firewall software.
9. Ms. Axelrod considers her ninth-grade Spanish class to be unique in their needs and
levels of performance. She has found no commercial software that correlates with her
curriculum, so she is using
A) authoring systems software.
B) drill-and-practice software.
C) tutorial software.
D) graphics software.
10. To create a document with graphics, video, and sound to link with other documents is to use
A) paint programs.
B) conceptual media.
C) draw programs.
D) hypermedia.
11. When you purchase a scanner, it will probably come with
A) drawing software.
B) imaging software.
C) multimedia software.
D) paint software.
12. Software that lets the user “melt” one image into another has the special effect known as
A) morphing.
B) animation.
C) dissolving.
D) wiping.
E) transmuting.
13. Predesigned graphic elements that can be inserted in student handouts, flyers, or
posters are called
A) images.
B) drawings.
C) clip art.
D) G-elements.
14. Software that provides students the opportunity to interact with model environments
and promote discovery learning is
A) integrated learning systems.
B) simulations.
C) educational games.
D) drill-and-practice.
15. When selecting an authoring system, a teacher should consider
A) whether concept mapping is included.
B) ease of use and capabilities.
C) the grade level of the software that is produced.
D) the edutainment value of the software that is produced.
16. When creating a hypermedia lesson, a teacher typically
A) plans the sequence of instructional screens and then uses authoring tools to create
software that follows that sequence.
B) designs a concept map that can then be converted to a student handout for the lesson.
C) converts all files to PDF files before uploading them to a web page.
D) adds the appropriate computer-assisted instruction to the traditional lesson plan.
17. The type of software that is typically used to create, edit, and enhance digital images is
A) clip art libraries.
B) desktop publishing software.
C) referencing software.
D) graphics software.
18. Software that presents new material using text and multimedia and may include built in
management components is
A) tutorial software.
B) drill-and-practice software.
C) simulation software.
D) educational games.
19. Speech synthesizers and screen readers are examples of
A) integrated learning systems.
B) educational games.
C) special needs software.
D) simulation software.
20. Problem-solving software is a class of academic software in which students
A) practice essential skills multiple times until they have mastery.
B) try out simulated real-world experiences.
C) can acquire skills in and practice forming and testing hypotheses and solutions.
D) are instructed in content while playing video games.
21. When acquiring academic software, the teacher’s primary role is to
A) evaluate and identify appropriate software for classroom instruction.
B) identify the computer specifications for the software under consideration.
C) teach children how to use the software.
D) install purchased software on all computers in the classroom.