Case 3 John Is in Charge of Buying the Software

question 62

Multiple Choice

Case 3 John is in charge of buying the software for a hospital in a small town. He needs to research and make decisions about the software that is needed to update the hospital's outdated system. John wants to have the hospital employees use software that can facilitate communication by e-mail or other channels, distribute documents according to a prearranged schedule or sequence, and allow multiple people to contribute to a single document, among having other capabilities. Such a software is called ____.

• A) accounting software
• B) groupware
• C) e-mail software
• D) database management software

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