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The Windows Operating System:
A. is used on virtually all tablet and mobile devices today.
B. is a web-based operating system for the Internet era.
C. is an operating system used on most Wintel PCs throughout the world.
D. is a data management application used on PCs.
E. was an early PC operating system. - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>C. is an operating
system used on most Wintel PCs throughout the world.
Which of the following statements about Linux is not true?
A. Linux applications are embedded in cell phones, smartphones, netbooks, and other
handheld devices.
B. Linux works on all the major hardware platforms.
C. It is available in free versions downloadable from the Internet.
D. It has garnered 20 percent of the server operating system market.
E. It plays a major role in the back office running local area networks. - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>D. It has garnered 20 percent of the server operating system market.
Which model can be used to analyze the direct and indirect costs to help firms determine
the actual cost of specific technology implementations?
A. Cost-benefit analysis
B. Supply and demand
C. Return on investment
D. Breakeven point
E. Total cost of ownership - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>E. Total cost of ownership
Which of the following refers to the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to
serve a larger number of users without breaking down?
A. Expandability
B. Scalability
C. Customizability
D. Modality
E. Disintermediation - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>B. Scalability
Which of the following involves practices and technologies to minimize the
environmental effects of manufacturing and managing computing devices? A. Cloud
computing
B. Green computing
C. Utility computing
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,D. Capacity planning
E. On-demand computing - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>B. Green computing
Which of the following is not an example of a wearable computing device?
A. Smart ID badges
B. Smartphones
C. Smartwatch
D. Smart glasses
E. Activity trackers - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>B. Smartphones
Interpretations of Moore's law assert that:
A. data storage costs decrease by 50% every 18 months.
B. computing power will eventually level off.
C. PCs decrease in market share by 9% every 5 years.
D. computing power doubles every 18 months.
E. transistors decrease in size 50% every two years. - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>D.
computing power doubles every 18 months.
Sets of loosely coupled software components that exchange information with each other
using standard web communication standards and languages are referred to as:
A. SaaS.
B. EAI software.
C. web services.
D. SOAP.
E. SOA. - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>C. web services.
are created by combining and customizing components from different online
software applications.
A. SaaS
B. Apps
C. Web browsers
D. Web services
E. Web mashups - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>E. Web mashups
Which of the following became the standard PC in the Personal Computer
Era? A. MITS PC
B. Altair
C. DOS PC
D. Apple II
E. Wintel PC - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>E. Wintel PC
ZipRealty, which combines Google Maps with real estate data, is an example of:
A. a widget.
B. SOA.
C. a mashup.
D. cloud computing.
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,E. a web service. - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>C. a mashup.
Today's computer transistors are roughly equivalent in size to:
A. a human hair.
B. a virus.
C. the width of a fingernail.
D. a grain of sand.
E. several atoms. - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>B. a virus.
The marketplace for computer hardware:
A. has been decimated by mobile and cloud computing.
B. has moved significantly to Asian firms.
C. has become increasingly concentrated in top firms.
D. has expanded to include a wide variety of start-up and mobile-computing firms.
E. has begun moving away from blade servers. - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>C. has
become increasingly concentrated in top firms.
Linux is:
A. primarily concerned with the tasks of end users.
B. designed for specific machines and specific microprocessors.
C. especially useful for processing numeric data.
D. an example of open-source software.
E. poorly suited to power fast computers. - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>D. an example of
open-source software.
All of the following are typically factors in a firm's decision to engage consulting and
system integration services except:
A. the firm does not have the staff necessary to deploy and maintain the firm's IT
infrastructure. B. The firm's staff does not have the necessary experience to deploy and
maintain the firm's IT infrastructure.
C. The firm does not have the budget to deploy and maintain a firm's IT
infrastructure. D. the firm's staff do not have the skills necessary to deploy and
maintain the firm's IT infrastructure.
E. The firm's staff knows more about the firm's IT infrastructure than service providers. -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>E. The firm's staff knows more about the firm's IT
infrastructure than service providers.
Prewritten, commercially available sets of software programs that eliminate the need for a
firm to write its own software programs for certain functions, are referred to as: A. service
level agreements.
B. outsourced software.
C. software packages.
D. open-source software.
E. mashups. - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>C. software packages.
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, Which of the following factors does not help explain why computing resources today are even
more available than in previous decades?
A. Moore's law
B. Law of mass digital storage
C. Network economics
D. Widespread rejection of technology standards
E. Declining communications costs and the Internet - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>D.
Widespread rejection of technology standards
states that the value or power of a network grows exponentially as a function of the
number of network members.
A. Law of outsourcing
B. Law of networks
C. Moore's Law
D. Law of scalability
E. Metcalfe's Law - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>E. Metcalfe's Law
Firms that allow employees to use their own devices are embracing which of the following?
A. Mobile consolidation
B. Self computing
C. BYOD
D. Cloud computing
E. Wearable computing - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>C. BYOD
Place the following eras of IT infrastructure evolution in order, from earliest to most recent: 1.
Cloud Computing Era; 2. Client/Server; 3. Enterprise Era; 4. Personal Computer; and 5.
Mainframe and Minicomputer.
A.4,5,2,3,1
B.5,2,3,4,1
C.4,5,3,2,1
D.5,4,2,1,3
E. 5, 4, 2, 3, 1 - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>E. 5, 4, 2, 3, 1
A(n) is an integrated circuit which contains two or more processors to enhance
performance and reduce power consumption.
A. aggregate circuit
B. legacy processor
C. green circuit
D. multicore processor
E. scalable processor - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>D. multicore processor
The marketplace for computer hardware:
A. has expanded to include a wide variety of start-up and mobile-computing firms.
B. has moved significantly to Asian firms.
C. has been decimated by mobile and cloud computing.
D. has begun moving away from blade servers.
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