ISTM 210 - Exam 1 (Phinney)
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Who used carrier pigeons to get news and stocks from Belgium to
Germany? -
correct answer ✅Reuters
What was the first way the world connected? -
correct answer ✅The Telegraph
The study, design, development, implementation, support, and
management of computer-based information systems, particularly
software and hardware -
correct answer ✅Information Technology (IT)
Who is in charge of all computer assets for an organization? -
correct answer ✅Chief Information Officer (CIO)
The knowledge that enables a person to understand something -
correct answer ✅Competency
The physical parts of a computer -
correct answer ✅Hardware
,ISTM 210 - Exam 1 (Phinney)
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Systems that make hardware work -
correct answer ✅Software
Hard drive or software that exists on another computer connected
by a network -
correct answer ✅The Cloud
Cloud service provider in San Antonio -
correct answer ✅rackspace.com
Requires internet connection
Don't know where your information is actually being stored -
correct answer ✅Disadvantages of the Coud
Who founded intel? -
correct answer ✅Gordon Moore
Computer power doubles every 18 months -
correct answer ✅Moore's Law
, ISTM 210 - Exam 1 (Phinney)
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Massive, room-sized computers that process and store enormous
amounts of bulk data and information -
correct answer ✅Mainframe Computers
TAMU has 2 kinds of what hardware for payroll and transactions? -
correct answer ✅Mainframe Computers
What kind of hardware are TAMU student files on? -
correct answer ✅Super Computers
Who are big mainframe makers? -
correct answer ✅IBM and Amdahl
What is IBM's nickname? -
correct answer ✅Big Blue
Less powerful and smaller in physical size than mainframe
computers, but do many of the same things, simply on a smaller
scale -
correct answer ✅Midrange Computers
Smaller than mainframes and midrange computers
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Who used carrier pigeons to get news and stocks from Belgium to
Germany? -
correct answer ✅Reuters
What was the first way the world connected? -
correct answer ✅The Telegraph
The study, design, development, implementation, support, and
management of computer-based information systems, particularly
software and hardware -
correct answer ✅Information Technology (IT)
Who is in charge of all computer assets for an organization? -
correct answer ✅Chief Information Officer (CIO)
The knowledge that enables a person to understand something -
correct answer ✅Competency
The physical parts of a computer -
correct answer ✅Hardware
,ISTM 210 - Exam 1 (Phinney)
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Systems that make hardware work -
correct answer ✅Software
Hard drive or software that exists on another computer connected
by a network -
correct answer ✅The Cloud
Cloud service provider in San Antonio -
correct answer ✅rackspace.com
Requires internet connection
Don't know where your information is actually being stored -
correct answer ✅Disadvantages of the Coud
Who founded intel? -
correct answer ✅Gordon Moore
Computer power doubles every 18 months -
correct answer ✅Moore's Law
, ISTM 210 - Exam 1 (Phinney)
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Massive, room-sized computers that process and store enormous
amounts of bulk data and information -
correct answer ✅Mainframe Computers
TAMU has 2 kinds of what hardware for payroll and transactions? -
correct answer ✅Mainframe Computers
What kind of hardware are TAMU student files on? -
correct answer ✅Super Computers
Who are big mainframe makers? -
correct answer ✅IBM and Amdahl
What is IBM's nickname? -
correct answer ✅Big Blue
Less powerful and smaller in physical size than mainframe
computers, but do many of the same things, simply on a smaller
scale -
correct answer ✅Midrange Computers
Smaller than mainframes and midrange computers
