ISTM 210 - EXAM 3 (PHINNEY)
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What is a big benefit of PaaS when it comes to old and new computers?
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Because Amazon's Elastic Beanstalk, Force.com,
or Google's App Engine offer up-to-date computer platforms, the
employees of a company that uses Cloud services can use their current
(new or old) computers to access new computer platforms via the
Cloud. This cuts costs dramatically because the company doesn't have
to buy all new computers for its employees.
While utilizing DropBox (Staas) is great, what expense might a
company have to incur to access the Cloud efficiently? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > The expense of increasing its bandwidth
Sun Microsystems used to own ___________ before it was sold to
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Oracle and now Apache. It's current name is _______________ - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice
Everything about the cloud is feasible. What lurking question still
remains? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "Will it really work?"
True or False: Paas helps minimize the amount of IT people a company
needs. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > True
True or False: A company is less flexible if they solely use Paas services.
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > True
If a company eliminates most of its IT people, it no longer has the ability
to act independently on what it deems necessary to grow without the
Paas provider. Their growth is restricted by the capacity of the Paas
provider.
What is a perceived disadvantage of the Cloud? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Security
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What is a business expense for speed when using the Cloud? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Purchasing suitable bandwidth
The most important parts of database software are _____________. -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Tables
Consist of records (rows) separated by fields (columns) that can be
queried (questioned) to produce subsets of information - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Tables
When data is stored in computer files called tables, and tables are
connected to other tables with related information, this is referred to as a
__________________ __________________. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Relational database
The first data base management systems were, perhaps,
____________ _______________. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Filing cabinets
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Type of files found in a database - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Tables
Queries
Reports
Forms
Reports - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Display database information on screen or
on paper
Forms - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Overlay data tables and queries for more
specific views of data
Saved query files - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Used to find specific populations
(subsets) within databases
A picture of a database's tables and how they relate to each other. - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Entity Relationship Modeling (ERM)