BMGT 301 Final Term Exam – Verified
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Wikis - ✔✔a website that can be modified by anyone, from directly within a Web Browser, provided that
user is granted edit access
Social Networks - ✔✔an online community that allows users to establish a personal profile and
communicate with others (MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook)
The Feed - ✔✔the most powerful feature of most social networks
Viral - ✔✔information or applications that spread rapidly between users
Twitter - ✔✔a microblogging service that allows users to post 140 character messages (tweets) via the
web, SMS, or a variety third-party desktop and smartphone applications
Micro-blogging - ✔✔a type of short-message blogging, often made via mobile device
Twitter - ✔✔default setting allows for asymmetrical following, unlike facebook
Wikipedia - ✔✔largest and most popular Wiki
Wisdom of the Crowd - ✔✔the idea that a group of individuals, often consisting of untrained amateurs,
will collectively have more insight than a single or small group of trained professionals
Trackbacks - ✔✔those are links in a blog post that refer readers back to cited sources
The Sharing Economy - ✔✔technology allows product and service providers to connect with consumers
, IT infrastructure - ✔✔provides platforms for supporting all information systems in the business
Examples of IT infrastructure - ✔✔Computer hardware, computer software, data management
technology, networking and telecommunications technology
Components of IT infrastructure - ✔✔Data management and storage, internet platforms, computer
hardware platforms, consultants and system integrators, networking/telecommunications, enterprise
software applications, operating systems platforms
Moore's Law and the Law of Mass Digital Storage - ✔✔computing power doubles every 18 months
Law of Mass Digital Storage (LMDS) - ✔✔the amount of data being stored each year doubles, the world
produces as much as 5 exabytes of unique information per year
The mobile digital platform - ✔✔based on new handheld hardware like cell phones and tablet
computers
Nanotechnology - ✔✔creating computer chips and other devices thousands of time smaller through
manipulating individual atoms, molecules
Grid computing - ✔✔connects geographically remote computers into a single network to combine
processing power and create virtual supercomputer
Virtualization - ✔✔allows single physical resources to act as multiple resources, reduces hardware and
power expenditures
Grid computing - ✔✔Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a
"virtual supercomputer"
Cloud computing - ✔✔Refers to replacing computing resources- of either an organization or individual's
hardware or software- with services provided over the Internet
Questions and Answers – Scored 100%
Wikis - ✔✔a website that can be modified by anyone, from directly within a Web Browser, provided that
user is granted edit access
Social Networks - ✔✔an online community that allows users to establish a personal profile and
communicate with others (MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook)
The Feed - ✔✔the most powerful feature of most social networks
Viral - ✔✔information or applications that spread rapidly between users
Twitter - ✔✔a microblogging service that allows users to post 140 character messages (tweets) via the
web, SMS, or a variety third-party desktop and smartphone applications
Micro-blogging - ✔✔a type of short-message blogging, often made via mobile device
Twitter - ✔✔default setting allows for asymmetrical following, unlike facebook
Wikipedia - ✔✔largest and most popular Wiki
Wisdom of the Crowd - ✔✔the idea that a group of individuals, often consisting of untrained amateurs,
will collectively have more insight than a single or small group of trained professionals
Trackbacks - ✔✔those are links in a blog post that refer readers back to cited sources
The Sharing Economy - ✔✔technology allows product and service providers to connect with consumers
, IT infrastructure - ✔✔provides platforms for supporting all information systems in the business
Examples of IT infrastructure - ✔✔Computer hardware, computer software, data management
technology, networking and telecommunications technology
Components of IT infrastructure - ✔✔Data management and storage, internet platforms, computer
hardware platforms, consultants and system integrators, networking/telecommunications, enterprise
software applications, operating systems platforms
Moore's Law and the Law of Mass Digital Storage - ✔✔computing power doubles every 18 months
Law of Mass Digital Storage (LMDS) - ✔✔the amount of data being stored each year doubles, the world
produces as much as 5 exabytes of unique information per year
The mobile digital platform - ✔✔based on new handheld hardware like cell phones and tablet
computers
Nanotechnology - ✔✔creating computer chips and other devices thousands of time smaller through
manipulating individual atoms, molecules
Grid computing - ✔✔connects geographically remote computers into a single network to combine
processing power and create virtual supercomputer
Virtualization - ✔✔allows single physical resources to act as multiple resources, reduces hardware and
power expenditures
Grid computing - ✔✔Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a
"virtual supercomputer"
Cloud computing - ✔✔Refers to replacing computing resources- of either an organization or individual's
hardware or software- with services provided over the Internet
