MIS Ch. 5 Quiz

Which of the following is an open-source operating system designed for mobile devices?

Android

You use ________ to predict when a computer hardware system becomes saturated.

Capacity Planning

The use of multiple computers linked by a communications network for processing is called:

Distributed processing

Client/server computing is the most widely used form of centralized processing.

False

________ is free software created and updated by a worldwide community of programmers.

Open-Douce software

Which of the following is a high-speed network dedicated to storage that connects different kinds of storage devices, such as tape libraries and disk arrays so they can be shared by multiple servers?

SAN

hosting and managing access to software applications delivered over the Internet to clients on a subscription basis.

SaaS

Which of the following software tools would you use to prepare a break-even analysis?

Spreadsheet

To analyze the direct and indirect costs and determine the actual cost of specific technology implementations, you would use a:

Total cost of ownership model

A private cloud is operated for the benefit of a single organization but may be managed by a third party and located off premises.

True

Web services can exchange information between two different systems regardless of the operating system or programming languages on which the systems are based.

True

XML provides a standard format for data exchange, enabling web services to pass data from one process to another.

True

A client computer networked to a server computer, with processing split between the two types of machines, is called a(n) ________ architecture.

Two-tiered client/server

The toy manufacturer you work for wants to exchange data with a chain of toy stores in order to improve its distribution and speed to market. The toy stores use different software than your firm. Which of the following tools or technologies presents the best solution?

Web Services

Which of the following statements is true about cloud computing?

fastest-growing form of computing, changes for cloud resources based on resources actually used, relies on the internet, allows smaller firms to use resources previously unaffordable

Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a "virtual supercomputer" is called:

grid computing

In a ________ computing model, companies use their own infrastructure for essential computing tasks and adopt public cloud computing for less critical operations or additional processing during peak business periods.

hybrid cloud

The work of the entire network is balanced over several levels of servers.

multitiered network

storage networks, magnetic tape, magnetic disk, and optical disk.

primary storage technologies

Which of the following types of computer is used for weather forecasting on a national or worldwide scale?

supercomputer