CIS314 Chapter 5 Questions

Scalability refers to the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a large number of users without breaking down.

True

The decision to purchase your own IT assets or rent them from external providers is also referred to as the rent-versus-buy decision.

True

Today, many business firms continue to operate legacy systems because they meet a business need and would be costly to replace.

True

Whereas HTML is limited to describing how data should be presented in the form of Web pages, XML can perform presentation, communication, and data storage tasks.

True

Which of the following is not one of the main six factors to consider when evaluating how much your firm should spend on IT infrastructure? Your firm's organizational culture Information technology assessment The IT investments made by competitor firms Your firm's business strategy Market demand for your firm's services

Your firm's organizational culture

TCO refers to the original cost of purchased technology: both hardware and software.

False

Which of the following involves practices and technologies to minimize the environmental effects of manufacturing and managing computing devices? Green computing Utility computing On-demand computing Capacity planning Cloud computing

Green Computing

Which of the following is a leading networking hardware provider? Seagate Dell Intel Cisco IBM

Cisco

Interpretations of Moore's law assert that: transistors decrease in size 50% every two years. computing power will eventually level off. data storage costs decrease by 50% every 18 months. computing power doubles every 18 months. PCs decrease in market share by 9% every 5 years.

Computing power doubles every 18 months

IT infrastructure consists of only those physical computing devices required to operate the enterprise.

False

SANs maintain a series of servers and provide fee-paying subscribers with space to maintain their websites.

False

Which type of infrastructure service provides data, voice and video connectivity to employees, customers, and suppliers? Telephone VOIP Telecommunications Networking Data management

Telecommunications

Hypertext markup language specifies how text, graphics, video, and sound are placed on a webpage.

True

In N-tier computing, significant parts of website content, logic, and processing are performed by different servers.

True

Firms that allow employees to use their own devices are embracing which of the following? BYOD Wearable computing Mobile consolidation Self computing Cloud computing

BYOD

How would you determine the market demand for your firm's IT services? Hold focus groups to assess your services Analyze sales returns on key investments Perform a TCO analysis Perform a stress test Benchmark your services

Hold focus groups to assess your services

________ interfaces allow users to employ one or more fingers to manipulate objects on a screen without a mouse or keyboard. Hypertouch Scalable Multitouch Linux Nanotech

Multitouch

Software that manages the resources of the computer is called: data management software. web services software. operating system software. network software. application software.

Operating System Software

Which of the following is not an IT infrastructure service component? Operating system software IT education services that provide training to employees Physical facilities management to manage the facilities housing physical components IT management services to plan and develop the infrastructure and provide project management Computing platforms to provide a coherent digital environment

Operating System Software

The practice of contracting custom software development to an outside firm is commonly referred to as: utility computing. service-oriented architecture. outsourcing. scaling. application integration.

Outsourcing

The ability to be in multiple states at once, dramatically increasing processing power, is a hallmark of: co-location. quantum computing. utility computing. edge computing. grid computing.

Quantum Computing

A SAN is a ________ network. software arrangement scalable architecture service-oriented architecture server area storage area

Storage Area

An application server may reside on the same computer as a web server or on its own dedicated computer.

True

Cloud computing is the fastest growing form of computing.

True