INFO 3130 Chapter 5

two-tiered client/server

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

True

A service level agreement specifies the nature and level of services provided by service providers.

SOA

A(n) ________ is a set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application.

use of backup generators.

All of the following are techniques being used to make data centers more "green" except:

Cloud Computing

All of the following are traditional storage technologies except:

the purchase price of new computer hardware equipment.

An analyst asked to perform capacity planning for a system would need to take into account all of the following factors except:

True

HTML specifies how text, graphics, video, and sound are placed on a web page.

SSDS

In lightweight PCs, smartphones, and tablets, which of the following have replaced hard drives?

data management software.

Software that organizes, manages, and processes business data, such as data concerned with inventory, customers, and vendors, is called:

Application Software

Software used to apply the computer to a specific task for an end user is called:

collaboration service.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines cloud computing as having all of the following characteristics except:

Web services

The ability of a person booking a flight on Southwest.com's website to reserve a car from Dollar Rent-A-Car without having to leave the airline's website is an example of the usage by Dollar Rent-A-Car and Southwest Airlines of which of the following?

centralized maintenance

The business case for using grid computing involves all of the following except:

False

The total cost of ownership refers to only the direct costs of owning hardware and software.

Web services

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?

distributed processing.

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

False

Today, most system software is custom built by in-house programmers.

True

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

Sensor

Which of the following devices collects data directly from the environment for input into a computer system?

Blu-ray

Which of the following is a type of optical drive storage?

Transaction processing system running on a mainframe

Which of the following is an example of a legacy system?

Android

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

Flat panel (LCD) display screen

Which of the following is not a type of input device?

Open source software

Which of the following is not an essential characteristic of cloud computing?

Cloud Computing

Which of the following is the fastest-growing form of computing?

Spreadsheet

Which of the following software tools would you use to prepare a what-if analysis?

Linux is the primary OS used in quantum computing.

Which of the following statements about Linux is not true?

The bulk of processing occurs on the client.

Which of the following statements about client/server computing is not true?

Capacity Planning

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

green computing

________ describes the practices and technologies used to minimize the environmental effects of manufacturing and managing computing devices.