Module 2

Amazon, Kamatera, Salesforce, and Google are all examples of

Cloud service providers

The amount of time that passes between when a device is asked to perform and when it completes the task is known as

Latency

A PaaS vendor offers its clients the ability to quickly build a customer loyalty app that allows customers to earn points for every purchase. The client chooses what features they'd like the app to have from a predetermined list of choices. What is this an example of?

Mobile software application kit

Which of the four criteria is occurring when a network confirms that a transaction has not yet occurred on the blockchain?

a transaction is verified

A computer network must be connected to the Internet to support

communicating via email with people on other networks.

When a user has determined their destination, GIS can assist in providing directions. This is called

route information.

What is the main purpose of content delivery networks (CDNs)?

to minimize the distance between website users and website servers

An investment firm creates a network designed to facilitate information exchange between devices at its offices in New York City and New Haven, Connecticut. Which type of network would the company use to exchange information?

wide area network (WAN)

Which cryptocurrency shares features with a previous cryptocurrency but is technologically enhanced?

Bitcoin cash

What is the key reason to implement cloud computing into one's personal and/or business data and information processing?

Cloud computing diminishes the need to store files and software on a local drive.

Which cryptocurrency offers a blockchain-based platform that can be used to develop decentralized applications?

Ethereum

The key feature of Web 2.0 that allows users to collectively classify information, such as by tagging websites and online images, is called

Folksonomy

What is the second step in the process of sending a message via the Internet?

Identify the correct domain name.

A doctor in a small, private practice is looking for a safe way to share and receive patient information with other doctors his patients go to for care. She wants to make sure that any system she uses guarantees her patients privacy and abides by all local, state, and federal regulations (including HIPPA). Her tech adviser recommends a system that uses blockchain. Why would this be a good system for this type of information?

In blockchain, each record of a patient's data would be encrypted as a secure "block" of data; only authorized users would be able to access it.

If a company wants to create a secure computer network that can be accessed and used solely by its employees, it should create

Intranet

Which Web 2.0 feature utilizes application programming interfaces (APIs) to automate web content and/or processes?

SaaS

What is occurring when a call placed on a cellular network is "dropped?" More than one answer may be correct.

The call was unable to be relayed from the tower it initially connected with to a network of other cell towers. The mobile switching station that your phone connected to was unable to maintain a connection with the mobile switching station of the person you're calling.

What is the second criteria necessary for adding a block to the blockchain?

Transaction verification

What is the second step that occurs when placing a call on a cellular network?

Your voice is converted by your phone to an electrical signal that is transmitted via radio waves to the nearest cell tower.

Which of the following is one of the primary components that enable networks and individual devices to connect to the Internet?

a "backbone" of connected hardware and a suite of Internet protocol software