Quiz 5
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML): A more powerful and flexible markup language than hypertext markup language (HTML) for web pages, allowing data to be manipulated by the computer.
A mainframe is a type of legacy workstation.
False
Allowing departments to make their own software and hardware purchases increases efficiency and minimizes the need for centralized support.
False
An SaaS provider maintains a large web server, or series of servers, and provides fee-paying subscribers with space to maintain their websites.
False
Application server software is responsible for locating and managing stored web pages.
False
Client/server computing is the most widely used form of centralized processing.
False
One of the main benefits of moving to mobile business computing platforms is the dramatically lower costs of hardware.
False
Today, most system and application software is custom built by in-house programmers.
False
Using an online storage service such as DropBox is a type of virtualization.
False
XML is limited to describing how data should be presented in the form of web pages, while HTML can perform presentation, communication, and storage of data.
False
SaaS
SaaS (software as a service): Services for delivering and providing access to software remotely as a web-based service.
A computer language translation program is an example of system software.
True
A firm's IT infrastructure provides the foundation for supporting all the information systems in the business.
True
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
A software package for a mainframe usually requires a programmer to install it.
True
Google Apps is an example of SaaS.
True
HTML specifies how text, graphics, video, and sound are placed on a document.
True
HTML5 is the latest evolution of HTML, and is designed to make it much easier to embed third-party add-ons in web pages.
True
In cloud computing, rapid elasticity refers to the ability of computing resources to be quickly obtained, increased, or decreased to meet demand.
True
Nanotechnology uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies permit.
True
SOA is a set of self-contained web services that communicate with each other to create a working software application.
True
Software localization refers to the entire process of converting software to operate in a second language.
True
Systems integration means ensuring the legacy systems work with new elements of the infrastructure.
True
Total cost of ownership components include costs for downtime, training, and support.
True
Web browsers are the primary interface for accessing the Internet.
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
SOA
service-oriented architecture (SOA): Software architecture of a firm built on a collection of software programs that communicate with each other to perform assigned tasks to create a working software application.
