Chapter 14 Quiz (quiz 9)

infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

In ______, clients can select their own operating systems, development environments, underlying applications like databases, or other software packages, while the cloud firm usually manages the infrastructure.

scripting languages

Programming tools that execute within an application are called ______.

frameworks

Some programming languages are extended by ______. These are libraries,templates, and extensions that simplify and standardize common tasks, speeding software development, reducing errors, and prompting reuse. Examples of popular frameworks used to develop websites include Rails (for Ruby), Django (for Python), AngularJS (for JavaScript), and ASP.NET (pronounced "ay-ess-pee dot net").

True

T/F App stores can lower distribution costs compared to packaged software alternatives.

False

T/F Consumerization of corporate technology stifles employee creativity.

False

T/F Firms that adopt software as a service actually buy a system's software and hardware, so these systems become a fixed operating expense.

True

T/F Firms using SaaS products can dramatically lower several costs associated with the care and feeding of their information systems.

False

T/F SaaS offerings usually work well when the bulk of computing happens at the client end of a distributed system.

c. hardened

Technology features with particularly strong security features are said to be: a. integrated b. virtualized c. hardened d. scalable e. white swans

e. To power many of the internet's most popular web sites.

The LAMP stack of open source products is used: a. as a template for most operating systems b. to provide guidelines for programming databases c. in debugging most of the software tools available today d. as a global set of standards for software product improvements and official releases. e. To power many of the internet's most popular web sites.

containers

The phrase ______ refers to a type of virtualization that allows applications to share an operating system, but it still lets resources be shuttles around from low-powered hardware to massive pools of servers if capacity spikes.

cloudbursting

The term ______ describes the use of cloud computing to provide excess capacity during periods of spiking demand.

b. Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl

Which of the following sets of software represents the constituents of the LAMP stack? a. LimeWire, Acrobat Reader, Mozilla, Python b. Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl c. Lingo, Afnix, Moby, PPL d. Linux, Android, Mac OS X, PHP e. LimeWire, AppleScript, MATLAB, Photoshop

a. The flagship OSS product is the Linux operating system, now available on all scales of computing devices.

Which of the following statements relating to open source software is true? a. The flagship OSS product is the Linux operating system, now available on all scales of computing devices. b. Open source software is available for anyone to download from the internet, but the code should not be modified. c. The vast majority of people who work on efforts like Linux are now paid to do so by non-profit organizations such as the Linux foundation. d. The source code for open source software may be modified and redistrubuted, provided it is priced reasonably and part of the proceeds is contributed to the Linux Foundation. e. Major hardware firms no longer employ paid staff contributing to open source projects.

e. Open source is fueled on the contributions of loners tooling away for the glory of contributing to better code.

Which of the following was an outdated notion regarding open source software and has been shown to be inaccurate? a. Open source software is free and is available for anyone to look at and potentially modify. b. Open source software can be changed and redistributed, provided the modified software remains open and free. c. Open source software is to technology what capitalism is to economics. d. The majority of persons who work on open source projects are paid by commercially motivated employers. e. Open source is fueled on the contributions of loners tooling away for the glory of contributing to better code.