CIS chapter 5 quiz

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The size of a nanotube is about​ ________ thinner than a human hair.

10,000 times

Gipsi runs a manufacturing company. She recently invested in​ ________ computing devices because she wanted to improve productivity by delivering information to workers without requiring them to interrupt their tasks

wearable

Regarding the IT infrastructure​ ecosystem, data management includes​ ________.

​Oracle, SQL​ Server, and MySQL

​A(n) ________ is a commercially available set of software programs that eliminate the need for a firm to write its own programs for business functions.

enterprise software application

Competitor​ firms' IT services is​ a(n) ________ of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure.

external part

According to​ Moore's Law​ (1965), the ratio of price to performance has​ ________.

fallen

​Salesforce's ________ provides a set of development tools and IT services that enable users to build new applications and run them in the cloud on their data center infrastructure.

platform as a service​ (PaaS)

Infrastructure as a service​ (IaaS) provides​ ________.

processing, storage, and networking resources

A positive regarding cloud computing includes​ ________.

rapid elasticity

Setting up a system so that it is not restricted by physical configuration or geographic location is an example of​ ________.

virtualization

Computer processing work that is split between a desktop computer and a more powerful computer that processes and stores shared​ data, serves up web​ pages, or manages network activities is called​ ________ .

client/server

The typical computing configuration in 1960 was​ ________.

mainframe

Regarding the IT infrastructure​ ecosystem, Microsoft​ Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X are examples of​ ________.

operating systems platforms

​A(n) ________ is defined as the shared technology resources that provide the platform for the​ firm's specific information systems applications.

Information technology infrastructure

​________ is a markup language that allows for tagging selected elements of the content of documents for their meanings and is used for transferring data.

XML

​________ refers to a model of computing that provides access to a shared pool of computing resources over the Internet.

Cloud

Which of the following options is NOT part of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure​ investment?

Current supply like your​ firm's services

Which of the following options is a page description language for generating Web pages​ (e.g., text, dynamic​ links)?

HTML

​________ is free software produced by a community of several hundred thousand programmers around the world.

Open source

Google Apps are an example of​ ________.

Software as a service​ (SaaS)

​________ services ensure that a​ firm's new infrastructure works with the​ firm's older systems and that all parts of the​ firm's infrastructure work together.

System integration

The Law of Mass Digital Storage suggests that the​ ________.

amount of digital information doubles each year

A cloud​ ________.

can be private or public

An IT infrastructure includes​ ________.

hardware, software, and services

Your​ firm's business strategy is​ a(n) ________ of the competitive forces model for IT infrastructure.

internal part


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