Quiz Five MIS

true or false? Web services can exchange information between two different systems only if the operating systems and programming languages upon which the systems are based are identical.

false

true or false? Microsoft is the market leader in client/server networking.

true

At what percent of capacity do most servers operate? 100% 15-20% 40-50% 80-90% approximately 70 percent

15-20%

Hardware and software acquisition costs account for about ________ percent of TCO. 90 50 20 75 40

20

Place the following eras of IT infrastructure evolution in order, from earliest to most recent: 1. Cloud Computing Era; 2. Client/Server; 3. Enterprise Era; 4. Personal Computer; and 5. Mainframe and Minicomputer. 5, 4, 2, 1, 3 4, 5, 3, 2, 1 5, 4, 2, 3, 1 4, 5, 2, 3, 1 5, 2, 3, 4, 1

5, 4, 2, 3, 1

Which of the following is not an example of the consumerization of IT? Google Apps Gmail Amazon Web Services Dropbox Facebook

Amazon Web Services

Which of the following is the most popular mobile operating system? Android Chrome OS iOS Unix Linux

Android

Firms that allow employees to use their own devices are embracing which of the following? Cloud computing Self computing Mobile consolidation BYOD Wearable computing

BYOD

Which of the following is not an example of the mobile digital platform? CRM Cell phones Tablets Apps Kindle

CRM

Which of the following is a leading networking hardware provider? IBM Dell Cisco Seagate Intel

Cisco

Which of the following is the network standard for connecting desktop computers into local area networks that enabled the widespread adoption of client/server computing and local area networks and further stimulated the adoption of personal computers? COBOL TCP/IP Ethernet Linux ASCII

Ethernet

How would you determine the market demand for your firm's IT services? Hold focus groups to assess your services Perform a TCO analysis Benchmark your services Analyze sales returns on key investments Perform a stress test

Hold focus groups to assess your services

Which of the following statements about Linux is not true? It has garnered 20 percent of the server operating system market. It plays a major role in the back office running local area networks. Linux works on all the major hardware platforms. Linux applications are embedded in cell phones, smartphones, netbooks, and other handheld devices. It is available in free versions downloadable from the Internet.

It has garnered 20 percent of the server operating system market.

_______ states that the value or power of a network grows exponentially as a function of the number of network members. Metcalfe's Law Law of outsourcing Law of networks Law of scalability Moore's Law

Metcalfe's Law

_______ interfaces allow users to employ one or more fingers to manipulate objects on a screen without a mouse or keyboard. Nanotech Hypertouch Linux Scalable Multitouch

Multitouch

Which of the following types of computing involves purchasing computing power from a remote provider and paying only for the computing power used? Autonomic Grid Quantum Edge On-demand

On-demand

Which of the following is not an IT infrastructure service component? Physical facilities management to manage the facilities housing physical components Computing platforms to provide a coherent digital environment IT management services to plan and develop the infrastructure and provide project management Operating system software IT education services that provide training to employees

Operating system software

A formal contract between customers and their service providers that outlines the specific responsibilities of the service provider and to the customer is called a(n): RFQ. TCO. SOA. SaaS. SLA.

SLA.

Which of the following refers to a set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application? EAI software Prepackaged software SOAP SOA Web services

SOA

Which of the following refers to the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a larger number of users without breaking down? Disintermediation Customizability Scalability Modality Expandability

Scalability

Which of the following is not an example of a wearable computing device? Smart ID badges Smartphones Activity trackers Smartwatch Smart glasses

Smartphones

Which type of infrastructure service provides data, voice and video connectivity to employees, customers, and suppliers? Data management Networking Telephone VOIP Telecommunications

Telecommunications

All of the following are current hardware platform trends except: green computing. cloud computing. quantum computing. Unix. virtualization.

Unix.

Which of the following is a recent addition to the mobile digital platform? Green computing devices Wearable computing devices Grid computing devices Cloud computing devices Quantum computing devices

Wearable computing devices

________ are created by combining and customizing components from different online software applications. Web browsers Web services Apps Web mashups SaaS

Web mashups

Which of the following factors does not help explain why computing resources today are even more available than in previous decades? Moore's law Declining communications costs and the Internet Network economics Law of mass digital storage Widespread rejection of technology standards

Widespread rejection of technology standards

Which of the following is the foundation technology for web services? UDDI HTML SOAP SCSI XML

XML

Which of the following is not one of the main six factors to consider when evaluating how much your firm should spend on IT infrastructure? The IT investments made by competitor firms Information technology assessment Your firm's business strategy Market demand for your firm's services Your firm's organizational culture

Your firm's organizational culture

Running a Java program on a computer requires: a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on the server hosting the Java applet. no specialized software, as Java is platform-independent. the Mozilla Firefox browser and no other browsers. a miniature program to be downloaded to the user's computer. a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on that computer

a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on that computer

Today's nanotechnology-produced computer transistors are roughly equivalent in size to: a virus. a human hair. the width of a fingernail. a grain of sand. an atom.

a virus.

The introduction of the minicomputer: offered new, powerful machines at higher prices than mainframes. allowed computers to be customized to the specific needs of departments or business units. was dominated by IBM. strengthened centralized computing. represented the rise of Microsoft.

allowed computers to be customized to the specific needs of departments or business units.

Linux is: an example of open-source software. poorly suited to power fast computers. especially useful for processing numeric data. designed for specific machines and specific microprocessors. primarily concerned with the tasks of end users.

an example of open-source software.

A(n)________ is used to communicate between a user and an organization's back-end systems. application server private server blade server legacy server public server

application server

A software program with a graphical user interface for displaying web pages and for accessing the web and other Internet resources is called a web: client. service. browser. beacon. app.

browser.

Interpretations of Moore's law assert that: computing power doubles every 18 months. computing power will eventually level off. PCs decrease in market share by 9% every 5 years. transistors decrease in size 50% every two years. data storage costs decrease by 50% every 18 months.

computing power doubles every 18 months.

The development of TCP/IP occurred during the ________ era. client/server era personal computer general-purpose mainframe and minicomputer enterprise computing cloud and mobile computing

enterprise computing

true or false? Application server software is responsible for locating and managing stored webpages.

false

true or false? Exponential growth in the number of transistors and the power of processors is expected to increase for the foreseeable future.

false

true or false? Quantum computing is not yet available to the general public.

false

true or false? SANs maintain a series of servers and provide fee-paying subscribers with space to maintain their websites.

false

true or false? TCO refers to the original cost of purchased technology: both hardware and software.

false

The marketplace for computer hardware: has expanded to include a wide variety of start-up and mobile-computing firms. has been decimated by mobile and cloud computing. has become increasingly concentrated in top firms. has moved significantly to Asian firms. has begun moving away from blade servers

has become increasingly concentrated in top firms.

SaaS refers to: hosting and managing access to software applications delivered over the Internet to clients on a subscription basis. managing combinations of applications, networks, systems, storage, and security as well as providing Web site and systems performance monitoring to subscribers over the Internet. easy-to-use software tools for displaying Web pages. supplying online access over networks to storage devices and storage area network technology. self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application.

hosting and managing access to software applications delivered over the Internet to clients on a subscription basis.

Software that manages the resources of the computer is called: application software. operating system software. data management software. web services software. network software.

operating system software.

The practice of contracting custom software development to an outside firm is commonly referred to as: outsourcing. application integration. scaling. utility computing. service-oriented architecture.

outsourcing

The ability to be in multiple states at once, dramatically increasing processing power, is a hallmark of: edge computing. grid computing. co-location. utility computing. quantum computing.

quantum computing.

Prewritten, commercially available sets of software programs that eliminate the need for a firm to write its own software programs for certain functions, are referred to as: outsourced software. service level agreements. mashups. software packages. open-source software.

software packages.

Specifications that establish the compatibility of products and the ability to communicate in a network are called: telecommunications standards. technology standards. network standards. compatibility standards. Internet standards.

technology standards.

In a multi-tiered network: processing is located in the cloud. the work of the entire network is centralized. processing is handled by multiple, geographically-remote clients. processing is split between clients and servers. the work of the entire network is balanced over several levels of servers.

the work of the entire network is balanced over several levels of servers.

true or false? A service-oriented architecture is set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application.

true

true or false? An application server may reside on the same computer as a web server or on its own dedicated computer

true

true or false? Cloud computing is the fastest growing form of computing.

true

true or false? In financial services firms, investments in IT infrastructure represent more than half of all capital invested.

true

true or false? In green computing, reducing computer power consumption is a top priority.

true

true or false? It is much easier to eliminate a cloud service than to remove functionality from a company's core internal systems.

true

true or false? Java software is designed to run on any computing device, regardless of the specific microprocessor or operating system it uses

true

true or false? Scalability refers to the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a large number of users without breaking down.

true

true or false? The decision to purchase your own IT assets or rent them from external providers is also referred to as the rent-versus-buy decision.

true

true or false? The operating system is used to manage the computer's activities.

true

true or false? Today, many business firms continue to operate legacy systems because they meet a business need and would be costly to replace.

true

All of the following are cloud computing services except: on-demand computing. infrastructure as a service. virtualization as a service. software as a service. platform as a service.

virtualization as a service.