MSIS 2103 EVALUATION ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔blade server - ✔✔many computer motherboards that include one or more
processors, computer memory, computer storage, and computer network connections.
These all share a common power supply and air-cooling source within a single chassis.
✔✔Data Center - ✔✔climate-and-access-controlled building or a set of buildings that
houses the computer hardware that delivers an organization's data and information
services.
✔✔green computing - ✔✔involves reducing the electricity consumed and environmental
waste generated when using a computer
✔✔System Software - ✔✔operating systems, utilities, and middleware that coordinate
the activities and functions of the hardware and other programs throughout the
computer system.
✔✔Applications software - ✔✔programs that help users solve computing problems.
Examples include a spreadsheet program or a program that captures and displays data
that enables monitoring of a manufacturing process.
✔✔operating system - ✔✔set of programs that controls a computer's hardware and acts
as an interface with application software
✔✔Virtualization - ✔✔Virtualization is an approach to improving hardware utilization by
logically dividing the resources of a single physical server to create multiple logical
servers called virtual machines.
✔✔Middleware - ✔✔software that provides messaging services that allow different
applications to communicate and exchange data
, ✔✔Application Software - ✔✔enable people, workgroups, and entire enterprises to
solve problems and perform specific tasks.
✔✔proprietary software - ✔✔one-of-a-kind software designed for a specific application
and for an individual company, organization, or person that uses it
✔✔Off-the-shelf software - ✔✔produced by software vendors to address needs that are
common across businesses, organizations, or individuals.
✔✔Software as a Service (SaaS) - ✔✔software distribution model under which a third-
party provider hosts applications and makes them available to subscribers over the
Internet
✔✔End User License Agreement (EULA) - ✔✔A legal contract between the author of
software and the end user that defines how the software can be used
✔✔Open Source Software (OSS) - ✔✔software that is distributed, typically for free, with
the source code also available so that it can be studied, changed, and improved by its
users.
✔✔Network Tropology - ✔✔The arrangement of nodes (devices) in a network
✔✔Star Network - ✔✔Each device is connected to a central devices such as a hub or
switch.
✔✔Bus Network - ✔✔Devices connected to a common backbone
Serves as a shared communications medium
✔✔Mesh Network - ✔✔Multiple access points link a series of devices across a large
area
✔✔Personal Area Network (PAN) - ✔✔Connects devices close to one person
✔✔Local Area Network (LAN) - ✔✔Connects systems and devices within a small area
✔✔Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) - ✔✔network that spans a metropolitan area,
usually a city and its major suburbs.
✔✔Wide Area Network (WAN) - ✔✔Spans a large geographic area such as a state,
province, or country
✔✔twisted-pair wire - ✔✔a communications medium consisting of strands of copper
wire twisted together in pairs
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔blade server - ✔✔many computer motherboards that include one or more
processors, computer memory, computer storage, and computer network connections.
These all share a common power supply and air-cooling source within a single chassis.
✔✔Data Center - ✔✔climate-and-access-controlled building or a set of buildings that
houses the computer hardware that delivers an organization's data and information
services.
✔✔green computing - ✔✔involves reducing the electricity consumed and environmental
waste generated when using a computer
✔✔System Software - ✔✔operating systems, utilities, and middleware that coordinate
the activities and functions of the hardware and other programs throughout the
computer system.
✔✔Applications software - ✔✔programs that help users solve computing problems.
Examples include a spreadsheet program or a program that captures and displays data
that enables monitoring of a manufacturing process.
✔✔operating system - ✔✔set of programs that controls a computer's hardware and acts
as an interface with application software
✔✔Virtualization - ✔✔Virtualization is an approach to improving hardware utilization by
logically dividing the resources of a single physical server to create multiple logical
servers called virtual machines.
✔✔Middleware - ✔✔software that provides messaging services that allow different
applications to communicate and exchange data
, ✔✔Application Software - ✔✔enable people, workgroups, and entire enterprises to
solve problems and perform specific tasks.
✔✔proprietary software - ✔✔one-of-a-kind software designed for a specific application
and for an individual company, organization, or person that uses it
✔✔Off-the-shelf software - ✔✔produced by software vendors to address needs that are
common across businesses, organizations, or individuals.
✔✔Software as a Service (SaaS) - ✔✔software distribution model under which a third-
party provider hosts applications and makes them available to subscribers over the
Internet
✔✔End User License Agreement (EULA) - ✔✔A legal contract between the author of
software and the end user that defines how the software can be used
✔✔Open Source Software (OSS) - ✔✔software that is distributed, typically for free, with
the source code also available so that it can be studied, changed, and improved by its
users.
✔✔Network Tropology - ✔✔The arrangement of nodes (devices) in a network
✔✔Star Network - ✔✔Each device is connected to a central devices such as a hub or
switch.
✔✔Bus Network - ✔✔Devices connected to a common backbone
Serves as a shared communications medium
✔✔Mesh Network - ✔✔Multiple access points link a series of devices across a large
area
✔✔Personal Area Network (PAN) - ✔✔Connects devices close to one person
✔✔Local Area Network (LAN) - ✔✔Connects systems and devices within a small area
✔✔Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) - ✔✔network that spans a metropolitan area,
usually a city and its major suburbs.
✔✔Wide Area Network (WAN) - ✔✔Spans a large geographic area such as a state,
province, or country
✔✔twisted-pair wire - ✔✔a communications medium consisting of strands of copper
wire twisted together in pairs
