MIS 301 Exam 2 (Final) Study Guide
Questions and All Correct Answers.
When a firm has an IPO, it is said to have - Answer gone public, selling shares on a public
stock exchange for the first time
Investor groups that provide funding in exchange for an ownership stake in the firm are called -
Answer venture capitalists
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, ensured that he remained in control of the firm
even after it went public by - Answer retaining a majority of voting rights in the public
company
The deep Web refers to - Answer sites that cannot be indexed by Google and other search
engines
Software that is free and whose code can be accessed and potentially modified by anyone is
referred to as - Answer open source software
Systems distributed throughout the Internet that help improve the delivery speeds of Web
pages and other media, typically by spreading access across multiple sites located closer to
users are known as - Answer content delivery networks
Which statement is true of the term "cloud"? - Answer It refers to a collection of computing
resources available for access over the Internet
Initial public stock offering is the first time a firm makes shares available via a public stock
exchange, also known as "going public." - Answer True
Crowdsourcing - Answer inviting broad communities of people - customers, employees,
independent scientists and researchers, and even the public at large - into the new product
innovation process
Cloud - Answer a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which
forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs
Social graph - Answer The global mapping of users and organizations and how they are
connected.
, Content delivery network - Answer a system of hardware and software that stores user data
in many different geographical locations and makes those data available on demand
Content adjacency - Answer Concern that an advertisement will run near offensive material,
embarrassing an advertiser and/or degrading their products or brands.
Colossal walled garden - Answer A closed network or single set of services controlled by one
dominant firm.
Localization - Answer the transformation of global culture by local cultures into something
new
is the biggest photo-sharing site on the Web, taking in around three billion photos each month -
Answer Facebook
is a term that refers to a closed network or single set of services controlled by one dominant
firm - Answer Colossal walled garden
The world population with no Internet access is roughly 3 times larger than the Facebook user
base; however, most of the world's population live within range of a(n) - Answer Cell tower
WeChat is the dominant mobile platform in ____ with over 1 billion users - Answer China
Facebook lagged early in the rise of mobile, and purchased competitors 1 and 2 to advance in
the areas fo photo sharing and chat, - Answer WhatsApp & Instagram
Google's stated mission is to - Answer organize the world's information and make it
universally accessible and useful
Which of the following represents the market capitalization of a firm? - Answer Share price ×
Number of shares
The bulk of Google's revenue comes from - Answer advertising
Which of the following parameters significantly influences the rank of a Web page in Google's
search results? - Answer the number of other pages linking to a given page
Search engines use _____ to discover documents for indexing and retrieval - Answer web-
crawling spiders
Questions and All Correct Answers.
When a firm has an IPO, it is said to have - Answer gone public, selling shares on a public
stock exchange for the first time
Investor groups that provide funding in exchange for an ownership stake in the firm are called -
Answer venture capitalists
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, ensured that he remained in control of the firm
even after it went public by - Answer retaining a majority of voting rights in the public
company
The deep Web refers to - Answer sites that cannot be indexed by Google and other search
engines
Software that is free and whose code can be accessed and potentially modified by anyone is
referred to as - Answer open source software
Systems distributed throughout the Internet that help improve the delivery speeds of Web
pages and other media, typically by spreading access across multiple sites located closer to
users are known as - Answer content delivery networks
Which statement is true of the term "cloud"? - Answer It refers to a collection of computing
resources available for access over the Internet
Initial public stock offering is the first time a firm makes shares available via a public stock
exchange, also known as "going public." - Answer True
Crowdsourcing - Answer inviting broad communities of people - customers, employees,
independent scientists and researchers, and even the public at large - into the new product
innovation process
Cloud - Answer a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which
forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs
Social graph - Answer The global mapping of users and organizations and how they are
connected.
, Content delivery network - Answer a system of hardware and software that stores user data
in many different geographical locations and makes those data available on demand
Content adjacency - Answer Concern that an advertisement will run near offensive material,
embarrassing an advertiser and/or degrading their products or brands.
Colossal walled garden - Answer A closed network or single set of services controlled by one
dominant firm.
Localization - Answer the transformation of global culture by local cultures into something
new
is the biggest photo-sharing site on the Web, taking in around three billion photos each month -
Answer Facebook
is a term that refers to a closed network or single set of services controlled by one dominant
firm - Answer Colossal walled garden
The world population with no Internet access is roughly 3 times larger than the Facebook user
base; however, most of the world's population live within range of a(n) - Answer Cell tower
WeChat is the dominant mobile platform in ____ with over 1 billion users - Answer China
Facebook lagged early in the rise of mobile, and purchased competitors 1 and 2 to advance in
the areas fo photo sharing and chat, - Answer WhatsApp & Instagram
Google's stated mission is to - Answer organize the world's information and make it
universally accessible and useful
Which of the following represents the market capitalization of a firm? - Answer Share price ×
Number of shares
The bulk of Google's revenue comes from - Answer advertising
Which of the following parameters significantly influences the rank of a Web page in Google's
search results? - Answer the number of other pages linking to a given page
Search engines use _____ to discover documents for indexing and retrieval - Answer web-
crawling spiders
