Management Information Systems - Global Edition
Example Questions
Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 11 & 12
,Table of contents
Chapter 5 ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Chapter 6 ............................................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 7 ............................................................................................................................................... 19
Chapter 8 ............................................................................................................................................... 27
Chapter 9 ............................................................................................................................................... 35
Chapter 10 ............................................................................................................................................. 43
Chapter 11 ............................................................................................................................................. 52
Chapter 12 ............................................................................................................................................. 60
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,Chapter 5
1. The development of TCP/IP occurred during the...... era.
A. enterprise computing
B. general-purpose mainframe and minicomputer
C. cloud and mobile computing
D. personal computer
2. Legacy systems are still used because they
A. contain valueable data that would be lost during redesign
B. can only be run on the older mainframe computers
C. are too expensive to redesign
D. integrate well using new Web services technologies
3. Which of the following is not one of the current software platform trends?
A. HTML5
B. open-source software
C. software outsourcing
D. grid computing
4. Interpretations of Moore's law assert that:
A. computing power doubles every 18 months
B. data storage costs decrease by 50% every 18 months
C. transistors decrease in size 50% every two years
D. none of the above
5. The process of presenting a set of computing resources (such as computing power or data
storage) so they can all be accessed in ways that are not restricted by physical configuration or
geographic location is called:
A. autonomic computing
B. virtualization
C. multicore processing
D. cloud computing
6. Hardware and software acquisition costs account for about _____ percent of TCO
A. 60
B. 80
C. 20
D. 40
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, 7. A set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software
application is called
A. SOAP
B. SOA
C. Web services
D. EAI software
8. Which of the following is not an example of the emerging mobile computing platforms?
A. tablets
B. cell phones
C. CRM
D. the Kindle
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Example Questions
Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 11 & 12
,Table of contents
Chapter 5 ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Chapter 6 ............................................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 7 ............................................................................................................................................... 19
Chapter 8 ............................................................................................................................................... 27
Chapter 9 ............................................................................................................................................... 35
Chapter 10 ............................................................................................................................................. 43
Chapter 11 ............................................................................................................................................. 52
Chapter 12 ............................................................................................................................................. 60
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,Chapter 5
1. The development of TCP/IP occurred during the...... era.
A. enterprise computing
B. general-purpose mainframe and minicomputer
C. cloud and mobile computing
D. personal computer
2. Legacy systems are still used because they
A. contain valueable data that would be lost during redesign
B. can only be run on the older mainframe computers
C. are too expensive to redesign
D. integrate well using new Web services technologies
3. Which of the following is not one of the current software platform trends?
A. HTML5
B. open-source software
C. software outsourcing
D. grid computing
4. Interpretations of Moore's law assert that:
A. computing power doubles every 18 months
B. data storage costs decrease by 50% every 18 months
C. transistors decrease in size 50% every two years
D. none of the above
5. The process of presenting a set of computing resources (such as computing power or data
storage) so they can all be accessed in ways that are not restricted by physical configuration or
geographic location is called:
A. autonomic computing
B. virtualization
C. multicore processing
D. cloud computing
6. Hardware and software acquisition costs account for about _____ percent of TCO
A. 60
B. 80
C. 20
D. 40
3
, 7. A set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software
application is called
A. SOAP
B. SOA
C. Web services
D. EAI software
8. Which of the following is not an example of the emerging mobile computing platforms?
A. tablets
B. cell phones
C. CRM
D. the Kindle
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