ITSS 3300 Quiz 1
Five components of information technology - correct answer ✔✔Hardware, Software, Data, Procedures,
People
What is business process - correct answer ✔✔Business process is a network of activities that generates
value by transforming inputs into outputs.
Who states that the number of transitions per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18
months?
a) Nielsen's Law
b) Faraday's Law
c) Moore's Law
d) Newton's Law
e) Metcalfe's Law - correct answer ✔✔Moore's Law
In 1972, computer scientist _________________ recognized that digital devices would change the world
as they evolved and became widely used.
a) Gorden Bell
b) Robert Metcalfe
c) Gordon Moore
d) Jakob Nielsen
e) Sam Flynn - correct answer ✔✔Gorden Bell
______________ is the ability to model the components of a system to connect the inputs and outputs
among those components into a sensible whole that reflects the structure and dynamics of
phenomenon observed.
a) abstract reasoning
b) systems thinking
c) collaboration
, d) experimentation
e) function modeling - correct answer ✔✔Systems thinking
________ states that network connection speeds for high-end users will increase by 50 percent per year.
a) Nielsen's Law
b) Faraday's Law
c) Moore's Law
d) Newton's Law
e) Metcalfe's Law - correct answer ✔✔Nielsen's Law
Which of the following ratios has fallen as a result of Moore's Law? - correct answer
✔✔Price/performance
________ states that the value of a network is equal to the square of the number of users connected to
it.
a) Nielsen's Law
b) Faraday's Law
c) Moore's Law
d) Newton's Law
e) Metcalfe's Law - correct answer ✔✔Metcalfe's Law
The Digital Revolution was the conversion from mechanical and analog devices to digital devices.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔True
Despite the rapid growth of technology, digital devices fail to impact the industry.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
Gordon Moore was the inventor of Ethernet.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
Five components of information technology - correct answer ✔✔Hardware, Software, Data, Procedures,
People
What is business process - correct answer ✔✔Business process is a network of activities that generates
value by transforming inputs into outputs.
Who states that the number of transitions per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18
months?
a) Nielsen's Law
b) Faraday's Law
c) Moore's Law
d) Newton's Law
e) Metcalfe's Law - correct answer ✔✔Moore's Law
In 1972, computer scientist _________________ recognized that digital devices would change the world
as they evolved and became widely used.
a) Gorden Bell
b) Robert Metcalfe
c) Gordon Moore
d) Jakob Nielsen
e) Sam Flynn - correct answer ✔✔Gorden Bell
______________ is the ability to model the components of a system to connect the inputs and outputs
among those components into a sensible whole that reflects the structure and dynamics of
phenomenon observed.
a) abstract reasoning
b) systems thinking
c) collaboration
, d) experimentation
e) function modeling - correct answer ✔✔Systems thinking
________ states that network connection speeds for high-end users will increase by 50 percent per year.
a) Nielsen's Law
b) Faraday's Law
c) Moore's Law
d) Newton's Law
e) Metcalfe's Law - correct answer ✔✔Nielsen's Law
Which of the following ratios has fallen as a result of Moore's Law? - correct answer
✔✔Price/performance
________ states that the value of a network is equal to the square of the number of users connected to
it.
a) Nielsen's Law
b) Faraday's Law
c) Moore's Law
d) Newton's Law
e) Metcalfe's Law - correct answer ✔✔Metcalfe's Law
The Digital Revolution was the conversion from mechanical and analog devices to digital devices.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔True
Despite the rapid growth of technology, digital devices fail to impact the industry.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
Gordon Moore was the inventor of Ethernet.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔False
