MBA 703 LSUS FINAL GHERFAL | FROM QUESTION TO
PERFECTION| STUDY WITH CONFIDENCE!
Course Code:
Course Title:
Programme:
Academic Year: 2026/2027.
Duration: 2 Hours.
Total Marks: 70%.
Candidate Instructions:
1) Write your Registration Number on every answer booklet used.
2) Answer ALL questions in Section A and ANY TWO (2) questions in Section B.
3) Read each question carefully before answering.
4) Begin each question on a new page.
5) The marks for each question are indicated in brackets.
6) This paper consists of several printed pages, including this page.
7) Ensure your copy is complete before the examination begins.
8) Unauthorized materials and communication with other candidates are not permitted.
Turn Over.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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, low marginal costs, network effects, and switching costs have combined to help create a
Answer: huge and important industry
software industry is undergoing significant and broadly impactful change brought about by
several increasingly adopted technologies, including Answer: open source software, cloud
computing, and software as a service.
software industry includes Answer: marginal cost, open source software (OSS), cloud
computing, software as a service (SaaS), and virtualization
Marginal cost Answer: Cost of producing one more unit of a product
Is effectively zero to produce an additional copy of a software product
Open source software (OSS) Answer: Software that is free and where anyone can look at and
potentially modify the code
Cloud computing Answer: Replacing computing with services provided over the Internet
Software as a service (SaaS) Answer: Firm subscribes to a third-party software and receives a
service that is delivered online
Virtualization Answer: Technology that can make a single computer behave like many separate
computers
can offer a degree of customer preference and lock in Answer: Network effects and switching
cost
virtualization also Answer: Helps consolidate computing resources and creates additional
savings and efficiencies
Linux Answer: Open source software operating system
Source code for OSS products Answer: openly shared,
Can be changed and redistributed by anyone.
the practice of conventional software firms Answer: Treat their intellectual property as closely
guarded secrets.
Almost never provide the source code for their commercial products.
LAMP Answer: Acronym for Linux, Apache Web server software, MySQL database, and
Perl/Python/PHP
LAMP Powers Answer: many of the sites visited each day, from Facebook to YouTube.
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE Answer: Seen by some firms as a threat that undermines their
economic model
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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PERFECTION| STUDY WITH CONFIDENCE!
Course Code:
Course Title:
Programme:
Academic Year: 2026/2027.
Duration: 2 Hours.
Total Marks: 70%.
Candidate Instructions:
1) Write your Registration Number on every answer booklet used.
2) Answer ALL questions in Section A and ANY TWO (2) questions in Section B.
3) Read each question carefully before answering.
4) Begin each question on a new page.
5) The marks for each question are indicated in brackets.
6) This paper consists of several printed pages, including this page.
7) Ensure your copy is complete before the examination begins.
8) Unauthorized materials and communication with other candidates are not permitted.
Turn Over.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
1
, low marginal costs, network effects, and switching costs have combined to help create a
Answer: huge and important industry
software industry is undergoing significant and broadly impactful change brought about by
several increasingly adopted technologies, including Answer: open source software, cloud
computing, and software as a service.
software industry includes Answer: marginal cost, open source software (OSS), cloud
computing, software as a service (SaaS), and virtualization
Marginal cost Answer: Cost of producing one more unit of a product
Is effectively zero to produce an additional copy of a software product
Open source software (OSS) Answer: Software that is free and where anyone can look at and
potentially modify the code
Cloud computing Answer: Replacing computing with services provided over the Internet
Software as a service (SaaS) Answer: Firm subscribes to a third-party software and receives a
service that is delivered online
Virtualization Answer: Technology that can make a single computer behave like many separate
computers
can offer a degree of customer preference and lock in Answer: Network effects and switching
cost
virtualization also Answer: Helps consolidate computing resources and creates additional
savings and efficiencies
Linux Answer: Open source software operating system
Source code for OSS products Answer: openly shared,
Can be changed and redistributed by anyone.
the practice of conventional software firms Answer: Treat their intellectual property as closely
guarded secrets.
Almost never provide the source code for their commercial products.
LAMP Answer: Acronym for Linux, Apache Web server software, MySQL database, and
Perl/Python/PHP
LAMP Powers Answer: many of the sites visited each day, from Facebook to YouTube.
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE Answer: Seen by some firms as a threat that undermines their
economic model
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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