The Windows Operating System:
A. is used on virtually all tablet and mobile devices today.
B. is a web-based operating system for the Internet era.
C. is an operating system used on most Wintel PCs throughout the world.
D. is a data management application used on PCs.
E. was an early PC operating system. - Answers C. is an operating system used on most Wintel PCs
throughout the world.
Which of the following statements about Linux is not true?
A. Linux applications are embedded in cell phones, smartphones, netbooks, and other handheld devices.
B. Linux works on all the major hardware platforms.
C. It is available in free versions downloadable from the Internet.
D. It has garnered 20 percent of the server operating system market.
E. It plays a major role in the back office running local area networks. - Answers D. It has garnered 20
percent of the server operating system market.
Which model can be used to analyze the direct and indirect costs to help firms determine the actual cost
of specific technology implementations?
A. Cost-benefit analysis
B. Supply and demand
C. Return on investment
D. Breakeven point
E. Total cost of ownership - Answers E. Total cost of ownership
Which of the following refers to the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a larger
number of users without breaking down?
A. Expandability
B. Scalability
C. Customizability
,D. Modality
E. Disintermediation - Answers B. Scalability
Which of the following involves practices and technologies to minimize the environmental effects of
manufacturing and managing computing devices?
A. Cloud computing
B. Green computing
C. Utility computing
D. Capacity planning
E. On-demand computing - Answers B. Green computing
Which of the following is not an example of a wearable computing device?
A. Smart ID badges
B. Smartphones
C. Smartwatch
D. Smart glasses
E. Activity trackers - Answers B. Smartphones
Interpretations of Moore's law assert that:
A. data storage costs decrease by 50% every 18 months.
B. computing power will eventually level off.
C. PCs decrease in market share by 9% every 5 years.
D. computing power doubles every 18 months.
E. transistors decrease in size 50% every two years. - Answers D. computing power doubles every 18
months.
Sets of loosely coupled software components that exchange information with each other using standard
web communication standards and languages are referred to as:
A. SaaS.
B. EAI software.
C. web services.
,D. SOAP.
E. SOA. - Answers C. web services.
________ are created by combining and customizing components from different online software
applications.
A. SaaS
B. Apps
C. Web browsers
D. Web services
E. Web mashups - Answers E. Web mashups
Which of the following became the standard PC in the Personal Computer Era?
A. MITS PC
B. Altair
C. DOS PC
D. Apple II
E. Wintel PC - Answers E. Wintel PC
ZipRealty, which combines Google Maps with real estate data, is an example of:
A. a widget.
B. SOA.
C. a mashup.
D. cloud computing.
E. a web service. - Answers C. a mashup.
Today's computer transistors are roughly equivalent in size to:
A. a human hair.
B. a virus.
C. the width of a fingernail.
D. a grain of sand.
, E. several atoms. - Answers B. a virus.
The marketplace for computer hardware:
A. has been decimated by mobile and cloud computing.
B. has moved significantly to Asian firms.
C. has become increasingly concentrated in top firms.
D. has expanded to include a wide variety of start-up and mobile-computing firms.
E. has begun moving away from blade servers. - Answers C. has become increasingly concentrated in top
firms.
Linux is:
A. primarily concerned with the tasks of end users.
B. designed for specific machines and specific microprocessors.
C. especially useful for processing numeric data.
D. an example of open-source software.
E. poorly suited to power fast computers. - Answers D. an example of open-source software.
All of the following are typically factors in a firm's decision to engage consulting and system integration
services except:
A. the firm does not have the staff necessary to deploy and maintain the firm's IT infrastructure.
B. The firm's staff does not have the necessary experience to deploy and maintain the firm's IT
infrastructure.
C. The firm does not have the budget to deploy and maintain a firm's IT infrastructure.
D. the firm's staff do not have the skills necessary to deploy and maintain the firm's IT infrastructure.
E. The firm's staff knows more about the firm's IT infrastructure than service providers. - Answers E. The
firm's staff knows more about the firm's IT infrastructure than service providers.
Prewritten, commercially available sets of software programs that eliminate the need for a firm to write
its own software programs for certain functions, are referred to as:
A. service level agreements.
B. outsourced software.