MIS CHAPTER 5 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE
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) Modality
B) Scalability
C) Expandability
D) Disintermediation
E) Customizability - Answer-B
Hardware and software acquisition costs account for about ________ percent of TCO.
A) 20
B) 40
C) 50
D) 75
E) 90 - Answer-A
Which model can be used to analyze the direct and indirect costs to help firms
determine the actual cost of specific technology implementations?
A) Supply and demand
B) Return on investment
C) Breakeven point
D) Cost-benefit analysis
E) Total cost of ownership - Answer-E
How would you determine the market demand for your firm's IT services?
A) Perform a TCO analysis
B) Benchmark your services
C) Hold focus groups to assess your services
D) Analyze sales returns on key investments
E) Perform a stress test - Answer-C
Which of the following became the standard PC in the Personal Computer Era?
A) Wintel PC
B) DOS PC
C) MITS PC
D) Altair
,E) Apple II - Answer-A
________ uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other
devices.
A) Virtualization
B) Nanotechnology
C) Quantum computing
D) A minicomputer
E) On-demand computing - Answer-B
________ states that the value or power of a network grows exponentially as a function
of the number of network members.
A) Metcalfe's Law
B) Moore's Law
C) Law of scalability
D) Law of outsourcing
E) Law of networks - Answer-A
Which of the following factors does not help explain why computing resources today are
even more available than in previous decades?
A) Network economics
B) Law of mass digital storage
C) Moore's law
D) Declining communications costs and the Internet
E) Widespread rejection of technology standards - Answer-E
Which of the following is not one of the main six factors to consider when evaluating
how much your firm should spend on IT infrastructure?
A) Your firm's business strategy
B) The IT investments made by competitor firms
C) Market demand for your firm's services
D) Your firm's organizational culture
E) Information technology assessment - Answer-D
The decision to purchase your own IT assets or rent them from external providers is
also referred to as the rent-versus-buy decision.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - Answer-A
Scalability refers to the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a
large number of users without breaking down.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - Answer-A
TCO refers to the original cost of purchased technology: both hardware and software.
A) TRUE
, B) FALSE - Answer-B
What is scalability? Why is it essential to the success of the modern business firm?
Short Answer: - Answer-Scalability is the ability of the computer, product, or system to
expand to survey larger numbers of users without breaking down. It is important
because as firms grow, they can quickly outgrow their infrastructure. As firms shrink,
they can get stuck with excessive infrastructure purchased in better times. Any modern
company must be able to make plans for the future, even though that future may be
different than what was expected. Computer equipment is expensive, though dropping
in price, and budgets must be planned to allow for new purchases, upgrades, and
training. It is generally assumed that a successful company will need more computer
capacity for more people as it follows a path to continued success.
Which type of infrastructure service provides data, voice and video connectivity to
employees, customers, and suppliers?
A) Networking
B) Telephone
C) VOIP
D) Telecommunications
E) Data management - Answer-D
Which of the following is not an IT infrastructure service component?
A) Operating system software
B) Computing platforms to provide a coherent digital environment
C) Physical facilities management to manage the facilities housing physical components
D) IT management services to plan and develop the infrastructure and provide project
management
E) IT education services that provide training to employees - Answer-A
Specifications that establish the compatibility of products and the ability to communicate
in a network are called:
A) network standards.
B) telecommunications standards.
C) technology standards.
D) Internet standards.
E) compatibility standards. - Answer-C
A(n)________ is used to communicate between a user and an organization's back-end
systems.
A) public server
B) private server
C) legacy server
D) application server
E) blade server - Answer-D
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE
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) Modality
B) Scalability
C) Expandability
D) Disintermediation
E) Customizability - Answer-B
Hardware and software acquisition costs account for about ________ percent of TCO.
A) 20
B) 40
C) 50
D) 75
E) 90 - Answer-A
Which model can be used to analyze the direct and indirect costs to help firms
determine the actual cost of specific technology implementations?
A) Supply and demand
B) Return on investment
C) Breakeven point
D) Cost-benefit analysis
E) Total cost of ownership - Answer-E
How would you determine the market demand for your firm's IT services?
A) Perform a TCO analysis
B) Benchmark your services
C) Hold focus groups to assess your services
D) Analyze sales returns on key investments
E) Perform a stress test - Answer-C
Which of the following became the standard PC in the Personal Computer Era?
A) Wintel PC
B) DOS PC
C) MITS PC
D) Altair
,E) Apple II - Answer-A
________ uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other
devices.
A) Virtualization
B) Nanotechnology
C) Quantum computing
D) A minicomputer
E) On-demand computing - Answer-B
________ states that the value or power of a network grows exponentially as a function
of the number of network members.
A) Metcalfe's Law
B) Moore's Law
C) Law of scalability
D) Law of outsourcing
E) Law of networks - Answer-A
Which of the following factors does not help explain why computing resources today are
even more available than in previous decades?
A) Network economics
B) Law of mass digital storage
C) Moore's law
D) Declining communications costs and the Internet
E) Widespread rejection of technology standards - Answer-E
Which of the following is not one of the main six factors to consider when evaluating
how much your firm should spend on IT infrastructure?
A) Your firm's business strategy
B) The IT investments made by competitor firms
C) Market demand for your firm's services
D) Your firm's organizational culture
E) Information technology assessment - Answer-D
The decision to purchase your own IT assets or rent them from external providers is
also referred to as the rent-versus-buy decision.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - Answer-A
Scalability refers to the ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a
large number of users without breaking down.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - Answer-A
TCO refers to the original cost of purchased technology: both hardware and software.
A) TRUE
, B) FALSE - Answer-B
What is scalability? Why is it essential to the success of the modern business firm?
Short Answer: - Answer-Scalability is the ability of the computer, product, or system to
expand to survey larger numbers of users without breaking down. It is important
because as firms grow, they can quickly outgrow their infrastructure. As firms shrink,
they can get stuck with excessive infrastructure purchased in better times. Any modern
company must be able to make plans for the future, even though that future may be
different than what was expected. Computer equipment is expensive, though dropping
in price, and budgets must be planned to allow for new purchases, upgrades, and
training. It is generally assumed that a successful company will need more computer
capacity for more people as it follows a path to continued success.
Which type of infrastructure service provides data, voice and video connectivity to
employees, customers, and suppliers?
A) Networking
B) Telephone
C) VOIP
D) Telecommunications
E) Data management - Answer-D
Which of the following is not an IT infrastructure service component?
A) Operating system software
B) Computing platforms to provide a coherent digital environment
C) Physical facilities management to manage the facilities housing physical components
D) IT management services to plan and develop the infrastructure and provide project
management
E) IT education services that provide training to employees - Answer-A
Specifications that establish the compatibility of products and the ability to communicate
in a network are called:
A) network standards.
B) telecommunications standards.
C) technology standards.
D) Internet standards.
E) compatibility standards. - Answer-C
A(n)________ is used to communicate between a user and an organization's back-end
systems.
A) public server
B) private server
C) legacy server
D) application server
E) blade server - Answer-D
