WVU BCOR 330 Exam 1
Bell's Law - ANSWER ✔✔A new computer class forms roughly each
decade, establishing a new industry
Moore's Law - ANSWER ✔✔States that the number of transistors per
square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months
Metcalfe's Law - ANSWER ✔✔The value of a network is equal to the
square of the number of users connected to it
Kryder's Law - ANSWER ✔✔The storage density on magnetic disks
is increasing at an exponential rate
, Abstract Reasoning - ANSWER ✔✔The ability to make and
manipulate models. One of four key skills for non-routine cognitive
thinking
Systems Thinking - ANSWER ✔✔The mental activity of making one
or more models of the components of a system and connecting the
inputs and outputs among those components into a sensible whole, one
that explains the phenomenon observed. One of the four key skills for
non-routine cognitive thinking
Collaboration - ANSWER ✔✔The activity of two or more people
working together to achieve a common goal via a process of feedback
and iteration. One of four skills for non-routine cognitive thinking
Ability to Experiment - ANSWER ✔✔Making a reasoned analysis of
an opportunity, envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those
possibilities, and developing the most promising ones, consistent with
the resources you have
Five-Component Framework - ANSWER ✔✔The five fundamental
components of an information system - computer hardware, software,
data, procedures, and people
Bell's Law - ANSWER ✔✔A new computer class forms roughly each
decade, establishing a new industry
Moore's Law - ANSWER ✔✔States that the number of transistors per
square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months
Metcalfe's Law - ANSWER ✔✔The value of a network is equal to the
square of the number of users connected to it
Kryder's Law - ANSWER ✔✔The storage density on magnetic disks
is increasing at an exponential rate
, Abstract Reasoning - ANSWER ✔✔The ability to make and
manipulate models. One of four key skills for non-routine cognitive
thinking
Systems Thinking - ANSWER ✔✔The mental activity of making one
or more models of the components of a system and connecting the
inputs and outputs among those components into a sensible whole, one
that explains the phenomenon observed. One of the four key skills for
non-routine cognitive thinking
Collaboration - ANSWER ✔✔The activity of two or more people
working together to achieve a common goal via a process of feedback
and iteration. One of four skills for non-routine cognitive thinking
Ability to Experiment - ANSWER ✔✔Making a reasoned analysis of
an opportunity, envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those
possibilities, and developing the most promising ones, consistent with
the resources you have
Five-Component Framework - ANSWER ✔✔The five fundamental
components of an information system - computer hardware, software,
data, procedures, and people
