Exam 4: Hardware and Software

How can the Internet of Things act as a disruptive force to change the way in which businesses function?

The speed and costs of central processing units are the same across multiple hardware vendors.

Optical disks are non-portable storage devices.

A computer's performance depends on the speed of its central processing unit (CPU).

One ________ is equivalent to 1,024 kilobytes.

Android is licensed by Windows.

The memory of a device is said to be nonvolatile if ________ when the system is restarted.

If the contents of a device are lost when the power is turned off, the memory of the device is said to be ________.

Explain the four major nonmobile client operating systems and their functions.

3D printing is only creates using plastic material.

There are two types of application programs: native and non-native.

3D printing is a major disruptive force.

Both client and server computers must use the same operating system.

The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer reads data and instructions only from a read-only memory.

How do open source projects work? How is it different from closed source projects?

Computers represent data using binary digits called ________.

Objects that are connected to the Internet are increasingly being embedded with hardware capable of sensing, processing, and transmitting data.

The central processing unit is referred to as the brain of a computer.

A dual-processor computer has ________ CPUs.

Application programs that run within a browser, without the need to be preinstalled on client computers, are referred to as ________.