Exam 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Applications

A__________is the most commonly used device that enables users to navigate in the virtual reality (VR) environment and manually control various objects.

__________is the provision of IT services on demand.

In the context of application software providers (ASPs), which of the following is also known as on-demand software?

Google AppEngine is an example of a private cloud service.

Saving data on the application service provider's (ASP's) servers instead of on users' own workstations might cause:

Utility computing is incompatible with the software as a service (SaaS) model.

Compared with Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) theoretically has faster data transfer rates and a longer range.

People can enter other cave automatic virtual environments (CAVEs) in other locations, no matter how far away they are geographically.

With__________, users can make use of other computers' resources within an organization to solve problems involving large-scale, complex calculations, such as circuit analysis or mechanical design-problems that a single computer is not capable of solving in a timely manner.

In the context of cloud computing, infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is also known as _____.

Platform as a service (PaaS) services are hosted in the cloud and accessed by clients through their _____.

With _____, a Web server delivers information to users, who have signed up for the service, instead of waiting for them to request the information be sent to them.

In the context of virtual reality (VR) technology, the main technology used in an exocentric environment is _____.

_____ could be useful for authentication purposes in voting via the Internet.

A _____ can be used to create and test prototypes, develop interfaces, and simulate factory layouts and assembly lines, without investing in physical equipment and layouts.

In a virtual reality (VR) environment, giving objects texture and shading for a three-dimensional (3D) appearance is known as _____.

_____ incorporates many recent technologies under one platform, including the software as a service (SaaS) model, Web 2.0, grid computing, and utility computing.

A quick response (QR) code offers a smaller storage capacity compared to standard universal product codes (UPC) barcodes.

The _____ is capable of imaging atoms and incorporating nanomaterial layers into hard disk recording heads and magnetic disk coatings.

Bluetooth has line-of-sight limitations.