Exam 5: It Infrastructure: Hardware and Software

The toy manufacturer you work for wants to exchange data with a chain of toy stores in order to improve its distribution and speed to market. The toy stores use different software than your firm. Which of the following tools or technologies presents the best solution?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 21

The world's data centers use as much energy as the output of nuclear power plants, which is about percent of all the energy use in the world.

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Question 22

XML is limited to describing how data should be presented in the form of web pages, while HTML can perform presentation, communication, and storage of data.

(True/False)

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Question 23

The main challenge coming to Microsoft's Office software suite will be:

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Question 24

Identify and describe some of the current trends in contemporary software platforms.

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Question 25

A private cloud is operated for the benefit of a single organization but may be managed by a third party and located off premises.

(True/False)

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Question 26

In cloud computing, rapid elasticity refers to the ability of computing resources to be quickly obtained, increased, or decreased to meet demand.

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Question 27

You are starting a small market research company with a single business partner, and are planning the hardware and software needs for the two of you. You realize that you will need to make daily backups of your data. What choices do you have as backup media, and what will you choose? Why?

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Question 28

Which of the following is an example of a legacy system?

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Question 29

The ability of a person booking a flight on Southwest.com's website to reserve a car from Dollar Rent-A-Car without having to leave the airline's website is an example of the usage by Dollar Rent-A-Car and Southwest Airlines of which of the following?

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Question 30

Microsoft Excel is an example of:

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Question 31

All of the following are examples of wearable computing devices except:

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Question 32

Today, most system and application software is custom built by in-house programmers.

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Question 33

Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a "virtual supercomputer" is called:

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Question 34

What is the foundation technology for web services?

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Question 35

________ is an operating system-independent, processor-independent, object-oriented programming language that has become a leading interactive programming environment for the web.

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Question 36

Client/server computing is the most widely used form of centralized processing.

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Question 37

You are starting an Internet marketing and data mining company. What types of software can you anticipate needing, and what will these types of software be used for?

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Question 38

List and describe the major trends in computer hardware. Which of these do you think will create the biggest changes in business information systems, and why?

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Question 39

Google Apps is an example of SaaS.

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The toy manufacturer you work for wants to exchange data with a chain of toy stores in order to improve its distribution and speed to market. The toy stores use different software than your firm. Which of the following tools or technologies presents the best solution?

The world's data centers use as much energy as the output of nuclear power plants, which is about percent of all the energy use in the world.

XML is limited to describing how data should be presented in the form of web pages, while HTML can perform presentation, communication, and storage of data.

The main challenge coming to Microsoft's Office software suite will be:

Identify and describe some of the current trends in contemporary software platforms.

A private cloud is operated for the benefit of a single organization but may be managed by a third party and located off premises.

In cloud computing, rapid elasticity refers to the ability of computing resources to be quickly obtained, increased, or decreased to meet demand.

You are starting a small market research company with a single business partner, and are planning the hardware and software needs for the two of you. You realize that you will need to make daily backups of your data. What choices do you have as backup media, and what will you choose? Why?

Which of the following is an example of a legacy system?

The ability of a person booking a flight on Southwest.com's website to reserve a car from Dollar Rent-A-Car without having to leave the airline's website is an example of the usage by Dollar Rent-A-Car and Southwest Airlines of which of the following?

Microsoft Excel is an example of:

All of the following are examples of wearable computing devices except:

Today, most system and application software is custom built by in-house programmers.

Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a "virtual supercomputer" is called:

What is the foundation technology for web services?

________ is an operating system-independent, processor-independent, object-oriented programming language that has become a leading interactive programming environment for the web.

Client/server computing is the most widely used form of centralized processing.

You are starting an Internet marketing and data mining company. What types of software can you anticipate needing, and what will these types of software be used for?

List and describe the major trends in computer hardware. Which of these do you think will create the biggest changes in business information systems, and why?

Google Apps is an example of SaaS.

Business Information Systems in Your Career

Global E-Business and Collaboration

Achieving Competitive Advantage With Information Systems

Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems

Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and

Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology

Securing Information Systems

Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy:

E-Commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods

Improving Decision Making and Managing Knowledge

Building Information Systems and Managing Projects

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Exam 5: It Infrastructure: Hardware and Software

The toy manufacturer you work for wants to exchange data with a chain of toy stores in order to improve its distribution and speed to market. The toy stores use different software than your firm. Which of the following tools or technologies presents the best solution?

The world's data centers use as much energy as the output of ________ nuclear power plants, which is about ________ percent of all the energy use in the world.

XML is limited to describing how data should be presented in the form of web pages, while HTML can perform presentation, communication, and storage of data.

The main challenge coming to Microsoft's Office software suite will be:

Identify and describe some of the current trends in contemporary software platforms.

A private cloud is operated for the benefit of a single organization but may be managed by a third party and located off premises.

In cloud computing, rapid elasticity refers to the ability of computing resources to be quickly obtained, increased, or decreased to meet demand.

You are starting a small market research company with a single business partner, and are planning the hardware and software needs for the two of you. You realize that you will need to make daily backups of your data. What choices do you have as backup media, and what will you choose? Why?

Which of the following is an example of a legacy system?

The ability of a person booking a flight on Southwest.com's website to reserve a car from Dollar Rent-A-Car without having to leave the airline's website is an example of the usage by Dollar Rent-A-Car and Southwest Airlines of which of the following?

Microsoft Excel is an example of:

All of the following are examples of wearable computing devices except:

Today, most system and application software is custom built by in-house programmers.

Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a "virtual supercomputer" is called:

What is the foundation technology for web services?

________ is an operating system-independent, processor-independent, object-oriented programming language that has become a leading interactive programming environment for the web.

Client/server computing is the most widely used form of centralized processing.

You are starting an Internet marketing and data mining company. What types of software can you anticipate needing, and what will these types of software be used for?

List and describe the major trends in computer hardware. Which of these do you think will create the biggest changes in business information systems, and why?

Google Apps is an example of SaaS.

Business Information Systems in Your Career

Global E-Business and Collaboration

Achieving Competitive Advantage With Information Systems

Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems

Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and

Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology

Securing Information Systems

Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy:

E-Commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods

Improving Decision Making and Managing Knowledge

Building Information Systems and Managing Projects

Filters

The world's data centers use as much energy as the output of nuclear power plants, which is about percent of all the energy use in the world.