Question 1

The marginal cost to produce an additional copy of a software product is effectively zero.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

All of the costs associated with the design, development, testing, implementation, documentation, training and maintenance of a software system are collectively termed as:

Accepted Answer

A)  total cost of ownership. 
B)  economies of scale. 
C)  economic value added. 
D)  return on investment. 
E)  cost to company. 
A)  total cost of ownership. 
B)  economies of scale. 
C)  economic value added. 
D)  return on investment. 
E)  cost to company. A

Question 3

Some of the SaaS firms are backed by leading enterprise software executives such as founders of Oracle and Peoplesoft.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Virtualization is unsuitable for use on desktop applications.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Less popular open source products are not likely to attract the community of users and contributors necessary to help improve these products over time. This situation reiterates the belief that _____ are a key to success.

Accepted Answer

A)  proprietary products 
B)  brand strategies 
C)  network effects 
D)  technology expenses 
E)  advertising campaigns 
A)  proprietary products 
B)  brand strategies 
C)  network effects 
D)  technology expenses 
E)  advertising campaigns

Question 6

Which of the following was an outdated notion regarding open source software and has been shown to be inaccurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Open source software is free and its code is available for anyone to look at and potentially modify. 
B)  Open source software code can be changed and redistributed, provided the modified software remains open and free. 
C)  Open source software is to technology what capitalism is to economics. 
D)  The majority of persons who work on open source projects are paid by commercially motivated employers. 
E)  Open source is fueled on the contributions of loners tooling away for the glory of contributing to better code. 
A)  Open source software is free and its code is available for anyone to look at and potentially modify. 
B)  Open source software code can be changed and redistributed, provided the modified software remains open and free. 
C)  Open source software is to technology what capitalism is to economics. 
D)  The majority of persons who work on open source projects are paid by commercially motivated employers. 
E)  Open source is fueled on the contributions of loners tooling away for the glory of contributing to better code.

Question 7

Migrating from a commercial product to MySQL's open source alternative is relatively complex, as most commercial database products are based on diverse standards and the switching costs are rather high.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The cost of producing an additional unit of a product is known as its:

Accepted Answer

A)  isocost. 
B)  transaction cost. 
C)  marginal cost. 
D)  redundancy cost. 
E)  implicit cost. 
A)  isocost. 
B)  transaction cost. 
C)  marginal cost. 
D)  redundancy cost. 
E)  implicit cost.

Question 9

Cloud computing is not suited for situations:

Accepted Answer

A)  involving offloading of expensive computing tasks. 
B)  where complex legacy systems have to be ported. 
C)  with no existing regulatory compliance issues. 
D)  where pricing economics favor buying over renting. 
E)  characterized by limited-time tasks. 
A)  involving offloading of expensive computing tasks. 
B)  where complex legacy systems have to be ported. 
C)  with no existing regulatory compliance issues. 
D)  where pricing economics favor buying over renting. 
E)  characterized by limited-time tasks.

Question 10

Utility computing refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  technology that can make a single computer behave like many separate computers. 
B)  pools of computing resources that reside inside an organization and that can be served up for specific tasks as need arrives. 
C)  a firm developing its own software, and then running it over the Internet on a service provider's computers. 
D)  the use of cloud computing to provide excess capacity during periods of spiking demand. 
E)  a form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online. 
A)  technology that can make a single computer behave like many separate computers. 
B)  pools of computing resources that reside inside an organization and that can be served up for specific tasks as need arrives. 
C)  a firm developing its own software, and then running it over the Internet on a service provider's computers. 
D)  the use of cloud computing to provide excess capacity during periods of spiking demand. 
E)  a form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online.

Question 11

Define SaaS. How do firms using SaaS products lower several costs associated with their information systems?

Accepted Answer

Software as a service (SaaS) refers to s

Question 12

Which of the following sets of software represents the constituents of the LAMP stack?

Accepted Answer

A)  Limewire, Acrobat Reader, Mozilla, Python 
B)  Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl 
C)  Lingo, Afnix, Moby, PPL 
D)  Linux, Android, Mac OS X, PHP 
E)  Limewire, AppleScript, MATLAB, Photoshop 
A)  Limewire, Acrobat Reader, Mozilla, Python 
B)  Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl 
C)  Lingo, Afnix, Moby, PPL 
D)  Linux, Android, Mac OS X, PHP 
E)  Limewire, AppleScript, MATLAB, Photoshop

Question 13

By lowering the cost to access powerful systems and software, barriers to entry also decrease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A manager should take a vendor's reputation and financial position into consideration while making an IT outsourcing decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A server running _____ can create smaller compartments in memory that each behave as a separate computer with its own operating system and resources.

Accepted Answer

A)  private clouds 
B)  virtualization software 
C)  genetic algorithms 
D)  neural networks 
E)  open source software 
A)  private clouds 
B)  virtualization software 
C)  genetic algorithms 
D)  neural networks 
E)  open source software

Question 17

The LAMP stack of open source products is used:

Accepted Answer

A)  as a template for most operating systems. 
B)  to provide guidelines for programming databases. 
C)  in debugging most of the software tools available today. 
D)  as a global set of standards for software product improvements and official releases. 
E)  to power many of the Internet's most popular Web sites. 
A)  as a template for most operating systems. 
B)  to provide guidelines for programming databases. 
C)  in debugging most of the software tools available today. 
D)  as a global set of standards for software product improvements and official releases. 
E)  to power many of the Internet's most popular Web sites.

Question 18

_____ is a cloud computing model in which a service provider makes computing resources such as hardware and storage, along with infrastructure management, available to a customer on an as-needed basis.

Accepted Answer

A)  Public cloud 
B)  Wide area network 
C)  Hosted software vendor 
D)  Hardware cloud 
E)  Virtualization network 
A)  Public cloud 
B)  Wide area network 
C)  Hosted software vendor 
D)  Hardware cloud 
E)  Virtualization network

Question 19

Which of the following factors should a manager consider while making a make, buy, or rent decision?

Accepted Answer

A)  Similar decisions made by competitors 
B)  Complete approval of the partner firms 
C)  The firm's mission statement 
D)  Contingency plans for vendor failure 
E)  Current stock market performance of the firm 
A)  Similar decisions made by competitors 
B)  Complete approval of the partner firms 
C)  The firm's mission statement 
D)  Contingency plans for vendor failure 
E)  Current stock market performance of the firm

Question 20

What are benefits afforded to vendors by SaaS?

Accepted Answer

Vendors of SaaS products benefit by:
-li

The marginal cost to produce an additional copy of a software product is effectively zero.

All of the costs associated with the design, development, testing, implementation, documentation, training and maintenance of a software system are collectively termed as:

Some of the SaaS firms are backed by leading enterprise software executives such as founders of Oracle and Peoplesoft.

Virtualization is unsuitable for use on desktop applications.

Less popular open source products are not likely to attract the community of users and contributors necessary to help improve these products over time. This situation reiterates the belief that _____ are a key to success.

Which of the following was an outdated notion regarding open source software and has been shown to be inaccurate?

Migrating from a commercial product to MySQL's open source alternative is relatively complex, as most commercial database products are based on diverse standards and the switching costs are rather high.

The cost of producing an additional unit of a product is known as its:

Cloud computing is not suited for situations:

Utility computing refers to:

Define SaaS. How do firms using SaaS products lower several costs associated with their information systems?

Which of the following sets of software represents the constituents of the LAMP stack?

By lowering the cost to access powerful systems and software, barriers to entry also decrease.

Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.

A manager should take a vendor's reputation and financial position into consideration while making an IT outsourcing decision.

A server running _____ can create smaller compartments in memory that each behave as a separate computer with its own operating system and resources.

The LAMP stack of open source products is used:

_____ is a cloud computing model in which a service provider makes computing resources such as hardware and storage, along with infrastructure management, available to a customer on an as-needed basis.

Which of the following factors should a manager consider while making a make, buy, or rent decision?

What are benefits afforded to vendors by SaaS?

Setting the Stage: Technology and the Modern Enterprise

Strategy and Technology: Concepts and Frameworks for Understanding What Separates Winners From Losers

Zara: Fast Fashion From Savvy Systems

Netflix in Two Acts: the Making of an E-Commerce Giant and the Uncertain Future of Atoms to Bits

Moores Law and More: Fast, Cheap Computing, Disruptive Innovation, and What This Means for the Manager

Amazoncom: an Empire Stretching From Cardboard Box to Kindle to Cloud

Understanding Network Effects: Strategies for Competing in a Platform-Centric, Winner-Take-All World

Social Media, Peer Production, and Web 20

Facebook: Building a Business From the Social Graph

Understanding Software: a Primer for Managers

The Data Asset: Databases, Business Intelligence, Big Data, and Competitive Advantage

A Managers Guide to the Internet and Telecommunications

Information Security: Barbarians at the Gateway and Just About Everywhere Else

Google in Three Parts: Search, Online Advertising, and Beyond

Filters

Exam 11: Software in Flux: Partly Cloudy and Sometimes Free

The marginal cost to produce an additional copy of a software product is effectively zero.

All of the costs associated with the design, development, testing, implementation, documentation, training and maintenance of a software system are collectively termed as:

Some of the SaaS firms are backed by leading enterprise software executives such as founders of Oracle and Peoplesoft.

Virtualization is unsuitable for use on desktop applications.

Less popular open source products are not likely to attract the community of users and contributors necessary to help improve these products over time. This situation reiterates the belief that _____ are a key to success.

Which of the following was an outdated notion regarding open source software and has been shown to be inaccurate?

Migrating from a commercial product to MySQL's open source alternative is relatively complex, as most commercial database products are based on diverse standards and the switching costs are rather high.

The cost of producing an additional unit of a product is known as its:

Cloud computing is not suited for situations:

Utility computing refers to:

Define SaaS. How do firms using SaaS products lower several costs associated with their information systems?

Which of the following sets of software represents the constituents of the LAMP stack?

By lowering the cost to access powerful systems and software, barriers to entry also decrease.

Just about every type of commercial product has an open source equivalent.

A manager should take a vendor's reputation and financial position into consideration while making an IT outsourcing decision.

A server running _____ can create smaller compartments in memory that each behave as a separate computer with its own operating system and resources.

The LAMP stack of open source products is used:

_____ is a cloud computing model in which a service provider makes computing resources such as hardware and storage, along with infrastructure management, available to a customer on an as-needed basis.

Which of the following factors should a manager consider while making a make, buy, or rent decision?

What are benefits afforded to vendors by SaaS?

Setting the Stage: Technology and the Modern Enterprise

Strategy and Technology: Concepts and Frameworks for Understanding What Separates Winners From Losers

Zara: Fast Fashion From Savvy Systems

Netflix in Two Acts: the Making of an E-Commerce Giant and the Uncertain Future of Atoms to Bits

Moores Law and More: Fast, Cheap Computing, Disruptive Innovation, and What This Means for the Manager

Amazoncom: an Empire Stretching From Cardboard Box to Kindle to Cloud

Understanding Network Effects: Strategies for Competing in a Platform-Centric, Winner-Take-All World

Social Media, Peer Production, and Web 20

Facebook: Building a Business From the Social Graph

Understanding Software: a Primer for Managers

The Data Asset: Databases, Business Intelligence, Big Data, and Competitive Advantage

A Managers Guide to the Internet and Telecommunications

Information Security: Barbarians at the Gateway and Just About Everywhere Else

Google in Three Parts: Search, Online Advertising, and Beyond

Filters