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

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Which of the following refers to a variant of utility computing where vendors provide the operating system and supporting software like database management systems but where client firms write their own code?

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Question 21

Many SaaS vendors have improved system customization options and integration with standard software packages.

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Question 22

What is virtualization? What are the benefits afforded to firms that employ virtualization?

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Question 23

_____ refer to pools of computing resources that reside inside an organization and that can be served up for specific tasks as need arrives.

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Question 24

_____ is a language used to create and manipulate databases.

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Question 25

_____ refers to software that is free and where anyone to look at and potentially modify the code.

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Question 26

Which of the following is one of the sources of revenue for open source vendors?

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Question 27

Firms using SaaS products can dramatically lower several costs associated with the care and feeding of their information systems.

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Question 28

What are the factors to be considered by managers when making a make, buy, or rent decision to satisfy the IT needs of their firms?

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Question 29

One of the drawbacks of open source software is that it cannot be easily migrated to more powerful computers as circumstances dictate.

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Question 30

What are the risks associated with software as a service?

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Question 31

Vendors who use open source as part of their product offerings can expect to bring new products to the market faster because:

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Question 32

Cloud computing refers to:

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Question 33

Scalability allows a firm to scale from start-up to blue chip without having to significantly rewrite its code.

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Question 34

Which of the following is one of the benefits enjoyed by SaaS vendors?

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Question 35

Open source software products often have fewer bugs than their commercial counterparts because of the:

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Question 36

Some of the largest technology companies now support open source software initiatives.

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Question 37

The _____ of open source products is used to power many of the Internet's most popular Web sites.

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Question 38

What is open source software? How is it different from the conventional offerings of proprietary software?

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Question 39

Technology products with particularly strong security features are said to be:

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Which of the following refers to a variant of utility computing where vendors provide the operating system and supporting software like database management systems but where client firms write their own code?

Many SaaS vendors have improved system customization options and integration with standard software packages.

What is virtualization? What are the benefits afforded to firms that employ virtualization?

_____ refer to pools of computing resources that reside inside an organization and that can be served up for specific tasks as need arrives.

_____ is a language used to create and manipulate databases.

_____ refers to software that is free and where anyone to look at and potentially modify the code.

Which of the following is one of the sources of revenue for open source vendors?

Firms using SaaS products can dramatically lower several costs associated with the care and feeding of their information systems.

What are the factors to be considered by managers when making a make, buy, or rent decision to satisfy the IT needs of their firms?

One of the drawbacks of open source software is that it cannot be easily migrated to more powerful computers as circumstances dictate.

What are the risks associated with software as a service?

Vendors who use open source as part of their product offerings can expect to bring new products to the market faster because:

Cloud computing refers to:

Scalability allows a firm to scale from start-up to blue chip without having to significantly rewrite its code.

Which of the following is one of the benefits enjoyed by SaaS vendors?

Open source software products often have fewer bugs than their commercial counterparts because of the:

Some of the largest technology companies now support open source software initiatives.

The _____ of open source products is used to power many of the Internet's most popular Web sites.

What is open source software? How is it different from the conventional offerings of proprietary software?

Technology products with particularly strong security features are said to be:

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