Question 1

Sony, a firm once synonymous with portable music, has ceded its market dominance to Apple because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it did not provide tracks from Sony Music artists to the Apple iTunes store. 
B)  its technology offerings were too futuristic and out of sync with the waves of computing to appeal to customers. 
C)  it failed to take advantage of opportunities presented by Moore's Law. 
D)  its music players contradicted the price/performance phenomenon predicted by Moore's Law. 
E)  it attempted to straddle the twin markets of online music retail and electronic music players, and could not capitalize on either. 
A)  it did not provide tracks from Sony Music artists to the Apple iTunes store. 
B)  its technology offerings were too futuristic and out of sync with the waves of computing to appeal to customers. 
C)  it failed to take advantage of opportunities presented by Moore's Law. 
D)  its music players contradicted the price/performance phenomenon predicted by Moore's Law. 
E)  it attempted to straddle the twin markets of online music retail and electronic music players, and could not capitalize on either.

Question 2

Flash memory is slower (meaning it transfers data at a slower rate) than conventional disk-based hard drives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

_____ are the super tiny on-off switches in a chip that work collectively to calculate or store things in memory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ are the super tiny on-off switches...

Question 4

Hard drive storage is considered to be solid state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

_____ is a technique in which computers are designed with many microprocessors that work together, simultaneously, to solve problems.

Accepted Answer

A)  Nanocomputing 
B)  Quantum computing 
C)  Grid computing 
D)  Massively parallel processing 
E)  Cloud computing 
A)  Nanocomputing 
B)  Quantum computing 
C)  Grid computing 
D)  Massively parallel processing 
E)  Cloud computing

Question 6

Which of the following problems is least likely to be solved through grid computing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Financial risk modeling 
B)  Gene analysis 
C)  Linear problems 
D)  Parallel problems 
E)  Manufacturing simulation 
A)  Financial risk modeling 
B)  Gene analysis 
C)  Linear problems 
D)  Parallel problems 
E)  Manufacturing simulation

Question 7

Describe some of the physical hardware and infrastructure improvements that were necessary throughout the DisneyWorld resort in order to make MagicBand and MyMagic+ work.

Accepted Answer

[note: specifics of numbers expected onl

Question 8

Random-access memory is an example of nonvolatile memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Based on the author's take on e-waste management, a manager would do well to learn that:

Accepted Answer

A)  dealing with e-waste at home can be ten times cheaper than sending it abroad. 
B)  disposal and recycling partners must be audited with the same vigor as suppliers and other partners. 
C)  environmentalists target only the big firms as they can afford to compensate for any environmental damage wrought by their practices. 
D)  it is simple enough for firms to monitor and track e-waste management through international agencies such as Fair Factories Clearinghouse. 
E)  appointing environmentalists like Al Gore to the firm's board of directors helps avoid legal action and brand tarnishing due to bad e-waste management practices. 
A)  dealing with e-waste at home can be ten times cheaper than sending it abroad. 
B)  disposal and recycling partners must be audited with the same vigor as suppliers and other partners. 
C)  environmentalists target only the big firms as they can afford to compensate for any environmental damage wrought by their practices. 
D)  it is simple enough for firms to monitor and track e-waste management through international agencies such as Fair Factories Clearinghouse. 
E)  appointing environmentalists like Al Gore to the firm's board of directors helps avoid legal action and brand tarnishing due to bad e-waste management practices.

Question 10

1 petabyte = 1 _____ bytes

Accepted Answer

A)  million 
B)  billion 
C)  trillion 
D)  quadrillion 
E)  sextillion 
A)  million 
B)  billion 
C)  trillion 
D)  quadrillion 
E)  sextillion

Question 11

E-waste management is extraordinarily difficult to monitor and track, and loopholes are rampant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Sony, a firm once synonymous with portable music, has ceded its market dominance to Apple because:

Flash memory is slower (meaning it transfers data at a slower rate) than conventional disk-based hard drives.

_____ are the super tiny on-off switches in a chip that work collectively to calculate or store things in memory.

Hard drive storage is considered to be solid state.

_____ is a technique in which computers are designed with many microprocessors that work together, simultaneously, to solve problems.

Which of the following problems is least likely to be solved through grid computing?

Describe some of the physical hardware and infrastructure improvements that were necessary throughout the DisneyWorld resort in order to make MagicBand and MyMagic+ work.

Random-access memory is an example of nonvolatile memory.

Based on the author's take on e-waste management, a manager would do well to learn that:

1 petabyte = 1 _____ bytes

E-waste management is extraordinarily difficult to monitor and track, and loopholes are rampant.

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Exam 5: Moores Law and More: Fast, Cheap Computing and What This Means for the Manager

Sony, a firm once synonymous with portable music, has ceded its market dominance to Apple because:

Flash memory is slower (meaning it transfers data at a slower rate) than conventional disk-based hard drives.

_____ are the super tiny on-off switches in a chip that work collectively to calculate or store things in memory.

Hard drive storage is considered to be solid state.

_____ is a technique in which computers are designed with many microprocessors that work together, simultaneously, to solve problems.

Which of the following problems is least likely to be solved through grid computing?

Describe some of the physical hardware and infrastructure improvements that were necessary throughout the DisneyWorld resort in order to make MagicBand and MyMagic+ work.

Random-access memory is an example of nonvolatile memory.

Based on the author's take on e-waste management, a manager would do well to learn that:

1 petabyte = 1 _____ bytes

E-waste management is extraordinarily difficult to monitor and track, and loopholes are rampant.

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

Disruptive Technologies: Understanding the Giant Killers and Considerations for Avoiding Extinction

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 2.0

The Sharing Economy, Collaborative Consumption, and Creating More Efficient Markets Through Technology

Facebook: a Billion-Plus Users, the High-Stakes Move to Mobile, and Big Business From the Social Graph

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