Exam 14: Software in Flux: Open Source, Cloud, Vittualized and App-Driven Shifts

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Cloud vendors that hosting hardware, operating system, database, and other software, which clients can then use to build their own applications, are said to be providing:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 21

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

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Question 22

Oracle, a firm that sells commercial ERP and database products, provides Linux for free, selling high-margin Linux support contracts for as much as five hundred thousand dollars. Oracle's motivation for this lies in:

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Question 23

Which of the following was considered a contributor to vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL security product, known as the Heartbleed bug:

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Question 24

The scalability of a software product is defined as the:

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Question 25

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

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Question 26

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

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Question 27

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

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Question 28

Firms that want significant control over the operating system and applications they put 'in the cloud' should choose an IaaS service over an SaaS offering.

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Question 29

App stores are exclusively focused on smart-phone markets.

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Question 30

Why do firms prefer to use open source software products over conventional software?

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Question 31

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

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Question 32

SaaS and the utility computing-style efforts differ widely in terms of the benefits and risks they offer.

(True/False)

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Question 33

Firms adopting OSS may be at risk if they distribute code and aren't aware of the licensing implications.

(True/False)

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Question 34

SaaS offerings usually work well when the bulk of computing happens at the client end of a distributed system.

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Question 35

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

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Question 36

One of the risks associated with SaaS is the:

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Question 37

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

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Question 38

For consumers in most industrialized nations, the added complexity and ____________availability of desktop Linux just it isn't worth the one to two hundred dollars saved by giving up Windows.

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Question 39

While large groups of individuals work on key OSS projects, such as the Linux operating system, some widely used efforts have had fewer developers, creating concerns over quality and security.

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Cloud vendors that hosting hardware, operating system, database, and other software, which clients can then use to build their own applications, are said to be providing:

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

Oracle, a firm that sells commercial ERP and database products, provides Linux for free, selling high-margin Linux support contracts for as much as five hundred thousand dollars. Oracle's motivation for this lies in:

Which of the following was considered a contributor to vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL security product, known as the Heartbleed bug:

The scalability of a software product is defined as the:

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

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

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

Firms that want significant control over the operating system and applications they put 'in the cloud' should choose an IaaS service over an SaaS offering.

App stores are exclusively focused on smart-phone markets.

Why do firms prefer to use open source software products over conventional software?

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

SaaS and the utility computing-style efforts differ widely in terms of the benefits and risks they offer.

Firms adopting OSS may be at risk if they distribute code and aren't aware of the licensing implications.

SaaS offerings usually work well when the bulk of computing happens at the client end of a distributed system.

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

One of the risks associated with SaaS is the:

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

For consumers in most industrialized nations, the added complexity and ____________availability of desktop Linux just it isn't worth the one to two hundred dollars saved by giving up Windows.

While large groups of individuals work on key OSS projects, such as the Linux operating system, some widely used efforts have had fewer developers, creating concerns over quality and security.

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