Question 1

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  Software as a Service. 
B)  Hardware as a Service. 
C)  Platform as a Service. 
D)  Service Oriented Architecture. 
E)  Service Level Agreement.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  accelerating the shift of open source software towards a proprietary regime. 
B)  using open source software to fuel sales of hardware. 
C)  impoverishing other open source developers and furthering its own proprietary offerings. 
D)  using open source software to wean customers away from competitors. 
E)  protecting itself from the risks of distributing code while unaware of legal implications.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Overseas hackers modified the open source code and uploaded a compromise version to the Internet, which became widely used. 
B)  Few developers were working on the project, so the ideal that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" wasn't met with OpenSSL. 
C)  Developers failed to see a major incompatibility with versions of the Windows operating system and Chrome browser. 
D)  There was no commercial entity overseeing the project. 
E)  A Linux update was not coordinated with OpenSSL, leaving a gaping hole when the two products were used together to transmit content over the Internet.

Question 5

The scalability of a software product is defined as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  capability to continue operations even if a component fails. 
B)  long-term market viability of a software product. 
C)  ability to take advantage of complementary products developed for a prior generation of technology. 
D)  ability to be easily expanded to manage workload increases. 
E)  ability to replace a technically superior product upon market inception.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of The _____ of open source products is...

Question 7

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.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Social software 
B)  Proprietary software 
C)  Licensed software 
D)  Open source software 
E)  Software as a service

Question 9

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

App stores are exclusively focused on smart-phone markets.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why do firms prefer to use open...

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is open source software? How is...

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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.

Question 17

One of the risks associated with SaaS is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  dependence on a single vendor. 
B)  inability to migrate to new versions of software. 
C)  reduced reliance on a network connection. 
D)  costs associated with storing large amounts of data in-house. 
E)  user interface of Web-based software being more sophisticated than desktop alternatives.

Question 18

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

Question 19

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.

Accepted Answer

The answer of For consumers in most industrialized nations, the...

Question 20

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

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.