Deck 5: It Infrastructure: Hardware and Software

Question 1

How many transactions per day can the IBM Z13 mainframe process?

A) 2.5 million
B) 25 million
C) 250 million
D) 2.5 billion
E) 25 billion

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Software used to apply the computer to a specific task for an end user is called:

A) system software.
B) application software.
C) data management software.
D) network software.
E) web services software.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a "virtual supercomputer" is called:

A) co-location.
B) cloud computing.
C) grid computing.
D) client/server computing.
E) centralized processing.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

System software manages the resources and activities of computers

Question 5

Software that manages the resources of the computer is called:

A) system software.
B) application software.
C) data management software.
D) network software.
E) web services software.

Question 6

Today, most system and application software is custom built by in-house programmers.

Question 7

Describe the five major categories of IT infrastructure and provide an example of each.

Question 8

A client computer networked to a server computer, with processing split between the two types of machines, is called a(n) ________ architecture.

A) service-oriented
B) on-demand
C) multitiered client/server
D) two-tiered client/server
E) grid

Question 9

What would be a reason for using a workstation rather than a personal computer?

A) When you need more powerful computational abilities
B) When you need to access a network
C) When you need to serve applications and data to client computers
D) When you need to share resources
E) When you need to connect to a cloud computing platform

Question 10

In a multitiered network:

A) the work of the entire network is centralized.
B) the work of the entire network is balanced over several levels of servers.
C) processing is split between clients and servers.
D) processing is handled by multiple, geographically remote clients.
E) users interface with the server rather than the client.

Question 11

Systems integration means ensuring the legacy systems work with new elements of the infrastructure.

Question 12

A firm's IT infrastructure provides the foundation for supporting all the information systems in the business.

Question 13

Which of the following types of computers are used for weather forecasting on a national or worldwide scale?

A) Mainframe
B) Server
C) Minicomputer
D) Supercomputer
E) PC

Question 14

Which of the following statements about client/server computing is not true?

A) The client provides the user interface.
B) The bulk of processing occurs on the client.
C) Computing on the Internet is based on the client/server model.
D) The client is normally a desktop or laptop computer.
E) The server provides security, remote access, and user authentication.

Question 15

In a ________ computing model, companies use their own infrastructure for essential computing tasks and adopt public cloud computing for less critical operations or additional processing during peak business periods.

A) scalable
B) quantum
C) grid
D) hybrid cloud
E) private cloud

Question 16

Software that organizes, manages, and processes business data, such as data concerned with inventory, customers, and vendors, is called:

A) system software.
B) application software.
C) data management software.
D) network software.
E) web services software.

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of a legacy system?

A) Transaction processing system running on a mainframe
B) Scalable grid computing system
C) Web services running on a cloud computing platform
D) MDM software
E) Quantum computing system

Question 18

The use of multiple computers linked by a communications network for processing is called:

A) grid computing.
B) distributed processing.
C) client/server computing.
D) centralized processing.
E) supercomputing.

Question 19

Which of the following types of computers would you use to support a computer network?

A) Server
B) Mainframe
C) Workstation
D) PC
E) Tablet

Question 20

The business case for using grid computing involves all of the following except:

A) cost savings.
B) centralized maintenance.
C) speed of computation.
D) agility.
E) increased computational power.

Question 21

All of the following are techniques being used to make data centers more "green" except:

A) air-cooling.
B) virtualization.
C) use of wind power.
D) use of hydropower.
E) use of backup generators.

Question 22

Application server software is responsible for locating and managing stored web pages.

Question 23

A mainframe is a type of legacy workstation.

Question 24

Which of the following is not a type of input device?

A) Digital scanner
B) Flat panel (LCD) display screen
C) Trackball
D) Keyboard
E) Sensor

Question 25

As discussed in the chapter case, all of the following are benefits of wearable computing devices except:

A) providing geolocation information for employees.
B) delivering instant notifications to sales managers.
C) using analytic software for performance metrics.
D) processing customer credit card information.
E) providing access to corporate databases.

Question 26

Which of the following devices collects data directly from the environment for input into a computer system?

A) Sensor
B) Touch screen
C) Audio input
D) Trackball
E) Digital scanner

Question 27

All of the following are examples of wearable computing devices except:

A) smartwatches.
B) smart badges.
C) activity trackers.
D) smart glasses.
E) smartphones.

Question 28

Using an online storage service such as Dropbox is a type of virtualization.

Question 29

Which of the following statements is not true about cloud computing?

A) It is the fastest-growing form of computing.
B) It removes the concern about data and systems security for businesses.
C) It allows smaller firms to use resources previously unaffordable.
D) It relies on the Internet as the platform for delivering services to users.
E) Charges for cloud resources are based on resources actually used.

Question 30

Which of the following is considered to be the fastest-growing form of computing?

A) Wearable computing
B) Green computing
C) Nanocomputing
D) Enterprise computing
E) Cloud computing

Question 31

The world's data centers use as much energy as the output of ________ nuclear power plants, which is about ________ percent of all the energy use in the world.

A) 10; 1
B) 20; 2.5
C) 30; 1.5
D) 50; 10
E) 100; 25

Question 32

________ describes the practices and technologies used to minimize the environmental effects of manufacturing and managing computing devices.

A) Capacity planning
B) Cloud computing
C) Green computing
D) Utility computing
E) On-demand computing

Question 33

What type of device gathers data and converts them into electronic form for use by the computer?

A) Output device
B) Input device
C) Optical storage
D) Magnetic storage
E) SAN

Question 34

Which of the following is not an essential characteristic of cloud computing?

A) On-demand self-service
B) Rapid elasticity
C) Measured service
D) Open source software
E) Ubiquitous network access

Question 35

In lightweight PCs, smartphones, and tablets, which of the following have replaced hard drives?

A) CD-ROM
B) RAID
C) SSDs
D) Magnetic tape
E) SANs

Question 36

All of the following are traditional storage technologies except:

A) magnetic disks.
B) optical drives.
C) magnetic tape.
D) cloud computing.
E) storage networks.

Question 37

Which of the following is a type of optical drive storage?

A) Blu-ray
B) Hard drive
C) USB flash drive
D) Magnetic tape
E) SSD

Question 38

Virtualization:

A) allows one operating system to manage several physical machines.
B) has enabled microprocessor manufacturers to reduce the size of transistors to the width of an atom.
C) can boost server utilization rates to 70% or higher.
D) allows smartphones to run full-fledged operating systems.
E) uses the principles of quantum physics to represent data.

Question 39

Which of the following is not an example of the consumerization of IT?

A) Google's G Suite
B) BYOD
C) Facebook
D) Gmail
E) Amazon Web Services

Question 40

Client/server computing is the most widely used form of centralized processing.

Question 41

You are starting a small market research company with a single business partner, and are planning the hardware and software needs for the two of you. You realize that you will need to make daily backups of your data. What choices do you have as backup media, and what will you choose? Why?

Question 42

Google Suite is an example of SaaS.

Question 43

What are the essential characteristics of cloud computing?

Question 44

The toy manufacturer you work for wants to exchange data with a chain of toy stores in order to improve its distribution and speed to market. The toy stores use different software than your firm. Which of the following tools or technologies presents the best solution?

A) Mashups
B) Extranet
C) Web services
D) Cloud computing
E) Intranet

Question 45

A private cloud is operated for the benefit of a single organization but may be managed by a third party and located off premises.

Question 46

Which of the following is an interactive, multiuser operating system developed by Bell Laboratories in 1969 to be highly supportive of communications and networking?

A) UNIX
B) Linux
C) OS X
D) COBOL
E) Chrome

Question 47

In cloud computing, rapid elasticity refers to the ability of computing resources to be quickly obtained, increased, or decreased to meet demand.

Question 48

In client/server computing, the server provides users access to system resources.

Question 49

An international ad hoc group of climatologists and oceanographers needs to set up a system to analyze massive amounts of data on ocean temperatures, collected hourly by hundreds of ships worldwide. What types of hardware might they need for storage and processing? What techniques might they use to make their research more efficient and lower costs?

Question 50

Which of the following statements about Linux is not true?

A) Linux is a UNIX-like operating system.
B) Linux plays a major role in running web servers and local area networks.
C) Linux is the primary OS used in quantum computing.
D) Linux is a robust alternative to Windows operating systems.
E) Linux is an example of open source software.

Question 51

You are an IT consultant advising a building inspection company that conducts home inspections throughout your state. The company wishes to switch to primarily mobile computing, so that inspectors can finalize reports without having to return to the office, but they are not sure how to go about this. What will be your advice?

Question 52

Desktop PCs, laptops, and smartphones are the primary interface for accessing the Internet.

Question 53

Linux is:

A) primarily concerned with the tasks of end users.
B) designed for specific machines and specific microprocessors.
C) an example of open source software.
D) especially useful for processing numeric data.
E) the operating system for the Macintosh computer.

Question 54

The National Institute of Standards (NIST) defines cloud computing as having all of the following characteristics except:

A) measured service.
B) ubiquitous network access.
C) collaboration service.
D) rapid elasticity.
E) on-demand self-service.

Question 55

Linux plays a major role in supporting business information systems, and has garnered about ________ of the U.S. server market.

A) 10 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 35 percent
D) 50 percent
E) 80 percent

Question 56

Microsoft Word is an example of:

A) open source software.
B) word processing software.
C) software productivity suite.
D) data management software.
E) presentation graphics software.

Question 57

Which of the following is a visual programming tool and environment for creating applications that run on Microsoft Windows operating systems?

A) Java
B) C++
C) XML
D) Visual Basic
E) COBOL

Question 58

A SaaS provider maintains a large web server, or series of servers, and provides fee-paying subscribers with space to maintain their websites.

Question 59

Nanotechnology uses individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies permit.

Question 60

List and describe the major trends in computer hardware. Which of these do you think will create the biggest changes in business information systems, and why?

Question 61

Running a Java program on a computer requires:

A) a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on the computer.
B) a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on the server hosting the Java applet.
C) an applet to be downloaded to the user's computer.
D) no extra or specialized software, as Java is platform-independent.
E) an Intel processor and the Windows operating system.

Question 62

A(n) ________ is a set of self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application.

A) web service
B) hybrid cloud
C) SOA
D) ERP
E) mashup

Question 63

The ability of a person booking a flight on Southwest.com's website to reserve a car from Dollar Rent-A-Car without having to leave the airline's website is an example of the usage by Dollar Rent-A-Car and Southwest Airlines of which of the following?

A) Cloud computing
B) Web services
C) Nanotechnology
D) SaaS
E) PaaS

Question 64

Software applications that combine different components of online software applications are referred to as:

A) integrated software.
B) widgets.
C) mashups.
D) grid computing.
E) web services.

Question 65

What is the foundation technology for web services?

A) HTML
B) XML
C) SOAP
D) UDDI
E) Java

Question 66

Which of the following software tools would you use to prepare a break-even analysis?

A) Word processing
B) Spreadsheet
C) Desktop publishing
D) Personal information management
E) Presentation graphics

Question 67

Microsoft Excel is an example of:

A) data management software.
B) spreadsheet software.
C) presentation graphics.
D) word processing software.
E) presentation graphics software.

Question 68

________ refers to the ability of a system to expand to serve a number of users without breaking down.

A) Capacity planning
B) Management future planning
C) Scalability
D) Guaranteed levels of service
E) Service level agreements

Question 69

Web services can exchange information between two different systems regardless of the operating system or programming languages on which the systems are based.

Question 70

________ provides users with free access to its program code.

A) An app
B) Open source software
C) Cloud-based software
D) A web service
E) Office software

Question 71

Identify and describe some of the current trends in contemporary software platforms.

Question 72

HTML5 is the latest evolution of HTML, and is designed to make it much easier to embed third-party add-ons in web pages.

Question 73

________ is an operating system-independent, processor-independent, object-oriented programming language that has become a leading interactive programming environment for the web.

A) XML
B) SOA
C) HTML
D) Java
E) COBOL

Question 74

Which type of software provides more control over text and graphic placement in the layout of a page than word processing software?

A) Desktop publishing software
B) Spreadsheet software
C) Graphics software
D) Presentation software
E) Data management software

Question 75

Which of the following is an open-source operating system designed for mobile devices?

A) iOS
B) OS X
C) Chrome
D) Android
E) Apache HTTP

Question 76

You are starting an Internet marketing and data mining company. What types of software can you anticipate needing, and what will these types of software be used for?

Question 77

ZipRealty, which combines Google Maps with real estate data, is an example of:

A) cloud computing.
B) SOA.
C) a widget.
D) a mashup.
E) a web service.

Question 78

Identify and describe the leading PC and server operating systems.

Question 79

XML is limited to describing how data should be presented in the form of web pages, while HTML can perform presentation, communication, and storage of data.

Question 80

HTML specifies how text, graphics, video, and sound are placed on a document.