66) Which of the following occurred in the 1964-1990 generation of computing?
A) The mainframe era began.
B) The personal computer era ended and interpersonal computing began.
C) The mainframe era ended and the personal computer era began.
D) The interpersonal computing era ended and the internetworking era began.
E) The internetworking era ended.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.3: Discuss managerial issues associated with managing an organization’s IS
infrastructure.
Classification: Concept
67) Which of the following occurred in the 1990-2000 generation of computing?
A) The mainframe era began.
B) The personal computer era ended and the interpersonal computing era began.
C) The mainframe era ended and the personal computer era began.
D) The interpersonal computing era ended and the internetworking era began.
E) The internetworking era ended.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.3: Discuss managerial issues associated with managing an organization’s IS
infrastructure.
Classification: Concept
68) Which of the following occurred in the 1958-1964 generation of computing?
A) The internetworking era began.
B) The personal computer era expanded.
C) The interpersonal computing era ended.
D) The interpersonal computing era began.
E) The mainframe era expanded.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.3: Discuss managerial issues associated with managing an organization’s IS
infrastructure.
Classification: Concept
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69) The prediction that the number of transistors on a chip would double about every two years is
known as ________.
A) Megan’s law
B) Ashby’s law
C) Murphy’s law
D) Metcalfe’s law
E) Moore’s law
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 3.3: Discuss managerial issues associated with managing an organization’s IS
infrastructure.
Classification: Concept
70) Manufacturers of hardware and software often apply the concept of planned obsolescence,
meaning that ________.
A) the companies have already decided when to launch their next product
B) the product is designed in such a way as to extend its life span
C) the product is designed to last only for a certain life span
D) the product is designed to avoid obsolescence
E) the companies do not enter markets that have the risk of product obsolescence
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.3: Discuss managerial issues associated with managing an organization’s IS
infrastructure.
Classification: Concept
71) With respect to the domain name, the suffix “.com” is reserved for network organizations.
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 3.3: Discuss managerial issues associated with managing an organization’s IS
infrastructure.
Classification: Concept
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72) Briefly explain Moore’s law.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.3: Discuss managerial issues associated with managing an organization’s IS
infrastructure.
Classification: Concept
73) Briefly explain the history of computing.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.3: Discuss managerial issues associated with managing an organization’s IS
infrastructure.
Classification: Concept
74) Under the ________ model, organizations “rent” resources such as processing, data storage,
or networking from an external provider on an as-needed basis and pay only for the services
used.
A) cluster computing
B) grid computing
C) distributed computing
D) utility computing
E) parallel computing
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
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75) As defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), “________ is a
model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of
configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal
management effort or service provider interaction.”
A) Green computing
B) Social networking
C) Internetworking
D) Web phishing
E) Cloud computing
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
76) The ability to adapt to increases or decreases in demand for processing or data storage is
known as ________.
A) extensibility
B) portability
C) reliability
D) scalability
E) usability
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
77) Which of the following statements is true about the software as a service model?
A) The customer has no knowledge or control over the underlying infrastructure and has only
limited ability to control or configure application-specific settings.
B) The customer has to manage the licenses for the operating systems being used.
C) The customer can run his or her own applications that are typically designed using tools
provided by the service provider.
D) The customer is provided with the basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking.
E) The user has control over the applications but has limited or no control over the underlying
infrastructure.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
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78) Which of the following statements is true about the platform as a service model?
A) The customer is provided with the basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking.
B) The customer has no knowledge or control over the underlying infrastructure and has only
limited ability to control or configure application-specific settings.
C) The customer can run his or her own applications that are typically designed using tools
provided by the service provider.
D) Only the basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking are provided.
E) The customer has to manage the licenses for the operating systems being used.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
79) Which of the following statements is true about the infrastructure as a service model?
A) The customer has to manage the licenses for the operating systems being used.
B) The customer has no knowledge or control over the underlying infrastructure and has only
limited ability to control or configure application-specific settings.
C) The customer can run his or her own applications that are typically designed using tools
provided by the service provider.
D) The customer does not have to manage operating system licenses.
E) The user has control over the applications but has limited or no control over the underlying
infrastructure.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
80) Which of the following statements is true about a public cloud?
A) It gives an organization a high degree of customizability over its data and applications.
B) It can be used by any interested party on a pay-per-use basis.
C) It is internal to an organization.
D) It does not free an organization from the issues associated with managing the cloud
infrastructure.
E) It gives an organization a high degree of control over its data and applications.
Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
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81) ________ is used to solve large-scale computing problems.
A) Trusted computing
B) Edge computing
C) IP convergence
D) Grid computing
E) Distributed computing
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
82) Which of the following is used to increase Web application performance?
A) Trusted computing
B) Distributed computing
C) Content delivery networks
D) IP convergence
E) Green computing
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
83) ________ is used to transmit voice and video communication over the Internet.
A) Edge computing
B) IP convergence
C) Distributed computing
D) IP routing
E) IP console
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Obj.: 3.4: Describe cloud computing and other current trends that can help an
organization address IS infrastructure-related challenges.
Classification: Concept
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