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What are the drawbacks of cloud computing? Do you think these ever outweigh the benefits,and if so,in what cases?

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A formal contract between customers and their service providers that outlines the specific responsibilities of the service provider and to the customer is called a(n)


A) SOA.
B) SLA.
C) TCO.
D) RFQ.
E) SaaS.

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SaaS refers to


A) supplying online access over networks to storage devices and storage area network technology.
B) managing combinations of applications,networks,systems,storage,and security as well as providing Web site and systems performance monitoring to subscribers over the Internet.
C) self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application.
D) easy-to-use software tools for displaying Web pages.
E) hosting and managing access to software applications delivered over the Internet to clients on a subscription basis.

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At what percent of capacity do most servers operate?


A) 100%
B) 80-90%
C) approximately 70 percent
D) 40-50%
E) 15-20%

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The introduction of the minicomputer


A) allowed computers to be customized to the specific needs of departments or business units.
B) strengthened centralized computing.
C) offered new,powerful machines at higher prices than mainframes.
D) represented the rise of Microsoft.
E) was dominated by IBM.

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Which of the following is not an example of the emerging mobile digital platform?


A) tablets
B) the Kindle
C) cell phones
D) CRM
E) apps

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Which of the following is not an IT infrastructure service component?


A) operating system software
B) computing platforms to provide a coherent digital environment
C) physical facilities management to manage the facilities housing physical components
D) IT management services to plan and develop the infrastructure and provide project management
E) IT education services that provide training to employees

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IT infrastructure consists of just those physical computing devices required to operate the enterprise.

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Which of the following is not one of the main six factors to consider when evaluating how much your firm should spend on IT infrastructure?


A) your firm's business strategy
B) the IT investments made by competitor firms
C) market demand for your firm's services
D) your firm's organizational culture
E) information technology assessment

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________ takes place when a firm contracts custom software development or maintenance of existing legacy programs to outside firms.


A) Cloud computing
B) Utility computing
C) On-demand computing
D) Outsourcing
E) Consumerization of IT

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

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In N-tier computing,significant parts of Web site content,logic,and processing are performed by different servers.

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What is scalability? Why is it essential to the success of the modern business firm?

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Scalability is the ability of the comput...

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The ability to be in many different states at once,dramatically increasing processing power,is a hallmark of


A) co-location.
B) edge computing.
C) grid computing.
D) utility computing.
E) quantum computing.

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________ are computers consisting of a circuit board with processors,memory,and network connections that are stored in racks.


A) Mainframes
B) Rack servers
C) Cloud servers
D) Hybrid servers
E) Blade servers

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List and describe four services that comprise IT infrastructure,beyond physical devices and software applications.

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The process of presenting a set of computing resources (such as computing power or data storage) so that they can all be accessed in ways that are not restricted by physical configuration or geographic location is called


A) cloud computing.
B) autonomic computing.
C) virtualization.
D) multicore processing.
E) ubiquitous computing.

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An ad-hoc group of oceanographers needs to set up a system to analyze massive amounts of data on ocean temperatures.The technology and hardware for gathering the data and transmitting the data to a central computer is in place.What additional hardware might they need? What techniques might they use to make their research more efficient and lower costs?

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Java software is designed to run on any computing device,regardless of the specific microprocessor or operating system it uses.

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How would you determine the market demand for your firm's IT services?


A) Perform a TCO analysis.
B) Benchmark your services.
C) Hold focus groups to assess your services.
D) Analyze sales returns on key investments.
E) Perform a stress test.

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