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One of the main benefits of moving to mobile business computing platforms is the dramatically lower costs of hardware.

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________ 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

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What is the foundation technology for web services?


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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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


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

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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.

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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?

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The major trends in hardware are: the mo...

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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

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

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An analyst asked to perform a TCO analysis for a system would need to take into account all of the following factors except:


A) the minimum response time for processing business transactions.
B) lost productivity if hardware or software failures cause the system to be unavailable for processing and user tasks.
C) real estate and utility costs for housing and providing power for the technology.
D) the purchase or license of software for each user.
E) the cost to provide training to information systems specialists and end users.

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

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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.

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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

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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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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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