Question 1

How does Disney manage privacy and payment concerns with the possibility of lost or stolen bands?

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A band that tracks users and contains pa...

Question 2

Replacing computing resources-either an organization's or individual's hardware or software-with services provided over the Internet is known as _____.

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The answer of Replacing computing resources-either an organization's or individual's...

Question 3

Disney's says the MagicBand and supporting systems have cut turnstile transaction time by 60%.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Hard drive storage is considered to be solid state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

_____ are substances that are capable of enabling as well as inhibiting the flow of electricity.

Accepted Answer

A)   Insulators
B)   Semiconductors
C)   Resistors
D)   Inductors
E)   Thermostats

Question 6

Disney's MagicBand can be used for everything except as a hotel room key.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Random-access memory is an example of nonvolatile memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What are the two main advantages of using solid state storage vs. a conventional hard disk?

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1) Chips are solid state electronics (me...

Question 9

Semiconductor-based devices are also known as _____.

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solid stat...

Question 10

Grid computing, though faster and more efficient, is an expensive alternative to supercomputers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

China has banned the importing of e-waste within its borders since 2000.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following sets of interrelated forces threatens to slow down the progression of Moore's Law?

Accepted Answer

A)   Weight, speed, and capacity
B)   Density, clock speed, and wafer thickness
C)   Size, heat, and power
D)   Silicon availability, efficiency, and energy
E)   Memory, cache size, and speed

Question 13

Which of the following statements regarding the current electronic waste scenario is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Electronic waste increases with the rise of living standards worldwide.
B)   The content of gold in a pound of electronic waste is lesser than that in a pound of mined ore.
C)   The process of separating densely packed materials inside tech products to effectively harvest the value in e-waste is skill intensive.
D)   Sending e-waste abroad can be much more expensive than dealing with it at home.
E)   E-waste trade is mostly transparent, and stringent guidelines ensure that all e-waste is accounted for.

Question 14

Disney's says the MagicBand now cost less than $5 to manufacture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of volatile memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Random-access memory
B)   Flash memory
C)   Optical disk drive
D)   Nanodrive
E)   Read-only memory

Question 16

Sony, a firm once synonymous with portable music, has ceded its market dominance to Apple because:

Accepted Answer

A)   it did not provide tracks from Sony Music artists to the Apple iTunes store.
B)   its technology offerings were too futuristic and out of sync with the waves of computing to appeal to customers.
C)   it failed to take advantage of opportunities presented by Moore's Law.
D)   its music players contradicted the price/performance phenomenon predicted by Moore's Law.
E)   it attempted to straddle the twin markets of online music retail and electronic music players, and could not capitalize on either.

Question 17

Grid computing is a type of computing in which:

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A)   special software is installed on several computers enabling them to work together on a common problem.
B)   computers are designed with many microprocessors that work together, simultaneously, to solve problems.
C)   quantum properties, such as superposition and entanglement, are used to represent data and perform operations on these data.
D)   microprocessors with two or more (typically lower power)  calculating processor cores are fabricated on the same piece of silicon to solve multiple problems.
E)   computer software seeks to reproduce or mimic human thought, decision making, or brain functions.

Question 18

_____ refer to the multibillion dollar factories used to manufacture semiconductors.

Accepted Answer

A)   Grids
B)   Platforms
C)   Lecterns
D)   Fabs
E)   Kilns

Question 19

Moore's Law kicked in during the 1970s for the_____________, and minicomputers were a hit.

Accepted Answer

A)   first wave
B)   second wave
C)   third wave
D)   big corporations
E)   government

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_____ are substances that are capable of enabling as well as inhibiting the flow of electricity.

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Hard drive storage is considered to be solid state.

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Sony, a firm once synonymous with portable music, has ceded its market dominance to Apple because:

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Disney's MagicBand can be used for everything except as a hotel room key.

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Grid computing, though faster and more efficient, is an expensive alternative to supercomputers.

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Which of the following is an example of volatile memory?

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Semiconductor-based devices are also known as _____.

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Disney's says the MagicBand and supporting systems have cut turnstile transaction time by 60%.

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Random-access memory is an example of nonvolatile memory.

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What are the two main advantages of using solid state storage vs. a conventional hard disk?

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Grid computing is a type of computing in which:

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China has banned the importing of e-waste within its borders since 2000.

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Which of the following sets of interrelated forces threatens to slow down the progression of Moore's Law?

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Disney's says the MagicBand now cost less than $5 to manufacture.

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_____ refer to the multibillion dollar factories used to manufacture semiconductors.

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How does Disney manage privacy and payment concerns with the possibility of lost or stolen bands?

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_____ are substances that are capable of enabling as well as inhibiting the flow of electricity.

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Hard drive storage is considered to be solid state.

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