Which of the following is not an essential characteristic of cloud computing?
Ubiquitous network access
On-demand self-service
Measured security
Open source software
Rapid elasticity
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Correct Open source software
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Which of the following is considered to be the fastest growing form of computing?
Green computing
Wearable computing
Enterprise computing
Nanocomputing
Cloud computing
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Correct Cloud computing
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Which of the following is an interactive, multiuser operating system developed by Bell Laboratories in 1969 to be highly supportive of communications and networking?
COBOL
Chrome
Linux
UNIX
OS X
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Correct UNIX
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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 b
Selected Answer:
Correct Web services
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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.
on-demand
two-tiered client/server
service-oriented
grid
multitiered client/server
Selected Answer:
Correct two-tiered client/server
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All of the following are features of smartwatches except a(n):
barometer.
gyrometer.
compass.
accelerometer.
altimeter.
Selected Answer:
Correct gyrometer.
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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.
scalable
quantum
hybrid cloud
private
Selected Answer:
Correct hybrid cloud
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Which of the following is a type of optical disc storage?
SSD
Hard drive
Magnetic tape
USB flash drive
CD-ROM
Selected Answer:
Correct CD-ROM
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An analyst asked to perform capacity planning for a system would need to take into account all of the following factors except:
the minimum response time for processing business transactions.
the purchase price of new computer hardware equipment.
the volu
Selected Answer:
Correct the purchase price of new computer hardware equipment.
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Connecting geographically remote computers in a single network to create a "virtual supercomputer" is called:
co-location.
centralized processing.
cloud computing.
client/server computing.
grid computing.
Selected Answer:
Correct grid computing.
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Which of the following is an open-source operating system designed for mobile devices?
iOS
Android
Chrome
Apache HTTP
OS X
Selected Answer:
Correct Android
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Which of the following is a visual programming tool and environment for creating applications that run on Microsoft Windows operating systems?
Visual Basic
Java
COBOL
C++
XML
Selected Answer:
Correct Visual Basic
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Which of the following statements about client/server computing is not true?
The client is normally a desktop or laptop computer.
The client provides the user interface.
The server provides security, remote access, and user authentication.
Computing on th
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Correct The bulk of processing occurs on the client.
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Which of the following is a high-speed network dedicated to storage that connects different kinds of storage devices, such as tape libraries and disk arrays so they can be shared by multiple servers?
SAN
LAN
Grid
ASP
SSN
Selected Answer:
Correct SAN
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Which of the following statements about Linux is not true?
Linux is a robust alternative to Windows operating systems.
Linux is a UNIX-like operating system.
Linux is the primary OS used in quantum computing.
Linux is an example of open source software.
L
Correct Linux is the primary OS used in quantum computing.
Which of the following types of computer is used for weather forecasting on a national or worldwide scale?
Supercomputer
PC
Mainframe
Minicomputer
Server
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Correct Supercomputer
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in a multitiered network:
the work of the entire network is balanced over several levels of servers.
processing is split between clients and servers.
processing is handled by multiple, geographically remote clients.
the work of the entire network is centr
Selected Answer:
Correct the work of the entire network is balanced over several levels of servers.
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Which of the following storage technology stores data sequentially?
Magnetic tape
USB flash drive
CD-ROM
Magnetic disks
RAID
Selected Answer:
Correct Magnetic tape
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Which of the following is an example of a legacy system?
Transaction processing system running on a mainframe
Web services running on a cloud computing platform
MDM software
Scalable grid computing system
Quantum computing system
Selected Answer:
Correct Transaction processing system running on a mainframe
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What would be a reason for using a workstation rather than a personal computer?
When you need to share resources
When you need to serve applications and data to client computers
When you need to access a network
When you need to connect to a cloud computi
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Correct When you need more powerful computational abilities
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