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Oldertransactionprocessingsystemscreatedformainframecomputersbutstillinusearecalled
YourAnswer: legacysystems.

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Typically,workstationsareusedby
YourAnswer: engineers.

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Client/servercomputingusesaconceptcalled
YourAnswer: centralizedprocessing.
CorrectAnswer: distributedprocessing.

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________arereplacingfloppydisksasportablememorystoragedevices.
YourAnswer: Laptopcomputers
CorrectAnswer: UniversalSerialBuss(USB)flashdrives

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Systemsthatcanprotectthemselvesfromoutsideintrudersandselfdestructionisanexampleof
YourAnswer: autonomiccomputing.

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Operatingsystemsoftwareperformsallofthefollowingfunctionsexcept
YourAnswer: enterpriseintegration.

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Linuxisalowcostalternativefor
YourAnswer: Windowsoperatingsystems.

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Linuxisanexampleof
YourAnswer: opensourcesoftware.

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TheJavalanguageisparticularlyusefulinnetworkenvironmentsbecauseitcreates
YourAnswer: Webpages.
CorrectAnswer: Applets.

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Looselycoupledsoftwarecomponentsthatexchangeinformationwitheachotherusinguniversal
Webstandardsandlanguagesareknownas
YourAnswer: softwarepackages.
CorrectAnswer: Webservices.

11.

Acompaniontohypertextmarkuplanguage(HTML)usedtodescribedatais
YourAnswer: datarelatedhypertextmarkuplanguage(DHTML).
CorrectAnswer: extensiblemarkuplanguage(XML).

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Selfcontainedservicesthatcommunicatewitheachothertocreateaworkingsoftwareapplicationis
knownasa
YourAnswer: SimpleObjectAccessProtocol.
CorrectAnswer: Serviceorientedarchitecture(SOA).

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Twoormoreonlineapplicationsthatcreateakindofhybridandprovidesmorecustomervaluethan
theoriginalsourcesaloneiscalleda
YourAnswer: Webservice.
CorrectAnswer: mashup.

14.

Ondemandcomputingisalsoknownas
YourAnswer: edgecomputing.
CorrectAnswer: utilitycomputing.

15.

Abusinessthatdeliversandmanagescomputerservicesfromremotecenterstomultipleusersvia
privatenetworksiscalled
YourAnswer: Webhostingservice.
CorrectAnswer: applicationserviceprovider(ASP).

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ManagingexternaltechnologyconsultantsispartofmanagingtheoverallITinfrastructure.
YourAnswer: True

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Minicomputerscanbeusedasnetworkservers.
YourAnswer: False
CorrectAnswer: True

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Thesloweracomputersystemcancalculatelongdivisionproblems,thehigheritsoverall
performance.
YourAnswer: False

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Inaclient/servercomputingarchitecture,dataarestoredontheclientmachine.
YourAnswer: True
CorrectAnswer: False

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DatacanberewrittentoaCDROM(CompactDiscReadOnlyMemory).
YourAnswer: False

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Mosttransactionprocessingiscurrentlyonlineprocessing.
YourAnswer: True

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Thenetworkisbecomingthecomputer.
YourAnswer: False
CorrectAnswer: True

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TheUNIXoperatingsystemismostcommonlyfoundonMacintoshcomputers.
YourAnswer: False

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Fourthgenerationcomputinglanguagesenableenduserstodevelopsoftwareapplicationswith

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minimaltechnicalassistance.
YourAnswer: True

25.

Spreadsheetapplicationsallowuserstodevelop"whatif"analysesusingvarioussetsofassumptions.
YourAnswer: False
CorrectAnswer: True

26.

Individualscanpostdocumentsforotherstocommentonoreditusinggroupware.
YourAnswer: False
CorrectAnswer: True

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XMLisusedtocreatedynamiclinkstootherWebpagesandobjects.
YourAnswer: False

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Middlewarecreatesaninterfaceorbridgebetweentwodifferentsystems.
YourAnswer: True

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Capacityplanningensuresthatafirmhasenoughcomputingpowerforitscurrentandfutureneeds.
YourAnswer: False
CorrectAnswer: True

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Firmscanreducetheirtotalcostofownership(TCO)throughgreaterdecentralizationand
standardizationofhardwareandsoftwareresources.
YourAnswer: True
CorrectAnswer: False

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Brieflyexplainwhyacompanymustcontinueusingoldertransactionprocessingsystemswhen
newer,bettersystemsarereadilyavailable.
YourAnswer:
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ExplainwhytheLinuxoperatingsystemisbecomingapopularalternativetootheroperating
systems.
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