Ch5 Infrastructure

1. Put the following eras in the evolution of IT infrastructure in the correct order, from oldest to most recent. (1) cloud-computing era (2) client/server era (3) enterprise era (4) PC era and (5) mainframe and minicomputer era.

• 1. 5, 4, 2, 3, 1

• 1. 5, 4, 2, 1, 3

• 1. 4, 5, 3, 2, 1

• 1. 4, 5, 2, 3, 1

A measure for computing power which is often used is:

• 1. Baud rate

• 1. MIPS

• 1. Bps

• 1. MHz

Java software was designed to:

• 1. serve as a new platform for internet.

• 1. be downloaded from the Internet if desired.

• 1. make writing web pages easier for users.

• 1. operate on any given computer or computer-controlled device, regardless of the specific microprocessor or operating system this has.

Ultra-thin computers comprise a circuit board with processors, memory and network connections, which are stacked in racks referred to as:

• 1. W3 servers

• 1. proxy servers

• 1. slave servers

• 1. blade servers

In 1970 this individual claimed that the value of a network increases exponentially as the number of network participants grows

• 1. Superman

• 1. Turing

• 1. Metcalfe

• 1. Moore

A web server is:

• 1. software for localising and managing stored web pages.

• 1. part of a telecommunication server.

• 1. a computer with the single task of providing web access.

• 1. a computer which connects two networks.

All of the following are cloud computing services except

• 1. infrastructure as a service.

• 1. platform as a service.

• 1. software as a service.

• 1. virtualization as a service.

The phenomenon of employees using their own devices in the workplace is known as

• 1. wearable computing.

• 1. mobile consolidation.

• 1. cloud computing.

• 1. BYOD.

Which of the following is not one of the current software platform trends?

• 1. Web services and service-oriented architecture

• 1. open-source software

• 1. multicore processors

• 1. HTML5