QUESTION 18

1. Providing a service contract on a product is typically a source of competitive advantage for the firm.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 19

1. Which of the following statements are true about e-commerce?

   I. Amazon.com is primarily an example of C2C commerce.

   II. EBay is primarily an example of B2B commerce.

   III. Wall Street Journal.com is an example of B2C commerce.

   IV. The industry portal for the automobile industry is an example of B2C commerce.

   		I
   		III
   		II, III
   		I, IV

1 points

QUESTION 20

1. Which of the following statements are true about the client server architecture?

   I. It can be used for off-loading functions performed on the PC to a server.

   II. It can offer better performance than one-tier software architecture.

   III. It splits computing between three tiers of software architecture.

   IV. It is for the purpose of directly attaching storage discs to the server.

   		I, III, IV
   		I, II, IV
   		II, III
   		I, II

1 points

QUESTION 21

1. Which of the following statements are true about the evolution of the web?

   I. Search engines in Web 3.0 will be able to provide more targeted and relevant responses to user queries.

   II. Facebook was introduced in Web 1.0.

   III, Twitter was introduced in Web 2.0.

   IV. Transactions were first supported in Web 2.0.

   		I, III
   		II, IV
   		II, III
   		I, IV

1 points

QUESTION 22

1. Which of the following refers to the formal agreement between a cloud computing provider and a client?

   		SOA
   		SAP
   		SAS
   		SLA

1 points

QUESTION 23

1. In many situations, not just one but several ethical principles could be relevant. In a scenario where a firm with 65,000 employees is considering outsourcing 5,000 jobs, which two principles from the following best apply to this scenario?

   I. Golden rule

   II. Kant's categorical imperative

   III. Utilitarian principle

   IV. No free lunch principle

   		I, II
   		II, III
   		I, III
   		I, IV

1 points

QUESTION 24

1. Which of the following statements about cloud computing are true? I. Large Fortune 500 companies have no use for cloud computing. II. SAN technology can be used in cloud computing data centers. III. Cloud computing supports the green computing model. IV. Cloud computing does not support the green computing model.

   		I, III
   		I, IV
   		II, III
   		II, IV

1 points

QUESTION 25

1. Which of the following statements are true about networking? I. IP is network layer protocol.

   II. Ethernet is a transport layer protocol.

   III. The link level protocol will cause a packet to be retransmitted over the transmission medium if it has been damaged by electromagnetic interference (EMI).

   IV. The transport layer protocol's main function is to ensure that network packets are safely transported from the source computer to the destination computer.

   		III, IV
   		II, III
   		I, III
   		I, II

1 points

QUESTION 26

1. Which of the following statements are true about Internet traffic today in terms of the usage of Internet resources such as bandwidth? I. Streaming-video is a dominant type of Internet traffic.

   II. Search traffic is not a dominant type of Internet traffic.

   III. Instant messaging is a dominant type of Internet traffic.

   IV. VoIP is a dominant type of Internet traffic.

   		I, II
   		II, IV
   		I, IV
   		II, III

1 points

QUESTION 27

1. Which of the following statements are true about IT infrastructure and emerging technologies? I. Cloud computing is part of the era of enterprise computing.

   II. Invention of the LAN was the catalyst for client-server computing

   III. Mobile computing is part of the current era of digital computing. IV. Autonomic computing is now a widely-spread phenomenon.

   		I, III
   		I, II, III
   		II, III
   		II, III, IV

1 points

QUESTION 28

1. Which of the following statements are true about network protocols?

   I. Network protocols define the content of the information carried in the body of the packet.

   II. Network protocols define the kind of information that can be legally stored on a web site.

   III. Network protocols for the Internet comprise a stack of three layers where each protocol layer performs a different value-added function.

   IV. Network protocols define the structure, format, and types of messages exchanged by any two computers connected to the network.

   		I, II
   		II, III
   		III, IV
   		I, IV