1. Which of the following is NOT an IT infrastructure service component?
A) operating system software
B) computing platforms to provide a coherent digital environment
C) physical facility management to manage the facilities housing physical components
D) IT management services to plan and develop the infrastructure and provide project management
2. A client computer networked to a server computer, with processing split between the two types of machines, is called a(n)
A) service-oriented architecture.
B) on-demand architecture.
C) multi-tiered client/server architecture.
D) two-tiered client/server architecture.
3. Interpretations of Moore's law assert that
A) computing power doubles every 18 months.
B) transistors decrease in size 50% every two years.
C) data storage costs decrease by 50% every 18 months.
D) none of the above.
4. The multitasking, multi-user, operating system developed by Bell Laboratories that operates on a wide variety of computing platforms is
A) Unix.
B) Linux.
C) OS X.
D) COBOL.
5. Legacy systems are still used because they
A) can only be run on the older mainframe computers.
B) are too expensive to redesign.
C) integrate well using new Web services technologies.
D) contain valuable data that would be lost during redesign.
6. Which of the following is NOT an example of the emerging mobile computing platforms?
A) netbooks
B) the Kindle
C) cell phones
D) CRM
7. Which of the following does grid computing utilize to create enormous supercomputing power?
A) massive unused data centers
B) underutilized mainframe computers
C) networked computers with idle resources
D) networks with low usage
8. Which type of software is created and updated by a worldwide community of programmers and available for free?
A) software packages
B) mashups
C) outsourced
D) open source
9. Running a Java program on a computer requires
A) a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on the computer.
B) a Java Virtual Machine to be installed on the server hosting the Java applet.
C) a miniature program to be downloaded to the user's computer.
D) no specialized software, as Java is platform-independent.
10. Sets of loosely coupled software components that exchange information with each other using standard Web communication standards and languages are referred to as
A) Web services.
B) EAI software.
C) SOA.
D) SOAP.