Chapter 4 Practice Questions

To date, semiconductor fabricators have been able to make ICs (integrated circuits) that hold up to several million electronic components in an area the size of a fingernail.

• True

• False

Which statement is true regarding the End User License Agreement for a software application?

• It is an informal rather than a legal agreement.

• It declares that the manufacture is liable for loss of data resulting from running the software.

• It may explicitly accommodate multiple users of the software.

• It is displayed in a dialog box after the software has been in use for seven days.

One advantage of proprietary software versus off-the-shelf software is that _____.

• the initial cost of the software is lower

• the software is likely to meet basic business needs that are common across organizations

• the software is likely to be high quality because many customer firms have tested the software and helped identify its bugs

• the software provides a company with a competitive advantage by solving problems in a unique manner

A SaaS provider such as Oracle or SAP manages service levels and availability. This is advantageous because _____.

• it allows SaaS customers to increase the number of users without expanding their communications capacity

• it increases the security of financial transactions handled through SaaS applications

• it typically makes SaaS customers with many users eligible for volume discounts

• it allows SaaS customers to control if and when upgrades and new releases are installed

RAM stands for random access memory, a form of memory that holds its contents even if the current is turned off or disrupted.

• True

• False

Currently, though many different programming languages are used, most software is developed using _____.

• a compiler

• an integrated development environment

• a debugger

• personal application software

Solid state storage devices (SSDs) store data in hard disk drives or optical media rather than memory chips.

• True

• False

Which software design approach includes discrete modules that are built in such a way that each service a module provides can exchange information with any other service without human interaction or the need to change the underlying program?

• ervice-oriented architecture

• server virtualization

• grid computing

• quantum computing

A redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks (RAID) is a method of storing data so that data can be accessed more quickly.

• True

• False

Windows 10 is an example of application software.

• True

• False