MIS302F EXAM 2

5 Written Questions

1. capable of continuing operation even if component fails
2. represents a single instance of whatever the table keeps track of
3. The process of using computers to identify hidden patterns in, and to build models from, large data sets.
4. The global mapping of users and organizations, and how they are connected.
5. non-key column or filed in one table that links to a primary key to another table

5 Matching Questions

1. Market basket analysis
2. server farm
3. software as a service (SaaS)
4. virtualization (virtual desktop)
5. complementary benefits

1. a A massive network of computer servers running software to coordinate their collective use. Server farms provide the infrastructure backbone to SaaS and hardware cloud efforts, as well as many large-scale Internet services.
2. b Products or services that add additional value to the primary product or service that makes up a network.
3. c A form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to a third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online.
4. d A type of software that allows a single computer (or cluster of connected computers) to function as if it were several different computers, each running its own operating system and software. Virtualization software underpins most cloud computing efforts, and can make computing more efficient, cost-effective, and scalable.
5. e Data-mining technique for determining sales patterns. Shows products customers tend to buy together.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a language used to create and manipulate databases
   1. structured query language
   2. free rider problem
   3. blue ocean strategy
   4. hardware clouds
2. describes the use of cloud computing to provide excess capacity during periods of spiking demand. cloudbursting is a scalability solution that is usually provided as an overlfow service, kicking in as needed.
   1. convergence
   2. cloudbursting
   3. crowdsourcing
   4. cloud computing
3. a set of databases designed to support decision making in an organization
   1. hardware clouds
   2. data mining
   3. dark web
   4. data warehouse
4. The cost a consumer incurs when moving from one product to another. It can involve actual money spent (e.g., buying a new product) as well as investments in time, any data loss, and so forth.
   1. staying power
   2. thin client
   3. switching costs
   4. marginal cost
5. when 2 or more markets, considered distinctly separate, begin to offer features and capabilities. Example: the markets for mobile phones and media players are converging
   1. foreign key
   2. convergence
   3. canned report
   4. monopoly

5 True/False Questions

1. relationship (relational database) → An approach where firms seek to create and compete in uncontested "blue ocean" market spaces, rather than competing in spaces and ways that have attracted many, similar rivals.

   True        False

2. platform → An acronym standing for Linux, the Apache Web server software, the MySQL database, and any of several programming languages that start with P (e.g., Perl, Python, or PHP).

   True        False

3. Application programming interface (APIs) → A form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to a third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online.

   True        False

4. goes public (IPO) → a market dominated by a small number of powerful sellers

   True        False

5. query → an open source software operating system.

   True        False