Ch 4: Software and Mobile Applications

Question 1

More apps have been developed for iPhone than Android.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Hardware expenditures still exceed spending on software

Accepted Answer

false

Question 3

In SOA, a service is context-specific and maintains state.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true about multi-threading?

Accepted Answer

Threads allow more than one program to run concurrently

Question 5

Multi-threading enables parallelism within an application program running on a Multiprocessor System.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 6

Which is NOT true about Web Services?

Accepted Answer

Provides tight coupling of services

Question 7

TCP/IP is a type of networking middleware.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 8

RPC allows a program to invoke the same code whether it is running locally or remotely

Accepted Answer

true

Question 9

Which is NOT true about proprietary software?

Accepted Answer

Development costs are spread across multiple customers

Question 10

____ are programming instructions used by a program to access the services of another program

Accepted Answer

API

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a basic OS task mgmt technique?

Accepted Answer

Virtualization

Question 12

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a specific technology for client/server interaction.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT true of virtual environments?

Accepted Answer

A Virtual Machine has direct access to hardware resources

Question 14

The Workgroup sphere of influence helps groups of people work together more effectively

Accepted Answer

true

Question 15

COTS Software is mass-produced by software vendors to address common business needs.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 16

The heart of the Operating System is called the Kernel.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 17

Some Operating Systems can support hundreds or thousands of concurrent users.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a type of system software?

Accepted Answer

Enterprise

Question 19

Virtual Memory is the disk space allocated/managed by the OS to supplement capacity of main memory (RAM)

Accepted Answer

true

Question 20

The OS tracks who is using the system, length of use, and attempted security breaches.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 21

Multitasking allows more than one program to run concurrently on a multiprocessing system.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 22

Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software is a type of proprietary software.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT an OS File Management activity?

Accepted Answer

Allocate main memory to programs

Question 24

Which is NOT a common OS for the Personal Sphere of Influence?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Windows Server

Question 25

Which is NOT a typical software utility function?

Accepted Answer

Interaction control between OS and applications

Question 26

A computer system implanted in and dedicated to the control of another device is called

Accepted Answer

An Imbedded system

Question 27

Application software controls the I/O and other critical operations of the computer

Accepted Answer

false

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT a direct function of the Operating System?

Accepted Answer

Manage virtual machines

Question 29

A thread is a set of instructions within a program that can be managed separately by an OS Task Scheduler.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT an OS activity to manage memory?

Accepted Answer

Control I/O connectivity to secondary storage

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