OBA 340 Chapters 1 & 5 Questions And Answers With Verified Solutions
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OBA 340 Chapters 1 & 5 Questions And Answers With Verified Solutions
Amazon was started by ANS Jeff Bezos
Some of the radical changes brought about by new technologies include: ANS the creation of an unprecedented set of security and espionage threats.
In just five years, _____ has bought ...
OBA 340 Chapters 1 & 5 Questions And Answers With
Verified Solutions
Amazon was started by ANS Jeff Bezos
Some of the radical changes brought about by new technologies include: ANS the creation of an
unprecedented set of security and espionage threats.
In just five years, _____ has bought a whopping 103 firms. ANS Google
The _____ is a piece of U.S. legislation that raises executive and board responsibility and ties criminal penalties to
certain accounting and financial violations. ANS Sarbanes Oxley Act
A company uses radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to keep track of its inventory. This is an example of the
impact of technology in the area of _____. ANS Operations
Crowdsourcing tools and question-and-answer sites like _____ allow firms to reach out for expertise beyond their
organizations. ANS Quora
Technology experts in the area of user-interface design: ANS Work to make sure systems are easy to use.
Many firms are developing so-called "C-level" specialties in emerging areas with a technology focus, such as:
ANS CPO-Chief privacy officer
Moore's Law states that: ANS Chip performance per dollar doubles every eighteen months.
The _____ is the part of a computer that executes the instructions of a computer program. ANS Microprocessor
Storage that is wiped clean when power is cut off from a device is known as _____. ANS Volatile memory
_____ is a nonvolatile, chip-based storage, often used in mobile phones, cameras, and MP3 players. ANS Flash
memory
, Sony, a firm once synonymous with portable music, has ceded its market dominance to Apple because: ANS it
failed to adapt to the changes in the electronics industry as predicted by Moore's Law.
1 petabyte = 1 _____ bytes ANS Quadrillion
_____ refer to the multibillion dollar plants used to manufacture semiconductors. ANS Fabs
Which of the following factors is responsible for the possibility of Moore's Law? ANS The distance between
pathways inside silicon chips gets smaller with each successive generation.
Multicore processors are formed by: ANS putting two or more lower power processor cores on a single chip.
_____ are the supertiny on-off switches in a chip that work collectively to calculate or store things in memory.
ANS Transistors
Grid computing is a type of computing in which: ANS special software is installed on several computers
enabling them to work together on a common problem.
Big firms fail to see disruptive innovations as a threat because: ANS They mainly focus on the bottom line and
listen to their customers
Massively Parallel Processing ANS Computers are designed with many microprocessors that work together,
simultaneously, to solve problems.
Rising customer service standards can partly be attributed to the proliferation of ________ ANS Social media
Technology experts in the area of _______ specialize in technology for competitive advantage. ANS Strategy
CISO ANS Chief information security officer
Solid state memory (Electronics) ANS Semiconductor-based devices. Solid state components often suffer fewer
failures and require less energy than mechanical counterparts because they have no moving parts. RAM, flash
memory, and microprocessors are solid state devices. Hard drives are not
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