ISTM 210, PHINNEY Exam 1 With Solutions 100% Correct
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ISTM 210, PHINNEY Exam 1 With Solutions
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What are the names of her granddaughters? Gracie (17- 18 months) and Lucy (new born, on sept.
3, 2017).
How many super computers does TAMU have? 3
How many mainframe computers does TAMU have? What do we use them for? Two; one is for
payr...
ISTM 210, PHINNEY Exam 1 With Solutions
100% Correct
What are the names of her granddaughters? Gracie (17- 18 months) and Lucy (new born, on sept.
3, 2017).
How many super computers does TAMU have? 3
How many mainframe computers does TAMU have? What do we use them for? Two; one is for
payroll, the other is in Dallas and is used for backups and recovery.
What is Amdahl? A computer company in the 70s. TAMU was Amdahl's 3rd customer. Orange
covers painted maroon.
"Big Blue" is a term referring to what company? IBM
Acrobat Reader It's a free program that allow you to view, print, and annotate PDFs (Portable
Document Format) and it resides on virtually every platform.
Adobe Acrobat Not a free program. Does more than Acrobat Reader. Allows you to edit and
produce documents, build in activity, and allows digital signatures.
,ISTM 210, PHINNEY Exam 1 With Solutions
100% Correct
What is the most important function in database (DBMS)? Querying. Querying - to ask a
question.
What does ERP stand for? Enterprise Resource Planning System
What are Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERPs)? - These incorporate all data and
processes of a business into one integrated system, aka it's a single centralized system.
- Main feature of ERP system is a SINGLE database.
- SAP was the first company to offer an ERP system. German company.
In class, what movies did Phinney recommend watching? "The Intern" & "Hidden Figures"
What are her son's names? Tom and Sam
Phinney's Definition of Virtual Memory - "Virtual memory is more of a technique than memory."
, ISTM 210, PHINNEY Exam 1 With Solutions
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- *"If you need something at a particular memory address, and it is not in RAM, go get that page
from secondary memory. If RAM is full, algorithms will move out that which is 'least recently
used.'"*
What was the name of Speaker #1? What was his major and what year did he graduate? Andrew
Cox, MIS, and graduated in 2010.
Where does Speaker #1 work? and what does he do there? USAA bank and insurance ( a military
focused bank).
He works in system analysis where he uses algorithms for online company feedback. Also does
image processing, which is taking locations into maps and data.
Speaker #1 talked about "hindsight," "insight," and "foresight." Define these things. Hindsight=
storing the data.
Insight= conclude based on data.
Foresight= predict whats next.
Key drivers for big businesses are: Business, technical, and financial.
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