Computing Systems and Networks
Two computers are built by different manufacturers. One is running a Web server and the other is running a Web browser. The two computer can communicate directly because Internet communication uses standard ________.
What are protocols?
Online newspapers and social media sites distribute information on the Internet. An advantage that online newspapers have over social media sites is this ability.
A) distribute information instantaneously
B) provide credibility to the information distributed
C) provide information that is widely accessible
D) provide media-rich content for low cost
What is B, provide credibility to the information distributed?
The ability to provide data transmission even when some connections have failed is an example of the _______-_________ nature of routing on the Internet.
What is fault-tolerant?
A software company is designing a mobile game system that should recognize the faces of players and automatically load their profiles. This testing action is most likely to reduce the possibility of bias in the system.
A. use faces of the software company’s staff
B. use faces of people of different ages, genders, and ethnicities
C. make sure that the rules of the game are clearly explained
D. make sure that players cannot create multiple profiles
What is B, use faces of people of different ages, genders and ethnicities?
Which of the following best describes the ability of parallel computing solutions to improve efficiency?
A. Any problem that can be solved sequentially can be solved using a parallel solution in about 1/2 the time.
B. Any solution can be broken down into smaller parallel portions, making the improvement in efficiency theoretically limitless.
C. The efficiency of parallel computing solutions is rarely improved over the efficiency of sequential computing solutions.
D. The efficiency of a solution that can be broken down into parallel portions is still limited by a sequential portion.
What is D?
This application is most likely to benefit from the use of crowdsourcing?
a) an app that converts measurement units
b) an app that allows user to purchase museum tickets
c) an app that compresses pictures to optimize storage space
d) an app that views description and photographs of local landmarks.
An author is considering publishing an e-book using a Creative Commons license. In this (these) situation (s)it would be better for the author to use a Creative Commons license instead of a traditional copyright.
I. The author wants to make the e-book available as a free download.
II. The author wants to prevent people from sharing copies of the e-book on peer-to-peer networks.
III. The author wants to allow people permission to use and modify the e-book.