Question: Which of the following is an example of licensing?

Answer Options:

When a company allows another company to pay it a fee to train its employees.
When a company allows a foreign company to pay it a fee to make or distribute the first company’s product or service.
When a company pays a competitor a fee to stop the competitor from selling its products in the company’s territory.
When a company develops a strategic plan for another organization.
When a company barters goods for goods in lieu of a monetary payment.

Answer: When a company allows a foreign company to pay it a fee to make or distribute the first company’s product or service.

 

Question: An organization’s internal stakeholders consist of __________.

Answer Options:

the board of directors, employees, and suppliers.
the board of directors, customers, and owners.
customers, families of employees, and employees
the board of directors, employees, and owners.
competitors, the community, and suppliers.

Answer: the board of directors, employees, and owners.

 

Question: Process states include all of the following except

Answer Options:

Terminated
Insecure
Ready
Running

Answer: Insecure

 

Question: Threads are

Answer Options:

The smallest sequence of instructions an OS can manage independently
Computer programs that have been loaded into memory and are executing
Computer programs in the hardware devices
Designed to help users create computer systems out of individual computers

Answer: The smallest sequence of instructions an OS can manage independently

 

Question: Threads of a process share all of the following except

Answer Options:

Open files
Code
Global variables
Register values

Answer: Register values

 

Question: Threads are preferable over processes when

Answer Options:

The same or similar tasks are to be performed repeatedly
Security is important
Operating systems are booting up
Tasks are to be isolated from each other

Answer: The same or similar tasks are to be performed repeatedly

 

Question: Memory is

Answer Options:

The smallest sequence of instructions an OS can manage independently
Provided by end user applications
Storehouse of computer data that can be accessed directly by the CPU and I/O devices
Provided by operating systems

Answer: Storehouse of computer data that can be accessed directly by the CPU and I/O devices

 

Question: Virtual memory is

Answer Options:

Provided by operating systems
Storehouse of computer data that can be accessed directly by the CPU and I/O devices
A technique to take up space on the hard drive and use it as an extension of the main memory
The smallest sequence of instructions an OS can manage independently

Answer: A technique to take up space on the hard drive and use it as an extension of the main memory

 

Question: The file system is

Answer Options:

Storehouse of computer data that can be accessed directly by the CPU and I/O devices
A technique to take up space on the hard drive and use it as an extension of the main memory
The OS component that provides efficient access to storage devices by allowing data to be stored, located, retrieved easily
The smallest sequence of instructions an OS can manage independently

Answer: The OS component that provides efficient access to storage devices by allowing data to be stored, located, retrieved easily

 

Question: Operating system security principles include all the following except

Answer Options:

Process isolation
Domain separation
Least privilege
Dual mode operation

Answer: Dual mode operation

 

Question: The 5-V definition of big data refers to

Answer Options:

Volume, velocity, variety, veracity, value
Volume, vision, variety, veracity, value
Variety, veracity, value, vision, virtual
Velocity, vastness, variety, veracity, value

Answer: Volume, velocity, variety, veracity, value

 

Question: Virtualization is useful because

Answer Options:

It allows multiple operating systems to run on a single hardware platform
It provides a way to enhance the security of operating systems
It simplifies the process of managing and updating software
It reduces the need for physical hardware resources

Answer: It allows multiple operating systems to run on a single hardware platform

 

Question: The performance of warehouse scale computers is assessed in terms of all the following metrics except

Answer Options:

Reliability
Variety of operating systems running
Performance for given energy consumption
Performance for given financial investment

Answer: Variety of operating systems running

 

Question: According to NIST, the characteristics of cloud computing include all the following except

Answer Options:

On-demand self-service
Proprietary network access technologies
Resource pooling
Rapid elasticity

Answer: Proprietary network access technologies

 

Question: In terms of access, cloud computing may be

Answer Options:

Proprietary
Private, community, public, or hybrid
Elastic or inelastic
IAAS, PAAS, SAAS

Answer: Private, community, public, or hybrid

 

Question: Public cloud solutions are provisioned for

Answer Options:

Exclusive use by a single organization
Open use by the general public
Free use by interested consumers
Exclusive use by a specific community of users

Answer: Open use by the general public

 

Question: In terms of services offered, cloud services are classified as

Answer Options:

TCP, IP, HTTP
SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
Public, Private, Hybrid
Proprietary, Open Source, Hybrid

Answer: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS

 

Question: Agile development is a group of programming-centric methodologies that focus on:

Answer Options:

Making assignments for a project
Creating a schedule
Creating the system proposal
Streamlining the SDLC

Answer: Streamlining the SDLC