Deck 11: Computing and Telecommunications

Question 1

systems used to track and identify the location of objects in real time

A)geolocation
B)geographical information system (gis)
C)wireless application protocol (wap)
D)real-time location system (rtls)

Answer 1

real-time location system (rtls)

Question 2

gateway to the Internet optimized for mobility

A)voice portal
B)wimax
C)mobile enterprise
D)mobile portal

Answer 2

mobile portal

Question 3

automatically identifying a Web user's location

A)voice portal
B)geolocation
C)sensor network
D)wimax

Answer 3

geolocation

Question 4

Computing capabilities embedded into objects around us (mobile and stationary)

A)pervasive computing
B)ubiquitous computing (ubicom)
C)context-aware computing
D)geolocation

Question 5

Computing capabilities embedded in the environment but typically not mobile

A)mobile portal
B)pervasive computing
C)context-aware computing
D)voice portal

Question 6

Vehicle mount solutions• Handheld solutions• Hands-free and voice solutions

A)mobile enterprise
B)wireless wide area network (wwan)
C)typical mobile devices used in warehouses
D)interactive voice response (ivr)

Question 7

A collection of nodes capable of environmental sensing, local computation, and communication with its peers or with other higher performance nodes

A)voice portal
B)mobile portal
C)geolocation
D)sensor network

Question 8

short-range radio frequency communication technology for remotely storing and retrieving data using devices called__________  tags and__________  readers

A)network-based positioning
B)real-time location system (rtls)
C)radio frequency identification (rfid)
D)wireless wide area network (wwan)

Question 9

a technology that offers Internet browsing from wireless devices

A)real-time location system (rtls)
B)wireless wide area network (wwan)
C)wireless local area network (wlan)
D)wireless application protocol (wap)

Question 10

delivery of m-commerce transactions to individuals in a specific location, at a specific time

A)location-based m- commerce (l- commerce)
B)context-aware computing
C)ubiquitous computing (ubicom)
D)network-based positioning

Question 11

Calculating the location of a mobile device from signals sent by the device to base stations

A)personal area network (pan)
B)terminal-based positioning
C)pervasive computing
D)network-based positioning

Question 12

a wireless technology, designed to provide Internet access across metro areas to fixed (not moving) users. It is considered wireless broadband technology

A)voice portal
B)mobile portal
C)wimax
D)geolocation

Question 13

a website with an audio interface that can be accessed through a telephone call

A)wimax
B)geolocation
C)mobile portal
D)voice portal

Question 14

a wireless version of the Ethernet networking standard

A)wireless wide area network (wwan)
B)wireless local area network (wlan)
C)personal area network (pan)
D)wireless application protocol (wap)

Question 15

computer system capable of integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing, and displaying geographically referenced (spatial) information

A)personal area network (pan)
B)interactive voice response (ivr)
C)real-time location system (rtls)
D)geographical information system (gis)

Question 16

a voice system enables users to request/receive info, enter/change data through a telephone to a computerized system

A)pervasive computing
B)real-time location system (rtls)
C)personal area network (pan)
D)interactive voice response (ivr)

Question 17

a telecommunications network that offers wireless coverage over a large geographical area, typically over a cellular phone network

A)personal area network (pan)
B)wireless application protocol (wap)
C)wireless wide area network (wwan)
D)wireless local area network (wlan)

Question 18

a wireless telecommunications network for device-to-device connections within a very short range

A)wireless wide area network (wwan)
B)personal area network (pan)
C)wireless local area network (wlan)
D)sensor network

Question 19

ability to detect and react to a set of environmental variables that is described as context (which can be sensor info or users' attitudes)

A)mobile portal
B)context-aware computing
C)pervasive computing
D)network-based positioning

Question 20

Which of the following is a specification for multicast discovery on a LAN?

A)ws-agent
B)ws-discovery
C)ws-soap
D)all of the mentioned

Question 21

___________as a utility is a dream that dates from the beginning of the computing industry itself.

A)model
B)computing
C)software
D)all of the mentioned

Question 22

Which of the following cloud concept is related to pooling and sharing of resources?

A)polymorphism
B)abstraction
C)virtualization
D)none of the mentioned

Question 23

___________has many of the characteristics of what is now being called cloud computing.

A)internet
B)softwares
C)web service
D)all of the mentioned

Question 24

Which of the following can be identified as cloud?

A)web applications
B)intranet
C)hadoop
D)all of the mentioned

Question 25

Cloud computing is an abstraction based on the notion of pooling physical resources and presenting them as a ___________resource.

A)real
B)virtual
C)cloud
D)none of the mentioned