Exam 8: The ICT Industry

With respect to organizations, confidentiality means protecting __________ information about company finances, procedures, products, and research that competitors would find valuable.

_____ was the first commercially successful computer.

Which of the following would not be considered a common carrier?

_______-generation computers became possible by the development of integrated circuits.

The Atanasoff-Berry Computer is often considered the first electronic digital computer.

With the proliferation of computer viruses and worms, computer __________ has become a hot niche for IT workers.

The growth of the ICT industry has a generally upward trend.

Which of the following descriptions best matches that of computer science degree?

A(n) __________ is a device that uses a low-power radio transmitter to carry out two-way voice communications.

A stock market _________ refers to a sharp rise in stock values that is later followed by a sudden decline.

_________ technology displaces an existing business process, market, industry, or product.

___________ states that every two years the number of transistors in an integrated circuit will double without raising its cost.

In economics, _________ are things that can be used or consumed, whereas _________ are intangible actions performed for a consumer.

A manual calculator implements algorithms autonomously.

The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was the first handheld ___________ telephone.

Technology workers encompass jobs such as telephone cable installers and radio broadcasters.

Early computers that held both programs and data in memory became known as ________ architecture.

The U.S.Department of Homeland Security identifies six national security functions supplied by the ICT sector.Which one of the following is not one of them?

An information _________ degree focuses on computer equipment and software used by businesses.

ENIAC's memory held programs but not data.