Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions on “Collaboration Technologies”.
1. Which of the following factor has helped spur the popularity of collaborative software for conferencing and workgroup support?
a) emergence of cloud networks
b) high cost of computing
c) lowered cost of travel
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Collaborative software is an old concept with roots in many different types of systems.
2. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Yahoo’s Exchange platform added features to compete with Notes
b) SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol
c) Citrix GoToMeeting is one of the best-known collaboration software product
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Microsoft’s Exchange platform added features to compete with Notes.
3. Which of the following software enables real-time or near-real-time communication?
a) Focusware
b) Collaborative
c) Cooperative
d) IMPS
Answer: b
Clarification: Groupware is also similar to collaborative software.
4. Which of the following is first ever true collaboration platform?
a) Lotus Notes
b) Citrix GoToMeeting
c) XAMPP
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Lotus Notes added document management, content management, and groups, and it supported mobile users.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) ZCS can synchronize email, contacts, and calendars with a number of mail services, including mobile phones
b) ZCS is a groupware product
c) Yahoo!, the owner of ZCS, makes the source code available under their Yahoo! Public License (YPL)
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: ZCS stands for Zimbra Collaboration Suite.
6. Which of the following product allows users to share their desktop, do presentations, and even let a user remotely take over another user’s computer in real time?
a) Citrix
b) Zimbra
c) Trillian
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: Meetings can be scheduled and recorded for later playback.
7. Which of the following platform is a direct competitor to GoToMeeting?
a) Zimbra
b) DimDim
c) RimRim
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Clarification: Dimdim offers a service that is a strong Web conferencing platform.
8. Which of the following is a good example of an SMS service organized into a social network and blog?
a) Twitter
b) Facebook
c) Instagram
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Clarification: It is sometimes referred to as the SMS of the Internet or as a form of Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
9. Which of the following sites let you create your own small personal Website, which you give people access to view?
a) Friendster
b) MySpace
c) Facebook
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: Friendster was the earliest of these three services, followed by MySpace, which was more successful.
10. Which of the following is a central element of social networking site?
a) Personal profile
b) Friends
c) Groups
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Clarification: Nearly all social networks have a feature called groups where people interested in a similar topic can post messages to one another.