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Subject: Current Trends in IT

Sample Questions:
Section I: Subjective Questions

1. What is Pervasive Computing? Discuss any 4 principles underlying Pervasive Computing


in context of computing nodes.

2. Crowd Engineering brings to the market a new business model named Crowdsourcing
creative tasks.

3. Smart machines are systems that use machine learning to perform work traditionally
conducted by humans in an effort to boost efficiency and productivity. Discuss.

4. Accelerated processing of huge data sets is made possible by four primary technologies.
Explain them.

5. Crowdsource testing is an emerging trend in software testing. Explain.

6. Digital literacy assumes paramount importance at an individual level for truly and fully
leveraging the potential of Digital India program. Discuss.

7. The growth of internet, mobile broadband and distributed computing specially related to
the areas of Service Oriented Architecture, Virtualization and Cloud Computing has given
rise and support to the growth of Unified Communications. Explain.

8. Discuss any 5 benefits of Big Data.

Section II: Objective Questions

Multiple Choice Single Response

1. The main objective of these Systems is to facilitate faster decision making and
forward planning in the organisation and help in the achievement of related purposes,
goals and objectives.
1] Information
2] Information and Communication
3] Information and Systems
4] IT Infrastructures and Information

2. This technology could also enable new types of surgical robots, robotic prosthetics,
and exoskeleton braces that can help people with limited mobility to function more
normally, helping to improve and extend lives.
1] Advanced Robotics
2] Cloud Technology
3] Pervasive Technology
4] Disruptive technology
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3. The main purpose of these games is to educate, train or inform but there are others
which allow you to have fun.
1] Simulation games
2] Virtual environment
3] Virtual reality
4] 3D games

4. It is the time difference between how the user makes some actions and the virtual
environment reflects as a reaction to that action.
1] Latency
2] Range
3] Time Period
4] Variation

5. It is the infrastructure which is centralized and is dynamic in nature and also involves
balancing of the workloads leading to parallel processing for data management,
analytics and reporting.
1] Grid Computing
2] Cloud Computing
3] Parallel Computing
4] Analytics Computing

6. This Architecture is an interesting proposal which solves the problem of computing


arbitrary functions on random data in real time
1] Lambda
2] Sigma
3] Gamma
4] Alpha

7. Which of the following Computing may be defined as a branch of computing that


allows computing and associated / attached sensory elements to pervade user’s
environment to help user(s) preferably without being intrusive.
1] Pervasive
2] Fabric
3] Context aware
4] Ubiquitous

8. The term Disruptive Technology was first coined in 1995 by him who is an American
scholar, educator, author, and business consultant, currently serves as a Professor of
Business Administration at the Harvard Business School (HBS).
1] Clayton M. Christensen
2] Clayton Christen
3] Christensen Clayton M.
4] Christensen M Clayton

9. These innovations are those which improve a product in existing markets in line with
customer expectations (e.g. push button telephone dialler) whereas revolutionary or
radical or discontinuous innovations are those which bring out an new product in an
unexpected manner but do not affect the existing markets (e.g. automobiles).
1] Evolutionary
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2] Revolutionary
3] Expectation based
4] Technology based

10. This genomics marries advances in the science of sequencing and modifying genetic
material with the latest big data analytics capabilities.
1] Next-generation
2] Fourth generation
3] Fifth generation
4] Third generation

Multiple Choice Multiple Response

11. In organisations, collaboration involves


1] committing resources
2] sharing knowledge
3] collective leadership
4] collective knowledge

12. The areas wherein Virtual Technologies are widely used in Fashion in the form of
practical implementations are:
1] VR software for building virtual fashion stores
2] 3D avatars (virtual humans) to help with clothes design
3] 3D fashion portfolio
4] Training the newly hired employees

13. These are the most common technologies using this way of printing.
1] Selective laser sintering
2] Fused deposition modelling
3] Fused laser sintering
4] Selective deposition modelling

14. Gartner analysts added that without managed diversity, organisations are likely to
face increased costs, for three reasons, these are:
1] reduced user productivity
2] a perception on the part of users that the IT department has lost relevance
3] prompts more users to support themselves and increases indirect costs
4] Compliance cost incurred by users

15. Unified Communication and Collaboration products and services provide the
following benefits in context of the Environment:
1] Supports Green initiatives
2] Provides thrust to environmental and cost reduction initiatives
3] Reduces travel and commuting costs and related expenses for employees
4] Supports external initiatives

16. One of the Is in Virtual Reality is Interaction which comprises of


1] Not just passive watching
2] Moving in the virtual world
3] Doing all kind of things there
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4] The feeling of presence, being there

17. Big data is been widely used across industry sectors. Few applications of big data in
different businesses are:
1] To identify the early warning signs and fraud detection systems in the Financial
and Insurance Services sectors to identify the threats, threat management and claim
fraud monitoring.
2] In the life sciences domain the interaction optimisation with the physician’s
surveillance in proactive manufacturing, next-generation genetic sequencing, real-
world evidence, translational sciences and imaging has also gained importance.
3] Another domain is Healthcare wherein analytics is widely used in: cross channels,
and campaign optimisation.
4] Batching where the batch of work is created

18. Crowdsourcing can be of different types, these are


1] crowd source design
2] crowd funding
3] micro tasks
4] crowd testing

Fill in the Blanks

19. From drone aircraft on the battlefield to Google’s self-driving car, the ___________
of machine vision, artificial intelligence, sensors, and actuators that make these
machines possible is rapidly improving.
1] technologies
2] characteristics
3] benefits
4] advantages

20. Business leaders should keep their ___________ updated in the face of the
continually evolving technologies, ensure that their organisations continue to look
ahead, and use technologies to improve internal performance.
1] organisational strategies
2] technology strategy
3] internal strategy
4] business strategy

21. ___________ is another classic example of crowdsourcing which involves users


contributing facts and write-ups for the website.
(1)
1] Wikipedia
2] Google
3] Facebook
4] LinkedIn

22. The shift to ___________ IT represents a radical departure from the old ways of
doing things in the IT world and as with every disruptive movement.
1] Web-scale
2] 3D printing
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3] Cloud computing
4] Hyper scale

23. ___________ can be used by any application which needs to establish the identity of
a resident and/or provide secure access for the resident to
services/benefits/entitlements offered by the application.
1] Aadhaar
2] Mail Id
3] Pin Code
4] Phone Number

24. Crowdsourcing Testing differs from traditional testing methods in that the testing is
carried out by a number of ___________ and not by hired consultants and
professionals.
1] different testers from different places
2] different testers from same places
3] same testers from different places
4] same testers from same places

25. The ___________ technology works using a plastic filament or metal wire which is
unwound from a coil and supplies material to an extrusion nozzle which can turn the
flow on and off.
1] Fused Deposition Modelling
2] Stereo lithography
3] Computer Aided Design
4] Selective laser sintering

26. ___________ has emerged as industry standard for Web Browser based video and
audio conferencing with Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) requiring browser
makers such as Google, Microsoft and Apple, to support WebRTC to implement VP8
and H.264 video codecs.
1] WebRTC
2] Web 2.0
3] WebTRC
4] WebCRT

27. For the more technologically proficient user a common solution for using a personal
cloud is to create a ___________ cloud system by connecting an external USB hard
drive to a Wi-Fi router.
1] Home-made
2] Personal
3] Server
4] Hybrid

28. ___________ printing can also reduce the amount of material wasted in
manufacturing and create objects that are difficult or impossible to produce with
traditional techniques.
1] 3D
2] 2D
3] 1D
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4] 4D

State True or False

29. The cloud can enable entirely new business models, including all kinds of pay-as-
you-go service models.
30. Client-side processing is usually slower and cheaper compared on server-side.

31. The cloud can also improve the economics of IT for companies and governments, as
well as provide greater flexibility and responsiveness.
32. Crowdsourcing enables us to profit from individual ideas and hunches, which may
be sorted according to their perceived relevance.
33. The simplest mobile apps take PC-based applications and port them to a mobile
device.
34. Continuously spotting disruptive technologies, planning to commercialise and
develop the new innovative products and services must be the priority of every
organisation.
35. 1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1,024 Terabytes

36. Big Data and cloud techniques are no longer the privileges of hyper scale web
properties and became available to enterprises of all sizes.
37. There are several Challenges and Requirements faced by Ubiquitous Computing in
context of Planning.
38. A truly well designed and developed environment is the one which responds to the
user’s action in a way that it makes sense.

Match the Following

39. 1] Head-Mounted Display (HMD) 1] It is a Helmet or a face mask providing


the visual and auditory displays use LCD
or CRT to display stereo images and may
also include built-in head-tracker and
stereo headphones.

2] Binocular Omni-Orientation Monitor 2] It is convenient to use and fast and


(BOOM) accurate built-in tracking

3] Cave Automatic Virtual Environment 3] A head tracking system continuously


(CAVE) adjust the stereo projection to the current
position of the leading viewer.
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4] Data Glove 4] It enables natural interaction with


virtual objects by hand gesture
recognition.

5] Control virtual objects in 3


dimensions.

6] Educate, train or informs others

40. 1] Volume 1] Large amount of data is collected from


a variety of sources

2] Variety 2] The increase in this of data increases


instead of volumes which makes it
difficult to analyse the data

3] Velocity 3] It means how fast the data is produced


and the fastest speed at which it can be
processed to meet the demand.

4] Veracity 4] It refers to the biases, noise and


abnormality in data.

5] The increase in this of data decreases


instead of volumes which makes it
difficult to analyse the data

6] It refers to purity of data

41. 1] Online cloud 1] Sometimes referred to as public cloud.

2] NAS device cloud 2] Computer connected to a network that


provides only file-based data storage
services to other devices on the network.

3] Server device cloud 3] Cloud servers work in the same way as


physical servers but the functions they
perform can be very different.

4] Home-made clouds 4] Cloud system by connecting an


external USB hard drive to a Wi-Fi router

5] Sometimes referred to as private


cloud.

6] Cloud system by connecting modem


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42. 1] Prediction markets 1] let a group of people predict together


the outcome of future events

2] Extranet systems 2] collect, organise, manage and share


information associated with the delivery
of a project

3] Social software 3] organise social relations of groups

4] Online spreadsheets 4] collaborate and share structured data


and information

5] interact and share with your clients in


a private online environment

6] Individual users

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