Exam B ECO361N—Spring 05
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Page 1; Each
question is worth 2.5 points
1. What three
factors determine the quality of a computer monitor?
2. Briefly
discuss: Our eyes are digital and our ears are analog.
3. What is the
important property of a transistor lacking in a diode.
4. What is a byte? How many colors can you represent with
a byte?
5. What is an
artificial neural network?
6. How far from
the center of the earth and in what orbit do you place a satellite such that it
appears stationary with respect to the earth? Is such a satellite good for long
distance communication.
7. What is
ShannonŐs measure of information and how does that relate to the meaning of the
message. Briefly discuss: You must
communication all the information in a message to communicate its meaning?
8 What is CAE, give and example, and briefly explain its economic
advantage.
9 What is a
consortia and what are the economic incentives to form one.
10. What is XML and why is it slowly
replacing HTML?
Page 2 [Stress the economics pages 2 and 3] {Each
question is worth 6.25 points}
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11. Why
are good strategies for innovation generally more difficult to implement than
strategies for invention? Give an
example to illustrate your point.
12. What is the economics behind Moore's
law
13. Man is
a visual animal: How has the evolution of hardware and software reflected this
fact and how is this evolution related to Moore's law?
14. What
is the Memory Pyramid and why does it exist.
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15.
Can data and voice be combined in the same communication network and is it
economic to do so. Who might win
in the long run.
16.
Give two examples that clearly show that the profitability of manufacturing is
as much a function of better organization as better technology.
17. Discuss the pros and cons of airline
reservation software.
18.
What is a artificial neural network, give an example and discuss the economics.
Page 4
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19. How far have we come to a cashless
society? Give examples in physical space. Discuss payment mechanisms in
cyberspace. Do we have an efficient way to make a $0.10 payment in cyberspace,
yet? Discuss with future possibilities.