DFV30103

EMERGING IT TECHNOLOGIES
JAN. – JUN. 2024

INSTITUT KEMAHIRAN MARA

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

THEORY TEST
JANUARY - JUNE 2024 SESSION

COURSE : DFV30103 – EMERGING IT TECHNOLOGIES

DATE : FEBRUARY 2024
DURATION : 2 HOURS
PROGRAMME : DFK

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

Instructions :
1. This question paper consists of SECTION A and SECTION B.
2. Answer ALL questions in SECTION A and TWO (2) questions only in
SECTION B.
3. SECTION A is compulsory.
4. Answer the questions in the answer sheet provided.

This question booklet consists of 15 printed pages.

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SECTION A:

This section consists of 40 questions. Each question followed by four option

answers A, B, C and D. Please choose the best answer. Answer all the questions.

1. Technology will continue to advance at a rapid pace, we need to have

systematic approach to capture these changes and at the same time we
might be able to observe the trend. What is one of the good examples of the
emergence technology?

A. The emergence of block chain technology on Bitcoins.

B. The emergence of block chain technology on smartphone.
C. The emergence of block chain technology on television.
D. The emergence of block chain technology on computer.

2. What is a model in TMM?

A. An abstract representation, description and definition of a structure,

process(es), and information.
B. An informative representation of an object, person or system.
C. A three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed
structure.
D. A thing used as an example to follow or imitate.

3. What TMM stand for?

A. Technology Maturity Model.

B. Telekom Malaysia Model.
C. Technologies Maturity Model
D. Technical Maturity Model

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4. What are the uses of the maturity model?

A. A model for us to evaluate the stability of a process or services.

B. A thing used as an example to follow or imitate.
C. Use (a system, procedure, etc.) as an example to follow or imitate.
D. An informative representation of an object, person or system.

5. Which is one of the famous models used by many multinational companies?

A. Organizational Performance Management (OPM)

B. Causal Analysis and Resolution (CAR)
C. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI).
D. Capability Maturity Model (CMM).

6. Organization is focused on continuous improvement and is built to pivot and

respond to opportunity and change. The organization’s stability provides a
platform for agility and innovation. What is the current level of the
organization according to the CMMI model?

A. Maturity Level 3.
B. Maturity Level 4.
C. Maturity Level 5.
D. Maturity Level 2.

7. At which stage that we can estimate the cost of the technology according to
the TRLs?

A. TRL 5
B. TRL 6
C. TRL 7
D. TRL 8

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8. How many stages are there in S-Curve?

A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3

9. What is the use of the S-Curve model to a user/investors??

A. To evaluate the cost-effective analysis and feasibility.

B. To evaluate the cost-benefit analysis and feasibility.
C. To evaluate the effective analysis and feasibility.
D. To evaluate the benefit analysis and feasibility.

Maturity
Sunset
Growth

Infancy

Figure 1: The S-Curve of Evolution of Technical System.

10. According to Figure 1, what are the probabilities that cause the product did
not survive to the growth stage?

A. Size
B. Cultural
C. Time
D. Product name

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11. When is the best time to explore the new S-Curve?

A. When technology is infancy and becoming growth.

B. When technology is growing and becoming mature.
C. When technology is mature and becoming sunset.
D. When technology at sunset stage.

12. Which of the following in S-Curve should be concentrated on identifying and

eliminating bottlenecks that prevent the system from entering the market?

A. Maturity
B. Infancy
C. Growth
D. Sunset

13. What is TRIZ in English?

A. The Theory of Inventive Emerging Solving.

B. The Theory of Inventive Technology Solving.
C. The Theory of Inventive Technical Solving.
D. The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving.

14. Which of the following is the First Industrial Revolution?

A. Used electric power to create mass production.

B. Used electronics and information technology to automate production.
C. Used electronics and information technology to digitalize production.
D. Used water and steam power to mechanize production.

15. The idea of industry 4.0, coined by Germans. However, in year 2010 when
they coined the term IR4.0 they are already very advance in manufacturing.
All of the following are reasons they still continue to create the concept of IR
4.0 EXCEPT:

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A. Germans foresee the upcoming challenges that they are going to face,
the world resources are getting less, therefore it is important to
maximize the use of resources and production efficiency.
B. There are many manufacturers are appearing in ASIA, Germany
needed a plan to stay competitive.
C. The population of Germany is aging, people live longer and having lesser
kids.
D. Due to new technology and changing demands, employers may also
become more supportive of existing employees wanting to work remotely
or flexibility.

16. Which statement is TRUE about Operating Technology?

A. OT is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate

data or information.
B. OT is typically used within the context of business operations.
C. OT is programmable devices combined with information systems made
remote monitoring and access possible.
D. OT is software and hardware that are used in monitor and control
industrial processes.

17. Which statement is NOT TRUE about Disruptive technology?

A. Business and operation activities can be work together in a more

efficient way.
B. Once the disruptive innovation enters the mainstream, the established
companies typically pick up on the new concept or technology to respond
to the competition.
C. Once it enters the S-Curve growth stage, it will grow exponentially and it
will happen very fast, displacing conventional technology and business.
D. An innovation that significantly alters the way that consumers, industries,
or businesses operate.

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18. What does OT stands for?

A. Operational Technique
B. Operational Technology
C. Operation Tips
D. Operation Technique

Figure 2.

19. Which statement is TRUE about Figure 2?

A. The IP is the network of connected computers that the web works on.
B. The Transport layer establishes the connection between applications
running on different hosts.
C. The WWW is the content that are transported by Internet.
D. Internet carries the information and WWW is the transport system.

20. One of the problems with this version of IP is the limited size of IP
addresses. What does this statement refer to?

A. IPv7
B. IPv6
C. IPv5
D. IPv4

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21. Who assigns and manages IP addresses to devices in an automated

network environment?

A. DHCP server
B. Router
C. DHCP relay
D. DHCP client

Figure 3.
22. According to Figure 3, which of the following operations NOT perform by
your browser?

A. The hostname is extracted from the URL.

B. The browser opens a HTTP connection.
C. The browser sends a query to the DNS server.
D. The browser opens a TCP connection and sends the HTTP request.

23. In general, HTTP uses the port number 80 whereas, FTP uses port number
20 and 21. Which statement is TRUE?

A. FTP stands for File Transparent Protocol.

B. HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transparent Protocol.
C. Both protocols sit on top TCP/IP.
D. Both protocols does not require authentication.

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24. Which is NOT an example of the recent disruptive technology?

A. Food Panda
B. Grab
C. Uber
D. Taxi

25. Which of the following is non-functional requirement?

A. The button must response to user press within 5 milliseconds.

B. The operation must start after pushing on button.
C. The operation must stop after pushing on button.
D. The button must response to user press.

26. Which of the following is NOT benefits/pros of Non-functional testing?

A. They ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of the software

system.
B. Support user goals, tasks, or activities for easy project management.
C. They ensure good user experience and ease of operating the software.
D. They help in formulating security policy of the software system. provides

27. A technical document that describes a software functionalities and

capabilities, characteristics, design and implementation constraints for the
development team.

A. Software Technical Documentation (STD)

B. Software Document Specification (SDS)
C. Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
D. Software Requirements Documentation (SRD)

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28. What is the common approaches to gather requirement analysis.?

A. Through user-stories and user experience

B. Through use-cases and user experience
C. Through user experience and user comments.
D. Through use-cases and user-stories.

Figure 4.
29. According to Figure 4, what is the purpose of a use case diagram in UML?

A. To demonstrate the different ways a user might interact with a system.

B. To demonstrate the process of system interaction with a user.
C. To demonstrate user behavior with the system process.
D. To demonstrate the process of the system.

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30. Which of the following is not in FURPS+ ?

A. Functionality.
B. Unitability.
C. Reliability.
D. Performance.

Figure 5.
31. According to Figure 5, which is NOT a functional requirement of a luggage
bag?

A. Size.
B. Weight.
C. Durability.
D. Height of the handle.

32. Which statement is NOT true about gap analysis?

A. Used to determine whether requirements are met, if not, it should

describe the other possible steps to be taken to meet the requirements
B. Identify the area and goal to be analyzed and to be accomplished.
C. Analyze the current situation and state.
D. Describe the gap and quantify the similarity.

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33. What is Feature analysis?

A. A technique to compare functionalities of product / services.

B. Used in requirement gathering to get as many ideas as possible from
group of people.
C. A gathering of people who are representative of the users or customers
of a product to get feedback.
D. A relatively modern technique for gathering requirements.

34. What is the general purpose of benchmarking?

A. To compare the current state with the objectives.

B. To understand how and where a product or an organization need to
change in order to improve performance.
C. To compare functionalities of product / services.
D. To demonstrate the process of the system.

35. In which form of benchmarking is comparison of similar or identical

practices within same or immediate industry is done?

A. Internal benchmarking
B. Competitive benchmarking
C. Functional benchmarking
D. Generic benchmarking

36. Which statement is NOT TRUE about Benchmarking?

A. In computing, a benchmark is to compare the relative performance of

computers.
B. In business, benchmarking is the practice of comparing business
process and performance.
C. Benchmarking very often subject to the design the measuring process.
D. Benchmarking compare the current state with the objectives.

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37. What is the method that an organization should use when direct measures
of the outcome are unobservable and/or unavailable.?

A. Proxy measures
B. Benchmarking
C. Gap analysis
D. Feature analysis

38. Company A manufactures 10 defective products on an average out of 1000

products manufactured. Company B manufactures 5 defective products on
an average out of 1000 products manufactured. Which company must be
chosen for benchmarking and by whom?

A. B should choose A as benchmark

B. A should choose B as benchmark
C. Both are equally efficient
D. Concept of benchmarking is not applicable here

39. Which of the following is not put under focus during performance
benchmarking??

A. Elements of cost
B. Technical quality
C. Number of employees in organization
D. Product or service features

40. Following is (are) the type(s) of cost in benchmarking?

A. Benchmarking database costs

B. Time costs
C. Visit costs
D. All of the above

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SECTION B:

This section consists of 3 subjective questions. Answer two (2) questions only.

Question 1

a. List 10 example of non-functional requirements.

(10 Marks)

Question 2

a. What is maturity model?

(2 Marks)
b. What can be gained from the maturity model stage?
(2 Marks)
c. The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is created in 2006 and has
been refined to 3 different areas. List all this areas.
(6 Marks)

Question 3

a. Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across the globe.

Using advanced satellites in a low orbit, Starlink enables video calls, online
gaming, streaming, and other high data rate activities that historically have not
been possible with satellite internet. Users can expect to see download speeds
between 100 Mb/s and 200 Mb/s and latency as low as 20ms in most locations.
Starlink is now delivering initial beta service both domestically and
internationally, and will continue expansion to near global coverage of the
populated world in 2021. https://www.starlink.com

STARLINK Internet is at which stage of the S-Curve?

(2 Marks)

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b. What wireless technology problems can Starlink solve?

(2 Marks)
c. What is the next evolution of Internet connection?
(2 Marks)
d. Do you think wireless technology will completely remove the needs of wired
if the Starlink system keep growing? (Yes/No)
(1 Marks)
e. List 3 classes of cryptographic algorithms.
(3 Marks)

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