Questions:
1. How is the knowledge needed to operate complex devices different from the knowledge needed to acquire and configure them?
2. What additional technical issues must be addressed when managing a computer center or campus-wide network compared with developing a single information system?
3. Describe three types of multicomputer configurations. What are their comparative advantages and disadvantages?
4. What is Grosch's Law? Does it hold today? Why or why not?
5. What characteristics differentiate application software from system software?