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1.12 Questions for review
To help test your understanding of the material in this chapter, complete the
following questions:
1. List ways in which the mainframe of today challenges the traditional thinking
about centralized computing versus distributed computing.
2. Explain how businesses make use of mainframe processing power, and how
mainframe computing differs from other types of computing.
3. List three strengths of mainframe computing, and outline the major types of
workloads for which mainframes are best suited.
4. Name five jobs or responsibilities that are related to mainframe computing.
5. This chapter mentioned at least five operating systems that are used on the
mainframe. Choose thre