An Online Service Allows Users to Integrate Their Phonebook with Their

question 25

Multiple Choice

An online service allows users to integrate their phonebook with their social media profiles and stores it on the cloud: The phonebook is updated with pictures of contacts when they are uploaded on social media sites: Which of the following cloud-based offerings is being provided to the users?

• A) network as a service (NaaS)
• B) platform as a service (PaaS)
• C) infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
• D) software as a service (SaaS)

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Definitions:

Cost of Equity

The return a company requires to decide if an investment meets capital return requirements, often used in the capital asset pricing model to determine the risk-adjusted costs of financing.

Pre-tax Cost

The cost of an investment or expense before the effect of taxes is taken into account.

Flotation Costs

The expenses incurred by a company in issuing new securities, including underwriting, legal, and registration fees.

Cost of Equity

The theoretical compensation a company pays to its equity investors for the risk involved in investing in the firm.