Which of the Following Is an Example of Investment in Computing

question 137

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of investment in computing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ?

• A) an increase of inventory stock in a retail store
• B) a deposit of $2,000 in a bank
• C) a laptop purchased by a student
• D) the purchase of government bonds by a retiree

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Definitions:

Service Factor

A multiplier used in operational and manufacturing settings to account for potential variability in demand or system overload capacity.

M/M/S

A model used in queueing theory representing a system with multiple servers where arrivals and service times are Poisson distributed and exponentially distributed, respectively.

Average Time

The mean value that represents the central tendency of a set of times, often used to summarize the typical amount of time required for a process.

Utilization Factor

A measure that assesses how effectively a production resource is used, typically comparing actual output to maximum possible output.