Exam 12: Designing Distributed and Internet Systems

In a file server environment,each PC stores a copy of the database.

Which of the following is a primary reason for creating three-tiered client/server architectures?

Systems that are used to interact with customers and run a business in real time best defines:

A measurement that tracks the core business functions affected by a system best defines:

__________ is a measurement of how far into the existing technology infrastructure a system penetrates.

A __________ is a device that manages file operations and is shared by each client PC attached to a LAN.

Match each of the following approaches to its corresponding description. -This form of client/server architecture is used to freshen up the delivery of existing server-based applications to distributed clients.

Upsizing is the process of linking previous stand-alone computers together to form networks that support workgroup computing.

Private network refers to the cabling,hardware,and software used to connect workstations,computers,and file servers located in a confined geographical area.

A __________ is a data warehouse that is limited in scope; whose data are obtained by selecting and summarizing data from the enterprise data warehouse.

__________ refers to advanced client/server architectures in which there are three logical and distinct applications-data management,presentation,and analysis-which are combined to create a single information system.

The primary purpose of an informational system is to run the business on a current basis.

A __________ is a subject-oriented,integrated,time-variant,nonvolatile collection of data used in support of management decision making.

What is a database engine? What is a client?

An application server is a computing server where data analysis functions primarily reside.

Match each of the following approaches to its corresponding description. -This form of client/server architecture places all data presentation functions on the client machine so that the client has total responsibility for formatting data.

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition. -An Internet-authoring language that allows designers to create customized tags,enabling the definition,transmission,validation,and interpretation of data between applications.

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition. -The immediate automated responses to the requests of users.

The data analysis function manages all interaction between software and files and databases,including data retrieval/querying,updating,security,concurrency control,and recovery.

Which of the following client/server architectures freshens up the delivery of existing server-based applications to distributed clients?