Question 1

What are the different options where an emergency notification service can be deployed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Through the firm's own infrastructure 
B)  By an outside service provider on company premises 
C)  By an outside service provider hosted remotely 
D)  All of these 
A)  Through the firm's own infrastructure 
B)  By an outside service provider on company premises 
C)  By an outside service provider hosted remotely 
D)  All of these

Question 2

What are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports?

Accepted Answer

A)  Supports operations, change, and the environment or sustainability 
B)  Supports operations, customers, and ewaste 
C)  Supports operations, clients, and servers 
D)  Supports information, change, and business continuity planning 
A)  Supports operations, change, and the environment or sustainability 
B)  Supports operations, customers, and ewaste 
C)  Supports operations, clients, and servers 
D)  Supports information, change, and business continuity planning

Question 3

If you want to support business operations you will focus on building a strong information MIS infrastructure, which identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Portability 
B)  Capacity planning 
C)  Performance 
D)  Sustainability 
A)  Portability 
B)  Capacity planning 
C)  Performance 
D)  Sustainability

Question 5

Which term refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Availability 
B)  Accessibility 
C)  Usability 
D)  Responsibility 
A)  Availability 
B)  Accessibility 
C)  Usability 
D)  Responsibility

Question 6

Maintainability determines future environmental infrastructure requirements to ensure high-quality system performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

If you want to support organization change you will focus on building a strong information MIS infrastructure, which identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is an information MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured 
B)  Includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organization's goals 
C)  Infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption 
D)  Includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets 
A)  Identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured 
B)  Includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organization's goals 
C)  Infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption 
D)  Includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets

Question 9

Which of the following terms represents how quickly a third party or vendor can change a system to ensure it meets user needs and the terms of any contracts including agreed levels of reliability, maintainability or availability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Capacity 
B)  Web accessibility 
C)  Serviceability 
D)  Vulnerability 
A)  Capacity 
B)  Web accessibility 
C)  Serviceability 
D)  Vulnerability

Question 10

What is unavailable?

Accepted Answer

A)  A system that is not operating and cannot be used. 
B)  Refers to the ability of an application to operate on different devices or software platforms, such as different operating systems. 
C)  Measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction. 
D)  The degree to which a system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use. 
A)  A system that is not operating and cannot be used. 
B)  Refers to the ability of an application to operate on different devices or software platforms, such as different operating systems. 
C)  Measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction. 
D)  The degree to which a system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use.

Question 11

Within the sites that support disaster recovery, ________ is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster.

Accepted Answer

A)  hot site 
B)  cold site 
C)  warm site 
D)  disaster site 
A)  hot site 
B)  cold site 
C)  warm site 
D)  disaster site

Question 12

Which of the below offers a low-speed and low-cost backup method?

Accepted Answer

A)  DVD 
B)  Thumb drive 
C)  External hard drive 
D)  All of these 
A)  DVD 
B)  Thumb drive 
C)  External hard drive 
D)  All of these

Question 13

What are the seven characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, and usability 
B)  Accessibility, affordability, mobility, portability, reliability, scalability, and usability 
C)  Accessibility, availability, mobility, penetrability, responsibility, sensibility, and usability 
D)  Accessibility, affordability, functionality, changeability, constancy, sources, and understanding 
A)  Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, and usability 
B)  Accessibility, affordability, mobility, portability, reliability, scalability, and usability 
C)  Accessibility, availability, mobility, penetrability, responsibility, sensibility, and usability 
D)  Accessibility, affordability, functionality, changeability, constancy, sources, and understanding

Question 14

Which of the following describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands or growth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Flexibility 
B)  Scalability 
C)  Reliability 
D)  Affordability 
A)  Flexibility 
B)  Scalability 
C)  Reliability 
D)  Affordability

Question 15

Technology recovery strategies focus specifically on prioritizing the order for restoring hardware, software, and data across the organization that best meets business recovery requirements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What is a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured 
B)  Includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organization's goals 
C)  Infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption 
D)  Includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets 
A)  Identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured 
B)  Includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organization's goals 
C)  Infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption 
D)  Includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets

Question 17

What is a computer designed to request information from a server?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hardware 
B)  Software 
C)  Client 
D)  Server 
A)  Hardware 
B)  Software 
C)  Client 
D)  Server

Question 18

Which characteristics support a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability 
B)  Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity planning 
C)  Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization 
D)  Storage, network, and server virtualization 
A)  Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability 
B)  Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity planning 
C)  Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization 
D)  Storage, network, and server virtualization

Question 19

Reliability means the system functions correctly and provides accurate information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The optimal disaster recovery plan in terms of cost and time is where on the disaster recovery cost curve?

Accepted Answer

A)  Where the two cost effects intersect 
B)  When the cost to the company of unavailability of information and technology is high 
C)  When the cost to the company of recovering from a disaster over time is high 
D)  When the two cost effects are furthest apart 
A)  Where the two cost effects intersect 
B)  When the cost to the company of unavailability of information and technology is high 
C)  When the cost to the company of recovering from a disaster over time is high 
D)  When the two cost effects are furthest apart

Exam 23: Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

What are the different options where an emergency notification service can be deployed?

What are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports?

If you want to support business operations you will focus on building a strong information MIS infrastructure, which identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

What measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction?

Which term refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system?

Maintainability determines future environmental infrastructure requirements to ensure high-quality system performance.

If you want to support organization change you will focus on building a strong information MIS infrastructure, which identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

What is an information MIS infrastructure?

Which of the following terms represents how quickly a third party or vendor can change a system to ensure it meets user needs and the terms of any contracts including agreed levels of reliability, maintainability or availability?

What is unavailable?

Within the sites that support disaster recovery, ________ is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster.

Which of the below offers a low-speed and low-cost backup method?

What are the seven characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure?

Which of the following describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands or growth?

Technology recovery strategies focus specifically on prioritizing the order for restoring hardware, software, and data across the organization that best meets business recovery requirements.

What is a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

What is a computer designed to request information from a server?

Which characteristics support a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

Reliability means the system functions correctly and provides accurate information.

The optimal disaster recovery plan in terms of cost and time is where on the disaster recovery cost curve?

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Informationdatabases

Accessing Organizational Informationdata Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

Extending the Organizationsupply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organizationcustomer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to Endenterprise Resource Planning

Creating Innovative Organizations

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Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Informationdatabases

Accessing Organizational Informationdata Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

Extending the Organizationsupply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organizationcustomer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to Endenterprise Resource Planning

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