Exam 12: Designing Distributed and Internet Systems

When migrating relational DBMSs and other LAN-based technologies into the client/server environment,issues such as compatibility of data types,query optimization,distributed databases,data administration of distributed data,CASE tool code generators,and cross operating system integration may arise.

The process of migrating mainframe applications to personal computers,workstations,and networks is sometimes called:

Which of the following client/server architectures places all software on the client except for the data management functions?

The ________ is a method for translating Internet domain names into Internet Protocol (IP)addresses.

Which of the following client/server architectures combines the best features of the distributed function and distributed database by splitting both of these across client and server,with presentation functions under the exclusive responsibility of the client machine?

An advantage to using file servers on local area networks is the ability to use thin clients.

In a client-based LAN,the file server handles all data manipulations.

A method that helps you to better understand how a system fits within existing business activities and data best defines:

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

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

What is a database engine? What is a client?

A ________ is the front-end portion of the client/server database system that provides the user interface and data manipulation functions.

When designing distributed and Internet systems,the primary deliverables from this stage are decision tables,structure charts,and throwaway prototypes.

The primary difference between an application built using the client/server architecture and a centralized database system on a mainframe is that each client is an intelligent part of the application processing system.

Network PCs are examples of thin clients.

Providing Internet content to users based upon knowledge of that customer best describes ________.

________ is a communications protocol for exchanging information on the Internet.

A data warehouse that is limited in scope and whose data are obtained by selecting and summarizing data from the enterprise data warehouse best describes a(n):

The ________ is a LAN-based computing environment in which a central database server or engine performs all database commands sent to it from client workstations,and application programs on each client concentrate on user interface functions.

Which of the following client/server architectures places all functionality on the client,except data storage and management,which is divided between client and server?