Question 1

Unsustainable, or green, MIS describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that maximizes damage to the environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Failback is a specific type of fault tolerance, occurs when a redundant storage server offers an exact replica of the real-time data, and if the primary server crashes, the users are automatically directed to the secondary server or backup server.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Who is a person who is grounded in technology, fluent in business, and able to provide the important bridge between MIS and the business?

Accepted Answer

A) MIS Infrastructure manager 
B) MIS specialist 
C) Enterprise architect 
D) Enterprise manager 
A) MIS Infrastructure manager 
B) MIS specialist 
C) Enterprise architect 
D) Enterprise manager

Question 4

With grid computing a problem is broken into pieces and distributed to many machines, allowing ________ processing than could occur with a single system.

Accepted Answer

A) Moderate 
B) Slower 
C) Faster 
D) Cleaner 
A) Moderate 
B) Slower 
C) Faster 
D) Cleaner

Question 5

What is availability?

Accepted Answer

A) Performs functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting down entire systems. 
B) Refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system. 
C) Refers to the time frames when the system is operational. 
D) Refers to how quickly a system can transform to support environmental changes. 
A) Performs functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting down entire systems. 
B) Refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system. 
C) Refers to the time frames when the system is operational. 
D) Refers to how quickly a system can transform to support environmental changes.

Question 6

What serves only one customer or organization and can be located on the customer's premises or off the customer's premises?

Accepted Answer

A) Community cloud 
B) Private cloud 
C) Utility computing 
D) Public cloud 
A) Community cloud 
B) Private cloud 
C) Utility computing 
D) Public cloud

Question 7

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 8

What contains all of the details of an incident?

Accepted Answer

A) Technology failure 
B) Incident record 
C) Incident management 
D) Technology recovery strategy 
A) Technology failure 
B) Incident record 
C) Incident management 
D) Technology recovery strategy

Question 9

What creates a way for a company to recover and restore partially or completely interrupted critical functions within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption?

Accepted Answer

A) Disaster recovery plan 
B) Disaster recovery cost curve 
C) Business continuity planning 
D) Emergency notification system 
A) Disaster recovery plan 
B) Disaster recovery cost curve 
C) Business continuity planning 
D) Emergency notification system

Question 10

What occurs when the ability of a company to operate is impaired because of a hardware, software, or data outage?

Accepted Answer

A) Technology failure 
B) Incident record 
C) Incident management 
D) Technology recovery strategy 
A) Technology failure 
B) Incident record 
C) Incident management 
D) Technology recovery strategy

Question 11

What is a challenge for cloud computing that could cause employee performance to decrease?

Accepted Answer

A) Limited Internet features 
B) Required Internet connectivity 
C) Decreased dynamic scaling 
D) Decreased job stability 
A) Limited Internet features 
B) Required Internet connectivity 
C) Decreased dynamic scaling 
D) Decreased job stability

Question 12

Server virtualization combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is usability?

Accepted Answer

A) The system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use 
B) The system functions correctly and provides accurate information 
C) The system allows varying levels of access 
D) The system quickly transforms to support environmental changes 
A) The system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use 
B) The system functions correctly and provides accurate information 
C) The system allows varying levels of access 
D) The system quickly transforms to support environmental changes

Question 14

Corporate social responsibility is a subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Community cloud serves a specific community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Public cloud promotes massive, global, industry-wide applications offered to the general public. In a public cloud customers are never required to provision, manage, upgrade, or replace hardware or software.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75% of unused processing power of a computer and links thousands of individual computers around the world creating a ________ that can process intensive tasks.

Accepted Answer

A) Personal computer 
B) Employee client 
C) Company server 
D) Virtual supercomputer 
A) Personal computer 
B) Employee client 
C) Company server 
D) Virtual supercomputer

Question 18

Why is estimating future growth a challenge for most companies?

Accepted Answer

A) Growth can occur because the company acquires new markets 
B) Growth can occur because the company acquires new customers 
C) Growth can occur because the company acquires new products 
D) All of the above 
A) Growth can occur because the company acquires new markets 
B) Growth can occur because the company acquires new customers 
C) Growth can occur because the company acquires new products 
D) All of the above

Question 19

DreamWorks Animation Company used which sustainable infrastructure component to complete many of its films including Shrek, Madagascar and Antz?

Accepted Answer

A) Agile computing 
B) Grid computing 
C) Cloud computing 
D) Server computing 
A) Agile computing 
B) Grid computing 
C) Cloud computing 
D) Server computing

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Unsustainable, or green, MIS describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that maximizes damage to the environment.

Failback is a specific type of fault tolerance, occurs when a redundant storage server offers an exact replica of the real-time data, and if the primary server crashes, the users are automatically directed to the secondary server or backup server.

Who is a person who is grounded in technology, fluent in business, and able to provide the important bridge between MIS and the business?

With grid computing a problem is broken into pieces and distributed to many machines, allowing ________ processing than could occur with a single system.

What is availability?

What serves only one customer or organization and can be located on the customer's premises or off the customer's premises?

What is an information MIS infrastructure?

What contains all of the details of an incident?

What creates a way for a company to recover and restore partially or completely interrupted critical functions within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption?

What occurs when the ability of a company to operate is impaired because of a hardware, software, or data outage?

What is a challenge for cloud computing that could cause employee performance to decrease?

Server virtualization combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications.

What is usability?

Corporate social responsibility is a subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment.

Community cloud serves a specific community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations.

Public cloud promotes massive, global, industry-wide applications offered to the general public. In a public cloud customers are never required to provision, manage, upgrade, or replace hardware or software.

Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75% of unused processing power of a computer and links thousands of individual computers around the world creating a ________ that can process intensive tasks.

Why is estimating future growth a challenge for most companies?

DreamWorks Animation Company used which sustainable infrastructure component to complete many of its films including Shrek, Madagascar and Antz?

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

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters

Exam 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Unsustainable, or green, MIS describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that maximizes damage to the environment.

Failback is a specific type of fault tolerance, occurs when a redundant storage server offers an exact replica of the real-time data, and if the primary server crashes, the users are automatically directed to the secondary server or backup server.

Who is a person who is grounded in technology, fluent in business, and able to provide the important bridge between MIS and the business?

With grid computing a problem is broken into pieces and distributed to many machines, allowing ________ processing than could occur with a single system.

What is availability?

What serves only one customer or organization and can be located on the customer's premises or off the customer's premises?

What is an information MIS infrastructure?

What contains all of the details of an incident?

What creates a way for a company to recover and restore partially or completely interrupted critical functions within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption?

What occurs when the ability of a company to operate is impaired because of a hardware, software, or data outage?

What is a challenge for cloud computing that could cause employee performance to decrease?

Server virtualization combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications.

What is usability?

Corporate social responsibility is a subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment.

Community cloud serves a specific community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations.

Public cloud promotes massive, global, industry-wide applications offered to the general public. In a public cloud customers are never required to provision, manage, upgrade, or replace hardware or software.

Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75% of unused processing power of a computer and links thousands of individual computers around the world creating a ________ that can process intensive tasks.

Why is estimating future growth a challenge for most companies?

DreamWorks Animation Company used which sustainable infrastructure component to complete many of its films including Shrek, Madagascar and Antz?

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

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Data: Business Intelligence

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters