Exam 7: Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Metrics, and Business Continuity Planning: Building and Sustaining the Dynamic Enterprise

An n-infrastructure is one which has a single tier on a single machine.

A(n)_____ infrastructure balances the work of the network over several different servers.

A service-oriented architecture perspective focuses on the development,use,and reuse of small self-contained blocks of code called _____ to meet all the application software needs of an organization.

According to the _____ philosophy,an organization should have software developed from reusable units of code instead of bringing in brand new systems.

Which of the following phases of the business continuity plan involves executing simulated scenarios of disasters and having employees execute on a disaster recovery plan?

_____ is a delivery model for software identical to SaaS with additional features such as the ability to customize data entry forms,screens,reports,and the like.

_____ is the capability of two or more computing components to share information and other resources,even if they are made by different manufacturers.

Software as a service (SaaS)is a delivery model for software in which one buys low quality software for basic software needs.

Which of the following is often associated with bandwidth such as transmission speeds expressed as kilobits per second and megabits per second?

_____ is a Web-centric metric which is commonly used by Nielsen/Net rankings to rank the most popular Web sites.

Cost-per-thousand is a Web-centric metric which refers to sales dollars generated per dollar of ____.

The management at Solitaire Inc.is building a business continuity plan and has identified its core,critical,and noncritical IT applications.Each of these applications have been categorized on the basis of their estimated recovery costs and the affect the loss of these applications will have on the firm's business The company is in which phase of business continuity planning?

A service level agreement (SLA)is provided by one's cloud service provider.

A business continuity plan starts with the design phase.

_____ involves using the cloud for a vast majority of your computing needs.

Which of the following is true about the end user of IT,according to an SOA philosophy?

Orbit Bank is planning to host a marathon,the proceeds from which will be donated to charities for underprivileged children.Interested participants need to visit the bank's Web site and fill in their details for the event.The organizers of the event,however,noticed that a large number of people who visited the site to provide their details,quit the process half way.Which of the following metrics did the bank most likely use to arrive at such a finding?

The concept of a tiered infrastructure has developed from 1-tier to n-tiers.

Which of the following is an example of a 3-tier infrastructure?

Harriet,a patisserie maker,recently advertised her services on a popular event management company Web site.After the holiday season,she wanted to know whether the advertisement generated sufficient traffic to her own Web site.Which of the following metrics will help determine this?