Question 1

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 2

Grid computing, cloud computing, autonomic computing, and virtualization are all elements of a ________ MIS infrastructure.

Accepted Answer

A) Agile 
B) Sustainable 
C) Information 
D) Virtualized 
A) Agile 
B) Sustainable 
C) Information 
D) Virtualized

Question 3

What is administrator access?

Accepted Answer

A) Refers to the performance of 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) Refers to the performance of 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 4

What is the primary reason a company has a failover system?

Accepted Answer

A) To use different systems continuously at the same time. 
B) To allow employees to work virtually. 
C) To take down the primary system for maintenance, while the secondary system activates to ensure continuous operations. 
D) All of these 
A) To use different systems continuously at the same time. 
B) To allow employees to work virtually. 
C) To take down the primary system for maintenance, while the secondary system activates to ensure continuous operations. 
D) All of these

Question 5

Accessibility refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is the difference between hardware and software?

Accepted Answer

A) Hardware is the physical devices associated with a computer system, where software is the instructions the hardware executes to carry out tasks. 
B) They are both specific forms of clients. 
C) Hardware executes the instructions to carry out tasks, where software is the physical devices associated with a computer system. 
D) They are both specific forms of servers. 
A) Hardware is the physical devices associated with a computer system, where software is the instructions the hardware executes to carry out tasks. 
B) They are both specific forms of clients. 
C) Hardware executes the instructions to carry out tasks, where software is the physical devices associated with a computer system. 
D) They are both specific forms of servers.

Question 7

Which characteristics support an agile MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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.

Question 9

The three primary areas where enterprise architects focus when maintaining a firm's MIS infrastructure include information MIS infrastructure, agile MIS infrastructure, and sustainable MIS infrastructures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is portability?

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

What is the process responsible for managing how incidents are identified and corrected?

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 12

Scalability measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Emergency preparedness ensures a company is ready to respond to an emergency in an organized, timely, and effective manner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Describe the characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure.

Accepted Answer

(1) Accessibility refers to the varying

Question 15

What is a system weakness that can be exploited by a threat?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

What is a cold site?

Accepted Answer

A) A separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business. 
B) A separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster. 
C) A separate facility with computer equipment that requires installation and configuration. 
D) A detailed process for recovering information or a system in the event of a catastrophic disaster. 
A) A separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business. 
B) A separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster. 
C) A separate facility with computer equipment that requires installation and configuration. 
D) A detailed process for recovering information or a system in the event of a catastrophic disaster.

Question 17

What occurs when a primary machine recovers and resumes operations, taking over from a secondary server?

Accepted Answer

A) Failback 
B) Disrupting communications 
C) Warm site 
D) Hot site 
A) Failback 
B) Disrupting communications 
C) Warm site 
D) Hot site

Question 18

Vulnerability is a system weakness that can be exploited by a threat.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Maintainability means the system quickly transforms to support environmental changes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: B: Extension: A Mis Infrastructures

What is unavailable?

Grid computing, cloud computing, autonomic computing, and virtualization are all elements of a ________ MIS infrastructure.

What is administrator access?

What is the primary reason a company has a failover system?

Accessibility refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system.

What is the difference between hardware and software?

Which characteristics support an agile MIS infrastructure?

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

The three primary areas where enterprise architects focus when maintaining a firm's MIS infrastructure include information MIS infrastructure, agile MIS infrastructure, and sustainable MIS infrastructures.

What is portability?

What is the process responsible for managing how incidents are identified and corrected?

Scalability measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction.

Emergency preparedness ensures a company is ready to respond to an emergency in an organized, timely, and effective manner.

Describe the characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure.

What is a system weakness that can be exploited by a threat?

What is a cold site?

What occurs when a primary machine recovers and resumes operations, taking over from a secondary server?

Vulnerability is a system weakness that can be exploited by a threat.

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

Maintainability means the system quickly transforms to support environmental changes.

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 Information Databases

Accessing Organizational Information Data Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Enabling the Organization Decision Making

Extending the Organization Supply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organization Customer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to End Enterprise Resource Planning

Creating Innovative Organizations

E-business

Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

B: Extension: A Business Basics

B: Extension: A Business Process

B: Extension: A Hardware and Software Basics

B: Extension: A Networks and Telecommunications

B: Extension: A Information Security

B: Extension: A Ethics

B: Extension: A Operations Management

B: Extension: A Sustainable Mis Infrastructures

B: Extension: A Business Intelligence

B: Extension: A Global Information Systems

B: Extension: A Global Trends

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