Question 1

A sustainable MIS infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Cloud bursting is when a company uses its own computing infrastructure for normal usage and access the cloud when it needs to scale for high/peak load requirements ensuring a sudden spike in usage does not result in poor performance or system crashes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure that includes restoring the company information is called a failover.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Portability describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands of growth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Carbon emissions include the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, produced by business processes and systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A disaster recovery plan contains a ________ that outlines the costs to support the plan.

Accepted Answer

A) Disaster organizational cost analysis 
B) Disaster recovery improvements 
C) Disaster financial costs 
D) Disaster recovery cost curve

Question 7

Cheap electricity is great for keeping business energy costs down, but this means that we have to rely more on ________ for power.

Accepted Answer

A) Cars 
B) Coal 
C) Gasoline 
D) All of the above

Question 8

Failover 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. This is a high-speed and high-cost method of backup and recovery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Top-level MIS employees require administrator access, or unrestricted access to the entire system. Administrator access can perform functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting down entire systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What occurs when a company uses its own computing infrastructure for normal usage and accesses the cloud when it needs to scale for high/peak load requirements ensuring a sudden spike in usage does not result in poor performance or system crashes?

Accepted Answer

A) Community cloud 
B) Private cloud 
C) Cloud bursting 
D) Hybrid cloud

Question 12

What enables computers to run multiple operating systems and multiple software applications at the same time and creates multiple 'virtual' machines all on a single computing device?

Accepted Answer

A) Virtualization 
B) Innovation 
C) Availability 
D) Viral computing

Question 13

What is Big data as a service (BDaaS)?

Accepted Answer

A) Offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster 
B) Delivers applications over the cloud using a pay-per-use revenue model. 
C) Facilitates the accessibility of business-critical data in a timely, secure, and affordable manner. 
D) Offers a cloud-based Big Data service to help organizations analyze massive amounts of data to solve business dilemmas.

Question 14

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 the above

Question 15

What is corporate social responsibility?

Accepted Answer

A) A subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment 
B) A company's acknowledged responsibility to society 
C) Reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product 
D) Stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server

Question 16

What is disaster recovery as a service?

Accepted Answer

A) Combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device. 
B) Combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device. 
C) Combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications. 
D) Offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster.

Question 17

What is a hot 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.

Question 18

What is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy?

Accepted Answer

A) Multi-tenancy 
B) Single-tenancy 
C) Cloud fabric 
D) Cloud fabric controller

Question 19

Shawn works at the local electrical company in Nampa, ID, which provides electricity to the entire city of Boise. This area is prone to floods, high winds, and tornados. As the lead enterprise architect on the night shift, Shawn has been asked to suggest ways the company can protect its information MIS infrastructure. Shawn notices that the company does not have the ability for its systems to respond to unexpected failures or crashes and there is not a backup system that can automatically take over without a loss of service to Boise residents. What should Shawn recommend his company implement?

Accepted Answer

A) Accessibility 
B) Moore's law 
C) Antivirus software 
D) Fault tolerance

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

A sustainable MIS infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption.

Cloud bursting is when a company uses its own computing infrastructure for normal usage and access the cloud when it needs to scale for high/peak load requirements ensuring a sudden spike in usage does not result in poor performance or system crashes.

The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure that includes restoring the company information is called a failover.

Portability describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands of growth.

Carbon emissions include the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, produced by business processes and systems.

A disaster recovery plan contains a ________ that outlines the costs to support the plan.

Cheap electricity is great for keeping business energy costs down, but this means that we have to rely more on ________ for power.

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

Top-level MIS employees require administrator access, or unrestricted access to the entire system. Administrator access can perform functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting down entire systems.

What occurs when a company uses its own computing infrastructure for normal usage and accesses the cloud when it needs to scale for high/peak load requirements ensuring a sudden spike in usage does not result in poor performance or system crashes?

What enables computers to run multiple operating systems and multiple software applications at the same time and creates multiple 'virtual' machines all on a single computing device?

What is Big data as a service (BDaaS) ?

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

What is corporate social responsibility?

What is disaster recovery as a service?

What is a hot site?

What is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy?

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