MIS Chapter 5 Quiz

Agile MIS Infrastructure/ Supports Change

1. Accessibility 2. Availability 3. Maintainability 4. Portability 5. Reliability 6. Scalability 7. Usability

Sustainable MIS Infrastructure/ Supports Sustainability

1. Grid Computing 2. Cloud Computing 3. Virtualization

Information MIS Infrastructure/ Supports Operations

1.Backup 2. Recovery 3. Disaster Recovery 4. Business Continuity Planning

Each year businesses lose time and money because of system crashes and failures. Which of the following offers the best way to protect a system from crashes and failures? A. Backup and recovery plans B. Fault tolerance C. Failover D. All of the above

A. Backup and recovery plans

18. What serves a specific community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations?  A. Community cloud B. Private cloud C. Utility computing D. Hybrid cloud

A. Community cloud

What occurs when a primary machine recovers and resumes operations, taking over from a secondary server? A. Failback B. Disrupting communications C. Warm site D. Hot site

A. Failback

What is the difference between hardware and software? 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.

19. What in the cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers?  A. Multi-tenancy B. Single-tenancy C. Cloud fabric D. Cloud fabric controller

A. Multi-tenancy

What are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports?  A. Supports operations, change, and the environment or sustainability B. Supports operations, customers, and ewaste C. Supports operations, clients, and servers D. Supports information, change, and business continuity planning

A. Supports operations, change, and the environment or sustainability.

Which of the following reflects Moore's law? A. The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 18 months B. A company's ability to acquire small amounts of MIS equipment for cheaper cost C. A company's ability to acquire small amounts of capital for spending on innovative ideas every two years D. The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 6 months

A. The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 18 months

20. 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? A. Virtualization B. Innovation C. Availability D. Viral computing

A. Virtualization

Which of the below is not contributing to ewaste?  A. VCR. B. Automobile C. Microwave D. Computer

B. Automobile

Which characteristics support an INFORMATION MIS infrastructure? A. Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability B. Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan C. Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization D. All of the above

B. Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan.

Within the sites that support disaster recovery, __________ is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster. A. Hot site B. Cold site C. Warm site D. Disaster site

B. Cold site

Which of the following agile MIS infrastructure characteristics refers to the ability of an application to operate on different devices or software platforms, such as different operating systems?  A. Reliability B. Portability C. Maintainability D. Usability

B. Portability

What is a challenge for cloud computing that could cause employee performance to decrease? A. Limited Internet features B. Required Internet connectivity C. Decreased dynamic scaling D. Decreased job stability

B. Required Internet connectivity

The sustainable infrastructure pressure of increased energy consumption poses new and growing pressure. The energy consumed by a computer is estimated to produce as much as 10% of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a __________.  A. House B. School C. Car D. Cell phone

C. Car

With grid computing a problem is broken into pieces and distributed to many machines, allowing _________ processing than could occur with a single system. A. Moderate B. Slower C. Faster D. Cleaner

C. Faster

17. Which cloud computing model offers applications on a pay-per-use basis?  A. Infrastructure as a Service B. Platform as a Service C. Software as a Service D. All of the above

C. Software as a Service

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

C. To take down the primary system for maintenance, while the secondary system activates to ensure continuous operations.

The optimal disaster recovery plan in terms of cost and time is where on the disaster recovery cost curve? A. When the cost to the company of unavailability of information and technology is high B. When the cost to the company of recovering from a disaster over time is high C. Where the two cost effects intersect D. When the two cost effects are furthest apart

C. Where the two effects intersect.

What question below would a company need to answer when first establishing a backup and recovery plan? A. What types of storage mechanism will meet the needs of the company? B. How often does the company need to backup its information? C. What types of recovery systems does the company infrastructure need? D. All of the above

D. All of the above

The most popular IaaS operation today is Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The benefits when using Amazon as an IaaS includes ____________. A. Customers can load and run their own applications B. Customers can control their own operating environment C. Customers can create, run, and stop services as needed D. All of the above

D. All of the above.

Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Focus Areas

Details how a company recovers and restores critical business operations and systems after a disaster or extended disruption. 1. Disaster Recovery Plan 2. Technology Recovery Strategies 3. Business Impact Analysis 4. Emergency Notification Services