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

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 stabilityE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 3

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 strategyE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

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 cloudE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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 managerE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 7

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 aboveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

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 supercomputerE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 9

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.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

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 systemE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

What contains all of the details of an incident?

Accepted Answer

A)  Technology failure
B)  Incident record
C)  Incident management
D)  Technology recovery strategyE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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 assetsE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

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 changesE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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)  CleanerE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

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 20

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 computingE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Exam 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

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

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

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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.

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What is usability?

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What contains all of the details of an incident?

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Why is estimating future growth a challenge for most companies?

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

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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?

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What is an information MIS infrastructure?

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

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What is availability?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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