Deck 12: Business Process

Question 1

What is interoperability?

A) Contains a repertoire of Web-based data and procedural resources that use shared protocols and standards permitting different applications to share data and services
B) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers
C) A broad, general term that describes nonproprietary IT hardware and software made available by the standards and procedures by which their products work, making it easier to integrate them
D) A computer system designed that in the event a component fails, a backup component or procedure can immediately take its place with no loss of service

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What measures how quickly a system performs a certain process or transaction in terms of efficiency IT metrics of both speed and throughput?

A) Reliability
B) Availability
C) Flexibility
D) Performance

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What addresses the timeframes when systems can be accessed by employees, customers, and partners?

A) Reliability
B) Availability
C) Flexibility
D) Performance

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which one of the following is not a regulatory issue concerning international telecommunications?

A) Dealing with transborder data flow restrictions
B) Improving operational efficiency of networks
C) Managing international telecommunication regulations
D) Handling international politics

Question 5

What includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provide the underlying foundation to support the organization's goals?

A) Application architecture
B) Data architecture
C) Enterprise architecture
D) Agile MIS architecture

Question 6

What addresses when systems can be accessed by employees, customers, and partners?

A) Scalability
B) Capacity planning
C) Reliability
D) Availability

Question 7

What is an open system?

A) Contains a repertoire of Web-based data and procedural resources that use shared protocols and standards permitting different applications to share data and services
B) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers
C) A broad, general term that describes nonproprietary IT hardware and software made available by the standards and procedures by which their products work, making it easier to integrate them
D) A computer system designed that in the event a component fails, a backup component or procedure can immediately take its place with no loss of service

Question 8

What refers to how well a system can adapt to increased demands?

A) Scalability
B) Capacity planning
C) Reliability
D) Availability

Question 9

Which of the following is not a primary business goal of enterprise architectures?

A) Reduce costs/improve productivity
B) Improve customer satisfaction
C) Generate goals
D) Create competitive advantages

Question 10

What determines how applications integrate and relate to each other?

A) Application architecture
B) Data architecture
C) Enterprise architecture
D) Agile MIS architecture

Question 11

What includes the plans for how an organization will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and IT assets?

A) Grid computing
B) Data architecture
C) Enterprise architecture
D) Agile MIS architecture

Question 12

What is an open system?

A) Contains a repertoire of Web-based data and procedural resources that use shared protocols and standards permitting different applications to share data and services
B) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers
C) A broad, general term that describes nonproprietary IT hardware and software made available by the standards and procedures by which their products work, making it easier to integrate them
D) Any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit

Question 13

What are the top international telecommunications issues that are network related?

A) Improving operational efficiency of networks
B) Dealing with different networks
C) Controlling data communication security
D) All of these.

Question 14

A widely held but difficult-to-achieve standard of availability for a system or product is known as __________.

A) five 8s
B) three 9s
C) four 9s
D) five 9s

Question 15

Availability is typically measured relative to __________.

A) 100 percent operational
B) never failing
C) all of these
D) none of these

Question 16

Which of the following is not a component of an application architecture?

A) Services
B) Open system
C) Events
D) Capacity planning

Question 17

What determines the future IT infrastructure requirements for new equipment and additional network capacity?

A) Scalability
B) Capacity planning
C) Reliability
D) Availability

Question 18

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a solid agile MIS architecture?

A) Flexibility
B) Scalability
C) Integrity
D) Performance

Question 19

What are the regulatory issues concerning international telecommunications?

A) Dealing with transborder data flow restrictions
B) Managing international telecommunication regulations
C) Handling international politics
D) All of these.

Question 20

What ensures all systems are functioning correctly and providing accurate information?

A) Reliability
B) Availability
C) Flexibility
D) Performance

Question 21

What are the technical concepts of SOA?

A) Services as business tasks
B) Interoperability, the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources
C) Loose coupling, the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services or disassembled just as easily into their functional components,
D) All of these.
These are the technical concepts of SOA.

Question 22

What is a capability of grid computing?

A) Optimize computing and data resources
B) Pool computing and data resources them for large-capacity workloads
C) Share computing and data resources across networks
D) All are benefits grid computing

Question 23

What is loose coupling?

A) Contains a repertoire of Web-based data and procedural resources that use shared protocols and standards permitting different applications to share data and services
B) The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional components.
C) A broad, general term that describes nonproprietary IT hardware and software made available by the standards and procedures by which their products work, making it easier to integrate them
D) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers

Question 24

Virtualization is a framework of dividing the resources of a computer into multiple execution environments.

Question 25

A form of client/server computing operating over the Internet where the term "cloud" is used as a metaphor for the term "Internet" is a description of which architecture trend that are quickly becoming requirements for business?

A) Service Oriented Architectures
B) Virtualization
C) Grid computing
D) Cloud computing

Question 26

Loose coupling is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional components.

Question 27

"An aggregation of geographically dispersed computing, storage, and network resources, coordinated to deliver improved performance, higher quality of service, better utilization, and easier access to data" is a description of which architecture trend that are quickly becoming requirements for business?

A) Service Oriented Architectures
B) Virtualization
C) Grid computing
D) Cloud computing

Question 28

The primary characteristics of a solid infrastructure include flexibility, scalability, reliability, availability, and performance.

Question 29

"A framework of dividing the resources of a computer into multiple execution environments" is a description of which architecture trend that are quickly becoming requirements for business?

A) Service Oriented Architectures
B) Virtualization
C) Grid computing
D) Cloud computing

Question 30

A business-driven IT architectural approach that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable tasks or services, is a description of which architecture trend that are quickly becoming requirements for business?

A) Service-oriented architectures
B) Virtualization
C) Grid computing
D) Cloud computing

Question 31

Web services are the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

Question 32

Storm computing is a form of client/server computing operating over the Internet where the term "cloud" is used as a metaphor for the term "Internet."

Question 33

Cloud computing offsets the need for organizations to purchase software and software licenses for applications.

Question 34

What is a benefit of grid computing?

A) Improving productivity and collaboration of virtual organizations.
B) Allowing widely dispersed departments and businesses to create virtual organizations to share data.
C) Providing instantaneous access to massive computing and data resources.
D) All of these

Question 35

Enterprise architecture (EA) includes the plans for how an organization builds, deploys, uses, and shares its data, processes, and IT assets.

Question 36

What are the top international telecommunications issues that are technology and country-oriented?

A) Managing network infrastructure across countries
B) Managing international integration of technologies
C) Dealing with international tariff structures
D) All of these.

Question 37

Many corporate executives are hesitant to take advantage of cloud computing because of the lack of control over their company's data and information.

Question 38

Which one of the following is not a network issue related to international telecommunications?

A) Handling international politics
B) Improving operational efficiency of networks
C) Dealing with different networks
D) Controlling data communication security

Question 39

What are Web services?

A) Contains a repertoire of Web-based data and procedural resources that use shared protocols and standards permitting different applications to share data and services
B) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers
C) A broad, general term that describes nonproprietary IT hardware and software made available by the standards and procedures by which their products work, making it easier to integrate them
D) A computer system designed that in the event a component fails, a backup component or procedure can immediately take its place with no loss of service

Question 40

One of the advantages of the cloud computing approach is the loss of control over the applications that are used.

Question 41

List and describe the five qualities of an agile MIS architecture.

Question 42

______________ offsets the need for organizations to purchase software and software licenses for applications.

Question 43

__________________ is a framework of dividing the resources of a computer into multiple execution environments.

Question 44

One of the ____________________ of the cloud computing approach is the loss of control over the applications that are used.

Question 45

Many corporate executives are hesitant to take ______________ of cloud computing because of the lack of control over their company's data and information.

Question 46

____________________ is a form of client/server computing operating over the Internet where the term "cloud" is used as a metaphor for the term "Internet."

Question 47

What is Virtualization, and why is it important to organizations?

Question 48

Compare Web services and open systems.

Question 49

What is agile MIS architecture, and why is it important to an organization?

Question 50

Briefly detail the enterprise architecture and its importance to an organization.

Question 51

Distinguish between open system and open source.

Question 52

_________ uses a computing infrastructure that relies on computer server farms and high-speed network connections that allow users to access their content from any device connected to the Internet.

Question 53

______ is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional components.

Question 54

_________ ensures that all systems are functioning correctly and providing accurate information.

Question 55

List and describe the three primary steps an organization can take to protect its systems from disasters and catastrophes.

Question 56

Discuss three architecture trends that are quickly becoming requirements for all businesses.

Question 57

____________ refers to how well a system can adapt to increased demands.

Question 58

___________ architectures include the plans for how an organization will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and IT assets.

Question 59

____________ architecture determines how applications integrate and relate to each other.

Question 60

List and describe the five characteristics of agile MIS architecture.

Question 61

What is cloud computing? Briefly detail the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing?