Deck 11: Managing Internal Operations

Question 1

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

Answer 1

A
Explanation: Service oriented architecture (SOA) is a business-driven IT architectural approach that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable tasks or services.

Question 2

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

A) Enterprise architect
B) Data architecture
C) Enterprise architecture
D) Infrastructure architecture

Answer 2

C
Explanation: This is the definition of enterprise architecture.

Question 3

Recovery is defined as:

A) An exact copy of a system's information
B) The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure and includes restoring the information backup
C) 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
D) A backup operational mode in which the functions of a computer component (such as a processor, server, network, or database) is assumed by secondary system components when the primary component becomes unavailable through either failure or scheduled down time

Answer 3

B
Explanation: This is the definition of recovery.

Question 4

What is a backup?

A) An exact copy of a system's information
B) The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure and includes restoring the information backup
C) 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
D) A backup operational mode in which the functions of a computer component (such as a processor, server, network, or database) is assumed by secondary system components when the primary component becomes unavailable through either failure or scheduled down time

Question 5

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 them across networks
D) All are benefits Grid Computing

Question 6

What determines how applications integrate and relate to each other?

A) Application architecture
B) Data architecture
C) Enterprise architecture
D) Infrastructure architecture

Question 7

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 8

What is a detailed process for recovering information or an IT system in the event of a catastrophic disaster such as a fire or flood?

A) Cold site
B) Hot site
C) Disaster recovery cost curve chart
D) Disaster recovery plan

Question 9

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) Infrastructure architecture

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the three components of an enterprise architecture?

A) Application architecture
B) Data architecture
C) Services architecture
D) Infrastructure architecture

Question 11

"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 12

What is a separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business?

A) Cold site
B) Hot site
C) Disaster recovery cost curve chart
D) Disaster recovery plan

Question 13

What is fault tolerance?

A) An exact copy of a system's information
B) The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure and includes restoring the information backup
C) 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
D) A backup operational mode in which the functions of a computer component (such as a processor, server, network, or database) is assumed by secondary system components when the primary component becomes unavailable through either failure or scheduled down time

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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

A) Backup and recovery
B) Disaster recovery
C) Web services
D) Information security

Question 16

Which architecture identifies where and how important data, like customer records, are maintained and secured?

A) Enterprise architect
B) Data architecture
C) Enterprise architecture
D) Infrastructure architecture

Question 17

What is failover?

A) An exact copy of a system's information
B) The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure and includes restoring the information backup
C) 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
D) A backup operational mode in which the functions of a computer component (such as a processor, server, network, or database) is assumed by secondary system components when the primary component becomes unavailable through either failure or scheduled down time

Question 18

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 the above

Question 19

"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 20

What is recovery?

A) The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash
B) The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system failure
C) Restoring the information backup
D) All of the above

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

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

Question 23

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 24

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 25

What type of backup strategy would you recommend to an organization that deals with small amounts of non-critical information?

A) Hourly
B) Daily
C) Weekly
D) All of the above

Question 26

What is the primary difference between the different types of backup/recovery media?

A) Speed
B) Cost
C) Expense
D) All of the above

Question 27

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 28

Availability is typically measured relative to __________.

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

Question 29

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 30

What does the disaster recovery cost curve chart?

A) The cost to the organization of the unavailability of information
B) The cost to the organization of recovering from a disaster over time
C) The cost to the organization of the unavailability of technology
D) All of the above

Question 31

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a solid infrastructure architecture?

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

Question 32

What type of backup strategy would you recommend to an organization that deals with large volumes of critical information?

A) Hourly
B) Daily
C) Weekly
D) Monthly

Question 33

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

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

Question 34

What is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment, but is a place where employees can move after the disaster.

A) Disaster recovery plan
B) Disaster recovery cost curve
C) Hot site
D) Cold site

Question 35

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

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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

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

Question 38

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 39

Which of the following is a type of backup/recovery media?

A) DVD
B) Tape
C) Disk
D) All of the above

Question 40

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

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

Question 41

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

Question 42

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 the above.

Question 43

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 44

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 45

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 46

Web services are based on ________ language for documents containing structured information?

A) Formula Translation
B) Extensible Markup
C) Common Business Oriented
D) Java

Question 47

What are the regulatory issues concerning international telecommunications?

A) Dealing with trans-border data flow restrictions
B) Managing international telecommunication regulations
C) Handling international politics
D) All of the above.

Question 48

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 the above.

Question 49

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 the above.

Question 50

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

Question 51

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 52

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

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

Question 53

Infrastructure architecture identifies where and how important data, like customer records, is maintained and secured.

Question 54

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

Question 55

Fault tolerance is 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.Fault tolerance can be provided with software, or embedded in hardware, or provided by some combination

Question 56

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 57

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

Question 58

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 59

Organizations should not choose a backup and recovery strategy that is in line with its business goals

Question 60

Technically, Web services are based on Extensible Markup Language (XML), a markup language for documents containing structured information.

Question 61

Describe how an organization can implement a solid data architecture.

Question 62

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

Question 63

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

Question 64

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

Question 65

A(n) ______________ site is a separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business.

Question 66

____________________ 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 67

_________ ensured all systems are functioning correctly and providing accurate information.

Question 68

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

Question 69

Managing ___________ access to information is a critical piece of the data architecture.

Question 70

A(n) ______________ site is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment, but is a place where employees can move after the disaster.

Question 71

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

Question 72

____________ is a backup operational mode in which the functions of a computer component (such as a processor, server, network, or database) is assumed by secondary system components when the primary component becomes unavailable through either failure or scheduled down time.

Question 73

______ 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 74

Compare Web services and open systems.

Question 75

Explain the three components of an enterprise architecture.

Question 76

Technically, Web services are based on _______ language for documents containing structured information.

Question 77

Organizations should choose a _________________ and recovery strategy that is in line with its business goals

Question 78

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

Question 79

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

Question 80

List and describe the five qualities of an infrastructure architecture.