Question 1

Hybrid cloud includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability.

Accepted Answer

Hybrid cloud includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability.

Question 2

Utility computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.

Accepted Answer

Utility computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.

Question 3

Cloud fabric is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy.

Accepted Answer

Cloud fabric is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy.

Question 4

What is an MIS infrastructure?
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 assets

Accepted Answer

MIS infrastructure includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes and MIS assets.

Question 5

Who is a person who is grounded in technology, fluent in business, and able to provide the important bridge between MIS and the business?
A)MIS Infrastructure manager
B)MIS specialist
C)Enterprise architect
D)Enterprise manager

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of an enterprise architect.

Question 6

What is a sustainable MIS infrastructure?
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 assets

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

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.

Question 8

Cloud computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.

Accepted Answer

Utility computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.

Question 9

What consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system?
A)Hardware
B)Software
C)Client
D)Server

Accepted Answer

Hardware consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system.

Question 10

What is an information MIS infrastructure?
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 assets

Accepted Answer

Information MIS infrastructure identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

Question 11

Which of the following is a benefit of a solid MIS infrastructure?
A)Reduces costs
B)Improves productivity
C)Optimizes business operations
D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

The MIS infrastructure includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets. A solid MIS infrastructure can reduce costs, improve productivity, optimize operations, generate growth, and increase profits. It protects systems from failures or crashes.

Question 12

What is an agile MIS infrastructure?
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 assets

Accepted Answer

Agile MIS Infrastructure includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organization's goals.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Private cloud serves only one customer or organization and can be located on the customers' premises or off the customer's premises.

Accepted Answer

Private cloud serves only one customer or organization and can be located on the customers' premises or off the customer's premises.

Question 15

Cloud fabric controller is an individual that monitors and provisions cloud resources similar to a server administrator at an individual company.

Accepted Answer

Cloud fabric controller is an individual that monitors and provisions cloud resources similar to a server administrator at an individual company.

Question 16

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

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.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Community cloud includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability.

Accepted Answer

Hybrid cloud includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

These are the definitions of hardware and software.

Question 20

What is the set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks?
A)Hardware
B)Software
C)Client
D)Server

Accepted Answer

Software is the set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks.

Quiz 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Hybrid cloud includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability.

Utility computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.

Cloud fabric is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy.

What is an MIS infrastructure?

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

What is a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

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.

Cloud computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.

What consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system?

What is an information MIS infrastructure?

Which of the following is a benefit of a solid MIS infrastructure?

What is an agile MIS infrastructure?

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

Private cloud serves only one customer or organization and can be located on the customers' premises or off the customer's premises.

Cloud fabric controller is an individual that monitors and provisions cloud resources similar to a server administrator at an individual company.

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.

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

Community cloud includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability.

What is the difference between hardware and software?

What is the set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks?