Deck 7: Enterprise Architecture and Security

Question 1

Fault tolerance is an exact copy of a system's information.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Cloud computing often uses grid computing,though grid computing does not necessarily use a cloud.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Maintainability means the system can quickly transform to support environmental changes.

Question 5

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

A)IT infrastructure manager
B)IT specialist
C)Enterprise architect
D)Enterprise manager

Question 6

A sustainable enterprise architecture identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption.

Question 7

Sustainable IT disposal refers to the safe disposal of IT assets at the end of their life cycle,ensuring e-waste does not end up in landfill causing environmental issues.

Question 8

e-Waste is discarded electronics and is growing with increased innovation,for example,a business computer has a life expectancy of only two to four years and a mobile phone less than two years.

Question 9

The three primary areas of support provided by information architecture are backup and recovery,the disaster recovery plan,and the business continuity plan.

Question 10

Dynamic scaling means the enterprise architecture can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements.

Question 11

Usability means the system functions correctly and provides accurate information.

Question 12

Enterprise architecture is a communications system created by linking two or more devices and establishing a standard methodology for communication.

Question 13

Every company,regardless of size,relies on some form of enterprise architecture,whether it is a few personal computers networked together or many interconnected around the world.

Question 14

Gordon Moore,co-founder of Intel,observed in 1965 that continued advances in technological innovation made it possible to reduce the size of a computer chip while doubling its capacity every two years.

Question 15

Performance measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction.

Question 16

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

Question 17

Sustainable or 'green' IT describes the production,management,use and disposal of technology in a way that maximises damage to the environment.

Question 18

The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure that includes restoring the company information is called a backup.

Question 19

Cloud computing could change not only the way businesses operate,but also the way people interact with technology.The Google family of applications,for example,is probably the most popular cloud computing service today.

Question 20

High availability occurs when a system is continuously operational at all times.

Question 21

What has the ability to recover information or systems in the event of catastrophic disasters?

A)Recovery
B)Disaster recovery
C)Backup
D)Failback

Question 22

Which of the following agile enterprise architecture infrastructure characteristics refers to how quickly a system can transform to support environmental changes?

A)Maintainability
B)Scalability
C)Capacity planning
D)Portability

Question 23

What does a business continuity plan (BCP) typically include?

A)How frequently the system backup is performed
B)Which systems and business processes are critical and the maximum amount of time the company can continue to operate without functioning systems
C)How quickly the system recovery needs to be performed
D)Where a hot site is located

Question 24

Sean works at the local electrical company in Brisbane,which provides electricity to the entire city.This area is prone to floods.As the lead enterprise architect on the night shift,he has been asked to suggest ways the company can protect its IT infrastructure.Sean notices that the company does not have the ability for its systems to respond to unexpected failures or crashes and there is not a backup system that can automatically take over without a loss of service to Brisbane residents.What should he recommend his company implement?

A)Accessibility
B)Moore's law
C)Antivirus software
D)Fault tolerance

Question 25

When building a scalable system that can support new company developments,what are the key factors to consider?

A)Anticipating expected and unexpected growth
B)Organising and deploying additional resources
C)Understanding competitor products and services
D)Analysing the accessibility and availability of competitor systems

Question 26

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 the answers are correct

Question 27

What are the seven characteristics of an agile infrastructure architecture?

A)Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability and usability
B)Accessibility, affordability, mobility, portability, reliability, scalability and usability
C)Accessibility, availability, mobility, penetrability, responsibility, sensibility and usability
D)Accessibility, affordability, functionality, changeability, constancy, sources and understanding

Question 28

What is usability?

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 changes

Question 29

What determines future environmental infrastructure requirements that ensure high-quality system performance?

A)Capacity system
B)Capacity planning
C)Capacity function
D)Performance indicators

Question 30

Grid computing,cloud computing,and virtualisation are all elements of a(n) ________ enterprise architecture.

A)agile
B)sustainable
C)information
D)virtualised

Question 31

Enterprise architecture is __________ and ___________.

A)dynamic, static
B)dynamic, continually changing
C)a client, a server
D)hardware, software

Question 32

Which of the following describes how well a system can scale up,or adapt to the increased demands or growth?

A)Flexibility
B)Scalability
C)Reliability
D)Affordability

Question 33

Which of the following describes the difference between a backup plan and a recovery plan?

A)Recovery is an exact copy of a system's information, where backup is the ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure
B)Backup is mandatory, where recovery is optional
C)Backup is an exact copy of a system's information, where recovery is the ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure
D)Recovery is mandatory, where backup is optional

Question 34

Which characteristics support a sustainable enterprise architecture?

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 virtualisation
D)All the answers are correct

Question 35

Which of the following is a benefit of a solid enterprise architecture?

A)Reduces costs
B)Improves productivity
C)Optimises business operations
D)All the answers are correct

Question 36

What occurs when the functions of a computer component are assumed by secondary system components when the primary component becomes unavailable through either failure or scheduled downtime?

A)Failover
B)Disaster recovery cost curve
C)Reliability
D)Maintainability

Question 37

What does reliability ensure?

A)The system has the ability to operate in many different operating systems
B)The system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use
C)The system is functioning correctly and providing accurate information
D)The time frames when the system is operational

Question 38

Which characteristics of well-designed information architecture support business operations?

A)Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability
B)Backup,recovery, disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan
C)Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualisation
D)All the answers are correct

Question 39

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 the answers are correct

Question 40

What are the three business functions that enterprise architecture supports?

A)Supports operations, change and sustainability (the environment)
B)Supports operations, customers and e-waste
C)Supports operations, clients and servers
D)Supports information, change and business continuity planning

Question 41

What are the ramifications of improper electronic recycling,when analysing the example of a single desktop computer?

A)One computer contains more than 700 chemicals that can be toxic to the environment
B)Computers in landfills can leak these toxic chemicals into our land, water and air
C)Computers contain high levels of mercury, lead and cadmium, all harmful toxins
D)All the answers are correct

Question 42

Cloud computing allows users to connect via a web browser and stores all of their software documents 'in the cloud',which means there is no more need for users to have ___________.

A)hard drives
B)physical servers
C)software or processing power
D)All the answers are correct

Question 43

Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75 per cent of unused processing power of a computer and links thousands of individual computers around the world creating a _______ that can process intensive tasks.

A)personal computer
B)employee client
C)company server
D)virtual supercomputer

Question 44

Organisations address security risks through two lines of defence,namely:

A)technology and controls.
B)people and controls.
C)controls and detection technology.
D)people and technology.

Question 45

What is changed by cloud computing services?

A)The way people access information
B)The way people deliver information
C)The way people use information
D)All the answers are correct

Question 46

Which of the following sustainable enterprise architecture components is a collection of computers,often geographically dispersed,that are coordinated to solve a common problem?

A)Cloud computing
B)Grid computing
C)Virtualised computing
D)Database computing

Question 47

What do information security policies identify?

A)Imminent threats to the organisation
B)The best information security options
C)Rules required to maintain information security
D)All the answers are correct

Question 48

As soon as an organisation has protected its intellectual capital by arming its people with a detailed information security plan,it can begin to focus on deploying ________ to help combat attack.

Question 49

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

Question 50

What offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity?

A)Grid computing
B)Smart phones
C)Utility computing
D)Computing services

Question 51

Legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident are called what?

A)Clones
B)Insiders
C)Sleepers
D)Hacktivists

Question 52

What service delivers hardware networking capabilities,including the use of servers,networking and storage over the cloud using a pay-per-use revenue model?

A)Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
B)Dynamic scaling
C)Software as a Service (SaaS)
D)Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Question 53

Which of the following is an example of sustainable enterprise architecture?

A)Cloud computing cluster
B)Cluster computing
C)Grid computing
D)All of the above are examples of sustainable enterprise architecture

Question 54

What type of software searches out patterns in information and network traffic to indicate attacks and quickly responds to prevent any harm?

A)Firewall software
B)Intrusion-detection software
C)Protection software
D)Pattern-recognition software

Question 55

What does the second step for creating an information security plan entail?

A)Identifying critical information assets and risks
B)Testing and re-evaluating risks
C)Obtaining stakeholder support
D)Communicating the information security policies

Question 56

Which of the below is not contributing to e-waste?

A)VCR
B)Automobile
C)Microwave
D)Computer

Question 57

Through ________,hackers use their social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other valuable information.

Question 58

What might change the way businesses operate,as well as the way people interact with technology?

A)Agile computing
B)Grid computing
C)Cloud computing
D)Smart grid computing

Question 59

The increased demand in technology devices has caused an increase in discarded devices,a phenomenon known as _______.

A)e-Waste
B)Grid computing
C)Ergonomic code
D)Electronic sustainability

Question 60

What is the safe disposal of IT assets at the end of their life cycle called?

A)Sustainable IT disposal
B)Sustainable device disposal
C)Sustainable software disposal
D)Sustainable enterprise disposal

Question 61

________programs collect specific data about the user,ranging from general demographics such as name,address and browsing habits to credit card numbers,user names and passwords.

Question 62

A ________ hides inside other software,usually as an attachment or a downloadable file.It often masquerades as a benign or legitimate application but in fact does something completely different.

Question 63

Adequate security involves ________,________ and________,as well as technology.

Question 64

________ is a technique used to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft,usually by means of fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses.

Question 65

________ can switch the order of characters,replace characters with other characters,insert or remove characters or use a mathematical formula to convert the information into a code.

Question 66

Identify the three primary areas associated with an information architecture.

Question 67

Describe the characteristics of an agile enterprise architecture.

Question 68

________ is a method of confirming users' identities.

Question 69

Explain enterprise architecture and its three primary types.

Question 70

Just as organisations protect their tangible assets-keeping their money in an insured bank or providing a safe working environment for employees-they must also protect their ________ capital: everything from patents to transactional and analytical information.

Question 71

Explain the three components of a sustainable enterprise architecture,along with their business benefits.

Question 72

How do authentication and authorisation differ?

Question 73

__________ are one of the most ineffective ways of determining authentication.