Question 1

Which of the following reflects Moore's law?

Accepted Answer

Moore's Law, originally observed by Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, posits that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles about every two years, though it is often simplified to the idea that computer processing power or performance per dollar doubles approximately every 18 months to two years. This has been a guiding principle for the semiconductor industry, driving advancements in technology and making devices more powerful and cost-effective over time.

Question 2

Cloud bursting is when a company uses its own computing infrastructure for normal usage and accesses 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 a configuration set up between a private cloud and a public cloud to deal with peaks in computing demand by allocating additional resources from the public cloud when the private cloud's resources are fully utilized.

Question 3

What is clean computing?

Accepted Answer

Clean computing is a subset of sustainable MIS (Management Information Systems) that focuses on the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment. This includes efforts to minimize the environmental impact of computing technologies throughout their lifecycle.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Cloud fabric refers to the combination of software and technologies that enable the core features and benefits of cloud computing, including multi-tenancy, scalability, and resource pooling.

Question 6

Sustainable MIS is a critical part of ________ within a company.

Accepted Answer

Sustainable MIS (Management Information Systems) aligns closely with corporate social responsibility (CSR) as it involves integrating eco-friendly practices and sustainability into the information systems of a company. CSR encompasses a company's efforts to improve society in a way that is sustainable and beneficial to both the community and the business itself. Sustainable MIS practices, such as reducing electronic waste and improving energy efficiency, are key components of a company's CSR strategy.

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

In a public cloud model, the cloud service provider owns, manages, and assumes responsibility for the data centers, hardware, and infrastructure, offering services to the general public over the internet. Customers use these services without the need to manage or maintain the underlying infrastructure or software, allowing them to focus on using the software and services directly.

Question 8

Corporate social responsibility is a company's acknowledged responsibility to ________.

Accepted Answer

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to a company's commitment to manage the social, environmental, and economic effects of its operations responsibly and in line with public expectations. This is primarily aimed at contributing positively to society, hence the correct answer is C) society.

Question 9

Single-tenancy occurs in which each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system.

Accepted Answer

In a single-tenancy architecture, each customer or tenant has their own independent instance of the software and its infrastructure, requiring them to purchase and maintain these systems individually.

Question 10

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, established which MIS law?

Accepted Answer

Moore's Law, established by Gordon Moore, predicts that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles about every two years, though the cost of computers is halved.

Question 11

What is a company's acknowledged responsibility to society?

Accepted Answer

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to a company's commitment to manage the social, environmental, and economic effects of its operations responsibly and in line with public expectations.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A private cloud is dedicated to the needs and goals of a single organization, offering greater control and privacy, and it can be hosted either on-site (on the customer's premises) or off-site (hosted by a third-party provider).

Question 13

What describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment?

Accepted Answer

Sustainability or green MIS specifically focuses on creating, managing, using, and disposing of technology in an environmentally friendly way, aiming to minimize the ecological impact.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Utility computing allows users to pay only for the computing resources they use, similar to how consumers pay for utilities like gas or electricity based on consumption.

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

A cloud fabric controller is a person who manages and provisions cloud resources, similar to a server administrator at an individual company.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A community cloud is designed to cater to the needs of a specific community of businesses or organizations that share common concerns around security, compliance, and performance, allowing them to share infrastructure and resources efficiently.

Question 17

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

Community cloud is designed to be shared by several organizations to support a specific community that has shared concerns, not a combination of different types of clouds (private, public, or community) remaining separate.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud services with orchestration between the two platforms. It does not specifically serve a community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations; that description more accurately fits a community cloud.

Question 19

Miranda White likes taking old computer parts and remaking them into products like earrings and clocks. Which of the following represents what Miranda is doing?

Accepted Answer

Miranda White is upcycling, which means taking old or discarded materials and creating a product of higher quality or value than the original.

Question 20

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

A hybrid cloud combines different types of clouds (private, public, or community) while keeping them as distinct entities, connected through technology that allows for data and application movement between them.

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