Question 1

What is a facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems?
A)delivery base
B)central center
C)call center
D)data center

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of data center.

Question 2

What in the cloud means that each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system?
A)multi-tenancy
B)single-tenancy
C)cloud fabric
D)cloud fabric controller

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

What combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications?
A)server virtualization
B)network virtualization
C)disaster recovery as a service
D)storage virtualization

Accepted Answer

Server virtualization combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications.

Question 4

Which of the following delivers electricity using two-way digital technology?
A)a smart grid
B)a systematic grid
C)a collective grid
D)an interactive grid

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of a smart grid.

Question 5

What enables computers to run multiple operating systems and multiple software applications at the same time and creates multiple "virtual" machines all on a single computing device?
A)virtualization
B)innovation
C)availability
D)viral computing

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of virtualization.

Question 6

What is network virtualization?
A)combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device
B)combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device
C)combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications
D)cffers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster

Accepted Answer

Network virtualization combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device.

Question 7

What is cloud computing?
A)built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy
B)reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product
C)a companies' acknowledged responsibility to society
D)stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server

Accepted Answer

Cloud computing stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server.

Question 8

What is storage virtualization?
A)combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device
B)combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device
C)combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications
D)offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster

Accepted Answer

Storage virtualization combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device.

Question 9

What in the cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers?
A)multi-tenancy
B)single-tenancy
C)cloud fabric
D)cloud fabric controller

Accepted Answer

Multi-tenancy in the cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers.In the cloud, each customer is called a tenant and multiple tenants can access the same system.

Question 10

Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75% 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

Accepted Answer

Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75% of unused processing power of a computer and links thousands of individual computers around the world to create a "virtual supercomputer" that can process intensive tasks.

Question 11

What combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device?
A)server virtualization
B)network virtualization
C)disaster recovery as a service
D)storage virtualization

Accepted Answer

Network virtualization combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device.

Question 12

What combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device?
A)server virtualization
B)network virtualization
C)disaster recovery as a service
D)storage virtualization

Accepted Answer

Storage virtualization combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device.

Question 13

What is a challenge for cloud computing that could cause employee performance to decrease?
A)limited Internet features
B)required Internet connectivity
C)decreased dynamic scaling
D)decreased job stability

Accepted Answer

An Internet connection is required for cloud computing.

Question 14

What is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy?
A)multi-tenancy
B)single-tenancy
C)cloud fabric
D)cloud fabric controller

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

DreamWorks Animation Company used which sustainable infrastructure component to complete many of its films, including Shrek, Madagascar, and Antz?
A)agile computing
B)grid computing
C)cloud computing
D)server computing

Accepted Answer

DreamWorks Animation company utilized grid computing to complete many of its films, including Shrek, Madagascar, Antz, and How to Train your Dragon.

Question 16

What is cloud computing services changing?
A)the way people access information
B)the way people deliver information
C)the way people use information
D)All of these are correct.

Accepted Answer

Cloud computing services are changing the way everyone can access, deliver, and use information.

Question 17

What is server virtualization?
A)combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device
B)combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device
C)combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications
D)offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster

Accepted Answer

Server virtualization combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications.

Question 18

Where would you categorize a cloud computing benefit that allows a customer to store fewer applications on a client computer, which frees up the memory allowing for increases in performance?
A)Internet features.
B)increased costs
C)increased performance
D)increased software updates

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of increased performance.

Question 19

What stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server?
A)clean computing
B)cloud computing
C)upcycle
D)corporate social responsibility

Accepted Answer

Cloud computing stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server.

Question 20

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)disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS)
C)software as a Service (SaaS)
D)platform as a Service (PaaS)

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of IaaS-infrastructure as a service.

Quiz 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

What is a facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems?

What in the cloud means that each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system?

What combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications?

Which of the following delivers electricity using two-way digital technology?

What enables computers to run multiple operating systems and multiple software applications at the same time and creates multiple "virtual" machines all on a single computing device?

What is network virtualization?

What is cloud computing?

What is storage virtualization?

What in the cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers?

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

What combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device?

What combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device?

What is a challenge for cloud computing that could cause employee performance to decrease?

What is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy?

DreamWorks Animation Company used which sustainable infrastructure component to complete many of its films, including Shrek, Madagascar, and Antz?

What is cloud computing services changing?

What is server virtualization?

Where would you categorize a cloud computing benefit that allows a customer to store fewer applications on a client computer, which frees up the memory allowing for increases in performance?

What stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server?

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