Question 1

What promotes massive, global, industry-wide applications offered to the general public?
A)community cloud
B)private cloud
C)utility computing
D)public cloud

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 2

Identify the environmental impacts associated with MIS.

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Question 3

What are the three cloud computing service delivery models?
A)independent as a service, supportive as a service, partnering as a service
B)infrastructure as a service, software as a service, platform as a service
C)innovation as a service, server as a service, platform as a service
D)intuit as a service, storage as a service, programming as a service

Accepted Answer

The three cloud computing service delivery models are infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS).

Question 4

Which cloud computing model offers applications on a pay-per-use basis?
A)infrastructure as a service
B)platform as a service
C)software as a service
D)information as a service

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of software as a service (SaaS).

Question 5

What 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?
A)community cloud
B)private cloud
C)utility computing
D)hybrid cloud

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 6

What is dynamic scaling?
A)the ability for the system to cut back on expenses when needed
B)the infrastructure that is fixed and there are no surprises
C)the MIS infrastructure can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements
D)the flexibility to charge more or less depending on the market

Accepted Answer

Dynamic scaling means that the MIS infrastructure can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements.

Question 7

What is platform as a service (PaaS)?
A)set up and storage systems including servers, and database management model
B)develops new programs for business on an ongoing basis
C)Salesforce.com is an example of PaaS.
D)supports the deployment of entire systems including hardware, networking, and applications using pay-per-use revenue model

Accepted Answer

Platform as a service (PaaS) supports the deployment of entire systems including hardware, networking, and applications using pay-per-use revenue model.

Question 8

What serves only one customer or organization and can be located on or off the customer's premises?
A)community cloud
B)private cloud
C)utility computing
D)public cloud

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

What offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity?
A)community cloud
B)private cloud
C)utility computing
D)public cloud

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Explain MIS infrastructure and its three primary types.

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Question 11

What is disaster recovery as a service?
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

Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster.

Question 12

What serves a specific community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations?
A)community cloud
B)private cloud
C)utility computing
D)hybrid cloud

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

What occurs 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?
A)community cloud
B)private cloud
C)cloud bursting
D)hybrid cloud

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 14

Identify the three primary areas associated with an information MIS infrastructure.

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Question 15

What offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster?
A)server virtualization
B)network virtualization
C)disaster recovery as a service
D)storage virtualization

Accepted Answer

Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of utility computing.

Question 17

Describe the characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure.

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Question 18

Explain the three components of a sustainable MIS infrastructure along with their business benefits.

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Quiz 5: Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

What promotes massive, global, industry-wide applications offered to the general public?

Identify the environmental impacts associated with MIS.

What are the three cloud computing service delivery models?

Which cloud computing model offers applications on a pay-per-use basis?

What 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 dynamic scaling?

What is platform as a service (PaaS) ?

What serves only one customer or organization and can be located on or off the customer's premises?

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

Explain MIS infrastructure and its three primary types.

What is disaster recovery as a service?

What serves a specific community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations?

What occurs 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?

Identify the three primary areas associated with an information MIS infrastructure.

What offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster?

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

Describe the characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure.

Explain the three components of a sustainable MIS infrastructure along with their business benefits.