Question 1

Usability is the degree to which a system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use.

Accepted Answer

Usability refers to the ease of learning and effectiveness of use of a system or product. It also takes into consideration the user's level of satisfaction while using the system.

Question 2

Top-level MIS employees require administrator access, or unrestricted access to the entire system.Administrator access can perform functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting down entire systems.

Accepted Answer

Top-level MIS employees require administrator access to perform critical functions and make changes to the system. This level of access allows them to have unrestricted control over the entire system, including the ability to reset passwords, delete accounts, and shut down systems.

Question 3

Incident management is the process responsible for managing how incidents are identified and corrected.

Accepted Answer

Incident management is indeed the process responsible for managing how incidents are identified and corrected.

Question 4

Serviceability is how quickly a third-party or vendor can change a system to ensure it meets user needs and the terms of any contracts including agreed levels of reliability, maintainability, or availability.

Accepted Answer

This statement accurately defines serviceability.

Question 5

A cold site can destroy large amounts of vital data, often causing incidents, unplanned interruption of a service.

Accepted Answer

A cold site is an alternate location where a company can resume operations after a disaster or system failure, but it does not have the necessary equipment, data or infrastructure to immediately resume operations. Therefore, a cold site alone cannot destroy data or cause incidents. However, if the company fails to properly configure and maintain its backup systems and data storage, vital data could be lost in the event of a disaster.

Question 6

Vulnerability is a system weakness that can be exploited by a threat.

Accepted Answer

Vulnerability refers to a system weakness that can be exploited by a threat or attacker. Thus, option A is correct.

Question 7

An emergency contains all of the details of an incident.

Accepted Answer

While an emergency may contain important details, it is not necessarily a requirement for it to contain all the details of an incident. The focus is on responding quickly and effectively to the situation at hand.

Question 8

A business impact analysis occurs when the ability of a company to operate is impaired because of a hardware, software, or data outage.

Accepted Answer

A business impact analysis is a process that helps to identify and evaluate the potential effects of an interruption to critical business operations as a result of a disaster, accident, or emergency. It does not refer to the impairment itself but rather the assessment of potential impacts.

Question 9

Maintainability means the system quickly transforms to support environmental changes.

Accepted Answer

Maintainability is the ability of a system to be easily modified or updated in response to changes in the environment, such as changes in user requirements or technological advancements. Thus, a maintainable system quickly transforms to support such changes.

Question 10

A system is called unavailable when it is not operating and cannot be used.

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of an unavailable system.

Question 11

Accessibility refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system.

Accepted Answer

Accessibility is defined by the varying levels of access, view, and performance that users can achieve when using a system.

Question 12

Scalability describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands of growth.If a company grows faster than anticipated, it might experience a variety of problems, from running out of storage space to taking more time to complete transactions.Anticipating expected, and unexpected, growth is key to building scalable systems that can support that development.

Accepted Answer

Scalability is indeed about the ability of a system to adapt and handle growth. Anticipating growth is important to build systems that can support it.

Question 13

Business continuity planning identifies all critical business functions and the effect that a specific disaster may have upon them.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Business continuity planning identifies all critical business...

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Capacity planning is the process of estimating the future capacity requirements of a system or infrastructure to ensure that it can meet the demands of the users and provide high-quality performance. It involves analyzing current utilization levels and predicting future growth to determine the resources needed to support the system.

Question 15

Portability refers to the ability of an application to operate on different devices or software platforms, such as different operating systems.

Accepted Answer

Portability is the ability of an application to be easily moved from one device or operating system to another without requiring significant modifications to the code.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

High availability (HA) is the property of a system or component that ensures it is continuously operational for a desirably long operational period.

Question 17

Technology recovery strategies focus specifically on prioritizing the order for restoring hardware, software, and data across the organization that best meets business recovery requirements.

Accepted Answer

This statement is true. Technology recovery strategies are designed to prioritize the order in which hardware, software, and data are restored following a disaster or disruption to ensure that business requirements are met. This includes identifying critical systems and data, establishing recovery objectives and timelines, and implementing backup and restoration procedures.

Question 18

Availability refers to the time frames when the system is operational.

Accepted Answer

Availability refers to the amount of time when a system is operational and accessible to users.

Question 19

Reliability means the system functions correctly and provide accurate information.

Accepted Answer

Reliability is the ability of a system to function correctly and provide accurate information consistently. Therefore, the statement "Reliability means the system functions correctly and provides accurate information" is true.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Performance measures the speed or efficiency of a system's process, so the statement is true.

Quiz 23: B: Extension: A Mis Infrastructures