ISA 235 Exam 2 Review
5.1) What is an information MIS infrastructure?
a) Infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing
resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy
consumption
b) Identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is
maintained and secured
c) Includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when
combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organization's goals
d) Includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes
and MIS assets - correct answer b) Identifies where and how important information,
such as customer records, is maintained and secured
5.1) Which of the following is a benefit of a solid MIS infrastructure?
a) Reduces costs
b) Optimizes business operations
c) Improves productivity
d) All of these choices - correct answer d) All of these choices
5.1) What are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports?
a) Supports operations, change, and the environment or sustainability
b) Supports information, change, and business continuity planning
c) Supports operations, clients, and servers
d) Supports operations, customers, and ewaste - correct answer a) Supports
operations, change, and the environment or sustainability
5.1) Which characteristics support an agile MIS infrastructure?
a) Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization
b) Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability
c) Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity planning
d) Storage, network, and server virtualization - correct answer b) Accessibility,
availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability
5.1) Which characteristics support a sustainable MIS infrastructure?
a) Storage, network, and server virtualization
b) Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability
c) Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity planning
d) Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization - correct answer d) Grid
computing, cloud computing, and virtualization
5.1) Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization are all elements of a(n)
________ MIS infrastructure.
a) virtualized
b) sustainable
, c) information
d) agile - correct answer b) sustainable
5.1) Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability
are all elements of a(n) ________ MIS infrastructure.
a) sustainable
b) virtualized
c) information
d) agile - correct answer d) agile
5.1) Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity planning are
all elements of a(n) ________ MIS infrastructure.
a) virtualized
b) information
c) agile
d) sustainable - correct answer b) information
5.1) What is the set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks?
a) Server
b) Software
c) Hardware
d) Client - correct answer b) Software
5.1) What is a communications system created by linking two or more devices and
establishing a standard methodology in which they can communicate?
a) Server
b) Software
c) Network
d) Client - correct answer c) Network
5.2) What is storage virtualization?
a) Combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating
systems, from the applications
b) Combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage
device
c) Offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from
disruption caused by disaster
d) Combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels
that can be assigned in real time to a specific device - correct answer b) Combines
multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device
5.2) In what way is Cloud computing services changing the way people work?
a) The way people use information
b) The way people access information
c) The way people deliver information
d) All of these choices - correct answer d) All of these choices