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

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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

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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What is corporate social responsibility?


A) A subset of sustainable MIS,refers to the environmentally responsible use,manufacture,and disposal of technology products and computer equipment
B) A company's acknowledged responsibility to society
C) Reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product
D) Stores,manages,and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following reflects Moore's law?


A) The computer chip performance per dollar doubles approximately every two years
B) A company's ability to acquire small amounts of MIS equipment for cheaper cost
C) A company's ability to acquire small amounts of capital for spending on innovative ideas every two years
D) The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every six months

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Software is a computer designed to request information from a server.

A) True
B) False

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Disasters such as power outages,fires,floods,hurricanes,and even malicious activities such as hackers and viruses strike companies every day.Disasters can have effects on disrupting communications,damaging physical infrastructures,halting transportation,and blocking utilities.

A) True
B) False

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The sustainable infrastructure pressure of increased energy consumption poses new and growing pressure.The energy consumed by a computer is estimated to produce as much as 10% of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a __________.


A) house
B) school
C) car
D) cell phone

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The ____________ MIS infrastructure includes the hardware,software,and telecommunications equipment that,when combined,provides the underlying foundation.


A) information
B) virtualized
C) agile
D) sustainable

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Failover occurs when the primary machine recovers and resumes operations,taking over from the secondary server.

A) True
B) False

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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

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Large increases in technology use,by both consumers and businesses,have greatly amplified energy consumption.

A) True
B) False

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Failover is a specific type of fault tolerance,occurs when a redundant storage server offers an exact replica of the real-time data,and if the primary server crashes,the users are automatically directed to the secondary server or backup server.This is a high-speed and high-cost method of backup and recovery.

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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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)

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What is a hot site?


A) A separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business
B) A separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster
C) A separate facility with computer equipment that requires installation and configuration
D) A detailed process for recovering information or a system in the event of a catastrophic disaster

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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What is scalability?


A) A system that is not operating and can't be used
B) Refers to the ability of an application to operate on different devices or software platforms,such as different operating systems
C) The degree to which a system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use
D) Describes how well a system can scale up,or adapt to the increased demands of growth

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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To combat disasters,a company can create a _________ that would detail the process for recovering information or a system in the event of a catastrophic disaster.


A) Disaster recovery plan
B) Database lookup initiative
C) Management recovery plan
D) Tornado threat plan

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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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.

A) True
B) False

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Backup and recovery plan,disaster recovery plan,business continuity planning are all elements of a(n) __________ MIS infrastructure.


A) agile
B) sustainable
C) information
D) virtualized

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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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.

A) True
B) False

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