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Terms in this set (60)A(n) ________ MIS infrastructure identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured. information What is an information MIS infrastructure? identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured What are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports? operations, change, and the environment/sustainability What is a network? a communications system created by linking two or more devices and establishing a standard methodology in which they can communicate What 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 a secondary server? Failover Which of the following is an example of an emergency notification system? radio stations' occasional tests of the national alert system Among the sites that support disaster recovery, a ________ is a separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business. Hot site What question below would a company need to answer when first establishing a backup and recovery plan? what types
of storage mechanism will meet the needs of the company? Which of the following describes how well a system can scale up or adapt to the increased demands or growth? Scalability What does unavailable refer to? a system that is not operating and cannot be used What is administrator access? ability to perform functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting down entire systems What is maintainability? how quickly a system can transform to support environmental changes What stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server? Cloud computing Which of the following is not contributing to ewaste? Coal Which of the following reflects Moore's law? the computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 18 months What is clean computing? a subset of sustainable MIS that refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment What is a Platform as a Service (PaaS)? the deployment of entire systems including hardware, networking, and applications using pay-per-use revenue model What are the three cloud computing service delivery models? Infrastructure as a Service, Software as a Service, and Platform as a Service What occurs when each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system? Single-tenancy What is storage virtualization? combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device What offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity? Utility computing What is Data as a Service (DaaS)? facilitates the accessibility of business-critical data in a timely, secure, and affordable manner What is Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)? offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster What offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster? Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Which characteristics support an information MIS infrastructure? backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, and business continuity planning What is a server? a computer dedicated to providing information in response to requests What is software? the set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks What is a sustainable MIS infrastructure? identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption What occurs when a primary machine recovers and resumes operations, taking over from a secondary server? failback The information MIS infrastructure supports the day-to-day business operations and plans for security breaches and theft. What is a more comprehensive and all-encompassing plan that details how a company recovers and restores critical business operations and systems after a disaster or extended disruption? business continuity plan What is a disaster recovery plan? a detailed process for recovering information or a system in the event of a catastrophic disaster Which of the following agile MIS infrastructure characteristics refers to the ability of an application to operate on different devices or software platforms, such as different operating systems? portability What means that people with disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities, can use the web? web accessibility
Which term refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system? accessibility What includes the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, produced by business processes and systems? carbon emissions What refers to discarded, obsolete, or broken electronic devices? ewaste What is a company's acknowledged responsibility to society? corporate social responsibility What is a subset of sustainable MIS that refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment? clean computing What is dynamic scaling? MIS infrastructure that can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements What is a facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems? data center Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75 percent of unused processing power of a computer and links thousands of individual computers around the world, creating a ________ that can process intensive tasks. virtual supercomputer What is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy? cloud fabric
What is Software as a Service (SaaS)? delivers applications over the cloud using a pay-per-use revenue model What serves only one customer or organization and can be located on or off the customer's premises? private cloud What delivers applications over the cloud using a pay-per-use revenue model? Software as a Service (SaaS) Who is a person who is grounded in technology, fluent in business, and able to provide the important bridge between MIS and the business? enterprise architect Which of the following include the three components of an MIS infrastructure? information, agile, and sustainable MIS infrastructures What is the ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure that includes restoring the information backup? recovery Among the sites that support disaster recovery, a ________ is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster. cold site What type of backup method does a thumb drive offer? low cost, low speed What brings together people from industry, disability organizations, government, and research labs from around the world to develop guidelines and resources to help make the web accessible to people with disabilities, including auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech, and visual disabilities? web accessibility initiative What does reliability ensure? the system is functioning correctly and providing accurate information. Enterprise architects require ________ access so they can perform such functions as resetting passwords or deleting accounts. administrator What is the amount of energy consumed by business processes and systems? energy consumption What is scalability? how well a system can scale up or adapt to the increased demands of growth DreamWorks Animation Company used which sustainable infrastructure component to complete many of its films, including Shrek, Madagascar, and Antz? grid computing In what category would you put a cloud computing benefit that allows a customer to store fewer applications on a client computer, freeing up the memory and allowing for increases in performance? increased performance What combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications? server virtualization What promotes massive, global, industry-wide applications offered to the general public? public cloud Sets with similar termsMIS 180 chapter 547 terms blake1872 BCIS 1405 Lecture Exam 3 part 268 terms waynesmith2 ISA 235 Chapter 541 terms aannachu INFO 210 Ch. 539 terms kelsey_cooper3 Sets found in the same folderISM3011 Exam 1 Pt 120 terms yrubPLUS ISM3011 Exam 1 Appendix A37 terms yrubPLUS ISM 3011 Chapter 362 terms yrubPLUS ISM 3011 Quiz 459 terms yrubPLUS Other sets by this creatorACG 4501 Chapter 3 Quiz10 terms yrubPLUS ACG 3111 Chapter 21 Statement of Cash Flows7 terms yrubPLUS ACG 4201 Exchange Rates for Selected Financial Sta…38 terms yrubPLUS AIS Final Exam M1419 terms yrubPLUS Recommended textbook solutionsFundamentals of Database Systems7th EditionRamez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe 687 solutions Starting Out with Python4th EditionTony Gaddis 629 solutions Introduction to the Theory of Computation3rd EditionMichael Sipser 389 solutions
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What is an information IT infrastructure quizlet?Information technology infrastructure. -refers to the Computer hardware, software, data, storage technology, and networks providing a portfolio of shared IT resources for the organization. -provides platform for supporting all information systems in the business.
Which of the following sustainable infrastructure components is a collection of computers often geographically dispersed that are coordinated to solve a common problem?Which of the following sustainable infrastructure components is a collection of computers, often geographically dispersed, that are coordinated to solve a common problem? This is the definition of grid computing.
What is an agile IT infrastructure quizlet?agile MIS infrastructure supports change. it is used for accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, and usability. sustainable MIS infrastructure supports sustainability. it is used for grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization.
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