Question 1

What is usability?

Accepted Answer

A)   A system that is not operating and cannot 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) B) and C)

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The ________ MIS infrastructure identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

Accepted Answer

A)   sustainable
B)   information
C)   virtualized
D)   agileE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

The three primary areas of support provided by information infrastructure are backup and recovery, disaster recovery plan, and the business continuity plan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

John works for Internal Computer Specialists, which focuses on helping small business owners resolve MIS infrastructure issues. John's tasks include cleaning and replacing motherboards, cables, and internal components such as DVDs and hard drives. What does John's role at Internal Computer Specialists focus on fixing?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hardware
B)   Clients
C)   Backup
D)   RecoveryE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

What is a communications system created by linking two or more devices and establishing a standard methodology in which they can communicate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Network
B)   Software
C)   Client
D)   ServerE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability are all elements of a(n)  ________ MIS infrastructure.

Accepted Answer

A)   agile
B)   sustainable
C)   information
D)   virtualizedE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 8

What is the difference between unavailable and high availability?

Accepted Answer

A)   High availability is when the system is not operating and can't be used, where unavailable is when a system is continuously operating at all times
B)   Unavailable only refers to clients, where high availability refers to servers
C)   Unavailable is when the system is not operating and can't be used, where high availability is when a system is continuously operating at all times
D)   High availability only refers to clients, where unavailable refers to serversE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is a client?

Accepted Answer

A)   Consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system.
B)   The set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks.
C)   A computer designed to request information from a server.
D)   A computer dedicated to providing information in response to requests.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following include the three components of an MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Information MIS, aggregated MIS, and sustainable MIS infrastructures
B)   Information MIS, operational MIS, and changing MIS infrastructures
C)   Information MIS, agile MIS, and sustainable MIS infrastructures
D)   Varies depending on the industryE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

What is a widely held but difficult to achieve standard of availability for a system?

Accepted Answer

A)   "Five 9s" availability
B)   "1%" minimum availability
C)   The "five's accessibility" code
D)   "Five 10s" availabilityE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 13

What question below would a company need to answer when first establishing a backup and recovery plan?

Accepted Answer

A)   What types of storage mechanism will meet the needs of the company?
B)   How often does the company need to backup its information?
C)   What types of recovery systems does the company infrastructure need?
D)   All of theseE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 14

What focuses specifically on prioritizing the order for restoring hardware, software, and data across the organization that best meets business recovery requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)   Technology failure
B)   Incident record
C)   Incident management
D)   Technology recovery strategyE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Flexibility represents the maximum throughput a system can deliver, for example the flexibility of a hard drive represents the size or volume.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 16

A backup is an exact copy of a system's information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The information MIS infrastructure supports the day-to-day business operations and plans for ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   security breaches and theft
B)   floods and earthquakes
C)   malicious internet attacks
D)   All of theseE) B) and D)
F) All of the above D

Question 18

What is a network?

Accepted Answer

A)   Consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system.
B)   The set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks.
C)   A computer designed to request information from a server.
D)   A communications system created by linking two or more devices and establishing a standard methodology in which they can communicate.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above D

Question 19

Hardware is a computer dedicated to providing information in response to requests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Capacity represents the maximum throughput a system can deliver, for example the capacity of a hard drive represents the size or volume.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

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The ________ MIS infrastructure identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

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The three primary areas of support provided by information infrastructure are backup and recovery, disaster recovery plan, and the business continuity plan.

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What focuses specifically on prioritizing the order for restoring hardware, software, and data across the organization that best meets business recovery requirements?

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Flexibility represents the maximum throughput a system can deliver, for example the flexibility of a hard drive represents the size or volume.

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