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Failover backs up an exact copy of a system's information.

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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What is accessibility?


A) Performs functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting down entire systems.
B) Refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system.
C) Refers to the time frames when the system is operational.
D) Refers to how quickly a system can transform to support environmental changes.

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

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Each year businesses lose time and money because of system crashes and failures. Which of the following offers the best way to protect a system from crashes and failures?


A) Backup and recovery plans
B) Fault tolerance
C) Failover
D) All of these

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

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What is an agile MIS infrastructure?


A) Identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured
B) Includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organization's goals
C) Infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption
D) Includes the plans for how a firm will build, deploy, use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets

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

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A warm site is a separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business.

A) True
B) False

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What is scalability?


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

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A cold site is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster.

A) True
B) False

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What is the set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks?


A) Hardware
B) Software
C) Client
D) Server

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

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

A) True
B) False

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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?


A) Capacity
B) Web accessibility
C) Web accessibility initiative
D) Vulnerability

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

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Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization are all elements of a ________ MIS infrastructure.


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

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

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Hardware consists of the physical devices associated with a computer system, where software is the set of instructions the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks.

A) True
B) False

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


A) Capacity
B) Web accessibility
C) Web accessibility initiative
D) Vulnerability

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

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

A) True
B) False

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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.

A) True
B) False

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Francis works in the human resources division of a large oil and gas company in Texas. Francis' tasks include maintaining payroll and vacation records, employment histories, and benefit information along with ensuring the security of all sensitive employee information. Which MIS infrastructure is most important to Francis?


A) Information MIS infrastructure
B) Agile MIS infrastructure
C) Sustainable MIS infrastructure
D) Virtualized MIS infrastructure

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

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What is a disaster recovery plan?


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

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Failback is a specific type of fault tolerance that 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.

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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