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What does reliability ensure?

A) The system has the ability to operate in many different operating systems
B) The system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use
C) The system is functioning correctly and providing accurate information
D) The time frames when the system is operational

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

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What is hardware?

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

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An enterprise architect is a person grounded in technology, fluent in business, and able to provide the important bridge between MIS and the business.

MIS infrastructure is a communications system created by linking two or more devices and establishing a standard methodology for communication.

Accessibility refers to the time frames when the system is operational.

Portability describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands of growth.

What is performance?

Availability means that people with disabilities including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities can use the web.

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

A warm site is a separate facility with computer equipment that requires installation and configuration.

What occurs when the ability of a company to operate is impaired because of a hardware, software, or data outage?

What occurs when the ability of a company to operate is impaired because of a hardware, software, or data outage?

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

A disaster recovery plan contains a ________ that outlines the costs to support the plan.

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

What charts the cost to the company of the unavailability of information and technology and the cost to the company of recovering from a disaster over time?

Availability refers to the time frames when the system is operational.

Every company, regardless of size, relies on some form of MIS infrastructure, whether it is a few personal computers networked together or many interconnected around the world.

Serviceability is how quickly a third-party or vendor can change a system to ensure it meets user needs and the terms of any contracts including agreed levels of reliability, maintainability or availability.

The Web accessibility initiative (WAI) 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.