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Where would you categorize a cloud computing benefit that allows a customer to store fewer applications on a client computer, which frees up the memory allowing for increases in performance?


A) Internet features.
B) increased costs
C) increased performance
D) increased software updates

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

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Usability 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.

A) True
B) False

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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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Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75% of unused processing power of a computer and links thousands of individual computers around the world creating a ________ that can process intensive tasks.


A) personal computer
B) employee client
C) company server
D) virtual supercomputer

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

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Sustainable MIS is a critical part of ________ within a company.


A) company Standard for the green initiative
B) corporate social responsibility
C) social expectations
D) society concerns

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

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What is a warm 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) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Accessibility 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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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) All of the above

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Tim Burners-Lee, cofounder of Intel, observed in 1965 that continued advances in technological innovation made it possible to reduce the size of a computer chip while doubling its capacity every two years.

A) True
B) False

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


A) capacity
B) web accessibility
C) web accessibility initiative
D) vulnerability

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

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Virtualization creates multiple virtual machines on a single computing device.A good analogy is a computer printer.In the past you had to purchase a fax machine, copy machine, answering machine, and computer printer separately.This was expensive, required enough energy to run four machines, and created additional amounts of ewaste.

A) True
B) False

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What is usability?


A) The system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use.
B) The system functions correctly and provides accurate information.
C) The system allows varying levels of access.
D) The system quickly transforms to support environmental changes.

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

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

A) True
B) False

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What is the difference between hardware and software?


A) Hardware is the physical devices associated with a computer system, where software is the instructions the hardware executes to carry out tasks.
B) They are both specific forms of clients.
C) Hardware executes the instructions to carry out tasks, where software is the physical devices associated with a computer system.
D) They are both specific forms of servers.

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

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

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Within 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.


A) hot site
B) cold site
C) warm site
D) disaster site

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

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Which of the following agile MIS infrastructure characteristics refers to how quickly a system can transform to support environmental changes?


A) maintainability
B) scalability
C) capacity planning
D) portability

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

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Which of the following describes the difference between a backup plan and a recovery plan?


A) Recovery is an exact copy of a system's information, where backup is the ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure.
B) Backup is mandatory, where recovery is optional.
C) Backup is an exact copy of a system's information, where recovery is the ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure.
D) Recovery is mandatory, where backup is optional.

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

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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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What is upcycle?


A) a subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment
B) built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy
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) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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