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One way a business can minimize the damage of a system crash is to have a _________ and recovery strategy in place.

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The three pressures driving sustainable MIS infrastructures are (1) increased electronic waste, (2) increased _________ consumption, and (3) increased carbon emissions.

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Identify the environmental impacts associated with MIS.

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DreamWorks Animation used _________ computing to complete many of its hit films such as Antz, Shrek, and How to Train Your Dragon.

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Think of the relationship between a client and a server.A person would use a web browser or a _________ to access a website server.

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Which cloud computing model offers applications on a pay-per-use basis?


A) Infrastructure as a service
B) Platform as a service
C) Software as a service
D) All of these

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

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What does a business continuity plan typically include?


A) How frequently the system backup is performed
B) Which systems and business processes are critical and the maximum amount of time the company can continue to operate without functioning systems
C) How quickly the system recovery needs to be performed
D) Where a hot site is located

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

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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 a computer called that is dedicated to providing information in response to requests?


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

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

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The cloud computing service provider ___________, specializes in word processor, spreadsheet, and online presentation tool services.


A) Zoho office
B) Prezi
C) Enhance
D) Legal Zone

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

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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?


A) Reliability
B) Portability
C) Maintainability
D) Usability

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

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The increased demand in technology devices has caused an increase in discarded devices, a phenomenon known as ________.


A) Ewaste
B) Grid computing
C) Ergonomic code
D) Electronic sustainability

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

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What is the difference between unavailable and high availability?


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

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

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Maintainability means the system quickly transforms to support environmental changes.

A) True
B) False

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Which characteristics support a sustainable MIS infrastructure?


A) Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability
B) Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan
C) Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization
D) All of these

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

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

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What are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports?


A) Supports operations, change, and the environment or sustainability
B) Supports operations, customers, and ewaste
C) Supports operations, clients, and servers
D) Supports information, change, and business continuity planning

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

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Cloud computing allows users to connect via a web browser and stores all of your software documents "in the cloud," which means that there is no more need for users to have ____________.


A) Hard drives
B) Physical servers
C) Software or processing power
D) All of these

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

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Explain the three components of a sustainable MIS infrastructure along with their business benefits.

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A specific type of fault tolerance, _________, 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.

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