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An emergency is a sudden, unexpected event requiring immediate action due to potential threat to health and safety, the environment, or property.

A) True
B) False

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When building a scalable system that can support new company developments, what are the key factors to consider?


A) Anticipating expected and unexpected growth.
B) Organizing and deploying additional resources.
C) Understanding competitor products and services.
D) Analyzing the accessibility and availability of competitor systems.

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

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Recovery is the ability to get a system up and running, including restoring the information backup, in the event of a system crash or failure.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is an example of an emergency notification system?


A) Radio stations' occasional tests of the national alert system.
B) Wireless alerts for promotional discounts.
C) Text messages from your local grocery store.
D) All of these.

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

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What is a sustainable 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, provide 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) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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What has the ability to recover information or systems in the event of catastrophic disasters?


A) Recovery
B) Disaster recovery
C) Backup
D) Failback

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

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


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

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

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A client is a computer designed to request information from a server.

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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Top-level MIS employees require administrator access, or unrestricted access to the entire system.Administrator access can perform functions such as resetting passwords, deleting accounts, and shutting down entire systems.

A) True
B) False

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Unavailability occurs when a system is continuously operational at all times.

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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Technology recovery strategies focus specifically on prioritizing the order for restoring hardware, software, and data across the organization that best meets business recovery requirements.

A) True
B) False

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What are the primary elements in an information MIS infrastructure?


A) Backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning
B) Backup, accessibility, and usability
C) Backup, cloud computing, and virtualization
D) Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization

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

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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 D)
F) All of the above

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What occurs when a redundant storage server offers an exact replica of the real-time data to which users are automatically directed if the primary server crashes?


A) Failover
B) Disaster recovery cost curve
C) Reliability
D) Maintainability

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

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Why is estimating future growth a challenge for most companies?


A) Growth can occur because the company acquires new markets.
B) Growth can occur because the company acquires new customers.
C) Growth can occur because the company acquires new products.
D) All of these.

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

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What is a hot 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 B)
F) A) and C)

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