Question 1

What is a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

What is an information MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Which of the following describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands or growth?

Accepted Answer

A)   Flexibility
B)   Scalability
C)   Reliability
D)   AffordabilityE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

What measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction?

Accepted Answer

A)   Portability
B)   Capacity planning
C)   Performance
D)   SustainabilityE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Within the sites that support disaster recovery, ________ is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster.

Accepted Answer

A)   hot site
B)   cold site
C)   warm site
D)   disaster siteE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 7

Which term refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system?

Accepted Answer

A)   Availability
B)   Accessibility
C)   Usability
D)   ResponsibilityE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Which of the below offers a low-speed and low-cost backup method?

Accepted Answer

A)   DVD
B)   Thumb drive
C)   External hard drive
D)   All of theseE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Reliability means the system functions correctly and provides accurate information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following terms represents 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?

Accepted Answer

A)   Capacity
B)   Web accessibility
C)   Serviceability
D)   VulnerabilityE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

If you want to support organization change you will focus on building a strong information MIS infrastructure, which identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What are the seven characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, and usability
B)   Accessibility, affordability, mobility, portability, reliability, scalability, and usability
C)   Accessibility, availability, mobility, penetrability, responsibility, sensibility, and usability
D)   Accessibility, affordability, functionality, changeability, constancy, sources, and understandingE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

The optimal disaster recovery plan in terms of cost and time is where on the disaster recovery cost curve?

Accepted Answer

A)   Where the two cost effects intersect
B)   When the cost to the company of unavailability of information and technology is high
C)   When the cost to the company of recovering from a disaster over time is high
D)   When the two cost effects are furthest apartE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

What are the different options where an emergency notification service can be deployed?

Accepted Answer

A)   Through the firm's own infrastructure
B)   By an outside service provider on company premises
C)   By an outside service provider hosted remotely
D)   All of theseE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

What are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Which characteristics support a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A)   Accessibility, availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability, usability
B)   Backup and recovery plan, disaster recovery plan, business continuity planning
C)   Grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization
D)   Storage, network, and server virtualizationE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

What is unavailable?

Accepted Answer

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)   Measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction.
D)   The degree to which a system is easy to learn and efficient and satisfying to use.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

What is a computer designed to request information from a server?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hardware
B)   Software
C)   Client
D)   ServerE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

If you want to support business operations you will focus on building a strong information MIS infrastructure, which identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

If you want to support business operations you will focus on building a strong information MIS infrastructure, which identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

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Reliability means the system functions correctly and provides accurate information.

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What measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction?

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Which characteristics support a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

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What are the different options where an emergency notification service can be deployed?

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What is a sustainable MIS infrastructure?

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If you want to support organization change you will focus on building a strong information MIS infrastructure, which identifies where and how important information, such as customer records, is maintained and secured.

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What is an information MIS infrastructure?

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What are the three business functions an MIS infrastructure supports?

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Which of the following describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands or growth?

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Which term refers to the varying levels that define what a user can access, view, or perform when operating a system?

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

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What are the seven characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure?

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What is a computer designed to request information from a server?

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Which of the following terms represents 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?

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The optimal disaster recovery plan in terms of cost and time is where on the disaster recovery cost curve?

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Which of the below offers a low-speed and low-cost backup method?

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Within the sites that support disaster recovery, ________ is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where employees can move after a disaster.

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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.

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