Question 1

Cheap electricity is great for keeping business energy costs down, but this mean that we have to rely more on ________ for power.

Accepted Answer

A)  cars 
B)  coal 
C)  gasoline 
D)  All of these 
A)  cars 
B)  coal 
C)  gasoline 
D)  All of these

Question 2

What are the three pressures driving sustainable MIS infrastructures?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decreases in electronic waste, energy waste, and carbon emissions 
B)  Increases in ewaste, energy waste, and dynamic scaling 
C)  Increases in electronic waste, energy waste, and carbon emissions 
D)  Decreases in ewaste, energy waste, and carbon footprints 
A)  Decreases in electronic waste, energy waste, and carbon emissions 
B)  Increases in ewaste, energy waste, and dynamic scaling 
C)  Increases in electronic waste, energy waste, and carbon emissions 
D)  Decreases in ewaste, energy waste, and carbon footprints

Question 3

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, established which MIS law?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intel's Law 
B)  Gordon's Law 
C)  Moore's Law 
D)  Lee's Law 
A)  Intel's Law 
B)  Gordon's Law 
C)  Moore's Law 
D)  Lee's Law

Question 4

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is a company's acknowledged responsibility to society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Corporate social responsibility 
B)  Employees social responsibility 
C)  Society social responsibility 
D)  Government social responsibility 
A)  Corporate social responsibility 
B)  Employees social responsibility 
C)  Society social responsibility 
D)  Government social responsibility

Question 6

What is cloud computing services changing?

Accepted Answer

A)  The way people access information 
B)  The way people deliver information 
C)  The way people use information 
D)  All of the choices are correct 
A)  The way people access information 
B)  The way people deliver information 
C)  The way people use information 
D)  All of the choices are correct

Question 7

What is dynamic scaling?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability for the system to cut back on expenses when needed 
B)  The infrastructure that is fixed and there are no surprises 
C)  The MIS infrastructure can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements 
D)  The flexibility to charge more or less depending on the market 
A)  The ability for the system to cut back on expenses when needed 
B)  The infrastructure that is fixed and there are no surprises 
C)  The MIS infrastructure can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements 
D)  The flexibility to charge more or less depending on the market

Question 8

A smart grid delivers electricity using two-way digital technology and is meant to solve the problem of outdated electrical grids.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

With grid computing a problem is broken into pieces and distributed to many machines, allowing ________ processing than could occur with a single system.

Accepted Answer

A)  moderate 
B)  slower 
C)  faster 
D)  cleaner 
A)  moderate 
B)  slower 
C)  faster 
D)  cleaner

Question 10

What reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clean computing 
B)  Green personal computer 
C)  Upcycle 
D)  Corporate social responsibility 
A)  Clean computing 
B)  Green personal computer 
C)  Upcycle 
D)  Corporate social responsibility

Question 11

Cloud fabric is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Carbon emission is the amount of energy consumed by business processes and systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What occurs when each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Multi-tenancy 
B)  Single-tenancy 
C)  Cloud fabric 
D)  Cloud fabric controller 
A)  Multi-tenancy 
B)  Single-tenancy 
C)  Cloud fabric 
D)  Cloud fabric controller

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Multi-tenancy in the cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers. In the cloud, each customer is called a tenant and multiple tenants can access the same system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What includes the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, produced by business processes and systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ewaste 
B)  Energy consumption 
C)  Carbon emissions 
D)  Sustainable MIS 
A)  Ewaste 
B)  Energy consumption 
C)  Carbon emissions 
D)  Sustainable MIS

Question 17

What is network virtualization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device. 
B)  Combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device. 
C)  Combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications. 
D)  Offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster. 
A)  Combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device. 
B)  Combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device. 
C)  Combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications. 
D)  Offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster.

Question 18

Sustainable, or green, MIS describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is a Platform as a Service (PaaS)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Set up and storage systems including servers, and database management model 
B)  Innovation and new develops new programs for business on an ongoing basis 
C)  Salesforce.com is an example of PaaS 
D)  Supports the deployment of entire systems including hardware, networking, and applications using pay-per-use revenue model 
A)  Set up and storage systems including servers, and database management model 
B)  Innovation and new develops new programs for business on an ongoing basis 
C)  Salesforce.com is an example of PaaS 
D)  Supports the deployment of entire systems including hardware, networking, and applications using pay-per-use revenue model

Question 20

Which of the following reflects Moore's law?

Accepted Answer

A)  The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 18 months 
B)  A company's ability to acquire small amounts of MIS equipment for cheaper cost 
C)  A company's ability to acquire small amounts of capital for spending on innovative ideas every two years 
D)  The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 6 months 
A)  The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 18 months 
B)  A company's ability to acquire small amounts of MIS equipment for cheaper cost 
C)  A company's ability to acquire small amounts of capital for spending on innovative ideas every two years 
D)  The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 6 months

Exam 28: Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

Cheap electricity is great for keeping business energy costs down, but this mean that we have to rely more on ________ for power.

What are the three pressures driving sustainable MIS infrastructures?

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, established which MIS law?

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster.

What is a company's acknowledged responsibility to society?

What is cloud computing services changing?

What is dynamic scaling?

A smart grid delivers electricity using two-way digital technology and is meant to solve the problem of outdated electrical grids.

With grid computing a problem is broken into pieces and distributed to many machines, allowing ________ processing than could occur with a single system.

What reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product?

Cloud fabric is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy.

Carbon emission is the amount of energy consumed by business processes and systems.

What occurs when each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system?

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

Multi-tenancy in the cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers. In the cloud, each customer is called a tenant and multiple tenants can access the same system.

What includes the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, produced by business processes and systems?

What is network virtualization?

Sustainable, or green, MIS describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment.

What is a Platform as a Service (PaaS)?

Which of the following reflects Moore's law?

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Informationdatabases

Accessing Organizational Informationdata Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

Extending the Organizationsupply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organizationcustomer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to Endenterprise Resource Planning

Creating Innovative Organizations

Ebusiness

Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Informationdatabases

Accessing Organizational Informationdata Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Extending the Organizationsupply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organizationcustomer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to Endenterprise Resource Planning

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