Exam 13: Network Design and Management

A component or network with a high availability (near 1.0)is almost always operational.

In order to create a(n)____________________ connectivity map,the modeler begins by identifying each site or location in which the company has an office.

In a payback analysis,the ____ Costs are simply the running sums of the Time-Adjusted Costs over all the years.

Collecting information on system users involves determining the maximum number of users,the average number of users,and the peak number of users.

When a company is evaluating a project's ____ feasibility,the company must ask: Can the proposed system be designed,built,tested,and installed in an amount of time that all parties find reasonable and to which they can agree?

If a company desires a metropolitan area network connection between one of its offices and another business,it can use a(n)____________________ connectivity map to outline this connection and define the desired network characteristics.

____________________ is the probability that a particular component or system will be available during a fixed time period.

Mention some of the major goals every company has.

How do you determine the cost of a system?

The advantage of analytical modeling is that it is extremely difficult to create inaccurate analytical models and thus generate results that are invalid.

To examine the nodes in a wide area connectivity map in more detail,an analyst can expand each individual site into a ____ area connectivity map.

A ____ map can show how individual workstations or groups of workstations are clustered with switches,routers,hubs,and server farms.

One of the best techniques for determining current network capacities is creating a ____.

Assembling information on network applications requires that you create a fairly extensive list of statistics.

______________________________ is the average time necessary to repair a failure within the computer network.

With respect to ____ benefits,the most common measurement is the monthly or annual savings that will result from the use of the proposed system.

Analyzing and designing a new computer system can be time-consuming and expensive.

The intent of SDLC is for ____ not to be disjointed steps in a big plan,but overlapping layers of activity.

____ benefits are ones for which assigning a dollar amount is difficult; they include customer goodwill and employee morale.

Payback analysis helps you determine the approximate time for a project's payback,or ____,to occur.