Exam 7: Managing Enterprise Architecture

Gordon Moore,co-founder of Intel,observed in 1965 that continued advances in technological innovation made it possible to reduce the size of a computer chip while doubling its capacity every two years.

A sustainable enterprise architecture identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption.

__________ computing are applications hosted remotely and the service is changing the way everyone can access,deliver and use information.

What is usability?

Grid computing takes advantage of the available 75 per cent of unused processing power of a computer and links thousands of individual computers around the world creating a _______ that can process intensive tasks.

What are the seven characteristics of an agile infrastructure architecture?

Which of the following sustainable enterprise architecture components is a collection of computers,often geographically dispersed,that are coordinated to solve a common problem?

Performance measures how quickly a system performs a process or transaction.

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

What determines future environmental infrastructure requirements that ensure high-quality system performance?

A _______ site of the support disaster recovery system separates facility with computer equipment that requires installation and configuration.

Grid computing,cloud computing,and virtualisation are all elements of a ________ enterprise architecture.

The three primary areas of support provided by information infrastructure are backup and recovery,disaster recovery plan,and the business continuity plan.

Sean works at the local electrical company in Brisbane,which provides electricity to the entire city.This area is prone to floods.As the lead enterprise architect on the night shift,he has been asked to suggest ways the company can protect its MIS infrastructure.Sean notices that the company does not have the ability for its systems to respond to unexpected failures or crashes and there is not a backup system that can automatically take over without a loss of serve to Brisbane residents.What should he recommend his company implement?

What are the three pressures driving sustainable MIS infrastructures?

Every company,regardless of size,relies on some form of MIS infrastructure,whether it is a few personal computers networked together or many interconnected around the world.

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

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

What is a facility used to house management information systems and associated components,such as telecommunications and storage systems?

What offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity?