Exam 7: Enterprise Infrastructure, Metrics, and Business

What was the real significance of first-generation ERP systems?

The necessity for a common database was the main difference between ERP and MRP systems.

Which infrastructure-centric metric measures the speed at which a system can process a transaction?

Which of the following is not a phase in the planning process used for disasters and recovery situations?

_____ measures how quickly an IT system performs a certain process.

What type of IT infrastructure involves sharing information systems in one central area or mainframe?

What is the primary advantage of the client/server infrastructure?

Which infrastructure-centric metric measures how well a system can adapt to increasing demand?

The ERP market has been growing at a rate of at least 30% per year.Why?

The current generation of ERP often includes CRM and SCM.

With the second generation of ERP systems,what type of business application emerged?

How often should you test your disaster recovery plan?

A(n)_____ is a separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after the disaster and resume business.

Backing up is not necessary.

The IT architecture is the implementation of the IT infrastructure.

If a company is still using a mainframe for business processing,they most likely have a _____ infrastructure.

Which type of infrastructure must determine the location of specific applications and information before it can respond to requests from end users or applications?

If your task was to determine if your clothing store demonstrated efficiency,which of the following activities would you measure?

_____ is a process of continuously measuring results and comparing those results to optimal performance so that actual performance may be improved.

Benchmarking is used to improve an IT system performance.