Exam 3: Managing the Information Systems Infrastructure and Services

The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods.

In grid computing,the slowest computer creates a bottleneck and slows down the entire grid.

Application software helps to automate business processes,and enables processes that would otherwise not even be possible.

________ software is the collection of programs that control the basic operations of computer hardware.

The applications under the Software as a Service model are typically the toughest to deploy.

The name "Internet" is derived from the concept of wireless networking.

Briefly discuss the types of clouds.

A ________ is a software application that can be used to locate and display Web pages,including text,graphics,and multimedia content.

________ is used to increase Web application performance.

The protocol used by the Internet is called the ________.

With respect to the general classes of computers,a ________ is used for small business computing.

Data centers managed by a third party that rents out space to multiple organizational customers are known as ________.

The most prominent type of system software,the ________,coordinates the interaction between hardware components,peripherals,application software,and users.

Under the ________ model,organizations "rent" resources such as processing,data storage,or networking from an external provider on an as-needed basis and pay only for the services used.

As defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),"________ is a model for enabling ubiquitous,convenient,on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction."

The application software used for various business processes can directly interact with these various types of computer hardware.

IP cannot be used to transmit video data.

With respect to the general classes of computers,a ________ is any computer on a network that makes access to files,printing,communications,and other services available to users of the network.

With respect to computer networks,________ are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks.