Deck 3: Managing the Information Systems Infrastructure and Services

Question 1

Governmental regulations such as the ________ Act mandate archiving business documents and relevant internal communication,including e-mail and instant messages.

A) Glass-Steagall
B) Sarbanes-Oxley
C) Robinson-Patman
D) Celler-Kefauver
E) Taft-Hartley

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The operating system of a computer is an example of ________ software.

A) system
B) open source
C) transitory
D) peripheral
E) application

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true about servers?

A) They are used to provide services to users within large organizations or to Web users.
B) They are primarily used as the main, central computing system for major corporations.
C) They are used primarily to assist in solving massive scientific problems.
D) They are optimized for visualization and rendering of three-dimensional models.
E) They are used for personal computing and small business computing.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true of an intranet?

A) It secures proprietary information stored within the corporate local area network.
B) It is easily accessible to the public.
C) It can be used to access advertorial information.
D) It can be used by anyone with an Internet connection.
E) It cannot be accessed by using virtual private networks.

Question 6

Which of the following general classes of computers designed for medical,engineering,or animation and graphics design uses is optimized for visualization and rendering of three-dimensional models,and typically have fast processors,large memory,and advanced video cards?

A) mainframes
B) supercomputers
C) workstations
D) servers
E) personal computers

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of an operating system?

A) Safari
B) Microsoft Office
C) Mozilla Firefox
D) Ubuntu Linux
E) Microsoft Surface

Question 8

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

A) workstation
B) personal computer
C) mainframe computer
D) server
E) supercomputer

Question 9

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

A) random-access memory
B) operating system
C) read-only memory
D) base station
E) point to point protocol

Question 10

Operating systems are often written in ________,a very low-level computer programming language that allows the computer to operate quickly and efficiently.

A) structured query language
B) hypertext markup language
C) assembly language
D) extensible markup language
E) practical extraction and report language

Question 11

Information systems infrastructure consists of hardware,system software,storage,networking,and data centers.

Question 12

With respect to the five general classes of computers,a ________ is typically used for scientific research.

A) mainframe computer
B) workstation
C) supercomputer
D) microcomputer
E) server

Question 13

With respect to the five general classes of computers,________ are typically used for mission critical applications,such as transaction processing.

A) workstations
B) supercomputers
C) servers
D) mainframes
E) personal computers

Question 14

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

A) Application
B) Transitory
C) System
D) Open source
E) Peripheral

Question 15

With respect to the general classes of computers,a ________ is very large and is used primarily as the main,central computing system for major corporations.

A) personal computer
B) supercomputer
C) server
D) mainframe computer
E) workstation

Question 16

A fundamental component of the IS infrastructure is the ________,that is,the computers that run the applications and databases necessary for processing transactions or analyzing business data.

A) protocol
B) archival storage
C) hardware
D) system software
E) data center

Question 17

Which of the following tasks is performed by application software?

A) printing documents
B) writing a business letter
C) presenting information via a monitor
D) updating the system clock
E) saving data to a disk

Question 18

Which of the following is a difference between a server and a workstation?

A) A workstation has fast network connectivity when compared to a server.
B) A workstation is used primarily as the main, central computing system for major corporations.
C) A workstation has high reliability when compared to a server.
D) A workstation has more memory and more disk storage when compared to a server.
E) A workstation is typically used by one user at a time.

Question 19

With respect to the general classes of computers,a ________ is the most expensive and most powerful kind of computer,which is used primarily to assist in solving massive scientific problems.

A) supercomputer
B) workstation
C) mainframe computer
D) server
E) personal computer

Question 20

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.

A) workstation
B) server
C) personal computer
D) supercomputer
E) mainframe

Question 21

Bandwidth is measured in ________.

A) moles per second
B) joules per second
C) parts per million
D) bits per second
E) relays per second

Question 22

________ define the procedures that different computers follow when they transmit and receive data.

A) Consoles
B) Keyloggers
C) Protocols
D) Hosts
E) Hypertexts

Question 23

Which of the following statements is true about a Uniform Resource Locator?

A) It is used to locate specific information in a Web page.
B) It is used to identify and locate a particular Web page.
C) It is a protocol that helps Web servers store Web pages.
D) It is a standard method for specifying the format of Web pages.
E) It is a software application used to display the features of a Web page.

Question 24

The ".com" suffix in a uniform resource locater is reserved for ________.

A) non-profit organizations
B) commercial organizations
C) network organizations
D) government entities
E) educational organizations

Question 25

With respect to computer networking,________ refers to the physical pathway-cable(s)and wireless-used to carry network information.

A) multiplatform
B) transmission control protocol
C) random-access memory
D) traceroute
E) transmission media

Question 26

________ networks enable any computer or device on the network to provide and request services.All members of the network have equivalent capabilities and responsibilities.

A) Server-centric
B) Server-to-peer
C) Client-to-peer
D) Peer-to-peer
E) Client-centric

Question 27

Which of the following storage methods is used for storing long-term copies of organizational data?

A) archival
B) backup
C) operational
D) translational
E) protocol

Question 28

A hypertext document is otherwise known as a ________.

A) Web page
B) Web host
C) Web ring
D) Webmaster
E) Web consortium

Question 29

With regard to the World Wide Web,Web pages are stored on ________.

A) Web consoles
B) Web rings
C) Web consortiums
D) Web servers
E) Web hosts

Question 30

The ________ is a system of interlinked documents on the Internet,or a graphical user interface to the Internet that provides users with a simple,consistent interface to access a wide variety of information.

A) private branch exchange
B) World Wide Web
C) point to point protocol
D) Media Access Control Address
E) parameter random access memory

Question 31

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

A) storage area networks
B) wireless body sensor networks
C) wireless local area networks
D) campus area networks
E) personal area networks

Question 32

Which of the following features of the Web contains not only information but also references or links to other documents?

A) proxy server
B) Web ring
C) hypertext
D) codec
E) domain name

Question 33

A ________ is any computer that may both request and provide services.

A) console
B) client
C) peer
D) host
E) port

Question 34

A ________ is any computer on the network,or any software application,that uses only the services provided by the server.

A) peer
B) client
C) host
D) console
E) port

Question 35

Web servers process user requests for pages using the ________.

A) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
B) TOC Protocol
C) Address Resolution Protocol
D) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
E) Trivial File Transfer Protocol

Question 36

Which of the following computer networks is used for providing wireless communication between devices,using technologies such as Bluetooth?

A) personal area network
B) storage area network
C) campus area network
D) metropolitan area network
E) body sensor network

Question 37

With respect to computer networks,a typical ________ network has a bandwidth of 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps.

A) personal area
B) metropolitan area
C) wide area
D) campus area
E) local area

Question 38

The standard method of specifying the format of Web pages is called ________.

A) Structured Query Language (SQL)
B) Practical Extraction and Report Language (PERL)
C) Extensible Markup Language (XML)
D) Assembly Language (AL)
E) Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Question 39

________ is the transmission capacity of a computer or communications channel,which represents how much binary data can be reliably transmitted over the medium in one second.

A) Latency
B) Data buffer
C) Bandwidth
D) Jitter
E) Codec

Question 40

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

A) Webcam
B) keylogger
C) proxy server
D) Web browser
E) Webmaster

Question 41

Which of the following is likely to have the suffix ".org" after the domain name in its URL?

A) The Red Cross Society
B) Starbucks
C) The Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) McDonalds
E) Harvard Business School

Question 42

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

A) collocation facilities
B) multi-bay stations
C) serial port facilities
D) data ease facilities
E) datahub stations

Question 43

Workstations are optimized for access by many concurrent users and therefore have more advanced microprocessors,more memory,a larger cache,and more disk storage than single-user computers.

Question 44

Which of the following is the host name in the URL "labs.google.co.in/jack carver"?

A) labs
B) google
C) co
D) in
E) jack carver

Question 45

Most companies allow their employees to use ________ networks to connect to the company's intranet while on the road or working from home.

A) near-me area
B) metropolitan area
C) virtual private
D) body sensor
E) storage area

Question 46

The suffix ".org" is reserved for ________.

A) governmental entities
B) commercial organizations
C) network organizations
D) educational institutions
E) non-profit organizations

Question 47

The easiest way to understand computer networking is through the human communication model.

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

In a URL,the ________ is the particular Web server or group of Web servers (if it is a larger Web site)that will respond to the Web request.

A) domain name
B) host name
C) client name
D) top-level domain name
E) port name

Question 51

Networking hardware and software facilitate the interconnection of different computers,enabling collaboration within organizations,across organizations,and literally around the world.

Question 52

The fundamental information units of computers are called relays.

Question 53

The protocol used by the Internet is called the ________.

A) Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
B) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
C) Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
D) Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
E) TOC protocol

Question 54

Which of the following is likely to have the suffix ".edu" after the domain name in its URL?

A) Yahoo!
B) UNICEF
C) The Federal Reserve
D) Harvard Business School
E) America Online

Question 55

Which of the following is likely to have the suffix ".com" after the domain name in its URL?

A) UNICEF
B) The Federal Reserve
C) Microsoft
D) The World Wide Fund for Nature
E) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Question 56

Which of the following statements is true about an IP address?

A) The format of an IP address is a 64-bit numeric address.
B) It is written as eight numbers separated by periods.
C) Each number separated by periods can have any number between 0 and 999.
D) It can be used to navigate to particular Web addresses.
E) It is written as a number with a period at the end.

Question 57

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

Question 58

A company's ________ secures proprietary information stored within the corporate local area network and/or wide area network so that the information can be viewed only by authorized users.

A) Web ring
B) static Web site
C) firewall
D) proxy server
E) Web page

Question 59

A supercomputer is primarily used as the main,central computing system for major corporations.

Question 60

Transmission media refers to the physical pathway used to carry network information.

Question 61

Which of the following statements is true about the software as a service model?

A) The customer has no knowledge or control over the underlying infrastructure and has only limited ability to control or configure application-specific settings.
B) The customer has to manage the licenses for the operating systems being used.
C) The customer can run his or her own applications that are typically designed using tools provided by the service provider.
D) The customer is provided with the basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking.
E) The user has control over the applications but has limited or no control over the underlying infrastructure.

Question 62

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."

A) Green computing
B) Social networking
C) Internetworking
D) Web phishing
E) Cloud computing

Question 63

Which of the following occurred in the 1964-1990 generation of computing?

A) The mainframe era began.
B) The personal computer era ended and interpersonal computing began.
C) The mainframe era ended and the personal computer era began.
D) The interpersonal computing era ended and the internetworking era began.
E) The internetworking era ended.

Question 64

List and explain the different components of a network.

Question 65

Briefly describe system software.

Question 66

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.

A) cluster computing
B) grid computing
C) distributed computing
D) utility computing
E) parallel computing

Question 67

Why aren't IP addresses normally used to navigate Web addresses instead of domain names?

Question 68

Which of the following occurred in the 1958-1964 generation of computing?

A) The internetworking era began.
B) The personal computer era expanded.
C) The interpersonal computing era ended.
D) The interpersonal computing era began.
E) The mainframe era expanded.

Question 69

Which of the following statements is true about a public cloud?

A) It gives an organization a high degree of customizability over its data and applications.
B) It can be used by any interested party on a pay-per-use basis.
C) It is internal to an organization.
D) It does not free an organization from the issues associated with managing the cloud infrastructure.
E) It gives an organization a high degree of control over its data and applications.

Question 70

Manufacturers of hardware and software often apply the concept of planned obsolescence,meaning that ________.

A) the companies have already decided when to launch their next product
B) the product is designed in such a way as to extend its life span
C) the product is designed to last only for a certain life span
D) the product is designed to avoid obsolescence
E) the companies do not enter markets that have the risk of product obsolescence

Question 71

The prediction that the number of transistors on a chip would double about every two years is known as ________.

A) Megan's law
B) Ashby's law
C) Murphy's law
D) Metcalfe's law
E) Moore's law

Question 72

With respect to the domain name,the suffix ".com" is reserved for network organizations.

Question 73

Which of the following occurred in the 1990-2000 generation of computing?

A) The mainframe era began.
B) The personal computer era ended and the interpersonal computing era began.
C) The mainframe era ended and the personal computer era began.
D) The interpersonal computing era ended and the internetworking era began.
E) The internetworking era ended.

Question 74

Briefly explain Moore's law.

Question 75

Which of the following statements is true about the infrastructure as a service model?

A) The customer has to manage the licenses for the operating systems being used.
B) The customer has no knowledge or control over the underlying infrastructure and has only limited ability to control or configure application-specific settings.
C) The customer can run his or her own applications that are typically designed using tools provided by the service provider.
D) The customer does not have to manage operating system licenses.
E) The user has control over the applications but has limited or no control over the underlying infrastructure.

Question 76

Describe the different classes of computers.

Question 77

The ability to adapt to increases or decreases in demand for processing or data storage is known as ________.

A) extensibility
B) portability
C) reliability
D) scalability
E) usability

Question 78

Which of the following occurred in the 1946-1958 generation of computing?

A) The interpersonal computing era ended and the internetworking era began.
B) The internetworking era ended.
C) The mainframe era began.
D) The mainframe era ended and the personal computer era began.
E) The personal computer era ended and the interpersonal computing era began.

Question 79

Briefly explain the history of computing.

Question 80

Which of the following statements is true about the platform as a service model?

A) The customer is provided with the basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking.
B) The customer has no knowledge or control over the underlying infrastructure and has only limited ability to control or configure application-specific settings.
C) The customer can run his or her own applications that are typically designed using tools provided by the service provider.
D) Only the basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking are provided.
E) The customer has to manage the licenses for the operating systems being used.