Accounting Information Systems 9th Edition by James Hall

Exercise 38

Which statement is NOT true?
A) In a typical two-tier, client-server architecture, the server handles both application and database duties.
B) Client computers are responsible for presenting data to the user and passing user input back to the server.
C) Two-tier architecture is for local area network applications where the demand on the server is restricted to a relatively small population of users.
D) The database and application functions are separated in the three-tier model.
E) In three-tier client-server architectures, one tier is for user presentation, one is for database and applications access, and the third is for Internet access.