Question 1

Most business initiatives succeed or fail based on the quality of the underlying data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

A general purpose Information System (IS)designed to provide reports to managers for tracking operations,monitoring and control is ________

Accepted Answer

A) DSS 
B) EIS 
C) MIS 
D) JIT

Question 3

Senior executives and managers know about their data silos and information management problems,but they also know about the huge cost and disruption from converting to newer IT architectures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Cloud solutions typically require less bandwidth and place fewer demands on the organization's network or wide area network (WAN),reducing the risk of downtime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Data (or information)silos are ISs that do not have the capability to exchange data with other ISs making timely coordination and communication across functions or departments difficult.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Information management must also deal with information degradation and disorder-where people do not understand what data means or how it can be useful.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Governance cuts the cost of maintaining and archiving bad,unneeded,or wrong data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Storage virtualization is the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device that is managed from a central console.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Information Systems, IT Architecture, Data Governance, and Cloud Computing

Most business initiatives succeed or fail based on the quality of the underlying data.

A general purpose Information System (IS) designed to provide reports to managers for tracking operations,monitoring and control is ________

Senior executives and managers know about their data silos and information management problems,but they also know about the huge cost and disruption from converting to newer IT architectures.

Cloud solutions typically require less bandwidth and place fewer demands on the organization's network or wide area network (WAN),reducing the risk of downtime.

Data (or information)silos are ISs that do not have the capability to exchange data with other ISs making timely coordination and communication across functions or departments difficult.

Information management must also deal with information degradation and disorder-where people do not understand what data means or how it can be useful.

Governance cuts the cost of maintaining and archiving bad,unneeded,or wrong data.

Storage virtualization is the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device that is managed from a central console.