Deck 6: The Architecture of an Enterprise System

Question 1

Process by which an organization goes through an integration phase led by database technology

A) Integration Model
B) Stage Model
C) Presentation Model
D) Protocol Model

Answer 1

Stage Model

Question 2

According to the text which of the following have experience in developing and integrating applications for large firms.

A) SAP AG
B) DB2
C) Cisco
D) People Soft

Answer 2

SAP AG

Question 3

Which of the following are part of the conceptual model of an ERP system outlined in the text

A) Operational Data
B) Human Resources
C) Treasury
D) End User

Answer 3

Operational Data
Human Resources
Treasury
End User

Question 4

Which of the following consist of a database layer, application layer, and presentation layer?

A) DB2
B) ERP
C) SAP
D) AG

Question 5

Which of the following are relational Databases?

A) Oracle
B) DB2
C) ERP
D) Access

Question 6

Which of the following vendors provide source code to clients?

A) Microsoft
B) SAP
C) DB2
D) IBM

Question 7

A distributed database offers redundancy, robustness, locking features, and security.

Question 8

A distributed database offers redundancy, locking features, security and transaction protocols for TCP/IP

Question 9

Which of the following offer application programs in ABAP

A) SAP R/3
B) SAP R/1
C) DB2
D) ERP

Question 10

Which of the following allow for dynamic load balancing and control over localized messages

A) Having application servers in a WAN
B) Having application servers in a LAN
C) Having Control functions run at the Data Server
D) Having Control functions run on the Presentation Layer

Question 11

In some ERP systems the source code of application programs are stored as data items in the database.

Question 12

In all ERP systems the source code of application programs are stored as data items in the database

Question 13

According to the text which of the following are reasons SAP provides the source code to clients

A) Makes it easier to apply fixes to system
B) Compiled programs cause too many problems
C) Linking programs is accomplished with less work
D) It is the only way ABAP can be delivered

Question 14

In SAP R/3 a user can jump to a screen by providing a transaction number

Question 15

Which of the following allow for filling input fields with default values or database values

A) Presentation Layer
B) Database Layer
C) Application Layer
D) Router Layer

Question 16

Which of the following is located at the operating system level and can be accessed by all systems?

A) Presentation Layer
B) R/3 directory
C) Transport directory
D) Database Tier

Question 17

Logically separate systems that are implemented on the same instance in SAP R/3 are known as

A) Server
B) Clients
C) LAN configuration
D) Multi-tier system

Question 18

According to the text the major reasons for lack of adoption of integrated systems were

A) corporate inertia
B) emergence of client server architecture
C) network connections
D) the unpredictable atmosphere of database technologies

Question 19

Which of the following are key issues regarding enterprise wide systems

A) use of standard technologies for database management
B) standard protocols for data communication
C) scalability of system to large enterprise organizations
D) cross platform capability for hardware and software

Question 20

Which of the following allowed the creation of online transaction processing systems

A) database and scanning technology advances
B) communication advances
C) DB2
D) SAP