Deck 3: Distributed Data Processing

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of distributed data processing?

A)increased responsiveness to organizational needs
B)better correspondence to organizational patterns
C)greater user involvement and control
D)enhanced centralization of data definitions

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following does distributed processing typically not support?

A)applications
B)device controllers
C)data
D)mainframes

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Database applications are always distributed applications.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The three types of requirements for networking resulting from DDP are connectivity,availability,and performance.

Question 5

There has been a decreasing trend toward distributed data processing.

Question 6

Centralized data processing typically involves terminals connected to large computers in a central data processing facility.

Question 7

In a centralized architecture,the data processing for an application takes place on the user's computing device.

Question 8

Which of the following is not a function provided by servers in client / server systems?

A)printing services
B)data entry
C)database services
D)gateways

Question 9

Intranets use the same communication protocols and applications as the Internet.

Question 10

A partitioned database is by definition not a replicated database.

Question 11

Replicated databases involve copying all or part of the database to additional computers.

Question 12

Retail point-of-sale systems are an example of horizontal partitioning of data processing.

Question 13

Big data and the evolution of data processing and communications technologies continue to reshape the balance of centralized and distributed processing within enterprise networks.

Question 14

Like the Internet,intranets are difficult to manage.

Question 15

Accessibility refers to the percentage of time that a particular function or application is available for users.

Question 16

A data processing facility may depart in varying degrees from the centralized data processing organization by implementing a DDP strategy.

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a feature of an Intranet?
A)is used to connect both local and remote sites into one network

A)uses Internet based standards,such as HTML and SMTP
B)is used to distribute content to the general Internet
C)can be effectively managed

Question 18

The three ways of organizing data for use by an organization are:

A)centralized,replicated,and partitioned
B)centralized,structured,and partitioned
C)structured,replicated,and partitioned
D)centralized,replicated,and structured

Question 19

Extranets use different protocols and applications than are used in Intranets.

Question 20

Traditionally,data processing has been organized in a distributed model.

Question 21

Which of the following is common in today's data centers?

A)redundant / backup power supplies
B)environmental controls
C)data communication connections
D)all of the above

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the Corporate Computing Function?

A)provide computing services in a reliable,professional,and technically competent manner
B)deploying technology in ways that make the work productive and not be concerned about whether or not the technology makes work enjoyable for employees
C)provide computing capabilities to all organizational units that need them
D)assist in satisfying the special computing needs of user departments

Question 23

________ refers to everything that enables an organization to create,manipulate,and manage very large data sets (measured in terabytes,petabytes,exabytes,etc.)and the facilities in which these are stored.

Question 24

Responsiveness,availability,end-user productivity,and resource sharing are benefits of __________ data processing.

Question 25

________ is the creation of a virtual,rather than actual,version of something.

Question 26

A data center can occupy:

A)a single room in a building
B)one or more floors
C)an entire building
D)all of the above

Question 27

An increasingly common organizational approach for distributed data processing is the ___________ architecture.

Question 28

More challenging failure diagnosis,more dependence on communications technology,incompatibility among equipment,and incompatibility among data are potential drawbacks of __________ data processing.

Question 29

Which of the following is a category of ASP business?

A)functional / specialist
B)vertical market
C)enterprise
D)all of the above

Question 30

With __________ virtualization software is used to allow a piece of computer hardware to simultaneously run multiple operating system images.

A)network
B)server
C)operating system
D)storage

Question 31

Two types of distributed data processing are horizontal and _________ partitioning.

Question 32

In a __________ data processing architecture,data processing is done on one, or a cluster of computers,generally powerful and / or physically large,located in a central data processing facility.

Question 33

A DDP facility may include:

A)a central data center
B)satellite data centers
C)a community of peer computing facilities
D)all of the above

Question 34

No redundancy guarantees for servers,storage systems,network equipment, and communication connections to Internet or other networks; single path for power and cooling distribution; no redundant components; and availability: 99.671% are _________ characteristics of data centers.

A)Tier 1
B)Tier 2
C)Tier 3
D)Tier 4

Question 35

A _________ is a dedicated network that provides access to various types of storage devices including tape libraries,optical jukeboxes,and disk arrays.

A)BI
B)DW
C)SAN
D)NAS

Question 36

SAP's in-memory computing system is called _________.

Question 37

_________ virtualization disguises the complexity of the underlying communications network.

A)Server
B)Network
C)Storage
D)Operating system

Question 38

A __________ is a facility that houses computer systems and their associated components including storage and telecommunication systems.

Question 39

When a _________ data processing strategy is followed,computers are dispersed throughout an organization.

Question 40

___________ encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that extends an organization's existing IT capabilities over the Internet in real time.

A)Cloud computing
B)ISP
C)DDP
D)Client / server architecture

Question 41

Four categories of virtualization are: operating system virtualization,server virtualization,storage virtualization and __________ virtualization.

Question 42

An _________ provides users of client devices with applications associated with the Internet but isolated within the organization.

Question 43

The distinguishing feature of the _________ is that it provides access to corporate resources by authorized outside clients,typically suppliers and customers of the organization.

Question 44

_________ are specialized computers that provide services for clients such as database services,printing services,and communication services.

Question 45

The businesses that provide computer-based services to business subscribers over a network are called ___________.