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Foundations of Information SystemsReview Questions
1.
What term describes a physical computing environment that is located at an organization’s facility?
  1. on-premise
  2. hot facility
  3. cold site
  4. cloud-based
2 .
A cloud environment incorporates physical hardware to deliver services that are described in what way?
  1. programmable
  2. virtualized
  3. tested
  4. rack mounted
3.
What is the term for the party that manages and maintains a cloud-based environment?
  1. service provider
  2. ISP engineer
  3. cloud provider
  4. cloud engineer
4 .
What factor offers the cloud environment flexibility, utilization of system resources, scalability, and a cost factor that is scalable?
  1. cloud computing
  2. physical environment
  3. coding
  4. virtualization
5.
What is the term for a plan that an organization puts in place to maintain its operational status in an emergency scenario?
  1. business continuity
  2. recovery plan
  3. emergency recovery
  4. shutdown plan
6 .
What is the first level of the cloud environment that must be designed based on the requirements of the cloud consumer?
  1. Infrastructure as a Service
  2. Platform as a Service
  3. Software as a Service
  4. Database as a Service
7.
What is the second level of the cloud environment that is to be built in relation to the Infrastructure as a Service component?
  1. Database as a Service
  2. Software as a Service
  3. Platform as a Service
  4. Communication as a Service
8 .
What service allows cloud consumers the ability to manage and maintain relational and nonrelational databases?
  1. Infrastructure as a Service
  2. Software as a Service
  3. Testing as a Service
  4. Database as a Service
9.
What is the term for an environment that is owned by a specific community or cloud provider that is offering services to a specific community?
  1. hybrid cloud
  2. community cloud
  3. public cloud
  4. private cloud
10 .
What is the term for an environment designed to use several deployment models?
  1. community cloud
  2. public cloud
  3. private cloud
  4. hybrid cloud
11.
What advancement changed the way networking components worked, handled traffic, and opened new methods of controlling the network architecture?
  1. SDN
  2. VPN
  3. ACD
  4. ATM
12 .
Advances in what area have changed the realm of network storage?
  1. networking
  2. virtualization
  3. programming
  4. architecture
13.
What would an organization use to move their content to a cloud provider?
  1. programming code
  2. command line
  3. migration tool
  4. solution plan
14 .
What type of legal document is the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture?
  1. state law
  2. industry guideline
  3. commercial code
  4. federal standard
15.
What is the name of the guidelines that provide a foundation for the organization to work from and develop a cybersecurity program?
  1. NIST Cybersecurity Framework
  2. NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
  3. NIST Standard for Cybersecurity and Risk
  4. NIST Computing Security Standard
16 .
What is a component of an enterprise resource planning system?
  1. company goals and implementation plans
  2. customer relationship management
  3. mission-critical platform
  4. home-grown application
17.
What is an example of a cloud-based application used by companies such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and Zoho for managing their customer interactions, lead management, and analytics?
  1. enterprise management planning
  2. customer relationship management
  3. supply chain management
  4. automatic call distribution
18 .
What is a component of a supply chain management system?
  1. payroll
  2. customer interactions
  3. employee evaluations
  4. logistics
19.
What is the consideration for planning that involves needed resources, maintenance, licensing, and utility cost?
  1. funding amounts
  2. quotation numbers
  3. cost factors
  4. loan values
20 .
What can aid in the data migration process when there is minimal need for human interaction?
  1. machine learning
  2. customized configuration
  3. programming language
  4. automation process
21.
What platform is unique in that it is built on open-source software known as OpenFlow and OpenDaylight?
  1. SDN
  2. ATM
  3. TCP/IP
  4. VPN
22 .
What factor related to an IS professional who accesses data relates to the ethical guidelines of the organization when discussing social implications, data privacy, and security?
  1. job description
  2. personal code of conduct
  3. job requirements
  4. manager’s approval
23.
Cloud computing systems utilize data marts, data warehouses, data lakes, and big data storage techniques for the accumulation of what?
  1. control system data
  2. database backups
  3. raw data
  4. management logs
24 .
What repository is used to store structured and unstructured data and is not size dependent?
  1. big data
  2. data mart
  3. data warehouse
  4. data lake
25.
What component of cloud-based computing is influenced by its accessibility from any device?
  1. competitiveness
  2. drive
  3. profitability
  4. sustainability
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