Package Title: Homework Questions
Course Title: IS 5e
Chapter Number: Tech Guide 3
Question Type: True/False
1) Standalone computers and mainframes are the most prevalent types of IT infrastructures in the modern
business environment.
2) Client Server computing relies heavily on network infrastructures such as LANs
3) The traditional IT department
a) owns their hardware, software and networks
b) stores all their data off-premise
c) spends very little on IT infrastructure
d) none of these
4) Cloud computing uses a shared pool of computing resources
5) In cloud computing, multiple virtual servers can be created on a single physical server.
6) A Public cloud is used exclusively by a single organization.
7) In _________, applications can run on as many servers as necessary and this is transparent to the user.
a) Infrastructure as a Service
b) Platform as a Service
c) Software as a Service
d) Desktop-as-a-Service
8) Which of the following is classified as cloud computing?
a) Dropbox
b) Google Docs
c) Office 365
d) All of these
9) A cloud outage at Amazon.com called into question the reliability of cloud computing in general.
19) Web services are designed to work on specific devices and platforms and cannot be used universally.