Chapter 07 Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Metrics, and Business
Continuity Planning: Building and Sustaining the Dynamic Enterprise
Answer Key
Multiple Choice Questions
1.
Which of the following is true of service-oriented architecture (SOA)?
2.
Which of the following is true of an organization with a service-oriented
architecture philosophy?
3.
Genesis Technologies has adopted an SOA approach to systems
development. A new “disruptive” technology, Senstor, has recently been
launched in the market which promises to provide significant benefits to
software companies that focus on collaborative process. In such a scenario,
how is Genesis Technologies most likely to react?
4.
In terms of software development, which of the following would most likely
be the focus of a company with a service-oriented architecture philosophy?
5.
Which of the following is part of the hardware requirements of an SOA
philosophy?
6.
Which of the following is true about the end user of IT, according to an SOA
philosophy?
7.
Which of the following is a Web 2.0 application?
8.
According to the SOA philosophy, which of the following is the most
important organizational resource?
9.
Which of the following is a requirement of an SOA approach?
10.
Which of the following is a requirement of an SOA approach with reference
to hardware?
11.
Which of the following represents the different layers of structure, which
provide support or services?
12.
Which of the following refers to the capability of two or more computing
components to share information and other resources, even if they are
made by different manufacturers?
13.
A team of engineers are in the process of customizing an ERP suite to meet
their organization’s business needs. During the process of customization,
they choose to replace certain software modules with software that has
been developed in-house. After this, they also add modules from other
vendors and plug them directly into the ERP solution. This is an example of
which of the following concepts?
14.
Which of the following is a fundamental underlying infrastructure for any IT
environment?
15.
Which of the following refers to two or more computers sharing information,
software, peripheral devices, and processing power?
16.
Which of the following best defines an infrastructure which allocates the
information and processing power of IT systems via a network?
17.
Which of the following is known as the first true network infrastructure?
18.
Which of the following is an advantage of a distributed infrastructure?
19.
How does a distributed infrastructure improve performance?
20.
Which of the following is true of a client/server infrastructure?