Deck 28: Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

Question 1

Ewaste reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

An upcycle reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Corporate social responsibility is a subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A green personal computer (green PC) is built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy.

Question 5

Energy consumption includes the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, produced by business processes and systems.

Question 6

Energy consumption is the amount of energy consumed by business processes and systems.

Question 7

Upcycle refers to discarded electronics and is growing with the growth of innovation, for example, a personal computer has a life expectancy of only three to five years and a cell phone is less than two years.

Question 8

Unsustainable MIS disposal refers to the safe disposal of MIS assets at the end of their life cycle.

Question 9

Carbon emission is the amount of energy consumed by business processes and systems.

Question 10

Clean computing is a subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment.

Question 11

Unsustainable, or green, MIS describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that maximizes damage to the environment.

Question 12

Ewaste is discarded electronics and is growing with the growth of innovation, for example, a personal computer has a life expectancy of only three to five years and a cell phone is less than two years.

Question 13

Sustainable, or green, MIS describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment.

Question 14

Corporate social responsibility is a company's acknowledged responsibility to society.

Question 15

Large increases in technology use, by both consumers and businesses, have greatly amplified energy consumption.

Question 16

Carbon emissions include the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, produced by business processes and systems.

Question 17

Tim Berners-Lee, co-founder of Intel, observed in 1965 that continued advances in technological innovation made it possible to reduce the size of a computer chip while doubling its capacity every two years.

Question 18

Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, observed in 1965 that continued advances in technological innovation made it possible to reduce the size of a computer chip while doubling its capacity every two years.

Question 19

Sustainable MIS disposal refers to the safe disposal of MIS assets at the end of their life cycle.

Question 20

A black personal computer (black PC) is built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy.

Question 21

Storage virtualization combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications.

Question 22

Grid computing is a collection of computers, often geographically dispersed, that are coordinated to solve a common problem.

Question 23

Multi-tenancy in the cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers. In the cloud, each customer is called a tenant and multiple tenants can access the same system.

Question 24

A data center is a facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.

Question 25

Network virtualization combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device.

Question 26

Virtualization offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster.

Question 27

A smart grid delivers electricity using two-way digital technology and is meant to solve the problem of outdated electrical grids.

Question 28

Storage virtualization combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device.

Question 29

Cloud computing delivers electricity using two-way digital technology and is meant to solve the problem of outdated electrical grids.

Question 30

Network virtualization combines multiple network storage devices so they appear to be a single storage device.

Question 31

A sustainable MIS infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while simultaneously becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption.

Question 32

Single-tenancy in the cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers. In the cloud, each customer is called a tenant and multiple tenants can access the same system.

Question 33

Dynamic scaling means the MIS infrastructure can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements.

Question 34

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) offers backup services that use cloud resources to protect applications and data from disruption caused by disaster.

Question 35

Server virtualization combines the physical resources, such as servers, processors, and operating systems, from the applications.

Question 36

Server virtualization combines networks by splitting the available bandwidth into independent channels that can be assigned in real time to a specific device.

Question 37

Multi-tenancy occurs in which each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system.

Question 38

Virtualization creates multiple virtual machines on a single computing device. A good analogy is a computer printer. In the past you had to purchase a fax machine, copy machine, answering machine, and computer printer separately. This was expensive, required enough energy to run four machines, and created additional amounts of ewaste.

Question 39

Cloud computing stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server.

Question 40

Virtualization is a collection of computers, often geographically dispersed, that are coordinated to solve a common problem.

Question 41

Which of the following reflects Moore's law?

A) The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 18 months
B) A company's ability to acquire small amounts of MIS equipment for cheaper cost
C) A company's ability to acquire small amounts of capital for spending on innovative ideas every two years
D) The computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 6 months

Question 42

Cloud bursting is when a company uses its own computing infrastructure for normal usage and accesses the cloud when it needs to scale for high/peak load requirements ensuring a sudden spike in usage does not result in poor performance or system crashes.

Question 43

What is clean computing?

A) A subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment
B) Built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy
C) Reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product
D) A company's acknowledged responsibility to society

Question 44

Cloud computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.

Question 45

Cloud fabric is the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing possible, such as multi-tenancy.

Question 46

Sustainable MIS is a critical part of ________ within a company.

A) company standard for the green initiative
B) corporate social responsibility
C) social expectations
D) society concerns

Question 47

Public cloud promotes massive, global, industry-wide applications offered to the general public. In a public cloud customers are never required to provision, manage, upgrade, or replace hardware or software.

Question 48

Corporate social responsibility is a company's acknowledged responsibility to ________.

A) shareholders
B) employees
C) society
D) governments

Question 49

Single-tenancy occurs in which each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system.

Question 50

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, established which MIS law?

A) Intel's Law
B) Gordon's Law
C) Moore's Law
D) Lee's Law

Question 51

What is a company's acknowledged responsibility to society?

A) Corporate social responsibility
B) Employees social responsibility
C) Society social responsibility
D) Government social responsibility

Question 52

Private cloud serves only one customer or organization and can be located on the customers' premises or off the customer's premises.

Question 53

What describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment?

A) Environmental MIS
B) Holistic MIS
C) The green designation for technology
D) Sustainability or green MIS

Question 54

Utility computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.

Question 55

Cloud fabric controller is an individual that monitors and provisions cloud resources similar to a server administrator at an individual company.

Question 56

Community cloud serves a specific community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations.

Question 57

Community cloud includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability.

Question 58

Hybrid cloud serves a specific community with common business models, security requirements, and compliance considerations.

Question 59

Miranda White likes taking old computer parts and remaking them into products like earrings and clocks. Which of the following represents what Miranda is doing?

A) Upcycle
B) Recycle
C) Ewaste
D) Sustainable MIS

Question 60

Hybrid cloud includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and application portability.

Question 61

What is a subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment?

A) Clean computing
B) Green personal computer
C) Upcycle
D) Corporate social responsibility

Question 62

What stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server?

A) Clean computing
B) Cloud computing
C) Upcycle
D) Corporate social responsibility

Question 63

What are the three pressures driving sustainable MIS infrastructures?

A) Decreases in electronic waste, energy waste, and carbon emissions
B) Increases in ewaste, energy waste, and dynamic scaling
C) Increases in electronic waste, energy waste, and carbon emissions
D) Decreases in ewaste, energy waste, and carbon footprints

Question 64

What reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product?

A) Clean computing
B) Green personal computer
C) Upcycle
D) Corporate social responsibility

Question 65

Cheap electricity is great for keeping business energy costs down, but this mean that we have to rely more on ________ for power.

A) cars
B) coal
C) gasoline
D) All of these

Question 66

The sustainable infrastructure pressure of increased energy consumption poses new and growing pressure. The energy consumed by a computer is estimated to produce as much as 10% of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a ________.

A) house
B) school
C) car
D) cell phone

Question 67

What includes the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, produced by business processes and systems?

A) Ewaste
B) Energy consumption
C) Carbon emissions
D) Sustainable MIS

Question 68

The increased demand in technology devices has caused an increase in discarded devices, a phenomenon known as ________.

A) ewaste
B) grid computing
C) ergonomic code
D) electronic sustainability

Question 69

What are the ramifications of improper electronic recycling, when analyzing the example of a single desktop computer?

A) One computer contains more than 700 chemicals that can be toxic to the environment
B) Computers in landfills can leak these toxic chemicals into our land, water, and air
C) Computers contain high levels of mercury, lead, and cadmium-harmful toxins
D) All of the choices are correct

Question 70

What is a green personal computer?

A) A subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment
B) Built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy
C) Reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product
D) A company's acknowledged responsibility to society

Question 71

What is the safe disposal of MIS assets at the end of their life cycle called?

A) Sustainable MIS disposal
B) Sustainable device disposal
C) Sustainable software disposal
D) Sustainable enterprise disposal

Question 72

What refers to discarded, obsolete, or broken electronic devices?

A) Ewaste
B) Energy consumption
C) Carbon emissions
D) Sustainable MIS

Question 73

What is upcycle?

A) A subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment
B) Built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy
C) Reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product
D) Stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server

Question 74

What is a company's acknowledged responsibility to society?

A) Cloud computing
B) Clean computer
C) Upcycle
D) Corporate social responsibility

Question 75

What is built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy?

A) Clean computing
B) Green personal computer
C) Upcycle
D) Corporate social responsibility

Question 76

What is corporate social responsibility?

A) Subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment
B) A company's acknowledged responsibility to society
C) Reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product
D) Stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server

Question 77

What refers to the safe disposal of MIS assets at the end of their life cycle?

A) Ewaste
B) Energy consumption
C) Carbon emissions
D) Sustainable MIS

Question 78

What is cloud computing?

A) Built using environment friendly materials and designed to save energy
B) Reuses or refurbishes ewaste and creates a new product
C) A company's acknowledged responsibility to society
D) Stores, manages, and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server

Question 79

Which of the below is not contributing to ewaste?

A) VCR
B) Automobile
C) Microwave
D) Computer

Question 80

What is the amount of energy consumed by business processes and systems?

A) Ewaste
B) Energy consumption
C) Carbon emissions
D) Sustainable MIS