Deck 16: Cloud Computing

Question 1

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics allows organizations to share resources?

A) Encompasses the characteristics of grid computing
B) Encompasses the characteristics of utility computing
C) Providing on-demand self-service
D) Virtualization

Answer 1

A

Question 2

________ was/were NOT initially supported by firms' IT departments.

A) Enterprise computing
B) LANs
C) Stand-alone mainframes
D) Stand-alone PCs

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Stand-alone PCs were first introduced in the ________.

A) 1930s
B) 1950s
C) 1970s
D) 1990s

Answer 3

C

Question 4

________ computing allows service providers to make computing resources and infrastructure management available to customers as needed and then charges them for its specific usage rather than a flat rate.

A) Chambered
B) Grid
C) Open
D) Utility

Question 5

________ was/were first introduced in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

A) Cloud computing
B) LANs
C) Stand-alone mainframes
D) Stand-alone PCs

Question 6

Which of the following is the correct order of the evolution of the modern IT infrastructure?

A) Stand-alone mainframes, mainframe and dumb terminals, LANs, standalone PCs, cloud and mobile computing, enterprise computing
B) Stand-alone mainframes, mainframe and dumb terminals, LANs, standalone PCs, enterprise computing, cloud and mobile computing
C) Stand-alone mainframes, mainframe and dumb terminals, standalone PCs, LANs, cloud and mobile computing, enterprise computing
D) Stand-alone mainframes, mainframe and dumb terminals, standalone PCs, LANs, enterprise computing, cloud and mobile computing

Question 7

________ is the most recent evolution of the modern IT infrastructure.

A) Cloud computing
B) LANs
C) Stand-alone mainframes
D) Stand-alone PCs

Question 8

________ computing pools various hardware and software components to create a single IT environment with shared resources.

A) Chambered
B) Grid
C) Open
D) Utility

Question 9

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics represents the organization's ability to access its computing resources using any device?

A) Encompasses the characteristics of utility computing
B) Scalability
C) Uses broad network access
D) Virtualization

Question 10

When IT was first introduced into the business environment, organizations initially used ____________.

A) Cloud computing
B) LANs
C) stand-alone mainframes
D) stand-alone PCs

Question 11

Enterprise computing was first introduced in the ________.

A) 1970s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s

Question 12

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics addresses the business need to increase or decrease capacity when necessary (for example, retailers frequently need much more computational capacity on Black Friday)?

A) Providing on-demand self-service
B) Scalability
C) Uses broad network access
D) Virtualization

Question 13

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics represents the "pay-as-you-go" concept?

A) Encompasses the characteristics of grid computing
B) Encompasses the characteristics of utility computing
C) Providing on-demand self-service
D) Virtualization

Question 14

________ computing allows service providers to make computing resources and infrastructure management available to customers as needed and then charges a ________ rate.

A) Grid; fixed
B) Grid; variable
C) Utility; fixed
D) Utility; variable

Question 15

________ allows organizations to connect employee computers and servers onto one network.

A) Cloud computing
B) LANs
C) Stand-alone mainframes
D) Stand-alone PCs

Question 16

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics gives customers elasticity and flexibility because it allows customers to access needed computing resources automatically?

A) Encompasses the characteristics of grid computing
B) Providing on-demand self-service
C) Scalability
D) Virtualization

Question 17

________ computing makes scalability easy.

A) Chambered
B) Grid
C) Open
D) Proprietary

Question 18

Remote job entry was enabled by converting from _______.

A) enterprise computing to cloud computing
B) mainframe and dumb terminals to LANs
C) stand-alone mainframes to mainframe and dumb terminals
D) stand-alone PCs to enterprise computing

Question 19

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics allows a dynamic assignment of computing resources based on customer demand?

A) Encompasses the characteristics of grid computing
B) Pools computing resources
C) Providing on-demand self-service
D) Virtualization

Question 20

Which of the following cloud computing characteristics allows organizations to use a single physical server for multiple purposes?

A) Encompasses the characteristics of utility computing
B) Providing on-demand self-service
C) Scalability
D) Virtualization

Question 21

In the ________ model, customers rent servers, operating systems, storage, a database, software development technologies, and network capacity over the internet.

A) IaaS
B) LaaS
C) PaaS
D) SaaS

Question 22

Cloud computing has the following benefit for employees:

A) Efficiency
B) Privacy
C) Reliability
D) Security

Question 23

Security is greatest when using a ________ cloud.

A) hybrid
B) private
C) public
D) vertical

Question 24

________ is the most widely used service model.

A) IaaS
B) LaaS
C) PaaS
D) SaaS

Question 25

________ users install their operating system and their application software on the cloud computing provider's computers.

A) IaaS
B) LaaS
C) PaaS
D) SaaS

Question 26

________ clouds provide IT activities and applications as a service over an intranet within an enterprise.

A) Hybrid
B) Private
C) Public
D) Vertical

Question 27

Suppose you store all your important documents and pictures on Google Drive. Google Drive is an example of a ________ cloud.

A) hybrid
B) private
C) public
D) vertical

Question 28

The customer manages the most with ________.

A) IaaS
B) LaaS
C) PaaS
D) SaaS

Question 29

Private clouds provide IT activities and applications as a service over ________.

A) an extranet
B) an intranet
C) the internet
D) the dark web

Question 30

________ clouds are shared, easily accessible, multicustomer IT infrastructures that are available nonexclusively to any entity in the general public)

A) Hybrid
B) Private
C) Public
D) Vertical

Question 31

Cloud computing has the following benefit for employees:

A) Cost
B) Reliability
C) Security
D) Ubiquitous

Question 32

________ customers are often technology companies with IT expertise because they want computing power but do not want to install or maintain it.

A) IaaS
B) LaaS
C) PaaS
D) SaaS

Question 33

________ clouds allow you to build cloud infrastructure and applications more multiple businesses in an industry.

A) Hybrid
B) Private
C) Public
D) Vertical

Question 34

With the ________ model, cloud computing providers offer remotely accessible servers, networks, and storage capacity.

A) IaaS
B) LaaS
C) PaaS
D) SaaS

Question 35

________ cloud services may be free or offered on a pay-per-usage model.

A) Hybrid
B) Private
C) Public
D) Vertical

Question 36

Organizations that want to maintain higher security standards for some data but have less-sensitive data that does not require intranet-level protection should use a ________ cloud.

A) hybrid
B) private
C) public
D) vertical

Question 37

________ clouds are IT infrastructures that can be accessed only by a single entity or by an exclusive group of related entities that share the same purpose and requirements, such as all of the business units within a single organization.

A) Hybrid
B) Private
C) Public
D) Vertical

Question 38

With the ________ delivery model, cloud computing vendors provide software that is specific to their customers' requirements.

A) IaaS
B) LaaS
C) PaaS
D) SaaS

Question 39

________ require massive amounts of electrical power, air conditioning, backup generators, and security.

A) Self-service mainframes
B) Server farms
C) Utility computers
D) Virtualized servers

Question 40

With the ________ model, customers do not control either the software or the infrastructure.

A) IaaS
B) LaaS
C) PaaS
D) SaaS

Question 41

The collection of web services that are used to build a firm's IT applications constitutes a(n) ________.

A) ERP
B) IaaS
C) SOA
D) XML

Question 42

LANs were created to increase individual productivity.

Question 43

Cloud computing costs ________ and is ________ flexible than an on-premise system.

A) less; less
B) less; more
C) more; less
D) more; more

Question 44

________ is the registry of descriptions of web services.

A) SOAP
B) UDDI
C) WSDL
D) XML

Question 45

________ allows MIS professionals to search for needed web services by creating public or private searchable directories of these services.

A) SOAP
B) UDDI
C) WSDL
D) XML

Question 46

________ is the next evolution of HTML that allows pages to execute more quickly so that they resemble smartphone apps.

A) HTML2
B) HTML3
C) HTML4
D) HTML5

Question 47

________ is a set of rules that define how messages can be exchange among different network systems and applications.

A) SOAP
B) UDDI
C) WSDL
D) XML

Question 48

Cloud computing is the traditional way of purchasing and running your own IT infrastructure.

Question 49

________ permit different systems to "talk" with one another without requiring human beings to translate the conversations.

A) LANs
B) RLMs
C) Vertical clouds
D) Web services

Question 50

________ allow organizations to use the existing internet infrastructure without having to implement any new technologies.

A) LANs
B) RLMs
C) Vertical clouds
D) Web services

Question 51

Modern organizations do not use mainframes because cloud computing is much more efficient.

Question 52

________ is a computer language that makes it easier to exchange data among a variety of applications and to validate and interpret these data.

A) SOAP
B) UDDI
C) WSDL
D) XML

Question 53

________ can perform a wide variety of tasks from automating business processes to integrating components of an enterprisewide system to streamlining online buying and selling.

A) LANs
B) RLMs
C) Vertical clouds
D) Web services

Question 54

________ is used to create documents that describes the tasks performed by the various web services.

A) SOAP
B) UDDI
C) WSDL
D) XML

Question 55

________ are applications delivered over the internet that MIS professionals can select and combine through almost any device.

A) LANs
B) RLMs
C) Vertical clouds
D) Web services

Question 56

On-premise computing can inhibit an organization's ability to respond quickly and appropriately to today's rapidly changing business environments.

Question 57

Cloud computing has the following benefit for companies:

A) Cost
B) Privacy
C) Reliability
D) Security

Question 58

________ allow organizational personnel to access remote or local data without having to understand the complexities of that process.

A) LANs
B) RLMs
C) Vertical clouds
D) Web services

Question 59

The computing resources from the evolution of the modern IT infrastructure are cumulative; this means some organizations still use mainframes today.

Question 60

________ allow organizations to create new applications quickly and easily.

A) LANs
B) RLMs
C) Vertical clouds
D) Web services

Question 61

Google Drive is an example of a public cloud)

Question 62

IaaS is the most widely used service model.

Question 63

Server farms are often inefficient but ensure an organization can scale up quickly when customer demand increases.

Question 64

The NSA uses a public cloud because it is analyzing public data.

Question 65

Grid computing enables the creation of supercomputers.

Question 66

It is easy to replace legacy systems with cloud computing services.

Question 67

Customers manage the most with the IaaS service model compared to the PaaS and SaaS service models.

Question 68

There are more concerns associated with cloud computing than benefits.

Question 69

Virtualization provides fault tolerance and redundancy.

Question 70

Vertical clouds are the most secure type of cloud because they ensure every business in an industry only uses one internet-connected server.

Question 71

Customers manage more than vendors in the PaaS model.

Question 72

Grid computing provides fault tolerance and redundancy.

Question 73

Cloud computing complicates privacy because sensitive data is in the hands of a third party.

Question 74

Grid computing makes it easy to scale up or down based on processing needs.

Question 75

Server farms are massive data centers with hundreds or thousands of network servers inside them.

Question 76

Dropbox and Amazon are so reliable that companies know they can be trusted with the most time-sensitive data.

Question 77

Customers only manage applications and data with the SaaS model.

Question 78

Public clouds are more secure than private clouds.

Question 79

Utility computing works well because companies know they have a flat rate to pay every month.

Question 80

Cloud, grid, and utility computing are all synonyms for the same thing: computing on the internet.