Question: Work arounds are:

Answer Options:

Not supported by a vendor who supplied the software
Designed by the vendor
Created to interface two software packages that are compatible with each other
Enterprise Wide Software Packages that are designed for satellite use
None of these

Answer: Not supported by a vendor who supplied the software

 

Question: Systems Integration refers to:

Answer Options:

The process of syncing all computers to the mainframe
The delivery of systems to the final destination office
Combining packaged software, the legacy system and new software
Adding the original hard drives to a newer system
Creating a new software to monitor power consumption

Answer: Combining packaged software, the legacy system and new software

 

Question: What makes systems integration so difficult?

Answer Options:

Finding the original data to install on the new server
Creating a ghost drive to house the old information
Installing new software packages on older machines
Bringing legacy system data and new data together
None of these

Answer: Bringing legacy system data and new data together

 

Question: Another name for custom development might be:

Answer Options:

Offshore outsourcing
In-house development
Vendor supplied in-house consulting
CASE tools
Package software

Answer: In-house development

 

Question: Outsourcing firms called __________ supply software applications and/or

Answer Options:

SAP
SaaS
CASE
RAD

Answer: SaaS

 

Question: Designing an architecture can be ______________.

Answer Options:

Tedious and therefore younger members of the team are usually urged to take the lead.
Easy and therefore more experienced members of the department take the lead.
Difficult and therefore outside consultants are often sourced to do the task
Difficult and therefore experienced internal members are sourced to the task
Difficult and therefore outside consultants are often sourced to do the task and difficult and therefore experienced internal members are sourced to the task

Answer: Difficult and therefore outside consultants are often sourced to do the task and difficult and therefore experienced internal members are sourced to the task

 

Question: The objective of architecture design is to determine __________.

Answer Options:

How aesthetically pleasing the server system will be
What parts of the application software will be assigned to what hardware
How the computers will be arranged to provide ample storage
Where the mainframe will be situated
None of these

Answer: What parts of the application software will be assigned to what hardware

 

Question: The major architectural components of any system are the __________.

Answer Options:

IT Department
Hardware
Software
IT Department and Hardware
Hardware and Software

Answer: Hardware and Software

 

Question: The primary hardware components of a system consist of:

Answer Options:

Client Computers
Servers
Network
Client Computers and Servers
Client Computers, Servers and Network

Answer: Client Computers, Servers and Network

 

Question: Servers can take on what “flavors”?

Answer Options:

Mainframes
Minicomputers
Microcomputers
Mainframe and Minicomputers
Mainframes, Minicomputers and Microcomputers

Answer: Mainframes, Minicomputers and Microcomputers

 

Question: Mobile application architectures are where the:

Answer Options:

Client device is responsible for presentation logic
Client device is responsible for application logic
The server is responsible for data access logic
The server stores the data
All of these

Answer: All of these

 

Question: Client-server architecture holds the client responsible for _______, and server is only responsible for _______.

Answer Options:

Application Logic; Presentation Logic
Presentation Logic, Data Access Logic, and Data Storage
Data Access Logic and Presentation Logic; Data Storage
Application Logic; Data Storage
Data Storage; Application Logic

Answer: Presentation Logic, Data Access Logic, and Data Storage

 

Question: Which of the following is an advantage of client-server architectures?

Answer Options:

They are scalable
They can support different types of systems
It is easy to separate different logic functions
Reliability
All of these

Answer: All of these

 

Question: The most popular type of database today is the:

Answer Options:

Hierarchical database
Tree database
Green database
Relational database
Piecemeal database

Answer: Relational database

 

Question: Most relational database systems support:

Answer Options:

Referential integrity
Pop-up menus
Customizable user-interface colors and graphics
The “three-clicks” rule
Broadband connectivity

Answer: Referential integrity

 

Question: Which of the following is not a RDBMS?

Answer Options:

Oracle
NoSQL
SQL
MySQL
None of these

Answer: NoSQL

 

Question: Which of the following is not a characteristic of Big Data?

Answer Options:

Huge volume
Rapid velocity
Great variety
All are characteristics
None are characteristics

Answer: None are characteristics

 

Question: In most cases, decision support systems are best at:

Answer Options:

Finding particular records that are stored in legacy databases
Finding processes that are stored in object databases
Finding aggregated data
Analyzing audit (or log) files for possible intrusion and security breaches
Red and green linked list processing

Answer: Finding aggregated data