Technology Guide 3 Cloud Computing Test Questions & Answers - Info Systems 9e | Test Bank by Rainer by R. Kelly Rainer. DOCX document preview.
Package Title: Tech Guide 3, Testbank
Course Title: Rainer, IS 9e
Chapter Number: Tech Guide 3
Question type: Multiple Choice
1) Firms first began to apply IT to business applications in the 19___s.
a) 50
b) 60
c) 70
d) 80
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
2) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
3) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
4) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
6) Organizations first began to use stand-alone PCs in the ___.
a) 1940s and 1950s
b) 1950s and 1960s
c) 1970s and 1980s
d) 1980s and 1990s
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
7) Stand-alone PCs were first introduced in the ________.
a) 1930s
b) 1950s
c) 1970s
d) 1990s
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
8) ________ was/were NOT initially supported by firms’ IT departments.
a) Enterprise computing
b) LANs
c) Stand-alone mainframes
d) Stand-alone PCs
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
9) ________ allows organizations to connect employee computers and servers onto one network.
a) Cloud computing
b) LANs
c) Stand-alone mainframes
d) Stand-alone PCs
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Comprehension, Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
10) When organizations connected________ to the mainframe, they called this type of processing ______.
a) LANs; client/server computing
b) LANs; P2P processing
c) Stand-alone PCs; client/server computing
d) Stand-alone PCs; P2P processing
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
11) Enterprise computing was first introduced in the ________.
a) 1970s
b) 1980s
c) 1990s
d) 2000s
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
12) ________ allowed organizations to use networking standards to integrate different kinds of networks throughout the firm.
a) Combined mainframes
b) Enterprise computing
c) Joint PCing
d) Network computing
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
13) ____ allows software applications and data to flow seamlessly throughout the organization and between organizations.
a) Enterprise computing
b) LANs
c) Stand-alone mainframes
d) Stand-alone PCs
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
14) All types of hardware were networked to allow data to flow seamlessly throughout the organization with ____.
a) Enterprise computing
b) On-premise computing
c) Stand-alone mainframes
d) Stand-alone PCs
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
15) ________ is the most recent evolution of the modern IT infrastructure.
a) Cloud computing
b) LANs
c) Stand-alone mainframes
d) Stand-alone PCs
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
16) ____ computing means the organization owns their IT infrastructure and maintains it in their data centers.
a) On-demand
b) On-premise
c) Open-source
d) Open-system
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
17) On-premise computing incurs ____ costs; organizations typically _____ use their infrastructure to its full capacity.
a) fixed; do
b) fixed; do not
c) variable; do
d) variable; do not
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
18) Which of the following is NOT an expense organizations incur with on-premise computing?
a) physical facilities
b) software licenses
c) staff training
d) vendor fees
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
19) Organizations typically ____ use their infrastructure to its full capacity; on-premise computing ____ an organization’s ability to respond quickly and appropriately to today’s rapidly changing business environments.
a) do; facilitates
b) do; inhibits
c) do not; facilitates
d) do not; inhibits
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
20) _____ computing is a type of computing that delivers convenient, pay-as-you-go access for multiple customers to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly and easily access over the _____.
a) Cloud; internet
b) Cloud; intranet
c) Open; internet
d) Open; intranet
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
21) _____ is the name of an approach to building applications and services specifically for a cloud computing environment.
a) Cloud development
b) Cloud native
c) Open development
d) Open native
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
22) Cloud computing does NOT reduce _____.
a) capital expenses
b) fixed costs
c) operational costs
d) variable costs
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
23) _____ is a cloud-computing platform.
a) AWS
b) FAIS
c) SAP
d) UWB
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
24) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
25) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
26) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
27) ________ computing pools various hardware and software components to create a single IT environment with shared resources.
a) Chambered
b) Grid
c) Open
d) Utility
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
28) ________ computing makes scalability easy.
a) Chambered
b) Grid
c) Open
d) Proprietary
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
29) ________ computing provides fault tolerance and redundancy.
a) Chambered
b) Grid
c) Open
d) Proprietary
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
30) ________ computing provides fault tolerance and redundancy, meaning _____.
a) Grid; there is no single point of failure
b) Grid; the company can pay-as-it-goes
c) Utility; there is no single point of failure
d) Utility; the company can pay-as-it-goes
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
31) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
32) ________ 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
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
33) ________ 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
34) ________ computing lowers the costs of owning the hardware infrastructure.
a) Chambered
b) Grid
c) Open
d) Utility
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
35) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
36) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
37) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
38) ________ are massive data centers with servers networked with each other.
a) Self-service mainframes
b) Server farms
c) Utility computers
d) Virtualized servers
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
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
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
40) Server farms require _____ communication links.
a) Cable
b) Fiber-optic
c) Twisted-pair
d) Wireless
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
41) Gartner estimates that typical usage rates on servers are _____ because CIOs _____.
a) very high; want to make the most of their resources
b) high; do not tolerate inefficiency
c) low; want to make the most of their resources but do not know how
d) very low; want to make certain they can handle demand spikes
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
42) ________ use software-based partitions to create multiple servers on a single physical server.
a) Self-service mainframes
b) Server farms
c) Utility computers
d) Virtual machines
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
43) ________ enable companies to increase server usage because multiple applications can run on a single physical server with each application running within its own software environment.
a) Self-service mainframes
b) Server farms
c) Utility computers
d) Virtual machines
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
44) ________ 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
45) ________ cloud vendors provide applications, storage, and other computing resources as services over the internet.
a) Hybrid
b) Private
c) Public
d) Vertical
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
46) ________ cloud services may be free or offered on a pay-per-usage model.
a) Hybrid
b) Private
c) Public
d) Vertical
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
47) 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
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
48) Suppose you store all your important documents and pictures on Dropbox. Dropbox is an example of a ________ cloud.
a) hybrid
b) private
c) public
d) vertical
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
49) Suppose you store all your important documents and pictures on iCloud. iCloud is an example of a ________ cloud.
a) hybrid
b) private
c) public
d) vertical
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
50) ________ 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
51) ________ clouds provide IT activities and applications as a service over an intranet within an enterprise.
a) Hybrid
b) Private
c) Public
d) Vertical
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
52) Private clouds provide IT activities and applications as a service over ________.
a) an extranet
b) an intranet
c) the internet
d) the dark web
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
53) Security is greatest when using a ________ cloud.
a) hybrid
b) private
c) public
d) vertical
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
54) Private clouds are also called ____ clouds.
a) external
b) hybrid
c) internal
d) vertical
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
55) 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
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
56) When organizations use many cloud provides to meet different technical and business requirements, this is called a ____ environment.
a) hybrid cloud
b) private/public cloud
c) multicloud
d) vertical cloud
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
57) With ____ environments, customers use cloud-native applications built from containers and microservices using component services from different cloud providers.
a) hybrid cloud
b) private/public cloud
c) multicloud
d) vertical cloud
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
58) Organizations may choose to use a ____ environment to avoid being locked into a particular cloud vendor’s infrastructure, add-on-services, and pricing model.
a) hybrid cloud
b) private/public cloud
c) multicloud
d) vertical cloud
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
59) Data governance requirements particularly in the EU will often require customer data to be held in particular locations; this means organizations may have to have a ____ environment.
a) hybrid cloud
b) private/public cloud
c) multicloud
d) vertical cloud
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
60) Which environment provides the best security, failover, disaster recovery, and resilience?
a) hybrid cloud
b) private/public cloud
c) multicloud
d) vertical cloud
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
61) ________ occurs when standby servers automatically take over when a server fails; this service is best offered in the ____ environment.
a) Failover; hybrid cloud
b) Failover; multicloud
c) Virtualization; hybrid cloud
d) Virtualization; multicloud
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
62) ________ clouds are a set of cloud computing services optimized for use in a particular industry.
a) Hybrid
b) Private
c) Public
d) Vertical
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
63) The customer manages the most with ________.
a) IaaS
b) FaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
64) The vendor manages the most with ________.
a) IaaS
b) DaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
65) With the ________ model, cloud computing providers offer remotely accessible servers, networks, and storage capacity.
a) IaaS
b) FaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
66) ________ 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) DaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
67) ________ users install their operating system and their application software on the cloud computing provider’s computers.
a) IaaS
b) FaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
68) In the ________ model, customers rent servers, operating systems, storage, a database, software development technologies, and network capacity over the internet.
a) IaaS
b) DaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
69) With the ________ delivery model, cloud computing vendors provide software that is specific to their customers’ requirements.
a) IaaS
b) FaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
70) ________ is the most widely used service model.
a) IaaS
b) DaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
71) With the ________ model, customers do not control either the software or the infrastructure.
a) IaaS
b) FaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
72) DaaS is a subset of _____.
a) IaaS
b) FaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
73) With the ________ model, a provider hosts a software environment for a PC including productivity and collaboration software such as spreadsheets and word processing programs.
a) IaaS
b) DaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
74) The ________ model is a type of ____ client.
a) DaaS; fat
b) DaaS; thin
c) PaaS; fat
d) PaaS; thin
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
75) _____ is a category of cloud computing services that provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications’ functions without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure typically associated with developing and deploying an app.
a) FaaS
b) DaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
76) _____ is a good choice for real-time (event-driven) actions.
a) FaaS
b) DaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
77) _____ is a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud vendor runs the server and dynamically manages the allocation of machine resources.
a) FaaS
b) DaaS
c) Serverless computing
d) Open-source computing
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
78) Cloud computing has the following benefit for employees:
a) Cost
b) Reliability
c) Security
d) Ubiquitous
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.5
Learning Objective 1: Identify the key benefits of cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
79) Cloud computing has the following benefit for employees:
a) Efficiency
b) Privacy
c) Reliability
d) Security
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.5
Learning Objective 1: Identify the key benefits of cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
80) Cloud computing has the following benefit for companies:
a) Cost
b) Privacy
c) Reliability
d) Security
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.5
Learning Objective 1: Identify the key benefits of cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
81) Cloud computing costs ________ and is ________ flexible than an on-premise system.
a) less; less
b) less; more
c) more; less
d) more; more
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.5
Learning Objective 1: Identify the key benefits of cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
82) ____ is a concern or risk associated with cloud computing.
a) Cost
b) Efficiency
c) Flexibility
d) Reliability
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
83) Which of the following is NOT a risk or concern associated with cloud computing?
a) Cost
b) Privacy
c) Reliability
d) Security
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
84) Legacy systems make it ____ to use cloud computing; government regulations make it ____ to use cloud computing.
a) easy; easy
b) easy; hard
c) hard; easy
d) hard; hard
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
85) Cloud computing makes it ____ for criminals to conduct illegal activities and ____ for law enforcement agencies to catch those criminals.
a) easy; easy
b) easy; hard
c) hard; easy
d) hard; hard
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
86) _____ has the largest market share for public IaaS and PaaS.
a) Alibaba
b) AWS
c) Azure
d) Google
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
87) The price changes seen in the public IaaS and PaaS market are the result of _____.
a) high buyer power
b) high supplier power
c) low threat of substitutes
d) low rivalry
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
88) The key strengths for ____ are the breadth and depth of its services.
a) Alibaba
b) AWS
c) Azure
d) Google
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
89) Outposts is ____ ____ cloud computing product.
a) AWS’s hybrid
b) AWS’s vertical
c) Azure’s hybrid
d) Azure’s vertical
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
90) _____ is an AWS customer.
a) HSBC
b) NBC News
c) Netflix
d) Spotify
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
91) _____ is popular with executives who have long-standing relationships with Microsoft.
a) Alibaba
b) AWS
c) Azure
d) Google
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
92) _____ centers its offerings around its Virtual Machines.
a) Alibaba
b) AWS
c) Azure
d) Google
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
93) _____ is an Azure customer.
a) HSBC
b) NBC News
c) Netflix
d) Spotify
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
94) _____ are/is the biggest con associated with Azure.
a) Cost
b) Flexibility
c) Organizational presence
d) Outages
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
95) _____ excels in the machine learning area.
a) Alibaba
b) AWS
c) Azure
d) Google
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
96) _____ is a Google Cloud customer.
a) Airbnb
b) NBC News
c) Netflix
d) Spotify
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
97) ____ is a con associated with Google Cloud.
a) Breaking into the enterprise market
b) The lack of Big Data and analytics applications
c) Its focus on smaller, innovative projects
d) The machine learning functionality
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
98) ________ 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
99) ________ 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
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
100) ________ 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
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
101) ________ 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
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
102) ________ 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
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
103) ________ allow organizations to create new applications quickly and easily.
a) LANs
b) RLMs
c) Vertical clouds
d) Web services
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
104) 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
105) ________ 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
106) ________ is a page-description language for specifying how text, graphics, video, and sound are placed on a web page document.
a) HTML
b) UDDI
c) WSDL
d) XML
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
107) ________ 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
108) ________ 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
109) ________ is used to create documents that describes the tasks performed by the various web services.
a) SOAP
b) UDDI
c) WSDL
d) XML
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
110) ________ 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
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
111) ________ is the registry of descriptions of web services.
a) SOAP
b) UDDI
c) WSDL
d) XML
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
Question type: True/False
112) Only MIS personnel had access to the original mainframes.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
113) Dumb terminals allowed for remote job entry to the original mainframes.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
114) Stand-alone PCs were originally introduced in the 1990s.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
115) LANs were created to increase individual productivity.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
116) When LANs are connected to the mainframe, it is called client/server computing.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
117) Organizations started engaging in enterprise computing in the 1970s.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
118) In the early 1980s, organizations began using LANs to network all kinds of hardware to allow data to flow seamlessly throughout the enterprise and between organizations.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
119) Enterprise computing provides access to a shared pool of computing resources typically over the internet.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
120) Cloud computing provides access to a shared pool of computing resources typically over the internet.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
121) The computing resources from the evolution of the modern IT infrastructure are cumulative; this means some organizations still use mainframes today.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
122) Modern organizations do not use mainframes because cloud computing is much more efficient.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
123) Cloud computing is the traditional way of purchasing and running your own IT infrastructure.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
124) On-premise computing can inhibit an organization’s ability to respond quickly and appropriately to today’s rapidly changing business environments.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
125) On-premise computing means an organization outsources its IT infrastructure to a vendor but maintains the system through its own data center.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
126) When organizations invest in on-premise computing, they typically use their infrastructure to its full capacity.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
127) Most on-premise computing expenses are applied to maintaining the existing IT infrastructure with the remainder being allocated to developing new systems.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
128) Cloud computing is a type of computing that delivers convenient, on-premise, pay-as-you-go access.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
129) Cloud computing allows organizations to access computing resources rapidly and easily over the internet.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
130) Cloud computing allows customers to acquire resources at any time and then delete them the instant they are no longer needed.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
131) Cloud indigenous is the name of an approach to building applications and services specifically for a cloud computing environment.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
132) Cloud native is the name of an approach to building applications and services specifically for a cloud computing environment.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
133) Cloud computing reduces upfront capital expenses and operational costs.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
134) Cloud computing reduces fixed costs.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
135) Cloud computing increases fixed costs.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
136) Cloud computing increases elasticity, flexibility, and scalability.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
137) Cloud, grid, and utility computing are all synonyms for the same thing: computing on the internet.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
138) Grid computing provides fault tolerance, meaning organizations pay-as-they-go.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
139) Grid computing makes it easy to scale up or down based on processing needs.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
140) Grid computing provides fault tolerance and redundancy.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
141) Utility computing works well because companies know they have a flat rate to pay every month.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
142) Grid computing enables the creation of supercomputers.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
143) Server farms are massive data centers with hundreds or thousands of network servers inside them.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
144) Server farms require wireless communication links.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
145) Server farms are often inefficient but ensure an organization can scale up quickly when customer demand increases.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Evaluation
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
146) Virtualization provides fault tolerance and redundancy.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
147) Virtualization requires a massive data center to hold all the networked servers.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
148) Virtualization enables companies to increase server usage, reduce the number of servers they have, and reduce their utility costs.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
149) Vertical clouds are the most secure type of cloud because they ensure every business in an industry only uses one internet-connected server.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
150) Public clouds are more secure than private clouds.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
151) The NSA uses a public cloud because it is analyzing public data.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
156) Google Drive, iCloud, and Dropbox are examples of public clouds.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
157) Multicloud environments are the most common approach to cloud computing.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
158) Hybrid cloud means the combination of private and public cloud infrastructure with orchestration tools used to deploy workloads and manage the balance between the two.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
159) Multilocation means that a cloud vendor either rents out an entire facility to a customer or when the vendor rents out servers within a data center to a customer.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
160) Multicloud environments rely on colocation.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
161) Organizations may choose multicloud environments to minimize latency by choosing a cloud provider with data centers that are geographically close to their customers.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
162) All cloud vendors suffer outages, so it is a good idea for organizations to pursue the use of hybrid clouds.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
163) Multicloud environments provide the best security, failover, and disaster recovery.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
164) IaaS is the most widely used service model.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
165) Customers only manage applications and data with the SaaS model.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
166) Customers manage more than vendors in the PaaS model.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
167) Customers manage the most with the IaaS service model compared to the PaaS and SaaS service models.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
168) DaaS is a type of SaaS.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
169) DaaS is a type of thin client.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
170) FaaS is a good choice for real-time actions such as when an organization needs daily sales data to help manage inventory.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
171) FaaS is the same thing as serveless computing.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
172) There are more concerns associated with cloud computing than benefits.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.5
Section Reference 2: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Identify the key benefits of cloud computing.
Learning Objective 2: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
173) It is easy to replace legacy systems with cloud computing services.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
174) Dropbox and Amazon are so reliable that companies know they can be trusted with the most time-sensitive data.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
175) Cloud computing complicates privacy because sensitive data is in the hands of a third party.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
176) One privacy concern associated with cloud computing is jurisdiction.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
177) Cloud computing vendors are addressing security issues through the use of least-privilege authorization.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
178) Cloud computing makes it easy to catch criminals because everything is in a centralized location that can be easily monitored.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
179) The “Big Three” public IaaS and PaaS cloud vendors are AWS, Google Cloud, and Alibaba.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
180) Google Cloud has the largest market share for public IaaS and PaaS.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
181) All of the Big Three American cloud vendors offer largely similar services.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
182) The “Big Three” public IaaS and PaaS cloud vendors have by-the-second pricing.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
183) Prices have been decreasing in the public IaaS and PaaS market due to the “Big Three” competing with each other.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
184) Prices have been increasing in the public IaaS and PaaS market due to the “Big Three” competing with each other.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
185) The prices changes in the public IaaS and PaaS market are the result of high rivalry.
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Synthesis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
186) The key strength for AWS is the breadth and depth of its services.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
187) AWS offers more than 175 services across compute, storage, database, analytics, networking, mobile, developer tools, management tools, the IoT, and security.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
188) Some businesses avoid AWS because they do not want to contribute to Amazon’s revenue and profits as the giant company continues to expand and compete in a growing number of industries.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
189) Azure is a Microsoft cloud-computing platform.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
190) A binary large object (blob) is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a database management system.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
191) Blobs are typically images, audio, or other multimedia objects.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
192) Google Cloud has the most IaaS downtime.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
193) Of the “Big Three” public IaaS and PaaS providers, AWS excels at machine learning.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
194) Google primarily focuses on the enterprise market for its cloud computing services.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
195) One of the major benefits of web services is that they can be reused across an organization in other applications.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
196) XML and HTML are both markup languages used to create the look and feel of the internet.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
Question type: Text Entry
197) _____ enables users to input computer programs into the mainframe from their departments rather than having to enter the secure area where the mainframe is located.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
198) When organizations connect PCs to LANs and LANs to the mainframe, this is a type of processing known as ______.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
199) ___ is a type of computing that delivers convenient, on-demand, pay-as-you-go access for multiple customers to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly and easily accessed over the internet.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
200) ___ computing means organizations own their IT infrastructure and maintain it in their data centers.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
201) ___ computing pools various hardware and software components to create a single IT environment with shared resources.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
202) ___ computing makes computing resources and infrastructure management available to a customer as needed.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
203) ___ can hold hundreds or thousands of networked servers inside massive data centers.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
204) A _________ is a computer that supports networks, thus enabling users to share files, software, and other network devices.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
205) ___ uses software-based partitions to create multiple virtual servers on a single physical server.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
206) ___ 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.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
207) Hybrid clouds are composed of ____ and ____ clouds that remain unique entities but are nevertheless tightly integrated.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
208) Vertical clouds are a set of cloud computing services optimized for use in _____.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
209) With the ___-as-a-service model, cloud computing providers offer remotely accessible servers, networks, and storage capacity.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
210) In the ___-as-a-service model, customers rent servers, Oss, storage, a database, software development technologies, and network capacity over the internet.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
211) With the ___-as-a-service delivery model, cloud computing vendors provide software that is specific to their customers’ requirements.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
212) The ___-as-a-service delivery model is the most widely used service model.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
213) The ___-as-a-service delivery model is a subset of the ____-as-a-service delivery model.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
214) The ___-as-a-service delivery model is a category of cloud computing services that provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage applications’ functions without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure typically associated with developing and deploying an app.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
215) _____________ is a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud vendor runs the server and dynamically manages the allocation of machine resources.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
216) A _____ is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a databased management system.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
217) ___ are applications delivered over the internet that MIS professionals can select and combine through almost any device, from personal computers to mobile phones.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
218) ___ is a computer language that makes it easier to exchange data among a variety of applications and to validate and interpret these data.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
219) ___ makes it easier for web pages to function across different display devices, including mobile devices and desktops.
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference 1: TG 3.8
Learning Objective 1: Explain the role of web services in building a firm’s IT applications, providing examples.
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
Question type: Essay
220) List and describe the different stages in the evolution of the modern IT infrastructure from earliest to latest. Since this evolution is cumulative, provide an example of how a modern organization could utilize each type of technology.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.1
Learning Objective 1: Describe the evolution of the IT function.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication
Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic
Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology
Solution: Stand-alone mainframes – students could argue that organization-wide systems like ERP could run on mainframes; while this is enterprise computing, organizations wouldn’t want just anyone to have access to these critical systems; as such, those systems would be separated from non-IT personnel – access would only be to those areas of the system people need (see the next point)
Mainframe and dumb terminals – as noted above, ERP systems are effectively mainframe and dumb terminals in that people don’t have access to the systems themselves but can update what they need to from their PCs
Stand-alone PCs – this is the current BYOD phenomenon with employees bringing their own phones, tablets, etc.) to work
LANs – all organizations have LANs in that all computers, printers, even phones are linked together (most is wireless)
Enterprise computing – this is ERP, CRM, SCM, etc.
Cloud computing and mobile computing – not every organization utilizes cloud computing (which is effectively outsourcing) but all are using mobile computing (BYOD effectively “forces” companies to deal with smartphones, tablets, etc.)
221) Define grid computing in your own words. Why would an organization like Amazon want to invest in grid computing?
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication
Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic
Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology
Solution: Grid computing – pooling resources – getting lots of computers/servers to work on a single task
Why use it: sharing resources across locations to “spread the load” and ensure that problems at one location don’t prevent order entry (for example, all the servers in California could shut down because of a widespread power outage…servers in New York could take over); efficiency (the workload of taking orders is spread across many servers), fault tolerance (if one server goes down, another can pick up the load), redundancy (same point…not relying on one server), scalability (can easily add more servers during the holiday season when more people are ordering)
222) Why would an organization want to use cloud computing? How did Guinness World Records benefit from using Amazon Web Services?
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.2
Learning Objective 1: Define cloud computing and its key characteristics.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication
Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic
Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology
Solution: Want to use it:
Easy to set up
Reduces upfront capital expenses and operational costs
Enables businesses to better use their infrastructure and to share it from one project to the next
Eases the difficult tasks of procuring, configuring, and maintaining hardware and software environments
Allows enterprises to get their applications up and running faster with easier manageability and less maintenance
Enables IT to adjust IT resources more rapidly to meet fluctuating and unpredictable business demand
Guinness World Records-Amazon Web Services
Handle the massive amount of data (4 terabytes per month)
Get a standard records management platform to integrate all the records from all the business units
Deployed a digital asset management system to control all the evidence relating to record attempts
Manage all the videos for its marketing clients
223) Describe the five types of clouds. Suppose you are a large, online retailer, what type of cloud would you want to implement (why)? Suppose you are a small, 5-person retailer, what type of cloud would you want to implement (why)? Explain why your answers are similar or different for these two company sizes.
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.3
Learning Objective 1: Describe each of the four types of clouds.
Bloomcode: Application
Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication
Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic
Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology
Solution: Public = internet-accessible; anything a company is OK with outsourcing – product information
Private = internal (i.e. intranet); customer information, supplier schedules, inventory levels
Hybrid = combination of public (less secure information) and private (more secure information); combining public and private from above at the same time (outsource some stuff, keep other things internal) 🡪 this is probably the ideal for both since some information is inherently more sensitive (customer information) than other information (product information)
Multicloud = organizations use multiple cloud providers to meet different technical or business requirements; use cloud-native applications built from containers and microservices using component services from different cloud providers; avoid being locked into a particular vendor’s infrastructure, add-on services, and pricing model, take advantage of best-of-breed solutions, minimize latency by choosing a cloud provider with data centers that are geographically close to their customers, data governance requirements such as in the EU may require customer data to be held in a particular location, address outage problems by being able to failover easily to another vendor/location
Vertical = giving access to other businesses (i.e. extranet); partnerships with suppliers – vendor managed inventory over the internet instead of direct access to systems; this would make a difference based on size since large organizations are more likely to be tightly integrated with more suppliers (or at least need to be for efficiency) than small businesses
224) List and describe the four main cloud computing service models, including what the customer and vendor manages for each one. If you were running your own business and wanted to use these models, how would you determine which one is best for the business?
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.4
Learning Objective 1: Explain the operational model of each of the three types of cloud services.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication
Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic
Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology
Solution:
IaaS = IT expertise; only outsourcing the hardware piece to save fixed costs
PaaS = only want to manage the applications and data (maybe that is a competitive advantage)
SaaS = small company with no IT expertise so need to outsource everything; IT isn’t a competitive advantage
FaaS = good choice for real-time (event-driven) actions like managing inventory to trigger functions within a database table to process data, display the data, or trigger another function
225) What are the benefits of cloud computing? What are the risks and concerns of cloud computing? Do you think the benefits of cloud computing outweigh the risks? Why or why not? Under what circumstances would you be willing to use cloud computing?
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.5
Section Reference 2: TG 3.6
Learning Objective 1: Identify the key benefits of cloud computing.
Learning Objective 2: Discuss the concerns and risks associated with cloud computing.
Bloomcode: Analysis
Standard 1 : AACSB || Communication
Standard 2 : AACSB || Analytic
Standard 3 : AACSB || Technology
Solution: Benefits
Positive impact on employees (productivity)
Saves money
Improves organizational flexibility and competitiveness (scalability)
Concerns
Legacy IT systems (don’t want to change systems – not relevant if a start-up)
Reliability
Privacy
Security
Regulatory and legal environment (FISMA, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and global issues)
Criminal use of cloud computing
226) What are the pros and cons associated with the “Big Three” cloud computing vendors?
Difficulty: Medium
Section Reference 1: TG 3.7
Learning Objective 1: Describe the pros and cons for each of the Big Three cloud computing vendors.
Bloomcode: Comprehension
Standard 1 : AACSB || Technology
Solution:
AWS - strengths = breadth and depth of services (175+ services), platform configuration options, monitoring and policy features, security, reliability; cons = dismissive of the benefits of hybrid cloud computing; some companies don’t use AWS due to Amazon’s size (they don’t want to further contribute to their profits and revenue)
Microsoft Azure – strengths = popular among executives who have used Microsoft products for many years (strong presence in organizations), can easily help organizations move to the cloud; cons = outages/downtime
Google Cloud – strengths = strong in the area of machine learning, good track record with innovative cloud-native companies, solid standing in the open-source community, strong in Big Data and analytics applications, focused on smaller, innovative projects at large organizations; cons = struggled getting into the enterprise market, smallest footprint of global instances, no footprint in China