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Question 1

Hard drive interface.
Transfers data in serial bursts instead of parallel.

Answer 1

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)

Question 2

Specialized storage device or group of storage devices providing centralized fault-tolerant data storage for a network

Answer 2

Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Question 3

high-speed network of storage devices and switches connected to servers
or computer systems.

extremely fault-tolerant but they are also extremely fast

Answer 3

STORAGE AREA NETWORK (SAN)

Question 4

What are two types of RAID

Answer 4

Hardware and Software RAID

Question 5

RAID ____ is not fault tolerant. Main benefit is speed

Answer 5

RAID 0

Question 6

Most popular RAID level

Answer 6

RAID 5

Question 7

What RAID level carries out mirroring or duplexing were the data on the disk is copied onto one disk or a pair of disks

Answer 7

RAID 1

Question 8

Which RAID level writes two parity blocks to help data recovery process

Answer 8

RAID 6

Question 9

Combines fault tolerance with increased performance/speed by relying on striping with distributed parity

Answer 9

RAID 1+0/10

Question 10

What is the first event in the information process cycle

Answer 10

Inputting data (IPOS)

Question 11

What are the 3 sub-stages of Input

Answer 11

Acquisition, Data Entry, Validation

Question 12

What’s any peripheral device helping feed data and control signals to a computer system

Answer 12

Input Device

Question 13

What are 2 types of Input devices

Answer 13

Direct Input (Touch screen), Indirect Pointers (Mouse)

Question 14

The processed information transmitted to the user in the form of print, audio, or video is called Output (T/F)

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The Backplane provides a server access to shared components (T/F)

Answer 15

True

Question 16

________ technology allows saving space and increases the efficiency of servers

Answer 16

Blade

Question 17

Each blade has its own power supply (T/F)

Answer 17

False (It uses the backplane to provide access to shared components like power supply.)

Question 18

Virtualization separates ________ from the ________.

Answer 18

Hardware, Software

Question 19

The splitting of resources from a single physical server into multiple virtual machines, is called partitioning.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

In virtualization, what manages the allocation of resources and interactions between the physical and virtual machine.

Answer 20

Hypervisor

Question 20

What types of virtualization uses a single operating system, and that one OS is shared with multiple users.

Answer 20

Operating-system-level Virtualization

Question 21

Hosted Virtual machines and their hypervisor do require an underlying operating system to run. (T/F)

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What supports higher level of services to establish trust in virtualized environments

Answer 22

Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM)

Question 23

In virtualization, what is the original operating system installed on the host server called

Answer 23

HOST Server Operating System

Question 24

This virtualization type has many VMs running on dedicated servers using a standard operating system installation

Answer 24

Virtual Desktop Environment (VDI)

Question 25

________ virtualization lets users utilize software that is hosted on a remote system without actually having to install said software on their local machine

Answer 25

Application virtualization

Question 26

Virtual desktops reduce overall IT operations costs - from hardware replacement cycles to reducing desktop maintenance and service time, is a benefit of what

Answer 26

Client Virtualization

Question 27

Which institute or organization defines cloud computing as "..."

Answer 27

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Question 28

What are the two main types of cloud computing

Answer 28

Abstraction, Virtualization

Question 29

Which cloud computing characteristic enables users to enter and use data within business management software hosted on the cloud at the same time, from any location and at any time

Answer 29

Resource Pooling

Question 30

Rapid Elasticity means consumers can quickly and easily add or remove software features and other resources to suit their immediate business needs (T/F)

Answer 30

True

Question 31

What are the three service model types of Cloud Computing

Answer 31

Software as service (SaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Question 32

Which service model delivers a computing platform and/or solution stack as a service, often consuming loud infrastructure and sustaining cloud applications

Answer 32

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Question 33

Which service model has the capability to provision processing, networks, storage and other fundamental computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run software

Answer 33

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Question 34

Which service model reduces hardware footprint and eliminates any licensing risks

Answer 34

Software as a service (SaaS)

Question 35

Which cloud computing benefit allows flexibility as the users needs change. Rather than purchasing and installing expensive upgrades, the cloud service provider can handle this for the consumer

Answer 35

Scalability

Question 36

Cloud Computing is probably the most cost-effective way to use, maintain, and upgrade applications. Is a ________ benefit.

Answer 36

Cost-Efficient Benefit

Question 37

A ________ is "a sudden, unplanned event that causes great damage and loss to an organization."

Answer 37

Disaster

Question 38

Disaster recovery is your IT response to a sudden, unplanned event that will enable your organization to continue critical business functions until normal IT-related services can resume. (T/F)

Answer 38

True

Question 39

What are the two types of disaster planning

Answer 39

Continuity Planning, Contingency Planning

Question 40

What plan focuses on restoring an organization's mission essential functions at an alternate site and performing those functions for up to 30 days before returning to normal operations

Answer 40

Continuity of Operations (COOP)

Question 41

Which emergency plan's scope addresses mitigation and isolation of affected systems, cleanup, and minimizing loss of information

Answer 41

Cyber Incident Response Plan (CISR)

Question 42

Why is it important to have a Backup/Recovery Plan

Answer 42

To ensure lost data can be recovered quickly, efficiently and as completely as possible. Information is an organizations most valuable asset.

Question 43

Which type of backup also require the most disk space and time. This is due because unchanged, already backed up data, becomes multiplied several times

Answer 43

Full data backup

Question 44

Differential backup copies only selected files and folders changed since the last full backup as indicated by the archive flag and enable faster restoration of data as compared to incremental backups

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Which type of alternative siters are partially equipped office spaces containing some or all of the system hardware, software, telecommunications and power sources

Answer 45

Warm site

Question 46

Which type of alternate sites does not contain IT equipment and usually does not contain office automation equipment such as telephones, fax machines, or copiers

Answer 46

Cold site

Question 47

most mature and most widely used client virtualization architecture

Answer 47

Presentation Virtualization