CISB 210- Chapter 6 – Flashcards

The term ________, used to describe the cloud, means that the computing resources leased can be increased or decreased dynamically and that organizations only pay for the resources they use.

Cloud resources are ________ because many different organizations use the same physical hardware.

Which of the following is a characteristic of cloud-based hosting?

Which of the following is a characteristic of in-house hosting?

Which of the following is a characteristic of in-house hosting?

Which of the following characteristics is a disadvantage of cloud-based hosting?

Which of the following characteristics is a disadvantage of in-house hosting?

Which of the following characteristics is a disadvantage of cloud-based hosting?

Which of the following factors makes cloud-based hosting advantageous today?

Which of the following is defined as the elastic leasing of pooled computer resources over the Internet?

In cloud computing, resources are said to be "pooled" because organizations ________.

Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting ________.

Which of the following is a benefit of in-house hosting?

A computer ________ is a collection of computers that communicate with one another over transmission lines or wirelesly

Which of the following features distinguishes a LAN from a WAN?

Computers that reside in different geographic locations are connected using a(n) ________.

A private internet that is used exclusively within an organization is called a(n) ________.

A ________ is a set of rules that programs on two communicating devices follow.

To enable a seamless flow of data across the networks that comprise an internet, an elaborate scheme called a ________ is used.

A ________ detects the speed that a given device can handle and communicates with it at that speed.

The IEEE 802.3 protocol standard is also known as ________.

Which of the following statements is true about IEEE 802.3?

Communications speeds are expressed in ________.

Which of the following statements is true about the IEEE 802.11ac protocol?

________ is a wireless protocol designed for transmitting data over short distances, replacing cables.

Which of the following is a function of an ISP?

Which of the following is true of digital subscriber line signals?

________ signals do not interfere with TV signals, even though they use the same lines.

Which of the following is true about cable lines?

A computer that supports 10/100/1000 Ethernet allows for 10, 100, or 1000 ________ per second.

For communications equipment, k stands for ________.

________ has speeds that range between 500 Kbps and 1.7 Mbps.

Which of the following is a sophisticated protocol that enables several devices to use the same frequency?

The protocols used on the Internet are arranged according to a structure known as the ________ protocol architecture.

Which of the following protocols guarantees secure data transmission?

Which of the following TCP/IP application-layer protocols is used for email transmissions?

Which of the following TCP/IP application-layer protocols is used to move files over the Internet and to maintain Web sites?

A(n) ________ is a number that identifies a particular device.

The organization responsible for assigning public IP addresses is called ________.

Which of the following is the most common format for IP addresses?

A ________ is a worldwide-unique term that is affiliated with a public IP address.

The address bar reads "http://www.baron-olufsen.com/" when one visits the Web page of the luxury brand Baron & Olufsen. This information in the address bar is the ________ of the Web page.

Which of the following refers to the three tiers in the three-tier architecture?

The ________ tier of three-tier architecture consists of computers, phones, and other mobile devices that have browsers that request and process Web pages.

________ are programs that run on a server-tier computer and manage traffic by sending and receiving Web pages to and from clients.

________ contains much metadata that can be used to validate the format and completeness of the document, but includes considerable overhead.

________ is a standard for describing the services, inputs and outputs, and other data supported by a web service.

________ contains little metadata and is preferred for transmitting volumes of data between servers and browsers.

Which of the following is an example of PaaS, a category of cloud hosting?

Which of the following is an example of SaaS?

Which of the following is the most basic cloud offering?

Which of the following services is being offered by a cloud vendor who provides hosted computers, an operating system, and a DBMS?

Which of the following is an example of PaaS?

Which of the following is an example of IaaS?

Rackspace is an example of ________.

The connection between a VPN client and a VPN server is called a(n) ________.

Which of the following is true about a VPN?

A(n) ________ uses the Internet to create the appearance of private, secure connections.

A ________ is a cloud that is owned and operated by an organization for its own benefit.

Which of the following would be a consequence of teleaction, a form of remote action system?