CIS Midterm - CH 10

1. ____ is the measure of a system's ability to expand, change, or downsize easily to meet the changing needs of a business enterprise.

2. Every information system involves ____.

3. In a client/server design, a database server ____.

4. In an n-tier system, special utility software called ____ enables the tiers to communicate and pass data back and forth.

5. In a client/server architecture, just as processing can be done at various places, data can be stored in more than one location using a(n) ____.

6. During business hours, a salesperson can enter a sale on a ____ terminal, which is part of an information system that handles daily sales transactions and maintains the online inventory file.

7. A batch processing system has all of the following characteristics except ____.

8. ____ describes how data actually moves from an application on one computer to an application on another networked computer.

9. In the OSI (Open System Interconnection) model, the session layer ____.

10. In all cases, a network must use a ____, which is a set of standards that govern network data transmission.

11. A popular network protocol is ____, which today is the backbone of the Internet.

12. A disadvantage of a bus network is that ____.

13. A ____, such as that illustrated in the accompanying figure, has a central networking device that manages the network.

14. At the center of the network shown in the accompanying figure is the ____, which manages the network and acts as a communications conduit for all network traffic.

15. The maximum speed for wireless network standards is measured in ____.

16. The ____ standard uses MIMO technology to boost performance.

17. In its wireless configuration, the ____ point is similar to a hub in the LAN star topology, except it provides network services to wireless clients instead of wired clients.

18. In the ____ configuration, a central wireless device is used to serve all wireless clients.

19. Most business WLANs use access points and do not utilize the ____.

20. The ____ was formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of wireless network products based on IEEE 802.11 specifications.