Introduction to client/server concepts

 MIS 373.5  (Client Server Computing)

 Answer True/False to the following questions:

 1. Increased customers expectations are forcing organizations to move from mainframes to client/server platforms.

 2. Firms are moving from centralized to decentralized or distributed computing because it is cheaper.

 3. Firms are moving from centralized to decentralized or distributed computing because it is more efficient and faster. 

 4. Improved price/performance ratio is fueling the move towards decentralized computing

 5. The  expense of  buying fast data communications equipment is hindering the movement to decentralized computing.

 6. The lack of standards in the networking and computing world are forcing organizations to think before making the strategic decision of downsizing.

 7.  Downsizing means taking all the applications off the mainframe and re-implementing them on the workstation platforms.

 8.  The presense of two processors on a mainframe computer makes it a multi-processing machine.

 9. Distributed Processing involves running portions of the application on multiple processors on a network.

 10.  Client-server architectures comes under Open Systems Computing which is based on the key concepts of interoperability and interconnectivity.


 Multiple choice questions:

 1. Which is not a business environmental  (external) force that is making organizations rethink their computing strategies:
 A. Increased Customer expectations in term of quality and service
 B. Competing with shrinking product lifecycles and developing new products
 C. Global Competition in the market place
 D. Reduction in the complexity of manufactured products 

 2. Which is not a internal business force that is making organizations rethink their computing strategies:
 A. Cross-functional coordination
 B. Financial constraints and Budget reductions
 C. The presence of  effective techniques for measuring effectiveness and efficency in organizations  
 D. Flattening of the organization hierarchy
  
  3. Which of the following is not a technological innovation 
  A. Cheaper microprocessor mother boards  
  B. Event driven  computing
  C. Cheap and fast data communications
  D. Multi-Tasking Systems
  F. Data Base Managment Systems (DBMS)

  4. Which of the following is not a computing model
  A. On-Line Transaction Processing
  B. Parallel or Concurrent Processing
  C. Time Sharing Systems
  D. Graphical User Interfaces

  5.  Network Computing systems have the following goals
  A. Distribute data across organizations
  B. provide transparent computing services to users anywhere in the organziation
  C. Integrate all the autonomous workstations into a single vendor network
  D. Provide interconnectivity between autonomous workstations in a multi-vendor network.

  6. Client/Server architectures does not serve which purpose:
  A.Provide easy access to shared information
  B. Provide superior reliability/performance than mainframe computers
  C. Provide flexibility/scalability for anticipating future demands
  D. Provide the ability to utilize existing investment in workstation hardware.

  7.  A Protocol is really
  a.  set of demands				b. A set of rules
  c.  translation book for the computer		d. a function call with high priority

  8. A dedicated file server is
  a. a hardworking file server	
  b. a file server used as a workstation and a file server
  c. a file server used only for serving files to workstations in a LAN	
  d. A fault-tolerant file server that never breaks down.

  9. A print spooler is really
  a. A buffer used to store files for printing.
  b. the central processing unit
  c. a printer's spooling mechanism
  d. a place for assembling and disassembling printer material.

  10. Distributed file servers are
  a. special file servers designed for LAN's
  b. multiple file servers designed to increase speed on the network
  c. inexpensive file servers
  d. file servers also used as workstations