Which of the following actions should an organisation take to help realise the marketing value of green IT?
a.
Provide public disclosures of their environmental impact.
b.
Redefine their business strategy to include green initiatives.
c.
Ensure all advertising focuses on its green message.
d.
Provide a green discount across all of its product range.
A.
a, b, c and d.
B.
a, b and c.
C.
c and d.
D.
a and b.
Which of the following can form part of a definition of Green IT?
a.
Reducing the carbon footprint of IT operations.
b.
Using IT operations to offset emissions elsewhere.
c.
Ensuring the sustainability of resources used by IT.
d.
Using IT to reduce an organisation carbon footprint.
A.
a, b and c.
B.
a, c and d.
C.
b and c.
D.
b, c and d.
Which of the following are business benefits of replacing paper-based work processes?
a.
The ability to access electronic documents quickly.
b.
The ability to view documents at home and the office.
c.
The ability to reduce the amount of storage space.
d.
The ability to decrease the time spent in meetings.
A.
c and d.
B.
a, b and c.
C.
b, c and d.
D.
a and d.
Which of the following activities should be addressed by a Green IT Action Plan?
a.
Optimising the infrastructure.
b.
Managing the environment.
c.
Steering the organisation.
d.
Improving the workflow.
A.
a, b and c.
B.
a, b and d.
C.
a and c.
D.
b, c and d.
What is the best definition of a Carbon Footprint?
A. The amount of greenhouse gas emitted within a defined geographical area.
B. The amount of greenhouse gas emitted by extracting minerals.
C. The amount of greenhouse gas emitted by an organisation.
D. The amount of greenhouse gas emitted minus the amount of carbon offsetting.
Which of the following is the best way to secure senior management commitment to a Green IT programme?
A. Ensure they understand the cost of doing nothing.
B. Ensure they attend all initial project strategy meetings.
C. Ensure they are credited with creating the programme.
D. Ensure they are responsible for writing the Green IT policy.
The Carbon Footprint comprises two parts. Which of the following is part of the secondary footprint?
A. Recycling a server.
B. Travelling to the office.
C. Opening a spreadsheet.
D. Printing out a report.
Which of the following types of computing can deliver economic value to a Green IT project?
a.
Grid.
b.
Matrix.
c.
Cloud.
d.
Lattice.
A.
a and c.
B.
a and b.
C.
b and c.
D.
c and d.
A Green IT policy should be aligned to which other organisational policy?
A. The Performance Management policy.
B. The Health and Safety policy.
C. The Equal Opportunities policy.
D. The Environmental policy.
Which of the following uses Greenhouse Gas conversion factors to work out CO2 emissions?
A. The ROCI Matrix.
B. The Emissions Reduction Flowchart.
C. The Carbon Footprint Calculator.
D. The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool.