CompTIA ITF+ Practice Test

An employee is asked to generate a report on a student information system. The employee uses spreadsheet software and connects to a remote database to pull data for the report. Which of the following types of application architectures did the employee use?

1. Peer-to-peer application

2. Centralized application

3. Client-server application

4. Cloud-based application

The correct answer is: Client-server application

The employee used a client-server application architecture. This involves a client, in this case the spreadsheet software, connecting to a remote server, the database, to retrieve and manipulate data. A peer-to-peer application architecture would involve all devices on a network being equal and connected to each other, which does not match the scenario. A centralized application architecture would have all data and processing on a single, central server, rather than using a remote database. A cloud-based application architecture would involve using web-based applications, rather than a local spreadsheet software, to access and manipulate data stored on remote servers.