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C182 Flashcards

1
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What is the purpose of SDLC (System Development Life Cycle)?

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Planning, creating, testing, & deploying information systems including software and hardware

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What are the SDLC steps?

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Preliminary Investigation
Analysis
Logical Design
Physical Design
Implementation
Maintenance
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Whats involved in the Preliminary Investigation SDLC stage?

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Discovery of a problem or opportunity.

Assessment of feasibility (cost, benefits) and selects a development methodology - Step 1

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Whats involved in the Analysis SDLC stage?

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Determines user requirements & develops logical models of the system (demonstrations) - Step 2

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Whats involved in the Logical Design SDLC stage?

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Revised to ensure the new system will meet user requirements - Step 3

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Whats involved in the Physical Design SDLC stage?

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Logical models are converted to physical models. Includes network maps, servers, & devices needed. - Step 4

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Whats involved in the Implementation SDLC stage?

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Development of databases and software programs. Hardware installation. - Step 5

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Whats involved in the Maintenance SDLC stage?

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Modifications & Corrections - Step 6

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What is Alpha testing?

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End users assisted by developers; system tested with simulated data

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What is Beta testing?

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End users test the system w/o help from developers; using actual data

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What is User Acceptance testing?

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End users test the system in operational setting to see if it is useful

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Alpha, beta, and user acceptance testing occurs during which SDLC step?

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Implementation

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13
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What are 3 steps that occur during deployment?

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System Conversion
Final Documentation
End-user training

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System conversion can occur as …

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Direct
Parallel
Pilot
Phased

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Old system is “turned off” and the new system is “turned on” at a specific date & time.

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Direct Conversion

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A period in time which both systems operate concurrently.

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Parallel Conversion

17
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Conversion starts with a group of end-users, then deployed on a larger scale.

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Pilot Conversion

18
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Team deploys a subset of the system first rather than deploying the whole system at once.

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Phased Conversion

19
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The ability of an organization to recover from a disaster is directly related to their …

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BPC (business continuity plan)

20
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What creates a copy of everything on the system including the operating system, configuration files, data, and so on?

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Image backups

21
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Examples of backup media

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Magnetic tapes, DVDs, CDs, other hard drives, cloud storage

22
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An initial full backup is performed and then subsequent backups only capture the changes since the last backup

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Incremental backups

23
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When a system writes data to multiple hard drives at the same time to prevent loss of data.

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Data mirroring

24
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A physical location we’re an organization can move it’s operations in case of a natural disaster or terrorist attack

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Hot site

25
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A physical location that is a shell without equipment in case of a natural disaster or terrorist attack

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Cold site

26
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Multiple data centers in disparate regions

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Site sharing

27
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What network does Bluetooth operate on?

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short range ad hoc network called Piconet

28
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Which organization supplied a guide for Bluetooth security?

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National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST)

29
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What is a drawback for using IPv4 addressing scheme?

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The devices that are limited to using IPv4 are 4.3 billion

30
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What is the major benefit of using IPv6?

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A greater number of devices can be connected

31
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Refers to data sets that are so enormous and multifaceted that they will require more sophisticated database management/processing tools than we currently use.

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Big Data

32
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which services can businesses can access and use software through the Internet?

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SaaS

33
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Which service is able to quickly and reliably develop and deliver applications?

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PaaS

34
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Which service supplies resources (e.g., servers, data storage) an IT department needs are located outside of the organization and are accessible by anyone, anywhere?

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IaaS

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