Exam Questions Flashcards
What do we call a large computer network spanning the size of a city?
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
3) what do we call a network that connects a group of computers in close proximity?
Local Area Network (LAN)
4) What are the 2 most important considerations when choosing a network infrastructure?
Cost and Performance.
5) What is the largest and most important global network called?
The world wide web. WWW
6) From the list below, Which of the following would a LAN configuration not be appropriate for?
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The top 3 business network service providers?
Sprint, MCI, Verizon.
8) What is the definition of bandwidth?
The maximum amount of data that can pass from one point to another in a unit of time.
9) What is the name of the device that allows a computer to transmit and receive data?
Modem.
10) What is the term we use to define the smallest element of data?
Bit.
11) What measures bandwidth in terms of data transmitted in a particular unit of time.
Bit Rate
12) What’s the name of high speed digital data that can be transferred over telephone lines?
Digital Subscriber Line DSL
13) Identify all the wonderful ways you can access the internet. Connectivity question
Broadband, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Internet Cable Connection.
14) Give me a real live example for peer to peer network. P2P.
Skype …… doesn’t have a server
15) What is the greatest disadvantage of being in a network connected world.
Ethical Challenges, Privacy concerns, security breaches, political issues.
Ch 6. 16) Identify 3 common types of information that you’d find throughout the organization.
1) Transactional Information
2) Analytical Information
3) Real Time
17) Identify the variable levels of information.
Individual, Department, Enterprise
18) Identify different types or formats of information.
Document, Presentation, Spreadsheat, Database
19) Identify the different levels of granularity in information.
Detail (fine), Summary, Aggregate (coarse)
20) Which of the following is not a primary trait of information?
Information Type - Yes
Information Timeliness - Yes
Information Quality - Yes
Information Governance - Yes.
21) Can you identify from the following list which examples are transactional information.
Transaction Information Encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support daily operational tasks. I.e. Airline ticket, sales recipes, packing slip.
22) Organizational information that has a primary purpose of supporting managerial analysis is called what?
Analytical Information.
23) What do we call immediate and up to date information?
Real Time Information.
24) What type of system do we query to get real time information?
Real Time System
25) What’s the biggest pitfall of real time information?
Continuing Change.
26) High quality information has 5 Characteristics.
1) Accurate
2) Complete
3) Consistent
4) Unique
5) Timely
27) Define a real time system.
provides real time information in response to requests.
28) Identify 4 primary traits that determine the value of information.
1) Information type
2) Information Timeliness
3) Information Quality
4) Information Governance
29) Name the 2 different categories of information types.
Transactional Information, Analytical Information.
30) What kind of information supports day to day operations?
Transactional Information.
31) Which of the following encompasses all organizational information and its primary purpose is to support managers who make decisions?
Analytical Information.
32) What’s the definition of end user business requirements?
Specific business requ
33) what happens in the analysis phase to the business requirements?
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34) what are the benefits of off the shelf software applications.
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35) Know the definitions of requirements management processes. T/F
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36) T/F. Are projects more dynamic or static in nature?
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37)T/F. What is a requirement definition document do? What’s its use?
Prioritized all of the business requirements by order of importance to the company.
38) During what phase does an organization asses end user business requirements and refined project goals?
The Analysis Phase
39) What is the total process for developing information systems called from planning to maintenance?
The System Development Life Cycle.
40) During what phase do we establish a high level plan for the project and set goals?
The Planning Stage
41) what do we call the change management process during the Lifecycle of a project?
Requirements management
42) how do we determine if our entire system meets the user requirements?
User acceptance testing.
43) How do we determine if our system is bug free?
Use test conditions to make sure the system performs the way it is supposed to.
44) What’s the phase called where we take a detailed document in the design phase and turn it into an actual system?
Development Phase
45) What do we call the document that tells users how to use the system and troubleshoot problems?
User Documentation.
46) what type of implementation requires a small group of people to use the system first?
Pilot Implementation.
47) What is a business consequence of successful software?
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48) What is a business consequence of failed software?
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49) Define System development lifecycle.
Is the overall process for developing information systems, from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance.
50) What is a business Requirement?
The specific business requests the system must meet to be successful.
1) What type of network spans a large geographic area such as a state, province, or country?
Wide Area Network (WAN).
The 5 Networking Elements Creating a Connected World.
1) Network Categories
2) Network Providers
3) Network Access Tech
4) Network Protocols
5) Network convergence
