Information Systems IV, V & VI Flashcards
Intellectual property can best be described as:
a. unique creative work or ideas
b. tangible or intangible property created from a unique idea
c. the expression of an intangible idea
d. intangible property created by individuals or corporations
Intellectual property can best be described as:
d. intangible property created by individuals or corporations
Profiling
Combining data from multiple sources to create dossiers
of detailed information on individuals
Nonobvious relationship awareness (NORA)
Combining data from multiple sources to find obscure
hidden connections that might help identify criminals or
terrorists
Five-step ethical analysis
Five-step ethical analysis
1. Identify and clearly describe the facts.
2. Define the conflict or dilemma and identify the higherorder
values involved.
3. Identify the stakeholders.
4. Identify the options that you can reasonably take.
5. Identify the potential consequences of your options.
Cookies
- Identify browser and track visits to site
* Super cookies (Flash cookies)
Web beacons (Web bugs)
- Tiny graphics embedded in e-mails and Web pages
* Monitor who is reading e-mail message or visiting site
Spyware
Surreptitiously installed on user’s computer
• May transmit user’s keystrokes or display unwanted ads
If Facebook sends you junk e-mail it is doing:
a. Web beacons
b. Malware
c. Spamming
d. Spyware
c. Spamming
If people spend hours and hours on the computer, it can cause:
a. Technostress Correct
b. Confusion
c. Malware
d. Repetitive injury
If people spend hours and hours on the computer, it can cause:
a. Technostress
Technology standards
Specifications that establish the compatibility of
products and the ability to communicate in a network – Unleash powerful economies of scale and result in price
declines as manufacturers focus on the products built to
a single standard
Evolution of IT structure
Main Frame/mini computer Era Personal Computer Era Client/Server Era Enterprise Computing Coud Computing
Scalability is:
a. A service for delivering and providing access to software remotely as a Web-based service
b. A transaction processing system created for mainframe computers that continue to be used
to avoid the high cost of replacing or redesigning them
c. The ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a large number of users
without breaking down
d. The practices and technologies for designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of
computers, servers, and associated devices
Scalability is:
c. The ability of a computer, product, or system to expand to serve a large number of users
without breaking down
All of the following are current hardware platform trends except
a. cloud computing
b. Unix
c. green computing
d. virtualization
d) Unix
Advantages of cloud computing are:
(i) Eliminates need for large up-front capital investments in systems
(ii) No operating systems, database servers or applications servers to install
(iii) Eliminates lengthy implementations on corporate computers
(iv) Low cost subscriptions; no expensive licensing and maintenance fees
(v) Accessible via standard Web browser with behind-the-scene software updates
All
Total cost of ownership (TCO) model?
Total cost of ownership (TCO) model
• Analyzes direct and indirect costs
• Hardware, software account for only about 20% of TCO
• Other costs: Installation, training, support, maintenance, infrastructure,
downtime, space, and energy
