Information Technology Pt. 2 (M41)

Question 1

A general type of IT system that is designed to improve the productivity of daily office work is referred to as ____

Answer 1

An Office Automation System

Question 2

This is designed to improve the efficiency of processing transactions

Answer 2

A Transaction Processing System

Question 3

This is used to solve nonstructured problems

Answer 3

Decision Support Systems

Question 4

This is specifically designed to support executive work

Answer 4

Executive Information Systems

Question 5

Unix is a….

Answer 5

Operating System

Question 6

This allows a single computer to run multiple operating systems simultaneously

Answer 6

Virtualization Software

Question 7

This is a computing device that connects to a server or mainframe

Answer 7

Client

Question 8

This runs a single operating system and serves clients

Answer 8

Mainframe

Question 9

Linux is an example of a….

Answer 9

Operating System

Question 10

This is a combination of systems that help aggregate, access, and analyze business data

Answer 10

Business Intelligence

Question 11

This deals with relatively structured decision making in many areas, not specifically business

Answer 11

Artificial Intelligence

Question 12

This may be used in the process of business intelligence

Answer 12

A Data Mart

Question 13

These are used in a variety of business and non-business decision-making situations

Answer 13

a Decision Support System

Question 14

This is the process of authorizing, developing, testing, and installing coded changes so as to minimize the impact on processing and the risk to the system

Answer 14

Change Control

Question 15

T/F

When the confidentiality of data is the primary risk, message authentication is the preferred control rather than encryption

Answer 15

FALSE

Message Authentication deals with whether the message received is the same as that sent and not as directly with confidentiality

Question 16

T/F

Encryption performed by physically secure hardware devices is more secure than encryption performed by software

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

______ put into place the proper processes and approval channels to make changes to an organization’s systems.

Answer 17

Change Management Control Policies

Question 18

_____ provides interactive problem-solving assistance

Answer 18

Decision Support System (DSS)

Question 19

The capability to continue processing at all sites except a nonfunctioning one is called ____________ , an advantage of distributed systems.

Answer 19

fail-soft protection

Question 20

Improved business relationships with trading partners are a benefit of…

Answer 20

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Question 21

____ is the direct computer-to-computer transfer of business transaction documents and information between two organizations. The format and content of the documents must be standardized so that both computers can accept and process them.

Answer 21

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)