IT governance And Management Flashcards

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Best action to improve control effectiveness in a small business is

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Engage owner in direct participation in the activities

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2
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Less strategic issue of management is worrying how

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Costs will be cut

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3
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The process of identifying automated solutions falls under

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Acquire and implement

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4
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The process of ensuring security and continuous service falls within

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Deliver and support

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5
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Reviewing system response time logs falls within

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Monitor and evaluate

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6
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The process of developing tactics to realize the strategic vision for It is

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Plan and organize

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7
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On line analytical processing systems enables members to actively query a

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Data warehouse and drill down into transaction and trend info via various network set ups

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8
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The advantage an enterprise resources planning system has over independent functional systems is

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Increased responsiveness and flexibility while aiding in decision making process

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9
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Primary objective of the enterprise resource planning system is designed to

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Integrate data From all aspects of an organizations activities into a centralized data repository

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10
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The use of the cloud to access software and programs

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SaaS

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11
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Executive support system is designed for

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Forecasting and making long range strategic decisions. Has a greater emphasis on external data

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12
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A software that provides info to mid and upper level managers to assist them in managing non routine problems and in long range planning

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Decision support system

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13
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A system that facilitate work of clerical employees b providing info relevant to their day to day activities

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Office automation system

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14
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The OLAP is an online analytical processing system that incorporates data warehouse and

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Data mining capabilities. It also provides an integrated view of transactions in all parts of the system

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15
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The OLAP is the online transition processing system and it records

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Day to day operational transactions and enhances visibility of the transactions to the system.

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16
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The use of the cloud to create software is

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PaaS

17
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Use of the cloud to access virtual hardware

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IaaS

18
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Global visibility is not a risk in

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Cloud based computing

19
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The primary goal of an enterprise wide system is to

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Integrate all data maintained by the organization int a single database

20
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In DRP the lowest priority is given to

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Task critical activities

21
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In DRP the top priority is

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Mission critical

22
Q

For continuous basis of an e-commerce environment more emphasis is placed on

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Maintaining redundant systems for instant availability

23
Q

To correct the lack of a disaster recovery plan management should

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Prepare a statement d responsibility for tasks

24
Q

A cold site is created and md intestines as a site fir disaster recovery but it is not

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Stocked with equipment

25
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The steps of the business continuity management (bcm) is

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Determine business continuity strategies
Develop and implement a BCM response
Exercise maintain and review the plan
Embed the BCM in the culture

26
Q

An application programmer can

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Code approved changes to a pAyroll program

27
Q

Data control clerk is responsible for

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Controls the flow of all documents into and out of computer operations

28
Q

It ppl controls are mostly

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General and preventive

29
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A person who designs systems prepares specifications from programmers and serves as a intermediary between systems and programmers is an

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IT analyst

30
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One important purpose of cOBIT is

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Guide managers users and auditors to adopt best practices related to the management of IT