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Outside Readings/Random Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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What makes up most of eCommerce business? What is the percentage?

A

B2B ~ Business to Business

Makes up 80%

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What are 3 things the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 required advertisers to do when sending emails?

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  • Clearly identify themselves (company)
  • Present a workable link to opt-out of future emails
  • Present a valid postal address or phone # so they have a way to be contacted other than via email
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3
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How big are P2P networks?

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  • can be anywhere from 2 computers to hundreds
  • Any computer on a P2P network is considered a server if it shares a printer, file, video, or some other resource with the network
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When it comes to networks, Client/Server networks have the advantage over others when it comes to ___

A

Centralized Administration

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5
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What is a disadvantage to the P2P network?

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Less security and less control because users administer their own systems

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6
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How does a Star Topology network go down?

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-HUB goes down

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Which type of network Topology is the most expensive?

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Star Topology

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What was the name of the CEO of Equifax who was fired due to a security breach?

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Richard Smith

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9
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Equifax originally reported that the data breach affected ___ users, but a later report said it affected ___ users.

A

First reported 143 million users

Later report reported 145.5 million users

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10
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What were the reasons Equifax was hacked?

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  • Staffers didn’t respond to a public warning about vulnerability in Apache Struts software and malfunctioning scanning tool
  • Staffers emailed notice to IT personnel to patch issue but they didn’t (going against the 48-hour company patching policy)
  • later scan that month failed to identify vulnerability in Apache Struts
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11
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What website can you use to encrypt files?

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Gnupg.org

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12
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When should you use Individual File Encryption?

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When you are absolutely sure where all the confidential information is located on your computer

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13
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___ prevents a thief from starting your computer without a passphrase

___ prevents a thief from opening your file without a passphrase

A

Whole Disk Encryption

Individual File Encryption

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14
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The term “thin client” refers to ___

A

Software

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15
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A ___ is a network computer without a hard disk drive

A

Thin Client

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16
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A ___ is one that will perform the bulk of processing in a client/server network

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Thick Client or Fat Client

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17
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A ___ is one that will perform the bulk of processing in a client/server network

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Thick Client or Fat Client

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18
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Which are more expensive to deploy, Thin or Thick clients?

A

Thick Clients

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19
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Which have more security issues, Thin or Thick Clients?

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Thick Clients

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20
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Which are better at distributing data, Thin or Thick Clients?

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Thin Clients

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Which has more space, Thin or Thick Clients?

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Thick Clients

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22
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Which is better, Thin or Thick Clients?

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Neither

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23
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Which is more powerful, Thin or Thick Clients?

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Neither

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24
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How does a browser know if a website is bad?

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It checks the websites Certificates that they have purchased

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25
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What is pure-play?

A

Business that offer everything online

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26
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What is Brick-and-Mortar?

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Businesses that offer everything in their physical store

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27
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What is Showrooming?

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Browsing in a physical store before buying online

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28
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What is Webrooming?

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Browsing online before buying product in the physical store

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29
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What is the latest Pure-Play retailer to convert to Brick-and-Mortar tactics

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Birchbox

30
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Why are Pure-Play businesses building physical stores (Brick-and-Mortar)?

A

To enhance customers experience so they will buy more products overall (online and in person)

Stores are very nice, employees well-dressed, etc.

31
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What is it called when a business is both Pure-Play and Brick-and-Mortar?

A

Omnichannel

32
Q

What does UPS stand for?

A

Uninterruptable Power Supply

33
Q

What was Guest Speaker form Fibertown’s name?

A

Sam White

34
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What were the job titles of Sam White at FIBERTOWN?

A
  • Director of Marketing and Technical Information

- Project Manager (Texas A&m Engineering Extension Service)

35
Q

The guest speaker, Sam White, used to be a pilot for ___

A

Southwest Airlines

36
Q

What is FIBERTOWN’s smallest client?

A

2-man office

37
Q

How many desks and chairs does FIBERTOWN have?

A

156

38
Q

What was the name of the company that sued FIBERTOWN on Sam White’s first day of work?

A

Uptime

39
Q

What is the name of the company that came up with the Tier System?

A

Uptime Institute

40
Q

What is the temperature in FIBERTOWN’s data centers, what is the percentage of humidity?

A

72 degrees F

50% Humidity

41
Q

Where is Sam White’s office located?

A

Astin Building

42
Q

According to Sam White, the FIBERTOWN building was once owned by the ___

A

Coca-Cola company

*used it to count quarters

43
Q

What is FIBERTOWN’s niche market?

A

The Hurricane Zone

44
Q

How does FIBERTOWN’s business evolve?

A

Business will have to exercise their DRP plan using FIBERTOWN’s Co-location services and end up like the Bryan/College Station area and wanted to stay full time

45
Q

Fibertown’s Tier 2 center is ___

Fibertown’s Tier 4 center is ___

A

Redundant

Concurrent

46
Q

What is the term called when you send packets across the internet?

A

Pack INternet Groper (PING)

47
Q

Why did Fibertown have pre-drilled holes in the ground when they purchased the building?

A

Holes were drilled by Bank who used to own FIBERTOWN building

48
Q

FIBERTOWN has ___ power rooms that have ___ transformers and each has a ___ side and a ___ side

A

has 3 power rooms
has 3 transformers

each has an “A side” and “B side”

49
Q

What is the name of the employee who is the Hands & Eyes of FIBERTOWN?

A

Bradely

50
Q

What is resilience?

A
  • admitting you cannot stop bad things from happening

- goal is to survive disasters and cyber attacks

51
Q

Is FIBERTOWN a local internet service provider?

A

Yes

52
Q

Why didn’t FIBERTOWN make tier 4?

A

They have 30in floors instead of 36 in floors

53
Q

Where is FIBERTOWN located in Houston, TX?

A

Above 500 year flood plan @ I-45 and Beltway 8

54
Q

Difference between Concurrent and Redundant?

A

Redundant
-means there are multiple things installed to make sure if something goes wrong, then another will pick up the slack

Concurrent

  • means that when something goes wrong, the thing is shut off to prevent the affects of bad thing causes the system to go down
  • NEVER go down
55
Q

SCADA control centers are the ___

A

Mission Control rooms

56
Q

What are the 4 services FIBERTOWN offers?

A
  • CoLocation (COLO)
  • Business Continuity
  • SCADA control centers
  • Disaster Recovery (DR)
57
Q

What year were FIBERTOWN’s redundant and concurrent facilities built?

A

Redundant 1997

Concurrent 2007

58
Q

___ allow you to lookup frequently used values on table in Excel.

A

Reference Functions

59
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When using the VLOOKUP function, ___ refers to the information that will use to pull a value from the reference table.

A

lookup_value

60
Q

What is the first step to use a PivotTable?

A

Preparing the Source Data

61
Q

When you add Region as the Row Labels of the pivot table, the different regions in the data are displayed as ___

A

Row headings of the table

62
Q

When two or more computers are connected to communicate and share resources it is called a ___

A

Computer Network

63
Q

What is a passphrase?

A

A memorable strong password

64
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A secret word or combination of keyboard characters typed in by a user to authenticate one’s identity for joining a computer network is a ___

A

Password

65
Q

A password that contains a specific amount of characters with mixed cases and often requires letters and numbers is a ___

A

Strong Password

66
Q

Usually a harmless or interesting looking program that, when executed, unleashes harmful viruses into a user’s system is a ___

A

Trojan Horse

67
Q

What is the menu in Excel called that is used to manipulate workbooks?

A

File

68
Q

Menu tabs that can be added to the Excel menu as you begin to use more of the features included in these groups.

A

Developer

Add-In Tabs

69
Q

often contain data, formatting and calculations that relate to common spreadsheet tasks (such as managing a budget or expense report).

A

Templates

70
Q

feature that allows the entire contents of a cell to appear by displaying it on multiple lines within the same cell.

A

Wrap Text

71
Q

icon that allows you to change important detail elements of your chart such as: titles, legends, data labels, and the axes of your chart.

A

Add Chart Element

72
Q

___ are used to define how the data will be summarized and arranged on the PivotTable

___ used to screen the data as it is placed in a PivotTable

A

Column and Row Labels

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