Topic 11 and 12 vocabulary

Question 1

Data Trail

Answer 1

An electronic record of the transactions or activities of a particular person, organization, etc. Especially with reference to a person’s financial transactions, cell phone and internet usage

Question 2

Function Creep

Answer 2

the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, especially when this leads to potential invasion of privacy.

Question 3

Fusion Center

Answer 3

(in the United States), are state-owned and operated centers that serve as focal points in states and major urban areas for the receipt, analysis, gathering and sharing of threat-related information between State, Local, federal and private sector partners.

Question 4

Government Intervention

Answer 4

is regulatory action taken by government that seek to change the decisions made by individuals, groups and organizations about technology, social and economic matters.

Question 5

National Security Agency (NSA)

Answer 5

is a federal government intelligence agency that is part of the United States Department of Defense. NSA is in the Intelligence-gathering business, to protect national communications systems integrity and to collect and process information about foreign adversaries’ secret communications in support of national security and foreign policy

Question 6

Slippery Slope

Answer 6

a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences

Question 7

Social Credit Score

Answer 7

China’s social credit system is a set of databases and initiatives that monitor and assess the trustworthiness of individuals. A good rating could offer priority health care or deposit-free renting of public housing, while a negative rating could see individuals banned from flights and trains.

Question 8

Surveillance

Answer 8

is the monitoring of behavior, activities, or data for the purpose of information gathering. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as closed-circuit television, or interception of electronically transmitted information like Internet traffic or phone calls.

Question 9

Business Analytics (BA)

Answer 9

is the process of transforming data into insights to improve business decisions.

Question 10

Business Intelligence (BI)

Answer 10

is the process of analyzing historical and current data, to uncover actionable insights for making decisions.

Question 11

Data Warehouse

Answer 11

is a type of data management system that is designed to enable and support business intelligence (BI) activities, especially analytics. A data warehouse centralizes and consolidates large amounts of data from multiple sources

Question 12

Dashboard

Answer 12

is an information management tool used to track, analyze, and display key performance indicators, metrics, and data points. Use a dashboard to monitor the overall health of your business, department, or a specific process.

Question 13

Democratization of information

Answer 13

is the process of making digital information accessible to the average non-technical user of information systems, without having to require the involvement of IT.

Question 14

Descriptive

Answer 14

this type of data tells what happened, hindsight

Question 15

Predictive

Answer 15

This type of data describes what will happen, insight.

Question 16

Prescriptive

Answer 16

This type of data describes how to make it happen, foresight.