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IT Infrastructure
Business Intelligence
Internet
Securing Information Systems
Blast from the Past
100
What is a traditional mainframe-based business information systems?
Legacy systems
100
Duplicate data in multiple data files is called data ________.
Redundancy
100
Is a digital signal a binary waveform or continuous waveform?
binary waveform
100
A type of eavesdropping program that monitors information traveling over a network is called ______.
sniffer
100
What is benchmarking?
comparing the efficiency and the effectiveness of the business process.
200
What do you call a windows operating system software on a computer with an Intel microprocessor?
Wintel PC
200
What is the two main methods of distributing a database?
Duplicate/Replicate database & Partitioned database
200
What does LAN stand for?
Local Area Networks
200
What is the difference between a hacker and cracker?
Hacker intends to gain unauthorized access to computer system without the intend of violating the law.
200
What is one difference between intranet and extranet?
intranet is used for internal distribution of information to the employees. Extranets are authorizes users outside the company.
300
What does XML stand for?
Extensible Markup Language
300
Name the five types of information available for data mining.
associations, sequences, classification, clustering, and forecasting
300
What kind of LAN would you advise a small company to use?
peer to peer network/architecture
300
What is the difference between worms and viruses?
A worm is an independent computer program that copy themselves from one computer to another. Unlike viruses, they do not need to be attached to other computer program files and rely less on human behavior.
300
Which management makes long-range strategic decisions about products and services as well as ensures financial performances of the firm?
Senior management
400
When was the first mainframe introduce?
1959
400
Name one advantage of distributing database.
- reduce the vulnerability of a single massive site - increase service and responsiveness of local users - run on smaller less expensive computers
400
Name at least three top level domain.
com, net, gov, edu, org, mil, biz, info
400
What does HIPAA stands for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
400
What does the "no free lunch" stand for?
Virtually all tangible and intangible objects are owned by someone else unless there is a specific declaration otherwise.
500
What does TCP/IP stand for?
Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
500
J-Pongz decided that they would like to handle graphics and multimedia applications. What kind of database management information should they use?
Object-oriented DBMS
500
Name the three network topologies.
star, bus, ring
500
What does the Service set identifiers (SSIDs) do?
They identify the access points in a Wi-Fi network and are broadcast multiple times and can be picked up fairly easily by intruders' sniffer programs.
500
Name the types of information systems.
Executive support systems, transaction processing system, Management information systems and decision-support systems