Network
Name the three type of network categories--what differentiates these?
What are LAN, WAN and MAN? They are different in size (local, wide, metropolitan).
Three business advantages of a relational DB
Unauthorized use, duplication, distribution or sale of copyrighted sw
What is pirated?
A method to obtain personal details such as password or account numbers, usually through an email.
What is phishing?
Allows multiple devices to communicate at the highest achievable speeds and reduce the cost of connecting.
What is a network?
Maximum amount of data that can pass from one point to another in time.
A logical collection of information gathered from many different operational DBs
What is a data warehouse?
Ability for org to identify, search, seize, or export digital info in responding to inquiry
What is ediscovery?
Confirmation of user's identity--such as a password.
What is authentication?
A unique # that identifies where computers are on the internet
IP address
Stores, analyzes and views geographic data to create multi-dimensional charts or maps
What is a geographic information system(GIS?)
Four types of dirty data
True or False? As an employee, your company can read your email without telling you they are doing so.
True, provided this is outlined in an employee policy.
Identification of user based on a physical characteristic, such as a retinal scan
What is biometrics?
The reason you would choose to use an Access DB for your data rather than an Excel spreadsheet
What are 1) manage large amount of data for many users, 2) functionality of forms for data entry, 3) better for non-numeric data?
Uses IP technology to transmit phone calls
What is voice over IP (VoIP)?
Explain why we call a relational DB a "3D" look at data vs. a "flat file" for Excel.
DB allows multi-dimensional views of data (using queries etc.) on any data field.
A state or country's minimum ethical standards.
What are laws?
Hw or sw that guards a private network by analyzing incoming and outgoing info
What is a firewall?
An example of this is when someone calls the Luther help desk pretending to be a student to have their password reset.
What is social engineering?
Provides the technical foundation for the public internet as well as many private networks. Allows diverse and differing networks to communicate with each other.
What is transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)?
Explain data "stewardship" and how you might ensure your DB has good stewardship.
Management and oversight of any organization's data assets to provide users with high quality, consistent data. Could add data rules (only select certain options) and formatting to ensure that users can only enter accepted types of data.
Records information during a user using the web, including websites visited, length of visit etc.
What is clickstream?
If a user is required to notify a company she doesn't want her data collected, otherwise it will automatically be collected--what is this policy called?
What is opt-out?
Restricted network that provides an internet-like environment within the company for info sharing and communication.
What is an intranet?