Test Bank for Information Technology
Management Essentials - D075
**TESTS**12th Edition by Efraim Turban
Which type of computer runs a network operating system (NOS)? - ANSA server
Which type of software is designed to easily generate Gantt charts? - ANSProject management
software
What term refers specifically to the physical aspects of a computer such as circuit boards,
processor chips, memory, and keyboards? - ANSHardware
Which application software features tables, records, and fields that can be queried, updated,
and managed by users, programmers, and business analysts? - ANSDatabase software
Which term refers to any person in a business who uses a computer to complete their day to
day tasks of the business? - ANSEnd-users
What is the main purpose of a firewall? - ANSTo prevent unauthorized users from accessing the
network.
A large company has decided to invest in new IT systems, including a new server. Which IT
professional should be tasked with setting up and maintaining the server? - ANSComputer
System Administrator
A small business has a single network that allows every employee to connect through a central
server when they are in the company's main office. What type of network is the business using?
- ANSLocal area network (LAN)
What term refers to the study, design, development, implementation, support, and management
of computer-based information systems? - ANSInformation Technology
An employee receives an email that appears to be from the IT department. The email asks the
recipient to click a link to verify their username and password. Upon closer inspection, the
employee realizes that the email is a fraudulent attempt to obtain their password. What type of
fraud does this email represent? - ANSPhishing
A data analyst is working with a very large set of data and trying to calculate the amount of data
processing that needs to be completed each week.
, Which attribute of big data is this analyst addressing? - ANSVelocity
** relates to how many data are presented that need to be stored or processed over a given
time period.
Which tool allows large data sets to be stored and processed across multiple servers? -
ANSHadoop
**an infrastructure for storing and processing large sets of data across multiple servers.
Which term is used to refer to the process of combining structured, unstructured, and
semistructured data into a data warehouse structure? - ANSData scrubbing
**The process of combining structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data into a data
warehouse structure is referred to as "scrubbing" data.
Which technique is used to ensure data accuracy for a mailing campaign? - ANSSegmentation
An analyst at a furniture company wants to use the company's relational database to find out
which customers have made purchases in the past six months. What is an appropriate tool for
the data analyst to use to find this information? - ANSSQL
**is used to perform queries within a database.
Transaction processing systems (TPSs) are used by grocery stores to gather data on which
products are sold and when they are sold, and customer information.
If all TPS data are related to a grocery store's finances, inventory, and customers, which type of
network configuration would be most appropriate for the implementation of a TPS? -
ANSIntranet
A company has experienced significant growth in just a few months. The company expects to
continue this rate of growth in the coming year.
Which cloud computing feature would most benefit this business in the short term as it manages
its growth? - ANSRapid system scalability
What did the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require of IT departments in American companies? -
ANSRecord and preserve accounting records
Which aspect of human resource management is the responsibility of an IT department? -
ANSAdministration of information on employees
Which technology is a critical component of customer relationship management (CRM)
systems? - ANSThe database
A transaction processing system (TPS) enables the entry and recording of sale-related data
such as item purchased, price, and date and time of sale.
Which kind of decisions does management use these data for? - ANSTactical decisions
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