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Information Technology (IT) correct answers Composed of computer hardware, networks, software and data. The tasks that IT professionals perform include the setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of these components to ensure they continue to function smoothly and remain secure Computer Info...

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CIS 2010 Exam 1 Study Guide || WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS!!
Information Technology (IT) correct answers Composed of computer hardware, networks,
software and data.

The tasks that IT professionals perform include the setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting
of these components to ensure they continue to function smoothly and remain secure

Computer Information Systems correct answers Adding people and processes turns
information technology into a Computer Information System

Used in some hospitals and other healthcare facilities to help manage and organize relevant
patient, financial, pharmacy, laboratory, and radiological information

Computer Science correct answers Related computer domain focused on making the
computer itself faster, better, cheaper, and able to perform new types of tasks

By improving information technology without changing or modifying the processes that are
part of an information system.

Computers correct answers An electronic device that manipulates information or data
hardware (physical part) and software (tells the hardware what to do)

Network correct answers A group or system of interconnected people or things

A computer Network is a group or system of interconnected computers

Hardware correct answers Any element of a computer that is physical

Software correct answers Instructions that tell hardware what to do

Business Process correct answers A standardized set of activities that accomplish a specific
task, such as processing a customer's order or shipping someones order

Binary Data correct answers A data unit with only two possible states: 0 or 1, up or down, on
or off, etc...

Local Area Network (LAN) correct answers A communication system designed to connect a
group of computers in proximity to each other, such as in an office building, a school, or a
home is a communication system designed to connect a group of computers in proximity to
each other, such as in an office building, a school, or a home

Wide Area Network (WAN) correct answers Spans even larger geographic areas, such as a
state, province, or country.
WANs connect multiple smaller networks, such as LANs and MANs.
The Internet is a WAN that spans the whole world, as well as satelites and space stations in
orbit.

, Users correct answers Any individual who accesses the system

-"Use" the system for its intended purpose
-Pay for a service or to be entertained (Netflix)
-Someone who applies a system to its intended purpose
-Someone who is outside the environment of an Information System.

Participants correct answers a "direct" user in relation to an information system

-A part of the information system and assist with execution of its information processes
-Someone who is part of the information system and assists with execution of its information
process
-Someone who is part of the information system and assists with execution of its information
process
-Someone who is integral to the functionality of the system
-Performs tasks to maintain the hardware and software of the information system

Data correct answers Raw values and facts that describe the characteristics of an event or
object. Data is typically in simple text or numeric format

Information correct answers Information is created when data are processed, organized, or
structured to provide context and meaning. Data converted into a meaningful and useful
context.

Business Intelligence correct answers Information collected from multiple sources such as
suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and
relationships for strategic decision making

-Collect and structure data
-Convert data into information
-Presents data in a meaningful and actionable way

Knowledge correct answers Knowledge is information that has been processed, organized, or
structured in some way, or put into practice in some way.

Knowledge includes skills, experience and expertise, coupled with information.

Structured data correct answers a defined length, type, and format and includes numbers,
dates, or strings such as Customer Address

Typically stored in a traditional system such as a relational database or spreadsheet and
accounts for about 20 percent of data that surrounds us

-Data with a defined length, type and format.
- Sensor data, Weblog data, Financial data, Clickstream data, Point-of-sale data, Accounting
data

Unstructured data correct answers Not a defined and does not follow a specified format and is
typically free-form text such as emails, twitter, tweets and text messages

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