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Information Technology Management C954 Exam/780 Questions and Answers
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Information Technology ManagementC954 Exam/780 Questions and Answers
3D printing - -Builds—layer by layer in an additive process—a three-
dimensional solid object from a digital model.
-acceptable use policy (AUP) - -A policy that a user must agree to follow in
order to be provided access to a network or to the Internet.
-access point (AP) - -The computer or network device that serves as an
interface between devices and the network.
-accessibility - -Refers to the varying levels that define what a user can
access, view, or perform when operating a system.
-accounting - -Analyzes the transactional information of the business so the
owners and investors can make sound economic decisions.
-accounting and finance ERP component - -Manages accounting data and
financial processes within the enterprise with functions such as general
ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting, and asset
management.
-accounting department - -Provides quantitative information about the
finances of the business including recording, measuring, and describing
financial information.
-active RFID tags - -Have their own transmitter and a power source
(typically a battery).
-adaptive computer device - -Input devices designed for special applications
for use by people with different types of special needs.
-administrator access - -Unrestricted access to the entire system.
-advanced encryption standard (AES) - -Introduced by the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST), AES is an encryption standard designed
to keep government information secure.
-adware - -Software that, although purporting to serve some useful function
and often fulfilling that function, also allows Internet advertisers to display
advertisements without the consent of the computer user.
, -affinity grouping analysis - -Reveals the relationship between variables
along with the nature and frequency of the relationships.
-Agile BI - -An approach to business intelligence (BI) that incorporates Agile
software development methodologies to accelerate and improve the
outcomes of BI initiatives.
-agile methodology - -Aims for customer satisfaction through early and
continuous delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative
process with a design point that uses the bare minimum requirements.
-agile MIS infrastructure - -Includes the hardware, software, and
telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the
underlying foundation to support the organization's goals.
-algorithm - -A mathematical formula placed in software that performs an
analysis on a data set.
-ambient digital experience - -A blend of the physical, virtual, and electronic
environments creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as the
user moves from one place to another.
-analysis latency - -The time from which data are made available to the
time when analysis is complete.
-analysis paralysis - -Occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of
over-analysis (or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is
never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome.
-analysis phase - -Analyzing end-user business requirements and refining
project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system.
-analytical information - -Encompasses all organizational information, and
its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis
tasks.
-analytics - -The science of fact-based decision making.
-anomoly detection - -The process of identifying rare or unexpected items
or events in a data set that do not conform to other items in the data set.
-anti-spam policy - -States that email users will not send unsolicited emails
(or spam).
-antivirus software - -Scans and searches hard drives to prevent, detect,
and remove known viruses, adware, and spyware.
, -appliance - -A computer dedicated to a single function, such as a calculator
or computer game.
-application programming interface (API) - -A set of routines, protocols, and
tools for building software applications.
-application service provider license - -Specialty software paid for on a
license basis or per-use basis or usage-based licensing.
-application software - -Used for specific information processing needs,
including payroll, customer relationship management, project management,
training, and many others.
-arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) - -Performs all arithmetic operations (for
example, addition and subtraction) and all logic operations (such as sorting
and comparing numbers).
-artificial intelligence (AI) - -Simulates human intelligence such as the ability
to reason and learn.
-As-Is process model - -Represents the current state of the operation that
has been mapped, without any specific improvements or changes to existing
processes.
-asset - -Anything owned that has value or earning power.
-asset tracking - -Occurs when a company places active or semipassive
RFID tags on expensive products or assets to gather data on the items'
location with little or no manual intervention.
-asynchronous communication - -Communication such as email in which the
message and the response do not occur at the same time.
-attribute - -The data elements associated with an entity.
-augmented reality - -The viewing of the physical world with computer-
generated layers of information added to it.
-authentication - -A method for confirming users' identities.
-authorization - -The process of providing a user with permission including
access levels and abilities such as file access, hours of access, and amount
of allocated storage space.
-automatic vehicle location (AVL) - -Uses GPS tracking to track vehicles.
, -autonomic computing - -A self-managing computing model named after,
and patterned on, the human body's autonomic nervous system.
-autonomous agent - -Software that carries out some set of operations on
behalf of a user or another program with some degree of independence or
autonomy, and employ some knowledge or representation of the user's goals
or desires.
-availability - -Refers to the time frames when the system is operational.
-backup - -An exact copy of a system's information.
-backward integration - -Takes information entered into a given system and
sends it automatically to all upstream systems and processes.
-balance sheet - -Gives an accounting picture of property owned by a
company and of claims against the property on a specific date.
-balanced scorecard - -A management system, in addition to a
measurement system, that enables organizations to clarify their vision and
strategy and translate them into action.
-behavioral analytics - -Uses data about people's behaviors to understand
intent and predict future actions.
-benchmark - -Baseline values the system seeks to attain.
-benchmarking - -The process of continuously measuring system results,
comparing those results to optimal system performance (benchmark values),
and identifying steps and procedures to improve system performance.
-best practices - -The most successful solutions or problem-solving methods
that have been developed by a specific organization or industry.
-big data - -A collection of large, complex data sets, including structured
and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database
methods and tools.
-Big Data as a Service (BDaaS) - -Offers a cloud-based Big Data service to
help organizations analyze massive amounts of data to solve business
dilemmas.
-biological 3D printing - -Includes the printing of skin and organs and is
progressing from theory to reality, however, politicians and the public do not
have a full understanding of the implications.
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