WGU-D075-INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS EXAM/425
QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT SOLUTIONS/VERIFIED
Adware - -Programs that automatically display or download advertising
to a computer.
-Application Software - -Software that is designed for the user to carry
out a specific task.
-Best Practice - -A management process, technique, or method that is
most effective at arriving at a desired outcome or a better outcome than
any other process, technique, or method.
-Big Data - -Data that is collected from all over the internet, including
smartphone metadata, internet usage records, social media activity,
computer usage records, and countless other data sources.
-Bus Topology - -A network topology sometimes called a linear bus,
where each of a network's nodes is connected to a common linear
backbone that has two endpoints.
-Business Analytics - -Attempts to make connections between data so
organizations can try to predict future trends that may give them a
competitive advantage.
-Business Intelligence (BI - -Strategies and technologies used by
enterprises for the data analysis of business information.
-Cache - -A hardware or software component that stores data so that
future requests for that data can be served faster.
-Campus Area Network (CAN) - -A computer network that connects two
or more LANs that are located on a campus.
-Chief Information Officer (CIO) - -A job title for the board-level head of
an information technology department within a business organization.
The CIO's job is to make sure IT assets are in place to ensure a smooth
transition.
-Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - -The CISO is generally
focused on the security of an organization's data and information,
,making sure it is backed up, deciding who gets to see it and who does
not, and so on.
-Chief Security Officer (CSO) - -A CSO is in charge of such things as the
physical security and safety of employees, facilities, and corporate
assets and may have a law enforcement background.
-Chief Technology Officers (CTO) - -The CTO runs the organization's IT
engineering group and serves as the company's top technology
architect.
-Click Fraud - -An internet fraud scheme that automatically passes a
user to an advertiser, whether they had any intention of visiting or not,
in order to collect a per-click fee.
-Clients - -An end user's computer in a computer network.
-Computer Network - -Two or more computers connected together to
communicate and share resources.
-Cybersecurity - -The convergence of technologies, sound practice, and
processes designed to protect networks and their devices, programs,
and data from attack or unauthorized access.
-Data Analysis - -The application of statistics and logic techniques to
define, illustrate, and evaluate data.
-Data Management (DM) - -The practices, architectural techniques, and
tools for achieving consistent access to and delivery of data across the
spectrum of data subject areas and data structure types in the
enterprise.
-Data Management Processes - -The process of acquiring data, making
sure the data are valid, and then storing and processing the data into
usable information for a business.
-Data Mapping - -Extra notes about the definition of a field, its data, and
its use
-Data Mining - -The examination of huge sets of data to find patterns
and connections and identify outliers and hidden relationships.
-Databases - -Well-thought-out collections of computer files, the most
important of which are called tables.
-Database Administrators (DBAs) - -DBAs categorize data requirements
and create the database entities and models that ensure accurate and
smooth-flowing information throughout a business.
, -Database Management System Software (DBMS) - -An application
software that is used to create a collection of related files that consist of
records of data separated by fields that can be queried to produce
populations of information.
-Default-allow Firewall Rule - -A rule that all traffic is allowed unless it
has been specifically blocked.
-Default-deny Firewall Rule - -The only network connections that are
permitted are the ones that have been explicitly allowed.
-Denial-of-service - -An attempt to make a computer or any of its
resources unavailable to its intended users.
-Disk Storage - -Nonvolatile, secondary storage on a physical device like
a hard drive or optical disk with a read/write apparatus.
-Ethernet Card - -Provides the computer with a unique 48-bit address
called a MAC (media access control) address. No two Ethernet cards
have the same address.
-Extract, Transform, and Load - -Tools that are used to standardize data
across systems and allow the data to be queried.
-File Allocation Table (FAT) - -A table of contents that directs the
read/write arm of the hard drive to the location where data exist and
accesses the data upon the user's request.
-Firewall - -Specialized hardware and software that ensures that only
authorized personnel can access and use an organization's intranet.
-Foreign Key - -A field in a database table that provides a link between
two tables in a relational database.
-Gantt Chart - -A type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule.
-Graphical User Interface (GUI) - -The visual system of computer screen
designs that allow a user to interact with an electronic device.
-Hardware - -The physical part of the computer.
-Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) - -The major markup language
used to create web pages.
-Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) - -Protocol used to define how
messages are formatted and transmitted on the internet.
-IT Managers - -IT managers are in charge of software application
development teams that develop, design, program, and test software
applications.
, -Identity Theft - -A crime concerning the unlawful practice of assuming
another individual's identity.
-Information Security Analysts (ISA) - -ISAs are responsible for
protecting all sensitive information within an organization.
-Information Technology - -The study, design, development,
implementation, support, and management of computer-based
information systems, particularly software and hardware.
-Infrastructure - -The underlying foundation or basic framework for an
organization or project.
-Internet Fraud - -Refers to any fraudulent activity in an online setting.
Internet fraud can occur through email systems, message boards, chat
rooms, or websites.
-Intranet - -A private network that works the same way as the internet
but is confined within an organization
-Keylogging - -When a perpetrator logs on to a computer workstation
and installs a program that simply records every keystroke made at the
workstation's keyboard.
-Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) - -Collaborative systems that
organize, create, and distribute an organization's collective knowledge
to its employees, which is called knowledge transfer.
-Local Area Network (LAN) - -A computer network that is relatively
small, typically in a single building, but sometimes as small as a single
room.
-MAC (Media Access Control) - -A MAC is responsible for the
transmission of data packets to and from the network interface card,
and to and from another remotely shared channel.
-Mainframe Computers - -Massive, room-sized computers that process
and store enormous amounts of bulk data and information.
-Malware - -Programs specifically intended to penetrate or damage a
computer system without the end user's knowledge.
-Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) - -A computer network that connects
two or more LANs or CANs together within the boundaries of a town or
city.
-Microcomputers - -The least powerful computers in terms of processing
and come in four typical configurations: desktop, laptop, tablet, and
handheld.
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