ETS- IT

Cache memory: A.) Allows readily accessed information to be displayed faster than sourcing it from a unique source. B.) Is stored in the cloud. C.) Determines how fast your network will connect to the internet. D.) Allows a number of users to access network information across a wide geographic region.

A.) Allows readily accessed information to be displayed faster than sourcing it from a unique source.

Which of the following statements is true regarding data mining and data warehousing? A.) Data mining refer to the process of retrieving data to show patterns; data warehousing centralized the process for storing data. B.) A data mine refers to where company information is stored; a data warehouse is the physical location of the store. C.) Data mining is never used by small companies; data warehousing is used by most all companies. D.) Data mining requires full implementation of an ERP system.

A.) Data mining refer to the process of retrieving data to show patterns; data warehousing centralized the process for storing data.

Which of the following information technology tool is considered a safeguard against potentially harmful, unauthorized content from unknown sources? A.) Firewall B.) Cache Memory C.) Wide Area Network D.) Proxy Server

A.) Firewall

The following interactive data format is used heavily by marketing manager to help mold web content and design web page and mobile displays. A.) Hypertext Markup Language HTML B.) Extensible Business Reporting Language XBRL C.) Active Server Pages ASP D.) Cascading Style Sheets CSS

A.) Hypertext Markup Language HTML

Which of the following cloud computing models allowed for businesses to run applications on a pay-per-use agreement? A.) Platform as a service (PaaS) B.) Software as a service (SaaS) C.) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) D.) Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

A.) Platform as a service (PaaS)

Proprietary information which is accessed by users independently and where each interaction will impact any future transactions is best managed by which of the following processing systems? A.) real-time processing B.) distributed processing C.) batch processing D.) wireless processing

A.) real-time processing

When it comes to the systems development life cycle, which of the following steps comes first in the process? A.) Testing and Maintaining the System B.) Designing the System C.) Implementing the System D.) Developing Software for the System

B.) Designing the System

The goal of this system is to provide managers the information that they need to evaluate actual performance for a given time period (such as allowing for the ability to query cells data from a particular period). It manages all other firms internal data processing. A.) Enterprise Resource Planning B.) Management Information System C.) Decision Support System D.) Transaction Processing System

B.) Management Information System

_________________ is an information processing system for businesses involving the collection, modification and retrieval of past exchanges. This system is used primarily for maintenance and reporting. A.) Hierarchical System B.) Transaction Processing System C.) Dynamic Network System D.) Decision Support System

B.) Transaction Processing System

Which of the following is a software engineering tool that is used to standardize the design of a system? A.) Entity-Relationship Diagram B.) Unified Modeling Language C.) Structure Query Language D.) Visual Basic

B.) Unified Modeling Language

Which of the following systems is based on open source software: A.) Quickbooks B.) Wikipedia C.) Adobe Acrobat D.) eBay

B.) Wikipedia

A _________ is designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. A.) Adware B.) Firewall C.) Cookie D.) Proxy Server

C.) Cookie

A manager is determining what type of seasonal help will be required for the pending fourth quarter of the year. What type of system might be or she use? A.) Transaction Processing System B.) Enterprise Resource Planning C.) Decision Support System D.) Management Information System

C.) Decision Support System

Which of the following systems allows for multiple independent firms along a supply chain to share information without human interaction: A.) Management Information System B.) Transaction Processing System C.) Decision Support System D.) Enterprise Resource Planning

C.) Enterprise Resource Planning

Which of the following cloud computing models allowed for businesses to utilize mainframe hardware and servers on a pay-per-use agreement? A.) Platform as a service (PaaS) B.) Software as a service (SaaS) C.) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) D.) Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

C.) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

A firm's HRM department processing payroll every two weeks. Which of the following types of processing might best suit this organization? A.) real-time processing B.) distributed processing C.) batch processing D.) on-line processing

C.) batch processing

Data is useful for understanding individual sales, but to gain deeper insight into a business data needs to be turned into information. which of the following offers an example of turning data into information? A.) Who are my best customers? B.) What is my best-selling product? C.) What is my worst-selling product? D.) All of the above

D.) All of the above

Which system would be used to coordinate a local area network or company intranet? A.) Supercomputer B.) Mainframe C.) Local Area Network D.) Network Server

D.) Network Server

This language is used to update manipulate and modify data in a relational database system: A.) HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) B.) XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) C.) UML (Unified Modeling Language) D.) SQL (Structured Query Language)

D.) SQL (Structured Query Language)

Relational databases: A.) create a tree-based system of organization and are limited if a process gets too complex. B.) analyzes data and presents it so that users can make build forecasting models. C.) integrates core business processes and password protects all firm files. D.) allow for complex analysis by storing information in logically connected two-dimension tables.

D.) allow for complex analysis by storing information in logically connected two-dimension tables.