ISDS 351 MDTM 2

Effort is a measure of _________. Duration is a meaure of ________.

1. work; 2. elapsed time

Give a one or two sentence definition for: data lake

A data lake is an "area" where large amounts of raw data is stored until it is required for use.

Give a one or two sentence definition for: big data

Big data refers to data amounts that are very large and complex. It is difficult to process these data amounts with traditional applications.

Give a one or two sentence definition for: CRUD

CRUD is an acronym for Create, Repeat, Update, and Delete. It is used in database management systems.

_____ is a key feature of a customer relationship management (CRM) system that provides the ability to track data on individual customers and sales leads and then access that data from any part of the organization.

Contact management

CRUD stands for:

Create, Read, Update, Delete

Give a one or two sentence definition for: E-procurement software

E-procurement software is used in business to business e-commerce. This type of software allows businesses to have online catalogs and allow their users to search through it. E-Procurement software allows ordering, billing, and payment electronically.

ERP systems

ERP systems stands for enterprise resource planning. These systems manage the most important business operations for a business.

____ is the number of days or hours of work required to complete a task.

Effort

Identify the technique used by secure Web sites to protect the confidentiality of online transactions.

Encryption and authentication

Heims is an automobile manufacturing company. When the sales team in the company gets an order, the information reaches all associated departments. The employees in those departments are then given selective access to the records that have to be updated. Identify the system that is used in this scenario.

Enterprise resource planning system

Which of the following is a benefit of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system?

It provides an opportunity to upgrade and standardize the technology used in an organization.

Which of the following types of dependencies are inherent in the nature of work being performed on a project?

Mandatory

__________ is data that describes data.

Metadata

Which of the following components enables a contactless card to connect wirelessly with a contactless card reader?

Microchip

____ states that work expands to fill the time allowed.

Parkinson's Law

Which of the following is used by Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) transactions to confirm the identity of a card holder?

Personal identification number

Which of the following protocols verifies the Web site to which a user is connected?

Secure Sockets Layer

SQL stands for

Structured Query Language

Velocity in big data refers to:

The high rate of data which must be analyzed

Variety in big data refers to:

The number of different forms in which data is created.

Volume in big data refers to:

The scale of the data that must be stored and processed.

Veracity in big data refers to:

The uncertain accuracy of the data supplied to a data warehouse

Which of the following is the objective of customer relationship management (CRM) software?

To capture data about every contact a company has with a customer through every channel and to store it in the system

Give a one or two sentence definition for: unstructured data

Unstructured data is data that does not come in an organized manner and has not been in a database before. An example of unstructured data would be text messages

Antonio receives daily reports from his company's data warehouse. His manager has asked if the source data is completely accurate. He is facing the issue of the _______ of big data.

Veracity

A way of drawing customers to a Web site is by:

asking them to review a recently purchased item.

Identify the technique that uses graphics with a hyperlink to direct customers to a Web site.

banner advertising

Which of the following is a term used to describe data collections that are so enormous and complex that traditional data management software and analysis processes are incapable of dealing with them?

big data

_____ tools frequently operate on data stored in a data warehouse or data mart.

business intelligence

The goal of defining activities is to ensure that the project team ________________

completely understands the all the work it must do as part of the project scope.

_____ is the use of software to assist in the creation, analysis, and modification of the design of a component or product.

computer-aided design

A robot manufacturing company in Southeast Asia undertakes a government project to produce multi-utility robots. It requires a software to control the machine tools and processes needed to manufacture robots. Identify which of the following can help the company in this scenario.

computer-aided manufacturing

_____ is the use of software to control machine tools and related machinery in the production of components and products.

computer-aided manufacturing

A(n) _____ software automates and integrates the functions of sales, marketing, and service in an organization.

customer relationship management

In project time management, the ultimate goal of ____ is to provide a basis for monitoring project progress for the time dimension of the project.

developing a schedule

A(n) _____ operates via an integrated database, using one set of data to support all business functions.

enterprise resource planning system

After working with key stakeholders to define activities and calculate their resources, the next process in project time management is to:

estimate the duration of activities.

A(n) _____ is used to pull data from disparate data sources to populate and maintain a data warehouse.

extract-transform-load (ETL) process

The finish-to-start task dependancy is ________.

he most common type of relationship.

Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce is the exchange of goods and services between:

individuals facilitated by a third party.

Europay Mastercard Visa (EMV) cards are ______ when used with a PIN

more secure

A(n) ____ is a schematic display of the logical relationships among project activities and their sequencing.

network diagram

Each table must have one ______________

primary key

Often, large manufacturers manage their purchasing functions using a(n):

private company marketplace

Buyers need to enter a company's identification code and password to make a purchase from a selection of products at a pre-negotiated price in:

private stores

_____ is an enterprise business strategy that creates a common repository of product information and processes to support the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product and packaging definition information.

product life cycle management

_____ software provides support for the key functions of configuration management, document management, engineering change management, release management, and collaboration with suppliers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

product life cycle management

____ involves the processes required to ensure timely completion of a project.

project time management

In project time management, which of the following processes primarily involve identifying and documenting the relationships between project activities?

sequencing activities

Which of the following is true of a data mart?

t is a smaller version of a data warehouse.

The ultimate goal of developing a realistic project schedule is to provide a basis for monitoring project progress for the ____ dimension of the project.

time

In an extract-transform-load (ETL) process, the mined data used to update a data warehouse is converted to a different format in the _____ step

transform

Data that does not fit nicely into relational databases is known as _____.

unstructured data

The data warehouse maintained by Norma has data in many different formats. She is facing the issue of the _______ of big data.

variety

One of the key decisions in running an e-commerce Web site is to decide:

who will operate the host site.