MIS 2223 Exam 3

Jenson needs to update his home address in his health insurance company's database. Which of the following applications can he open on his computer so he can make these changes?

A Browser

Which of the following is NOT potentially a direct consequence of violating copyright?

A person could be sentenced to jail.

You just got back from vacation and are getting ready to post pictures online of all the fun you had. Which of the following photos would be appropriate to post on social media?

A photo of you horseback riding on the beach with friends.

What is a MAC address?

A unique hardware address for your device

What special technology allows computers to perform the intense processing needed to perform machine learning?

ANN

Kristy just received a laptop from her employer so she can work from home. She wonders if she can also use the laptop for personal activity, such as streaming movies. What documentation should Kristy check to find the answer to her question?

Acceptable use policy (AUP)

Brian needs to use an expensive application that his work provides on his computer at the office. However, he's traveling with his laptop and won't be back in his office for another week. Then Brian remembers his employer also makes the application available to employees through the cloud. What does Brian need to do next to use this application?

Access the application through his laptop's browser.

Which of these tasks is a non-technical user most likely to have the right to perform in a database?

Add New Data

How would you design a webinar that would be interactive?

Add a poll

Maria is writing a fictional story about a character with a nickname that is copied from a very popular book series. The nickname affectionately refers to personality features of this character that are similar to the character in the other book series. Maria is concerned about whether she might be sued for using this nickname in her own book. Who should she contact to find out if she is allowed to use the nickname in this way?

An Attorney

Which of the following is NOT an example of modern-day artificial intelligence (AI) application?

Asking droids for critical information during a hyper-space mission

Alannah just purchased a smart lock for her front door. How can she connect her lock to the Internet so she can control the lock when she's away from home?

Bluetooth connection

What kind of software do you need to create a blog?

CMS

Jake is a sales rep for a trucking company and travels throughout the Midwest. He uses a cloud-based _________ service so he can access updated information about his customers' sales transactions from his laptop as he travels.

CRM

Dennis is sure he sent an email to his boss explaining his need to take off for the afternoon so he could go to a doctor's appointment. However, his boss claims she never saw the email. How can Dennis confirm that he sent the email?

Check his Sent Items folder.

Which of the following fields would be most important to encrypt in a customer table?

Customer's credit card number

Which of the following could indicate a DoS attack on your company server?

Customers cannot view the website on their device because the page will not load.

Which of the following problematic behaviors relies on the use of digital technology?

Cyberbullying

Which type of data storage allows for the most variety of data types?

Data Lake

Morgan needs to hire someone to help implement a business intelligence system for her company. What type of professional would be the best fit for this job?

Data analyst

Rhea receives a text informing her that her credit card might have been compromised. The text asks her to confirm whether she made a purchase 15 minutes ago at a store that is over 2,000 miles away from her current location and that carries products she has never bought before. What technology was used to compare the purchase to Rhea's normal shopping habits and identify it as credit card fraud?

Data analytics

Knowing how to communicate respectfully on social media is an example of _

Digital Citizenship

A child who grows up without regular access to computers and the Internet will be at a disadvantage later due to the _

Digital Divide

Carlos is arranging a series of weekly conference calls for people in different parts of the world. Which of the following tools can he use to inform participants about the call details?

Digital calendar

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be a field in a Customers table?

EmploymentDate

As chief financial officer, you want to send the fourth quarter profit/loss spreadsheets to the president of the company. How can you send the report without worrying about someone else accessing it?

Encrypt the data in the report.

As the new manager at your local grocery store, you want to create a more efficient inventory process by allowing outside vendors and suppliers to review current inventory records and adjust recurring shipment orders to reduce product waste. What type of network should you use?

Extranet

Mindy needs to run a SQL query that will pull the names and birthdates of all her students. What should the FROM phrase say in her query?

FROM Students

A behavior that is legal is also ethical and moral.

False

Aron is building a website that will require a back-end database. He plans to connect the web server on his network in a way that it will be easily accessible from the Internet. He should connect his database server the same way so data in the database is readily accessible to the web server.

False

Content published on the Internet tends to be reliable

False

Digital ethics define clear right and wrong answers to dilemmas faced by technology users.

False

Layton is retired and sells hand-crafted fishing rods as a home-based business for a little extra spending money. Because he processes less than a dozen credit card payments per year, he does not need to worry about PCI compliance requirements for handling his customers' payment information.

False

Maisie doesn't limit her time watching enjoyable and relaxing shows on her laptop in the evenings after work and on the weekends because technology has an entirely wholesome effect without any risks.

False

Open source DBMSs are insecure because users are allowed to see the software's code.

False

To work with AI technologies, you must understand how AI commands are programmed into the computer and phrase your commands exactly the way the AI system expects.

False

Twitter is an example of a wiki, which allows for collaborative editing by its users.

False

Tammy spends time each day reading updates and news articles in her industry. She's always looking for new sources of quality information. What tool can best help her do this?

Flipboard

What can you do to make sure your online communications are civil and productive?

Follow netiquette guidelines.

Xavier is designing a Students table that will continue to track students even after they have completed their programs. Which of the following fields would work best with the Yes/No data type?

Graduated

Frazer's mother recently experienced a stroke, and he needs to work from home for a while to help care for her. In what way will cloud computing most help Frazer in this situation?

He can remotely collaborate with teammates on projects, deadlines, and events.

Sonia works from home and uses the Internet often throughout the day. When they're home, Sonia's husband and children also use her network for gaming, social media, and streaming videos or music. Which of the following best describes Sonia's network?

Home network

Donna is setting up her own web server to provide information to her clients. How will her web server be uniquely identified on the Internet?

IP address

Which of the following statements do opponents of net neutrality agree with?

ISPs should charge more for high-bandwidth connections.

When you tell your smartphone to check for any new email messages, what device does the smartphone communicate with?

Incoming mail server

Which of the following is NOT a risk to a company or its employees as a result of a data breach?

Increased database efficiency

If you want to share information with individuals who are internal to your organization, which type of network would you want to use?

Intranet

An online game developer has an issue with its most popular game and must take the server offline. The company posts an update on its social media page. How is this a positive use of social networking?

It allows the company to communicate to many users at once about an issue and release status updates.

Alex received an email from what appeared to be his bank. What would indicate the message was actually a phishing attempt?

It contained typos and other grammatical errors.

Which of the following storage locations does NOT give you access to your files over the Internet by default?

Local hard drive

Mason is chatting with his friend on the phone about a computer problem at work. Suddenly, his Alexa device states that she couldn't understand what Mason was asking for. What happened that caused Alexa to think Mason was talking to her?

Mason said one of Alexa's wake words.

To observe professional messaging guidelines, you should avoid using the following EXCEPT _____.

Meeting invites

Which network topology is most likely to continue to function well even if one device fails?

Mesh network

When David posts his photos to a Facebook album, the Facebook site automatically places David's photos in chronological order by when they were taken and suggests places David might want to tag in the photos. How does Facebook know this information?

Metadata

Henry installed a smart thermostat to manage the temperature in his house. However, when Henry arrived home from work, the house was very cold. He's frustrated that this "smart" thermostat let the house get so cold. What does he need to provide the thermostat for it to do a better job in the future?

More information about his needs

Rachelle is an office manager for an active real estate agency. She's overseeing a transition to a more complete reliance on electronic documents and needs a way to make dozens of files readily available to all office staff. What technology can she use to solve this problem?

NAS

What device is most likely installed in your computer to connect it to a wired or wireless network?

Network interface card (NIC)

For her purchase, Nadine selects the best deal from two coupon codes offered by a store, one that she received by email and one from a text. Which marketing technique is Nadine benefiting from?

Omnichannel strategy

Paige is designing a web page that will contain instructions for how to use a new web conferencing tool at her work. She formats best practice tips in green, and she formats warning information in red. Which employees might struggle with this formatting?

People with color blindness

Casey is looking for a free, open-source RDBMS for his company. Which of the following best meets these requirements?

PostgreSQL

Malcolm has a job interview tomorrow that will be conducted by video conference. What steps should he take today to prepare for the interview?

Prepare the background area behind his chair.

Dana is creating a table that will show books for sale on a bookstore's website. Which field in the table would best serve as its primary key?

ProductID

Alfred is applying for his first full-time job after finishing his college degree. Which of the following activities during his school years has left a negative digital footprint for his potential employers to find?

Profanity on social media posts

Which of the following is NOT a responsible way to dispose of an old smartphone after removing your data from the device?

Remove the battery and throw it in the trash.

In the email communication process, what is the role of the email server?

Routing email messages through the Internet or a private network

Kiera is building a front-end user interface for the database her new website will use. Which of the following languages is NOT used to build a webpage?

SQL

Josh is concerned about protecting his home while he's away on vacation. He wants to leave a radio playing music so it sounds like someone is home. However, he wants the radio to turn on and off at different times so it appears that someone is interacting with it. What IoT device will allow Josh to turn the radio on and off using the Alexa app on his smartphone while he's traveling?

Smart Plug

Quincy suspects that passwords and other personal information were electronically stolen from his computer. What kind of malware might be infecting his computer?

Spyware

Tazneen works for a manufacturing company that just set up a messaging platform for employees. Which of the following message types would be inappropriate for her to send at work?

Text messages containing bad news

You just posted new photographs to Shutterfly, and the site asks you to review the metadata. Metadata includes the following information EXCEPT _____.

The HTML coding

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using cloud computing to share files?

The inability to access your files if you lose your Internet connection.

Sean is studying at a friend's house and notices that he can connect to the wireless network without entering a wireless network key. What does this indicate about the network?

The network connection is probably not secure

How does a wireless network key work with an encrypted wireless network?

The sending and receiving devices must know the wireless network key to communicate.

Sawyer is looking at a table of students in his class, but it seems like the list is way too short. What is the most likely problem?

The table is filtered.

If you do not want to use your Internet service provider (ISP) for your email account, how can you acquire a webmail account?

Through an online service

Business activities completed on a local, private network are examples of e-business even if cloud-hosted resources are not involved.

True

One of Eden's customers has closed his account and moved to a different state. She needs to change his status to Inactive. What SQL command will accomplish this task?

UPDATE

Which learning model allows an AI system to create its own categories of data without labeling those categories?

Unsupervised learning

Tori is traveling for a business conference and needs to order a computer part so it will arrive at her hotel before her presentation at the end of the week. To do this, she'll need to enter her credit card number over the hotel's wireless network. How can Tori protect her financial information?

Use a VPN connection

A national bank processes approximately 1,500 transactions per second. The fact that the bank's database must add this many Big Data records every second refers to its high _________.

Velocity

Ibraheem works for a music store. Which of the following tables will give him the company contact information he needs to place a custom order for a guitar?

Vendors

Edward shares a blog post on social media that says the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has changed their recommendation for flu shots. He is quickly bombarded by other people saying his information is wrong. What did Edward fail to do?

Verify the content with an authoritative source.

Lionel works for a company that is trying to reduce travel time for their employees and allow more people to work from home. What kind of cloud service can Lionel use to attend meetings with his remote coworkers?

Video conferencing application

To protect confidential company information from hackers while at a work conference, you must be sure to use which of the following networks when accessing the Internet at a hotel?

Virtual private network

Which of these tasks can NOT be replaced with a technology-based option?

Walking the dog

Which of the following is NOT a leading provider of PaaS and IaaS services?

Walmart

Marley stayed up late to watch the planet Mars rise in the east. She had read online that Mars was unusually close to the Earth in its orbit and would look nearly as large as the moon. However, she only saw stars, and the next morning she ended up oversleeping because of her late bedtime. Marley was the victim of _

a hoax

A business can use a wiki in the following ways EXCEPT _

aggregating content

If you want to remove an older email from your inbox, but not permanently delete it, you can _____ it.

archive

Francis closely monitors customer reviews on Google for his landscaping business. Most customers post high praise for his work; however, today he discovered an extremely negative review posted by someone claiming the name "Superman." Clearly, this is a fake name, and Francis has no way of following up with the person to determine what he can do to resolve the problem or even to know if it's a real customer. This is an example of _

catfishing

Which data type would be best suited to a field that lists a product's clearance price?

currency

Bruce realizes he's getting a cramp in his neck after texting with his buddy for several minutes. He puts the phone down and takes his dog for a walk. This is an example of __

digital citizenship

Knowing how to change text formatting on a resume document in Word is an example of _

digital literacy

Conducting a staff meeting online so employees from around the globe can join the discussion is an example of

e-business

Gwen is starting a blog about vegetable gardening. What information should she include on the blog's home page?

list of posts with the most recent ones at the top

Darcie has hired a programmer to make some custom changes to a DBMS she plans to move her business database to. What kind of DBMS is she using?

open source

A network administrator is usually not required on a _____ network.

peer-to-peer

Computers communicating on a network must follow a _____, a common set of rules for exchanging information.

protocol

During a regional state of emergency, an Internet service provider offered three months of free Internet access to anyone affected by the crisis. This effort was intended to help reduce the impact of ___

the digital divide

Many chatbot services provide support to employees and management rather than to customers.

true