ITE 221 Quizzes and Review Questions

The ____ is a well-established organization with a primary emphasis on computer science. Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Standards Organization (ISO) Oxford Computer Society (OCS)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

The membership of the _____ consists mainly of IS managers and application developers. Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Oxford Computer Society (OCS) Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP)

During the _____ UP disciplines, the business, its environment, and user requirements are defined and modeled.

Business Modeling and Requirements Disciplines Ch 1 Activities of the business modeling discipline and the requirements discipline are primarily concerned with building models of the organization that will own and operate the system, models of the system's environment, and models of system and user requirements.

The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ____ is a subgroup of the IEEE that specializes in computer and data communication technologies. Education Society Control Systems Society Communications Society Computer Society

Computer Society

Configuring hardware and system software is an activity of the UP _____ discipline.

Design Ch 1 The design discipline is the set of activities that determine the structure of a specific in-formation system that fulfills the system requirements. The first set of design activities, called architectural design, selects and describes the exact configuration of all hardware, network, system software, and application development tools to support system development and operations

Selecting hardware, network components, and system software is an activity of the UP _____ discipline.

Design (Architectural Design) Ch1 The first set of design activities, called architectural design, selects and describes the exact configuration of all hardware, network, system software, and application development tools to support system development and operations

____ design activities are narrower in scope and constrained by the information architecture compared to the remaining design activities. Architectural Reference Detailed Functional

Detailed

____ are typically implemented by installing software on each machine that accepts tasks from a central server and performs them when not busy doing other work. Clusters Blades Clouds Grids

Grids

Computer-and network-related standards can be found in the digital library of the _____

Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society Ch 1 The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society is a sub-group of the IEEE that specializes in computer and data communication technologies. The membership is largely composed of engineers with an interest in computer hardware, but many members are interested in software or have academic or other backgrounds. The IEEE Computer Society sponsors many conferences (some jointly with the ACM). Its publications include dozens of periodicals, thousands of conference proceedings, and a large collection of technical books and standards.

____ Web sites have detailed information on their products and offer technical and customer support services. Manufacturer Reseller Vendor User

Manufacturer

____ signals can carry more data than electrical signals. Mechanical Digital Optical Quantum

Optical

____ physics describes the behavior of matter at a subatomic level. Relativity Quantum Newtonian Einsteinian

Quantum

In current computer hardware, main memory is implemented with silicon-based semiconductor devices commonly called ____. RAM PROM Flash ROM

RAM

____ Web sites are oriented toward sales, but they usually contain detailed information on specific products or links to other Web sites. Reseller User Manufacturer Vendor

Vendor

A technology brief found on a vendor or manufacturer Web site is often called a _____

White papers Ch 1 Many sites include technology overviews, often called white papers, and similar information that's presented as independent research, even though it's not. In addition, some sites have links to biased supporting reviews or research. It's the reader's responsibility to balance potentially biased vendor and manufacturer information with information from unbiased sources.

IS students and professionals should be familiar with professional societies, such as _____, _____, and _____.

aitp (www.aitp.org) acm (www.acm.org) ieee computer society (www.computer.org) Ch 1 Professional societies are excellent technical information sources. They're usually orga-nized as nonprofit corporations with a mission to serve the best interests of their mem-bers. Their information offerings tend to be unbiased and well matched to membership needs.

A(n) ____ is a program in which different sets of instructions are applied to different data input values. system algorithm solution problem

algorithm

The first set of design activities, called ____ design, selects and describes the exact configuration of all hardware, network, system software, and application development tools to support system development and operations. system functional reference architectural

architectural

In a modern digital computer, data is represented by groups of ____. photons waves bits qubits

bits

A ____ is a circuit board that contains most of a server. cloud grid blade cluster

blade

A ____ is a set of computing resources with front-end interfaces and back-end resources. grid blade cluster cloud

cloud

A ____ is a group of similar or identical computers, connected by a high-speed network, that cooperate to provide services or run a single application. cluster blade grid cloud

cluster

The ____ discipline is the set of activities for installing and configuring infrastructure and application software components and bringing them into operation. deployment services testing implementation

deployment

The ____ discipline is the set of activities for determining the structure of a specific information system that fulfills the system requirements. modeling architecture design requirements

design

Given the rapid pace of change in computer technology, a manager must have a broad understanding of current technology and _____. best practices integration standards industry standards future technology trends

future technology trends

The ____ discipline of the UP includes all activities for building, acquiring, and integrating application software components. design architecture requirements implementation

implementation

Managers of _____ collections of information systems and supporting infrastructure must contend with a great deal of technical complexity. complex connected integrated dynamic

integrated

Although not a formal UP discipline, systems evaluation and ____ is an important group of activities that accounts for much of the long-range system cost. maintenance design coordination integration

maintenance

Quantum physics describes subatomic behavior with ____. mathematical rules physical rules a combination of physical rules and mathematical laws physical laws

mathematical rules

Optical light pulses can be stored indirectly, such as ____. in the blocks of flash memory the groves of a record on the surface of a DVD on the surface of a magnetic disk

on the surface of a DVD

A ____ is a computer system designed to meet a single user's information-processing needs. supercomputer minicomputer mainframe personal computer

personal computer

A particle of light is called a ____. quantum muon meson photon

photon

Storage devices that hold currently executing programs are called ____ primary storage secondary storage registers qubits

primary storage

Typically, the first iteration or two of the UP produces documentation and a ____ system. prototype alpha conceptual trial

prototype

Any matter that stores data in multiple simultaneous quantum states is called a ____. bit quantum qubit Limit

qubit

The CPU contains a few internal storage locations called ____, each capable of holding a single instruction or data item. the ALU shifters registers the compiler

registers

Activities in the business modeling discipline and the ____ discipline are primarily concerned with building models of the organization that will own and operate the system, models of the system's environment, and models of system and user requirements. modeling architectural design requirements

requirements

Storage devices that hold data not needed by currently running programs are called ____ qubits registers primary storage secondary storage

secondary storage

The term ____ can describe computers as small as midrange computers and as large as supercomputers. server client mainframe grid

server

A ____ is designed for one purpose—computational speed with large problems. supercomputer microcomputer server mainframe

supercomputer

The term _____ includes several other types of computer-related architecture including computer, network, and software architecture.

systems architecture Ch 1 The term systems architecture describes the structure, interaction, and technology of computer or information system components. Because the term systems architecture is very general, there are many other terms that more specifically incorporate the term architecture in the context of computers and information systems. Examples include the following: • Computer architecture—Architecture of a single computer system or a group of cooperating computer systems. • Information architecture—Architecture of data or information—for example, a database schema or the structure of a document archive. • Network architecture—Architecture of a computer network including wired and wireless connections, network-specific hardware such as routers, and related communication protocols and software. • Software architecture—Architecture of a program, software subsystem, or software system. • Technology architecture—Combination of all four previously mentioned terms with specific emphasis on issues such as performance, reliability, compatibility, and extensibility.

When developing an information system, IS professionals follow a series of steps called a ____. ​ project life cycle ​project development life cycle ​service development life cycle ​systems development life cycle

systems development life cycle Ch 1 The design and development of a system is accomplished through a process that's formally called the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and consists of the following steps: 1) Systems investigation: Understanding the problem 2) Systems analysis: Understanding the solution to the previously identified problem 3) Systems design: Defining the logical and physical components 4) Systems implementation: Creating the system 5) Systems integration and testing: Placing the system into operation for testing 6) Systems deployment: Placing the system into production 7) Systems maintenance and review: Evaluating the implemented system

When actual hardware, network, and system software components are acquired and installed, they make up a(n) ____ for one or more information systems. information services data services technology architecture information assurance

technology architecture

The ____ discipline includes activities that verify correct functioning of infrastructure and application software components and ensure that they satisfy system requirements. architecture implementation testing design

testing

In classical physics, a group of 3 bits can store only one of ____ possible values at a time. 24 8 6 12

8

____ is the professional society whose membership is most specifically oriented toward IS management and development. ACM IEEE Information Management Society IEEE Computer Society AITP

AITP

Digital libraries of the ____ professional societies are important sources of unbiased technology information. AITP and ACM AITP and IEEE ACM and IEEE IEEE and InformationWeek

AITP and IEEE