Pre-Course Assessment
Carla reads an article on wireless communications and learns that 5G networks offer three advantages over 4G networks: increased bandwidth, lower latency, and support for many more devices simultaneously.
a. True
Holly needs to restock some medical supplies for the lab where she works. She visits a preferred supplier's online product catalog, locates the needed items, and completes a request-for-quotation form. When she hears back from the supplier, she will begin the next sales stage, which is selection and negotiation.
a. True
Jerome uses several types of information systems to perform his daily duties. When he works together effectively with colleagues by using instant messaging or electronic conferencing software, he is using a workgroup information system.
a. True
Sam explains to a colleague that the primary difference between business intelligence (BI) and analytics is that _____.
a. analytics employs algorithms to predict what will happen in the future
Agile development _____.
a. forces teamwork and lots of interaction between users and stakeholders
Which of the following approaches allows organizations to enjoy scalability and flexibility for applications with less sensitive security requirements while maintaining greater security in an on-premises computing environment for those with more consistent capacity needs?
a. hybrid cloud computing
One of Jerome's friends says, "I have noticed a lot of news stories about cybercrime lately. Why are computer incidents so prevalent?" Jerome explains that one reason is that _____.
a. many businesses have implemented BYOD policies
What part of machine learning allows computers to understand, analyze, manipulate, and generate natural human speech, either spoken or written?
a. natural language processing
Which software solution enables an enterprise business strategy that creates a common repository of product information and processes to facilitate the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product and packaging definition information?
a. product lifecycle management
Tonya is excited because she just upgraded her personal laptop. The component of her new computer system that controls the hardware and acts as an interface with application software is called an application programming interface.
b. False
When Tonya enters an order for several cases of ice cream, the application she uses must request data about the prices and availability of the ice cream flavors from the supplier's database. The function the database management system (DBMS) performs in this situation is to provide a user view.
b. False
For e-commerce systems, the software it must run and the volume of e-commerce transactions that must be processed primarily determine the _____.
b. Web server's required storage capacity and computing power
How will a business using the strategic planning pyramid begin the direction-setting phase of strategic planning?
b. by creating a vision/mission statement
Jerome, a manager, must ensure that his department's information systems are implemented in a way that _____.
b. helps his organization gain a competitive advantage, and thus generate more sales or achieve superior profit margins
When Tonya attends a business conference presentation about the software as a service (SaaS) distribution model, she learns that _____.
b. users of SaaS applications never have to download or install patches to keep them up to date
Sam, a data scientist, knows that one of the five key characteristics associated with big data is its quality—its accuracy, completeness, and currency—which is referred to as _____.
b. veracity
Holly advocates for transitioning to cloud computing at her organization by discussing its benefits. She correctly states that _____.
b. with cloud computing, her organization can request the type and capacity of resources they need, reducing costs
Which of the following statements about software as a service (SaaS) is true?
c. One advantage of SaaS is the technical support typically offered.
Developing a safety-critical software system is more time consuming and expensive than developing a non-safety-critical but high-quality system because it requires extreme measures for identifying and removing defects; a great deal of effort to identify and mitigate risks; and _____.
c. a development team composed of highly trained and experienced professionals
A computer system that can recognize and act on patterns or trends that it detects in large sets of data by filtering the data through networked connections that have a value associated with them is called a(n) _____.
c. artificial neural network
Which component of the Internet is a device that keeps a record of the MAC address of all the devices connected to it and uses this information to determine to which port a frame of data should be directed?
c. switch
Why do many organizations consider project management to be a core competency?
d. Better project management can help an organization achieve a competitive edge and deliver greater value to its customers.
A colleague asks Tonya why their organization has made an arrangement to store their database on Amazon's servers and access it over the Internet rather than hosting it on their own servers. What reason does Tonya give for this decision?
d. It lowers hardware, software, and labor costs to the organization.
Which tool for data analysis can be leveraged by organizations with an ERP and a centralized database to identify unique patterns and correlations that can help guide business decisions?
d. artificial intelligence
Tonya is mindful of ways to protect her personal privacy. Which of the following would Tonya avoid because it might pose a risk to her privacy?
d. paying bills online through a bank's Web site while on a public Wi-Fi network
