WGU C182 FInal Exam Study Set. Questions and answers, Graded A+
What is the definition of information technology? - ✔✔It is the technology used to create, maintain, and make information accessible.
Which IT posit
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WGU C182 FInal Exam Study Set. Questions and answers, Graded A+
What is the definition of information technology? - ✔✔It is the technology used to create, maintain, and make information accessible.
Which IT position has the responsibillity of working with routers and switches? - ✔✔Network Administrator
In which generation were silicon chips first used in computers? - ✔✔Third generation
Which low-level language corresponds one to one with assembly? - ✔✔machine language
What allows an organization to use software through the internet? - ✔✔Saas or Software as a Service
What is one of IT's role in golobalization? - ✔✔It allows companies to reach a wider customer base.
Which category of computer has an external flat screen monitor, optical disk drive, and a large capacity hard drive? - ✔✔Desktop
Which two software application packages would be classified as productivity software? - ✔✔Spreadsheet program and word processor
Which two computer peripherals are connected to the computer through a port? - ✔✔External microphone and USB flash drive
Which term is defined as a collection of information used to support management of an organization? - ✔✔Information system
A website logs the timestamp, location, and browser of every visitor. It then aggregates this content into peak traffic times and days,minimum and maximum hits for each country and region, and popularity of certain browsers among visitors. What is the timestamp considered in this scenerio? - ✔✔Data
a dept manager is creating a budget estimate for the upcoming year. The manager would like to determine whether the data will be available when the decision for the next year have to be made. Which characteristic of valuable data is the manager considering? - ✔✔Reliable
Which two are parts of an information system? - ✔✔Databases and Networks.
What is the difference between processing and storage? - ✔✔Processing involves temporary information, while storage involves permenant information.
What type of information processing allows input data to be accepted as a set of records and processed as a unit? - ✔✔Batch processing
What is the role of the systems administrator? - ✔✔To install and maintain network resources.
Which action would be important for the IT department to take in order to help their business meet the goal of increased expansion? - ✔✔Expanding the infrasturcture to support additional locations.
What step should be taken by a business when a third-party solution is found that will benefit a project? - ✔✔Contact the group to arrange a demo of their product.
Which risk assessment question is part of the initiation phase? - ✔✔Could the end users reject the outcome of the project?
In what phase of a project does time estimation occur? - ✔✔Planning
What effect does scope creep have on a project? - ✔✔It increases unplanned costs for the project.
Which system requirement is an example of considering user needs in the design of an information system? - ✔✔Allowing easy access to customer account information.
Which type of systems testing includes having the customer test the system in an operational setting to see if it is useful? - ✔✔User Acceptance
Which type of systems conversion involves starting the conversion with a portion of end users? - ✔✔Pilot
What are two necessary elements of business continutiy planning? - ✔✔Identifying risks that may occur
Assessing key organizational activities. - ✔✔
Which disaster recovery strategy is used to save information to multiple hard drives at the same time? - ✔✔Data mirrorring
Which action would support confidentiality? - ✔✔Updating security software.
Which regulation governs the actions of a company in case of data records being compromised, lost, or stolen? - ✔✔Security Breach Notification laws
How can an organization assist employees with the ethical use of information technology? - ✔✔By developing policies for information usage.
What is part of the role of an It professional assocation? - ✔✔Provides professional standards for ethical behavior.
Engages in best practices for information systems - ✔✔
What is outside of the rold of an IT professional assocation? - ✔✔Writes laws dealing with information technology
Which benefit is provided by a computer network in a business? - ✔✔Cost for hardware resources are decreased.
A software emulator program that permits a computer user to use multiple computers and multiple platforms without the expense of purchasing mutiple computers. - ✔✔virtual machines
Each computer is roughly equal to every other computer. - ✔✔Peer-to-peer
One computer will request information from another computer, which responds with requested information. - ✔✔Client-server
Allows the user to control the actions of the software and through the software, to access hardware. - ✔✔The operating system
Which action by application programs requires support from an operating system? - ✔✔An internet browser displays a web page.
What is true about the Linux operating system? - ✔✔Linux runs on both servers and workstations
Which characteristic identifies application sotware that is cloud based? - ✔✔provided by third party providers
What type of software permits free temporary use followed by long term activation for a fee? - ✔✔Shareware
What is the purpose of the End User License Agreement for a commercial software package? - ✔✔Establishes the customer's right tot use the software.
What is the difference between proprietary and open-source software license? - ✔✔Proprietary software has a cost whereas open-source software is free.
Which two components are parts of a central processing unit? - ✔✔Control Unit (CU)
Arithmetic logic unit (AlU) - ✔✔
An employee needs to edit a contract and prepare a hard copy for a project team. Which two peripheral devices should be used? - ✔✔printer
monitor - ✔✔
Which motherboard component helps cool the cpu? - ✔✔heat sink
Which item is a storage device? - ✔✔flash drive
In which type of network topology is each networked device directly connectd to every other networked device? - ✔✔Mesh
Which communication medium is typically used when sending data transmissions over very long distances? - ✔✔Radio signals
What indicates a specific internet location? - ✔✔The ip address
Translates human readable aliases into IP addresses - ✔✔domain name system (DNS)
Which part of a Uniform Resource Locator identifies the location of the document on the server? - ✔✔Resource path id
Which goal of information Assurance (IA) requires that information is accessible when needed? - ✔✔Availability
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