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3D051 - Volume 2 ALL Questions
Self Test and URE
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06/14/2011

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What are the four classes of information in cognitive heirarchy?
Definition
Data, information, knowledge, understanding
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What must you do to data for it to become meaningful to the end user?
Definition
It must be processed and organized
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How is metadata used?
Definition
Used to describe how the data is structured using a prescribed syntax and to associate the data with semantics
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What is cognition?
Definition
The act of learning of integrating from various pieces of information
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What is the objective of transparency?
Definition
To ensure the process of transforming data into information used for decision making is traceable, auditable and making it authoritative (trustable)
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Content delivery services deliver information assets to end users.  These services can be of two types, what are they?
Definition
Core data services and aggregation services
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What does Services Oriented Enterprise provide?
Definition
It provides a means of achieving IT agility and flexibility to support rapidly evolving mission processes and changing goals and objectives
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How are data elements obtained?
Definition
From data models and represent DOD data requirements
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What is a standard?
Definition
A standard is defined as something that is measureable and repeatable
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What is a data structure?
Definition
A specialized format for organizing and storing data
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How are data structures organized?
Definition
They are organized with the capability to request or query only the information necessary to fulfill a requirement
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What is a schema?
Definition
The structured description of the records is known as a schema
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What are physical data structures concerned with?
Definition
How data resides in a database
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Explain the difference between using linked and sequential lists:
Definition
Linked lists use pointers to identify the order of the items; Sequential lists use the natural order of items
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What do logical data structures allows users to do?
Definition
What do logical data structures allows users to do?
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How do tables and views differ?
Definition
A database table is a set of data elements (values) that is organized using a model of horizontal rows and vertical columns.  Views are also relational tables, but their data is calculated at query time
Term
Define the "Parent Node" part of the heirarchical data structure:
Definition
The node on the top end of a branch
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Define the "Child Node" part of the heirarchical data structure:
Definition
The node on the bottom of the branch
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Define the "Root Node" part of the heirarchical data structure:
Definition
A special type of parent node; the top of a hierarchical tree
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What is special about having a network data structure?
Definition
The relationship from child-to-parent and the relationship from parent-to-child can be one too many
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What must you ensure before installing any software product on an operational AF computer?
Definition
That local security officials have certified that apporopriate actions have been taken to ensure the security of the system will not be degraded by the addition of the new software programs
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What security features should security software implement?
Definition
To detect and respond to unauthorized attempts to change, circumvent, or otherwise violate security features.  The system should also abort/suspend the unauthorized activity and record the incident in the audit log
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What restriction applies to maintenance activities?
Definition
Restrict software maintenance personnel with the appropriate security clearance
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Why should you perform a security audit trail?
Definition
To determine if the security features on your system are working
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When events are auditable?
Definition
Use of identification and authentication, user actions to create, modify or delete programs/ files, actions taken by computer operations, system administrators, and system security administrators, any events that attempts to change the security profile of the system, any events that attempt to violate the security policy of the systems
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What information should be recorded during the audit?
Definition
Type of events, date and time of the event, the unique identifier of the user of device generating the event, success or failure of the event, origin of the request for identification and authentification events, name of the program/file introduced, accessed or deleted
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How can you protect critical data against tampering?
Definition
Provide this protection by controlling physical access to AIS itself, by installing keyboard locks or other security mechanisms on the computer, or by establishing procedures requiring removal and secure storage or critical data from an AIS
Term
List one important guideline for enhancing data secuirty:
Definition
Backup critical files and software and store apart from the immediate work area, establish contingency and recovery procedures, establish procedures for obtaining equiptment maintenance when necessary and for confirming the clearance and identity of maintenance personnel, train all computer users in COMPUSEC awareness and local instructions, establish software configuration control procedures for critical systems
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What access controls can you apply to a database?
Definition
Control access to files, segments, software, and devices so only authorized users, based on need-to-know, can use the system and data resources.  Limit access to privleged programs, utilities, and data files to system management personnel.  Limit the capability to conduct privleged actions to system management personnel
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What is the main purpose of a database?
Definition
To make data independent of the programs that uses it
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Define normalization:
Definition
The process of organizing data into tables in such a way that the results of using the database are unambiguous.
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Describe the first three normal forms:
Definition
a) FIRST: each attribute of the entity occurs only once and there are no repeating groups of data
b) SECOND: an entity is in first normal form and each attribute is dependent on its entire primary key
c) THIRD: an entity is in second normal form and no attribute of the entity is dependent on another non-key attribute
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What is data denormalization?
Definition
The process of deliberately violating data normalization techniques
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What is data denormalization?
Definition
The process of deliberately violating data normalization techniques
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Who is responsible for the technical implementation and maintenance of the database?
Definition
Data administrator
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What permissions can the DBA grant?
Definition
Access, insert, delete and modify existing data
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Name four functions a DBA performs:
Definition
Managing the database structure and the DBMs; the data activity, and maintaining the data repository
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What is the DBA's final responsibility when managing the database structure?
Definition
Updating the system documentation is the DBA's final responsibility when managing the database structure
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What are the symptoms of database fragmentation?
Definition
Slow response to on-line inquirements, report extracts that take longer that normal and abnormally large database files
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List the three steps of reorganization:
Definition
(1) Copy current records to another media
(2) Initialize database
(3) Reload Database
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In an effort to combat situations we have little control over (i.e power failures, fires, or floods) what should a DBA consider using?
Definition
Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)
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To minimize database destruction how often should the database be backed up?
Definition
Daily, weekly or monthly
Term
In the context of cognitive hieracrchy, what information is analyzed to provide meaning and value, or evaluated as to implications for the operation?
Definition
Knowledge
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In the context of cognitive hieracrchy, what is knowledge that has been synthesized and judgement applied to it in a specific situation to comprehend the situation's inner relationships?
Definition
Understanding
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Data analyzed describes what level of the cognitive heiracarchy?
Definition
Information
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Knowledge combined with judgement and experience describes what level of the cognitive heirarchy?
Definition
Understanding
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What objectives will the maturation of the services oriented architecture directly support?
Definition
Secretary of the Air Force
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What is the data element?
Definition
Physical representation of data entity attribute
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What term is a structured description of recods used to describe database objects representations, and the relationships among them?
Definition
Schema
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When storing data structures a group of ordered data items or elements defines what type of list?
Definition
Linked
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What term do you use to address the data item instead of addressing the entire size of the data item?
Definition
Pointer
Term
What term describes a set of data elements or values organized by using a model of horizontal rows and vertical columns?
Definition
Database table
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A tree structure within a hierarchical data structure is best used to display database records that have what type of fields?
Definition
Repeated
Term
Another data structure name for a network that is similar to a tree structure is called a:
Definition
Plex
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Who must test and certify user-developed software before installing it on an automated information system?
Definition
Local security officials
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One method to provide protection of critical data against tampering is to control the physical access to the automated information system itself by:
Definition
Installing keyboard locks
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One method a database administrator can maintain database access control is to limit a user access to:
Definition
Use the least privlege concept
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The main purpose of a database is to:
Definition
Make data independent of its programs
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What term best describes the process of organizing data into tables that result in the database being unambiguous as intended?
Definition
Normalization
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What database normalization form has a type of entity dependency called transitive dependency?
Definition
Third
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What term best describes the redundant storing of the customer name in the purchase order entity?
Definition
Data denormalization
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What method is used by a database administrator to manage the updating of information on an enterprise's computer system?
Definition
System Documentation
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The database maintenance responsibility that addresses disk fragmentation is:
Definition
the DBMS
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What causes database fragmentation?
Definition
Database becoming logically unorganized
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The database maintenance responsibility that maintains a collection of metadata, DBMS, software, code libraries, and editing tools is managaing:
Definition
Data repository
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What is the purpose of a portal?
Definition
Be a major starting point for users when they connect to the web
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What is a key enabler for the information technology task force?
Definition
Air Force Portal
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What does the Air Force portal provide as a key element in the AF enterprise architecture?
Definition
Common virtual platform for access sharing accurate information, a catalyst for reducing overlap and duplication among cross-funtional information systems, and a means for self service functions
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The AF Portal covers the spectrum of AF missions and processes to include what?
Definition
Business, combat support and command and control processes
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What is the most important part of the Air Portal initiative?
Definition
The user
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What does single-sign-on enable with the Air Force Portal?
Definition
To enter their passwords once and gain access to all their applications with no further log-in
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Who works in collaboration with the content publishers to ensure information on the Air Force Portal is accurate and applicable with AFIs and Air Force Portal guidance?
Definition
Content manager
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Who is considered the "owner" of some amount of content on the Air Force Portal?
Definition
Content publisher
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Which form provides the ability to upload an individual's biography with a picture or to manually type in all components to the form itself?
Definition
Biography
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Which form provides the ability to create contact lists?
Definition
Point of contact
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Which form is used for uploading photos, clipart, and videos?
Definition
Multimedia
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Which form is used for all types of content?
Definition
Editorial
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Which form is used for compiling a list of links?
Definition
URL
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What are the two main environments used to publish to the Air Force Portal?
Definition
Developement and Publishing
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What is the Publishing Center Portal environment used for?
Definition
To enter data into online publishing forms
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What is the primary purpose of the Air Force Portal production environment?
Definition
Production.  It is the "live" production environment
Term
How many sections are on a landing page and what are the sections called?
Definition
There are 8 sections which consists of: (1)Page tools, (2)Header, (3)Feature portlet, (4)Search, (5)Block area, (6)Left navigational pane, (7)Contact the content manager, and (8)Right navigational pane
Term
What is the process of making content visible on the production environment on the Air Force Portal?
Definition
Deployment
Term
Where must content be entered before it can be "deployed"?
Definition
Publishing Center Portal (PCP)
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What option do Content Publishers use to keep users from clicking on channels and programs that contains no content?
Definition
Off-line
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What must you do to use images from the Air Force Portal directory?
Definition
The images must have been uploaded prior to creating the document
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What form is used to include links on the Air Force Portal?
Definition
Editorial form
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What is Hypertext Markup Language?
Definition
The set of symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a web browser page
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What are tags?
Definition
Markups that define the structure of the web page
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Home page files should be saved with what file extension?
Definition
.htm file extension
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What are the three parts of the tables?
Definition
(1) A row, (2) A header to describe the data in the row or column, and (3) the data cell is a division of a row and contains table data
Term
When may you post personal information on publicy accessible DOD websites?
Definition
Unless clearly authorized by law and implementing regulation and policy
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What must privacy and security notices clearly explain?
Definition
Where the collection or sharing of certain information is voluntary, and notify users how to provide consent
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What is a Privacy Advisory?
Definition
It informs the individual why the information is solicited and how it will be used
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Describe Knowledge Management:
Definition
Managing an organization's knowledge level informtion in a way that allows easy, usable access by memebers for use in decision making
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What are the phases of Knowledge Management:
Definition
(1)Knowledge creation; (2)Knowledge capture and transfer; and (3)Knowledge delivery
Term
What are the two parts of Phase 1 - Knowledge Creation?
Definition
Data Information and Knowledge
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What is the result when information is organized and abstracted to produce something that is useful, predictive and expository to the decision maker?
Definition
Knowledge
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What are the two characterizations of Knowledge management capabilities?
Definition
Technical and organizational
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What is a Technical Knowledge Management capability?
Definition
Common collaborative capabilities and knowledge engines
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Communities of Interest are a collaborative group of users that must exchange information in pursuit of what?
Definition
Their shared goals, interests, missions, or business processes
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What does KBO (Knowledge Based Operations) provide?
Definition
Integrated process engineering and control and management disciplines
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What are the goals of Knowledge Based Operations
Definition
(1) Provide air, sea and land forces, engaged in combat, immediate access to updated, tailored, and correlated data ensuring total battlespace awareness.
(2)Manage all data, information, and knowledge as an Air Force enterprise-level asset
(3)Ensure the ability to discover access, store, protect, share and exploit mission-critical information regardless of its physical location, media, source owner, or other defining characteristics
(4)Implement automated life-cycle management mechanisms for information
(5)Minimize the effort required by personnel and applications to conduct KOM activities
Term
What option is not a key element in the Air Force enterprise architecture of the Air Force Portal?
Definition
Means for faster reliable service
Term
Who is the most important part of the Air Force Portal initiative?
Definition
User
Term
Who oversees organization's implementation of the Air Force Portal program?
Definition
Content Manager
Term
Who ensures the links in your web site are maintained and in working order?
Definition
Content Publisher
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Which content publishing form is used to complete other forms as well as for its own uses?
Definition
Editorial
Term
What environment do you use to enter or edit content into in-line publishing forms?
Definition
Publishing center portal
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What environment does all Air Force users see when they sign on to the Air Force Portal?
Definition
Air Force Portal production
Term
Content must be entered into what environment before it can be deployed?
Definition
Publishing center portal
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When you click the "Insert" button to import graphics the:
Definition
insert/edit image widget closes
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What must you do as a Content Publisher for a user to use images from the Air Force Portal directory?
Definition
The images must have been uploaded to the Air Force Portal directory prior to creating the document
Term
What is the highest -level element in a basic web document?
Definition
HTML
Term
What section is where all content to include text and more HTML code for formatting is placed in a basic web document?
Definition
Body
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What does the Privacy Advisory on public web sites inform users about?
Definition
Why the information is solicited and how it will be used
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When may For Official Use Only material be placed on an Internet web site?
Definition
Only if access to the site is limited to a specific target audience and the information is encrypted or password protected
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Knowledge information implementation does not lead to:
Definition
Restricting that knowledge accross your organization
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"Knowledge results when information is organized and abstracted to produce something that is useful, predictive and expository to the decision-maker," describes which phase of knowledge management?
Definition
Phase I
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"To use and exploit tacit information, the objective is not to explicitly capture knowledge for the purpose of managing it, but to provide capabilities which allow airmen to reach knowledge experts or centers of professional expertise," describes which phase of knowledge management?
Definition
Phase II
Term
"Technologies and processes enable efficient and targeted workflows, dynamic subscription, proactive push, smart pull, and cross-mission collaboration," describes which phase of knowledge management?
Definition
Phase III
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When Communities of Interest are formed, they will NOT initially focus on developing:
Definition
Locations for implementation
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Which information using assets do knowledge based operations manage in an integrated environment?
Definition
People, processes, and tools
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What goal is NOT one of Knowledge Based Operations?
Definition
Increase the creation of official Air Force information assets on paper
Term
What does enterprise information management directly support?
Definition
Knowledge Based Operations
Term
What is critical to building Air Force information superiority?
Definition
Accurate, timely and relevant information
Term
What principle describes business processes and logic to govern Air Force information?
Definition
Enterprise information management
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What does a community of practice workspace provide?
Definition
A web-based collaborative environment where members of a group use shared info and administrative and communications tools to conduct business, manage and project, keep abreast of important group issuse, and solve group problems
Term
What area on the Air Force Portal does it describe the COP and its capabilities?
Definition
The Help area
Term
What are the three community security practices?
Definition
Open, Restricted and Closed community
Term
What should be created first before creating any links?
Definition
Link Class
Term
What is the role of the change agent?
Definition
Educating COP users and recognizing COP contributes
Term
What are the two techniques talked about to help maintain interest in a COP?
Definition
To email a link to a document that may interest a specific COP member or group, or encourage COP members to use the Alert feature
Term
What can an implementation plan help with?
Definition
Assist the knowledge owner in the cultural change effort required to implement a COP
Term
What is the first step if you do not have a graphic or image uploaded to a picture library?
Definition
On the site page, click the site actions menu, and then click the create link
Term
When copying the URL, what part of the URL do you need?
Definition
A relative URL
Term
A library with a default document template of "non" can only store documents of what particular file type?
Definition
.jpg, .doc, .ppt, etc.
Term
What are the four categories of lists and/or libraries?
Definition
(1)Libraries, (2)tracking, (3)communications, (4)custom lists
Term
After you create a new page what is your next step?
Definition
Type a name and description for the list or library
Term
In a library, what is the "default document template for the library" used for?
Definition
The template is used to create a new document when the user clicks the new button in the library
Term
Who will set up all workflow settings?
Definition
Central administrators
Term
SharePoint helps establish a collaborative site to enable what?
Definition
Manage content accross their organizations
Term
When a site is created, users can be added into what group?
Definition
Owners, members, approvers
Term
What are the three templates used most often and the most useful?
Definition
(1)Team site; (2)Blank site; and (3)Wiki site
Term
How do you modify a web part?
Definition
Go to the page that the web part is on and select SITE ACTIONS, EDIT PAGE, click EDIT on the web part you wish to edit and then select modify shared web part
Term
Who is responsible for managing the permission, rights, and access to the site?
Definition
Central administration
Term
What is the difference between "Everyone" and "Authenticated Users" group?
Definition
The Authenticated users group contains only  memebers who have actually logged on, using an ordinary user account.  Wheras "Everyone" also contains any type of  connected session that does not require explicit log on
Term
What are some capabilities of the search functions?
Definition
Search everywhere in Sharepoint; Search almost any content source outside of Sharepoint; Search all MS office file types by default; and the user profile properties will be indexed.
Term
What level is indexing and search features activated by default for all information stored in Sharepoint?
Definition
Central Administration
Term
What is the vision of Enterprise Information Mangement?
Definition
Provide tools to empower users to exploit information in an enterprise-wide environment
Term
What type of COP workspace allows you to view its home page as well as ALL of its contents?
Definition
Open
Term
What is the vision of Enterprise Information Management?
Definition
Provide tools to empower users to exploit information in an enterprise-wide environment
Term
What type of Community of Practice workspace allows you to view its home page as well as ALL of its contents?
Definition
Open
Term
What type of COP workspace allows you to view the home page, but not its content; as well as allowing you to check out the membership and purpose statement before applying for membership?
Definition
Restricted
Term
A link class is a:
Definition
Logical grouping of similar or related links
Term
To keep a COP working smoothly you should NOT:
Definition
approve new members to keep certain topics or areas up to date
Term
Knowledge owners can maintain interest in a COP by doing all of the following except:
Definition
Make all content available and do not delete old content
Term
If you do not have a graphic image uploaded to a SharePoint picture library and you want to load one, what is the next step?
Definition
On the site page, click the site actions menu, and then click the create link
Term
Sharepoint Central administrators will set-up workflows, but are NOT capable of:
Definition
Reassigning approvers
Term
Who has full control over the Sharepoint site when establishing a collaborative site?
Definition
Owners
Term
What information architecture goal provides a corporate portal interface with the necessary breadth of information sources required without overwhelming the user with an overly complicated environment?
Definition
Taxonomy
Term
Which Windows server special group contains only members who have logged on using an ordinary user account?
Definition
Authenticated
Term
What SharePoint features are activated by default for all information stored in the central administration level of sharepoint?
Definition
Indexing and searching
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