Term
Which of the following represents a form of disruptive technology?
A new way of doing things that initially doesn't meet the needs of existing customers.
Entering the marketplace at the low end.
Tendency to open new markets and destroy old ones.
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| All of these are included. |
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URLs use domain names to identify particular websites.
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False |
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an international community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth of the web.
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False |
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Elogistics manages the transportation and storage of goods.
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False |
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single MIS system (or integrated set of systems) so employees can make decisions by viewing enterprise wide information about all business operations.
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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is a nonprofit organization that has assumed the responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. government contract.
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False |
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Which term describes the WWW during its first few years of operation between 1991 and 2003?
Open source
Web 1.0
Eshop
All of these |
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A URL is a program that runs within another application such as a website.
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False |
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A sustaining technology produces an improved product customers are eager to buy, such as a faster car or larger hard drive.
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False |
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A hybrid ERP architecture allows an organization to have an on-premises ERP system along with cloud ERP applications.
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False |
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Which of the following describes an ERP system?
ERP systems provide a foundation for collaboration between departments.
ERP systems have been widely adopted in large organizations to store critical knowledge used to make the decisions that drive the organization's performance.
ERP systems enable people in different business areas to communicate.
All of these. |
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Which of the following terms implies that organizations that cannot adapt to the new demands placed on them for surviving in the information age are doomed to extinction?
Digital Darwinism
Joint venture
Collective intelligence
Sole proprietorship |
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The WWW, such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla's Firefox, allows users to access organization systems.
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False |
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Which component can help an organization determine such things as the identification of individuals who are likely to leave the company unless additional compensation or benefits are provided?
Production and managerial management components
Human resource components
Accounting and finance components
Production and materials management components |
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| Human resource components |
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Which of the following began as an essential emergency military communications system operated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DARPA)?
Ebusiness
Ecommerce
WWW
Internet |
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SCM, CRM, and ERP are all extended ERP components.
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False |
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Interactivity measures advertising effectiveness by counting visitor interactions with the target ad, including time spent viewing the ad, number of pages viewed, and number of repeat visits to the advertisement.
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False |
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The Internet is a massive network that connects computers all over the world and allows them to communicate with one another.
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False |
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Which ebusiness component manages the transportation and storage of goods?
Software customization
Eprocurement
Elogistics
Data integration |
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Future managers and workers need to understand the benefits MIS and ebusiness can offer a company if they want to take advantage of only sustaining technologies.
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False |
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In reintermediation, steps are removed from the value chain as new players find ways to add value to the business process.
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False |
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Ecommerce includes ebusiness along with all activities related to internal and external business operations such as servicing customer accounts, collaborating with partners, and exchanging real-time information. During Web 1.0, entrepreneurs began creating the first forms of ecommerce.
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False |
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A disruptive technology produces an improved product customers are eager to buy, such as a faster car or larger hard drive.
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False |
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Mass customization occurs when a company knows enough about a customer's likes and dislikes that it can fashion offers more likely to appeal to that person, say by tailoring its website to individuals or groups based on profile information, demographics, or prior transactions.
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False |
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In the past, departments made decisions independent of each other.
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False |
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Which activities do accounting and finance components perform?
Manage accounting data and financial processes within the enterprise with functions such as general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting, and asset management.
Track employee information including payroll, benefits, compensation, and performance assessment and assume responsibility for compliance with the legal requirements of multiple jurisdictions and tax authorities.
Handle the various aspects of production planning and execution such as demand forecasting, production scheduling, job cost accounting, and quality control.
None of these |
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| Manage accounting data and financial processes within the enterprise with functions such as general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting, and asset management. |
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HTML 3 is the current version of HTML that delivers everything from animation to graphics and music to movies; it can also be used to build complicated web applications and works across platforms, including a PC, tablet, smartphone, or smart TV.
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False |
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At a local marketing firm, Steve is the lead web developer and is responsible for working with customers on their web designs, development, and graphics. Which of the following would be a critical skill Steve must have to be able to perform his job?
Understanding that he must create a unique domain name for each client.
Understanding of the World Wide Web and how hyperlinks work.
Being able to create valid hypertext
All of these. |
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Production and materials management ERP components handle production planning and execution tasks such as demand forecasting, production scheduling, job cost accounting, and quality control.
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False |
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Information richness measures the number of people a firm can communicate with all over the world.
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False |
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Which extended ERP component collects information used throughout an organization, organizes it, and applies analytical tools to assist managers with decisions?
Business intelligence
Ebusiness
Customer relationship management
Supply chain management |
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Disruptive technology tends to provide us with better, faster, and cheaper products.
True
False |
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What is enterprise resource planning?
A standardized set of activities that accomplish a specific task, such as processing a customer's order.
A system that involves managing all aspects of a customer's relationship with an organization to increase customer loyalty and retention and an organization's profitability.
A system that integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system so that employees can make decisions by viewing enterprise wide information on all business operations.
The analysis and redesign of workflow within and between enterprises. |
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| A system that integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system so that employees can make decisions by viewing enterprise wide information on all business operations. |
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Term
Which activities do human resource components perform?
Track employee information including payroll, benefits, compensation, and performance assessment and assume responsibility for compliance with the legal requirements of multiple jurisdictions and tax authorities.
Manage accounting data and financial processes within the enterprise with functions such as general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting, and asset management.
Handle the various aspects of production planning and execution such as demand forecasting, production scheduling, job cost accounting, and quality control.
None of these |
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Definition
| Track employee information including payroll, benefits, compensation, and performance assessment and assume responsibility for compliance with the legal requirements of multiple jurisdictions and tax authorities. |
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Term
Track employee information including payroll, benefits, compensation, and performance assessment and assume responsibility for compliance with the legal requirements of multiple jurisdictions and tax authorities.
True
False |
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Definition
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A few examples of ebusiness advantages can include opening new markets, reducing costs, and expanding global reach.
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False |
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Which application's primary business benefits include market demand, resource and capacity constraints, and real-time scheduling?
ERP
SCM
CRM
All of these |
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SaaS ERP uses the cloud platform to enable organizations not only to unite around business processes but to gather cloud data across supplier networks and supply chains to drive greater efficiency in manufacturing projects.
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False |
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Core ERP components are the extra components that meet organizational needs not covered by the core components and primarily focus on external operations.
True
False |
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Term
Who are the primary users of SCM systems?
Accounting, finance, logistics, and production
Sales, marketing, customer service
Customers, resellers, partners, suppliers, and distributors
All of these |
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Definition
| Customers, resellers, partners, suppliers, and distributors |
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Term
Who are the primary users of ERP systems?
Customers, resellers, partners, suppliers, and distributors.
Sales, marketing, customer service.
Accounting, finance, logistics, and production.
All of these |
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Definition
| Accounting, finance, logistics, and production. |
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Term
Production and materials management is a core ERP component.
True
False |
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Dell ranks highest on the list for expecting returns from new investments.
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False |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is not included in the top five companies that are expecting future growth to be generated from new investments?
Sears
Johnson & Johnson
Dell
None of these |
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What modifies existing software according to the business's or user's requirements?
Eprocurement
Software customization
Elogistics
Data integration |
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A business model is a plan that details how a company creates, delivers, and generates revenues.
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False |
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A click-and-motor business operates on the Internet only without a physical store.
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False |
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A hashtag is a keyword or phrase used to identify a topic and is preceded by a hash or pound sign (#). For example, the hashtag #sandiegofire helped coordinate emergency responses to a fire
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False |
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A search engine is website software that finds other pages based on keyword matching similar to Google.
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False |
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A social graphis a keyword or phrase used to identify a topic and is preceded by a hash or pound sign (#).
True
False |
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A wiki is a Hawaiian word for quick and is a type of a collaborative web page that allows users to add, remove, and change content.
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False |
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Adwords are keywords that advertisers choose to pay for and appear as sponsored links on the Google results pages.
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False |
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Definition
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An ebusiness model is a plan that details how a company creates, delivers, and generates revenues.
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False |
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An open system contains instructions written by a programmer specifying the actions to be performed by computer software.
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False |
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Definition
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Term
Closed source is an online marketing concept in which the advertiser attempts to gain attention by providing content in the context of the user's experience in terms of its content, format, style, or placement.
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False |
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Definition
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Term
Crowdfunding sources capital for a project by raising many small amounts from a large number of individuals, typically via the Internet.
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False |
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Definition
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Erik is the president and owner of Watch Out, a local website development company that helps clients create and build unique websites. Many of his daily tasks are heavily technical in nature and require a high level of computer programming and Internet knowledge. Which of the following would Erik primarily use when performing his daily tasks?
Information reach
Source code
Brick-and-mortar
Explicit knowledge |
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Instant messaging converts an audio broadcast to a digital music player.
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False |
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John and Jenny have been saving for two years to take their six children on a vacation to Disneyworld. They are surprised to find out that airline tickets are far more expensive than they had anticipated. They decide to try to find cheaper tickets on Priceline where they are allowed to set the price they are willing to pay for the airline tickets. What form of ebusiness model are John and Jenny using?
C2C
B2B
CBC
C2B |
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Definition
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Term
Managing consumer trust is not a challenge for ebusinesses participants as the Internet has numerous security technologies in place to completely protect consumers and their online transactions.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Many businesses are using instant messaging as a way to answer and resolve questions or problems quickly.
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False |
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Definition
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Microblogging is the practice of sending brief posts (140 to 280 characters) to a personal blog, either publicly or to a private group of subscribers who can read the posts as IMs or as text messages.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Native advertising is an online marketing concept in which the advertiser attempts to gain attention by providing content in the context of the user's experience in terms of its content, format, style, or placement.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Open systems tap into the core knowledge of all employees, partners, and customers.
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False |
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Definition
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Term
Pay-per-call are keywords that advertisers choose to pay for and appear as sponsored links on the Google results pages.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Pay-per-call generates revenue each time a user clicks on a link to a retailer's website.
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False |
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Definition
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Pay-per-conversion generates revenue each time a website visitor is converted to a customer.
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False |
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Definition
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Term
RSS allows a website to constantly feed information and news to consumers instead of having the consumer search for it.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Real-time communication occurs when a system updates information at the same rate it receives it.
True
False |
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Definition
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Social media refers to websites that rely on user participation and user-contributed content, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Digg.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Tacit knowledge consists of anything that can be documented, archived, and codified, often with the help of MIS. Examples of tacit knowledge are assets such as patents, trademarks, business plans, marketing research, and customer lists.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
The Internet uses such strong security technologies that ensuring consumer protection is not a challenge for ebusinesses.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
The most common form of collective intelligence found outside the organization is crowdsourcing, or the wisdom of the crowd.
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False |
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Definition
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The primary objective of knowledge management is to be sure that a company's knowledge of facts, sources of information, and solutions are readily available to all employees whenever it is needed.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Transaction brokers process online sales transactions.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
User-contributed content (or user-generated content) is created and updated by many users for many users.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Web 2.0 uses a more mature, distinctive communications platform characterized by new qualities such as collaboration, sharing, and free.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
What are the four main types of ebusiness models?
Business-to-business, business collaboration, collective business, and consumer-to-consumer
Ebusiness-to-ebusiness, ebusiness-to-ebusiness, econsumer-to-ebusiness, and econsumer-to-econsumer
Business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-business, and consumer-to-consumer
Business-to-borrower, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-business, and consumer-to-consumer |
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Definition
| Business-to-business, business-to-consumer, consumer-to-business, and consumer-to-consumer |
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What are the four most common Business 2.0 characteristics?
Consumer sharing through open systems, company-contributed content, collaboration inside the organization, collaboration throughout the organization.
Content sharing through open source, specialty-contributed content only, collaboration inside the community, specialized collaboration.
Content sharing through open source, user-contributed content, collaboration inside the organization, collaboration outside the organization.
Content sharing, user-contributed content, collaboration competition elimination, web browser organization. |
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Definition
| Content sharing through open source, user-contributed content, collaboration inside the organization, collaboration outside the organization. |
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Term
What are the three primary models that a B2C can use to operate?
Brick-and-click, brick-and-mortar, brick-and-virtual.
Brick-and-mortar, click-and-mortar, virtual.
Click-and-brick, click-and-mortar, pure-play.
Brick-and-mortar, click-and-consumer, virtual-and-consumer. |
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Definition
| Brick-and-mortar, click-and-mortar, virtual. |
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Term
What is a business that operates in a physical store without an Internet presence?
Pure-play business
Virtual business
Brick-and-mortar business
Click-and-mortar business |
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Definition
| Brick-and-mortar business |
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Term
What is a reputation system?
Refers to the wisdom of the crowd.
Buyers post feedback on sellers.
Created and updated by many users for many users.
An online marketing concept in which the advertiser attempts to gain attention by providing content in the context of the user's experience in terms of its content, format, style, or placement |
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Definition
| Buyers post feedback on sellers. |
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Term
What is an SNA?
Strong network applications
Social needs analysis
Steady network areas
Social networking analysis |
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Definition
| Social networking analysis |
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Term
What is another name for an eshop?
C2C
Econsumer
Ecustomer
Estore or etailer |
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Definition
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Term
What is crowdsourcing?
An online marketing concept in which the advertiser attempts to gain attention by providing content in the context of the user's experience in terms of its content, format, style, or placement.
Content created and updated by many users for many users.
Refers to the wisdom of the crowd.
Buyers post feedback on sellers. |
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Definition
| Refers to the wisdom of the crowd. |
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Term
What is knowledge management?
Sources capital for a project by raising many small amounts from a large number of individuals, typically via the Internet.
Collaborates and taps into the core knowledge of all employees, partners, and customers.
Refers to the wisdom of the crowd.
Involves capturing, classifying, evaluating, retrieving, and sharing information assets in a way that provides context for effective decisions and actions. |
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Definition
| Involves capturing, classifying, evaluating, retrieving, and sharing information assets in a way that provides context for effective decisions and actions |
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Term
What is software whose source code is available free for any third party to review and modify?
Network source
Code source
Free source
Open source |
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Definition
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Term
What is source code?
Contains instructions written by a programmer specifying the actions to be performed by computer software.
Any software whose source code is made available free for any third party to review and modify.
Any proprietary software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder.
Nonproprietary hardware and software based on publicly known standards that allow third parties to create add-on products to plug into or interoperate. |
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Definition
| Contains instructions written by a programmer specifying the actions to be performed by computer software. |
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Term
What is the difference between asynchronous and synchronous communication?
Asynchronous is real-time communication; synchronous is one-way technology.
Asynchronous is communication that does not occur at the same time; synchronous communication occurs at the same time.
Asynchronous communication is fast and instant; synchronous communication is collected at a single point in time.
Asynchronous communication includes instant messaging; synchronous communication includes email. |
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Definition
| Asynchronous is communication that does not occur at the same time; synchronous communication occurs at the same time. |
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Term
What is the ebusiness model that applies to customers offering goods and services to each other over the Internet?
C2B
B2B
B2C
C2C |
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Definition
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Term
What is the type of knowledge that consists of anything that can be documented, archived, and codified, often with the help of a MIS department?
Tacit knowledge
Explicit knowledge
Virtual knowledge
Pure knowledge |
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Definition
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Term
What is web content that is created and updated by many users for many users?
Cybermediation contributed content
User-contributed content
Executive generated content
Customer generated content |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the below is not a characteristic associated with Mozilla Firefox?
Mozilla Firefox is a prime example of a reputation system.
Mozilla Firefox offers a free email service called Thunderbird.
Mozilla Firefox holds over 20% of the web browser market.
Mozilla Firefox is a prime example of open source software. |
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Definition
| Mozilla Firefox is a prime example of a reputation system. |
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Term
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Business 2.0?
Provides an exciting and vibrant virtual environment.
Encourages user participation.
Requires technical skills.
Eliminates entry barriers to publishing on the web. |
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Definition
| Requires technical skills. |
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Term
Which of the following represents businesses buying from and selling to each other over the Internet?
B2C
C2B
B2B
C2C |
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Definition
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Term
A wireless WAN (WWAN) is a wide area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data and can be divided into which two categories?
Mobile and wireless technologies
Cellular and satellite communication systems
Cellular communications and multiple user communication systems
Client and server systems |
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Definition
| Cellular and satellite communication systems |
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Term
A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a local area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a local area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
War consumerization is the practice of tagging pavement with codes displaying where Wi-Fi access is available
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Which business application uses location information to provide a service and is designed to give mobile users instant access to personalized local content?
Global positioning systems
Radio-frequency identification
Geographic information systems
Location-based services |
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Definition
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Term
What are business requirements?
The nonspecific business requests the system must meet to be successful.
The specific business requests the system must meet to be successful.
The nonspecific methodology the system must meet to be successful.
The specific methodology the system must meet to be successful. |
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Definition
| The specific business requests the system must meet to be successful. |
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Term
A wireless WAN (WWAN) is a wide area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) is an encryption algorithm designed to protect wireless transmission data.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
What verifies that the units or pieces of code function correctly when integrated together?
Development testing
Integration testing
Alpha testing
System testing |
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Definition
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Term
What languages are programming languages that look similar to human languages?
Object-oriented language
Fourth-generation language
Scripting language
All of the above |
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Definition
| Fourth-generation language |
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Term
What is the project scope?
Description of the business need (the problem the project will solve) and the justification, requirements, and current boundaries for the project.
A formal, approved document that manages and controls the entire project.
Graphic representation of the processes that capture, manipulate, store, and distribute information between a system and its environment.
An individual who is an expert in project planning and management, defines and develops the project plan, and tracks the plan to ensure that the project is completed on time and on budget. |
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Definition
| Description of the business need (the problem the project will solve) and the justification, requirements, and current boundaries for the project. |
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Term
Which implementation discards the legacy system completely and immediately migrates all users to the new system?
Plunge implementation
Pilot implementation
Phased implementation
Parallel implementation |
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Definition
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Term
The digital divide is a wireless PAN technology that transmits signals over short distances among cell phones, computers, and other devices.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
A wireless MAN (WMAN) is a metropolitan area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
What is an access point (AP)?
The computer or network device that serves as an interface between devices and the network.
Provides communication for devices owned by a single user that work over a short distance.
Refers to a wireless PAN technology that transmits signals over short distances among cell phones, computers, and other devices.
Refers to any type of operation accomplished without the use of a hard-wired connection. |
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Definition
| The computer or network device that serves as an interface between devices and the network. |
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Term
What are defects in the code of an information system?
Insects
Bugs
Testing
All of the above |
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Definition
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Term
Mobile and wireless networks are identical and the terms can be used synonymously.
True
False |
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Definition
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Term
What is a data flow diagram (DFD)?
Illustration of the movement of information between external entities and the processes and data stores within the system.
Software suites that automate systems analysis, design, and development.
A formal, approved document that manages and controls the entire project.
Graphic representation of the processes that capture, manipulate, store, and distribute information between a system and its environment. |
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Definition
| Illustration of the movement of information between external entities and the processes and data stores within the system. |
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Term
What is a person or event that is the catalyst for implementing major changes for a system to meet business changes?
Change agent
Change management
Change over
Change controller |
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Definition
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Term
Which of the following is not a type of wireless network?
WWAN
WLAN
MAN
PAN |
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Definition
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Term
What makes system changes to reduce the chance of future system failure?
Preventative maintenance
Corrective maintenance
Pilot implementation
Phased implementation |
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Definition
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Term
What is a method of sending audio and video files over the Internet in such a way that the user can view the file while it is being transferred?
Streamlining
Networking
Wireless
Streaming |
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Definition
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Term
What is wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi)?
The inner workings of a Wi-Fi service or utility, including the signal transmitters, towers, or poles and additional equipment required to send out a Wi-Fi signal.
A communications technology aimed at providing high-speed wireless data over metropolitan area networks.
A means by which portable devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves.
A metropolitan area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data. |
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Definition
| A means by which portable devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves. |
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Term
Which of the following represents the phases in the SDLC?
Analysis, plan, design, test, develop, maintain, implement
Plan, analysis, design, develop, test, implement, maintain
Analysis, plan, develop, design, test, implement, maintain
Plan, analysis, design, test, maintain, develop, implement |
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Definition
| Plan, analysis, design, develop, test, implement, maintain |
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Term
Which implementation installs the new system in phases (for example by department) until it is verified that it works correctly?
Parallel implementation
Pilot implementation
Plunge implementation
Phased implementation |
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Definition
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Term
What tests individual units or pieces of code for a system?
User acceptance testing
Development testing
Integration testing
Unit testing |
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Definition
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Term
What is a disciplined approach for constructing information systems through the use of common methods, techniques, or tools?
Software engineering
Software testing
Software
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What is a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges?
Methodology
Agile
Waterfall
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Wi-Fi protected access (WAP) is an encryption algorithm designed to protect wireless transmission data.
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Mobile means the technology can travel with the user; for instance, users can download software, email messages, and web pages onto a laptop or other mobile device for portable reading or reference. Information collected while on the road can be synchronized with a PC or company server.
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A wireless access point (WAP) enables devices to connect to a wireless network to communicate with each other.
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Mobile application management (MAM) administers and delivers applications to corporate and personal smart phones and tablets
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War chalking is the practice of tagging pavement with codes displaying where Wi-Fi access is available. The codes for war chalking tell other users the kind of access available, the speed of the network, and if the network is secured.
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Voice over LTE (VoLTE) allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creating—under the right network conditions—clearer audio and fewer dropped calls.
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IT consumerization is the blending of personal and business use of technology devices and applications.
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What is a session in which employees meet, sometimes for several days, to define or review the business requirements for the system?
Data flow diagram
Process modeling
Requirements management
Joint application development |
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| Joint application development |
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A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a means by which portable devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves.
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Wi-Fi infrastructure includes the inner workings of a Wi-Fi service or utility, including the signal transmitters, towers, or poles and additional equipment required to send out a Wi-Fi signal
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What is a wireless network that provides communication over a short distance that is intended for use with devices that are owned and operated by a single user?
Personal area service
Personal area network
Political area network
Professional area network |
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War driving allows mobile voice calls to be made over broadband networks, creating—under the right network conditions—clearer audio and fewer dropped calls.
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What is wired equivalent privacy (WEP)?
An encryption algorithm designed to protect wireless transmission data.
A means by which portable devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves.
A metropolitan area network that uses radio signals to transmit and receive data.
A communications technology aimed at providing high-speed wireless data over metropolitan area networks. |
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| An encryption algorithm designed to protect wireless transmission data. |
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What is economic feasibility?
The cost-effectiveness of a project.
The practicality of a technical solution and the availability of technical resources and expertise.
How well a solution meets the identified system requirements to solve the problems and take advantage of opportunities.
The project time frame that ensure that it can be completed on time. |
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| The cost-effectiveness of a project. |
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What are project objectives?
Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success.
Any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.
Defines the work that must be completed to deliver a product with the specified features and functions.
Products, services, or processes that are not specifically a part of the project. |
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| Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success. |
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Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.
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What are project deliverables?
Any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.
Key dates by which a certain group of activities must be performed.
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. |
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| Any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project. |
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What are the three primary variables (or triple constraints) in any project?
Time, cost, expense
Time, expense, requirements
Time, cost, quality
Time, cost, scope |
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What is loose coupling?
A business task.
A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.
The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.
The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component. |
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| The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component. |
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Offshore outsourcing is using organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems.
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What emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system to accelerate the systems development process?
Waterfall methodology
Extreme programming
RAD methodology
Agile methodology |
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The critical path is the sequence of activities that determine the earliest date by which the project can be completed.
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Project constraints are factors considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration.
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Which of the following are tangible benefits?
Improved community service
Increased quantity or sales
Improved goodwill
Improved decision making |
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| Increased quantity or sales |
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What is a graphical network model that depicts a project's tasks and the relationships between those tasks?
PERT chart
Gantt chart
Dependency
All of the above |
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What is a service-oriented architecture?
A business task.
A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.
The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.
The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component. |
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| A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services. |
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What consists of a series of tiny projects?
Waterfall methodology
Agile methodology
Iterative development
All of these |
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Scrum is a sequential, activity-based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning through implementation and maintenance
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Extreme programming (XP) methodology, like other agile methods, breaks a project into four phases, and developers cannot continue to the next phase until the previous phase is complete.
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Which agile methodology provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates?
RUP
scrum
XP
RAD |
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What are characteristics of intangible benefits?
Periodic reviews of actual performance versus expected performance.
Easy to quantify and typically measured to determine the success or failure of a project.
The measure of the tangible and intangible benefits of an information system.
Difficult to quantify or measure. |
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| Difficult to quantify or measure |
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In-sourcing has been instrumental in creating a viable supply of IT professionals and in creating a better quality workforce combining both technical and business skills.
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What do SMART criteria for successful objective creation include?
Specific, metrics, agreed upon, realistic, time framed
Specific, metrics, agreed upon, real, time valued
Specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, time framed
Specific, measurable, accurate, real, time valued |
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| Specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, time framed |
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Outsourcing is a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems.
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What is schedule feasibility?
Measures the project time frame to ensure that it can be completed on time.
Measures how well a solution meets the identified system requirements to solve the problems and take advantage of opportunities.
Measures the cost-effectiveness of a project.
Measures the practicality of a technical solution and the availability of technical resources and expertise. |
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| Measures the project time frame to ensure that it can be completed on time. |
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Which methodology aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative process with a design point that uses the bare minimum requirements?
Extreme programming
RAD methodology
Agile methodology
Waterfall methodology |
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What are characteristics of tangible benefits?
The measure of the tangible and intangible benefits of an information system.
Easy to quantify and typically measured to determine the success or failure of a project.
Periodic reviews of actual performance versus expected performance.
Difficult to quantify or measure. |
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| Easy to quantify and typically measured to determine the success or failure of a project |
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An agile methodology aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components developed by an iterative process using the bare minimum requirements.
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What is interoperability?
The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.
The capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.
A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services.
A business task. |
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| The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers. |
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What is feasibility?
The measure of the tangible and intangible benefits of an information system.
Difficult to quantify or measure.
Easy to quantify and typically measured to determine the success or failure of a project.
Periodic reviews of actual performance versus expected performance. |
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| The measure of the tangible and intangible benefits of an information system |
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A Gantt chart is a graphical network model that depicts a project's tasks and the relationships between them.
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Which gate in the RUP methodology expands on the agreed-upon details of the system, including the ability to provide an architecture to support and build it?
Elaboration
Construction
Transition
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The rational unified process (RUP) methodology, owned by IBM, provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates.
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Prototyping is a modern design approach in which the designers and system users use an iterative approach to building the system.
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Waterfall development consists of a series of tiny projects. It has become the foundation of multiple agile methodologies.
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What is the outsourcing option that includes the most remote location and indirect customer control?
Nearshore outsourcing
Onshore outsourcing
Offshore outsourcing
None of the above |
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What are project constraints?
Specific factors that can limit options.
A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success.
Factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration. |
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| Specific factors that can limit options |
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The Project Management Office (PMO) is an internal department that oversees all organizational projects.
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Which of the following is not a primary form of agile methodology?
RAD
RUP
scrum
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Project milestones are any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.
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False |
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What is a markup language for documents, containing structured information?
Service-oriented architecture
Extensible markup language
Interoperability
Service |
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| Extensible markup language |
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A dependency is a logical relationship that exists between the project tasks, or between a project task and a milestone.
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What is legal feasibility?
Measures the project time frame to ensure that it can be completed on time.
Measures how well the solution will be accepted in a given opportunity.
Measures the practicality of a technical solution and the availability of technical resources and expertise.
Measures how well a solution can be implemented within existing legal and contractual obligations. |
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| Measures how well a solution can be implemented within existing legal and contractual obligations. |
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