CIS Final- Applied Business Concepts – Flashcards
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What is a list of cached websites on a user's computer called?
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History Files
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Where does the term "virus" come from?
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Biology
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What malware doesn't need to attach itself to an existing program to spread?
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Worm
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What keeps unauthorized Internet users out of private intranets?
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Firewall
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What malware is installed covertly on a computer to take control of the system without the user's knowledge?
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Spyware
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What is it called when criminals sift through trash for information?
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Dumpster Diving
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What means that one's personal identity is not known?
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Anonymous
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What is it called when someone wrongfully uses another person's information?
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Identity Theft
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What is the most uncomplicated Internet fraud?
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Purchase Scam
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What is it called when someone glances at your computer to glean information?
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Shoulder Surfing
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What does the "S" stand for in SCAM?
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Stingy
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What is a program that records every keystroke made on a computer?
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Keylogging
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Standard security practices dictate a what?
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"Default-deny" firewall rules
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What kind of hardware does a firewall use?
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Proxy Server
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Which Internet fraud involves using social engineering techniques?
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Phishing
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What can be defined as the ability to keep personal information out of public view
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Privacy
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Whose tagline is, "We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."
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Anonymous
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What is extremely easy to breach
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An unsecured computer
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What malware's name originates from Greek mythology?
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Trojan horse
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How does a website know so much about you when you return to it?
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Tracking cookie
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What includes programs specifically intended to penetrate or damage a computer system?
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Malware
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What does the acronym "DoS" stand for?
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Denial of Service
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What is the abuse of an email system called?
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Spamming
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What is the name of Google's advertising network?
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AdSense
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What is the key aspect of an Intranet?
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Privacy
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Project management software produces road maps called what?
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Gantt Charts
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How a product or service is delivered to a customer is called what?
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Placement
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What kind of approach does R take towards business?
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Creative and Systematic
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Who coined the Four P's of Marketing?
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E Jerome McCarthy
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R&D ideas need to be what?
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Feasible
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What is an example of online application software?
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google docs and spreadsheets
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Real-time online communication is called what?
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Instant Messaging
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What does the acronym UML stand for?
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Unified Model Language
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All five business departments must do what?
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Collaborate
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What collect an organization's collective knowledge?
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KM systems
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Distributing ideas is called what?
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Knowledge Transfer
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Tangible products are called what?
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Goods
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What are actual goods and services referred to in business?
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Products
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Which business behavior would focus on people?
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HR
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The oldest IT collaboration tool is what?
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Discussion Board
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The first post on a discussion board is called what?
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Thread
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Which business behavior would focus on SOX?
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Accounting
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Which business behavior would focus on GAAP?
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Accounting
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What is a collaborative thought process?
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Brainstorming
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Name an example of project management software.
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Microsoft Project
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Advertising a product is called what?
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Promotion
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Intangible products are called what?
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Services
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Who makes goods and services?
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Production
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An example of Video Conferencing is called what?
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Webinar
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Two or more people pursuing a common business goal is called what?
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Collaboration
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Reports with the most summarization are for what types of decisions?
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Strategic
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Reports produced whenever needed are called what
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Demand
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The purpose for business reports is to do what?
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Make Decisions
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What kind of decision is long-term?
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Strategic
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TPS Reports support what type of decisions?
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Tactical
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Reports with only internal data are used for what type of decisions?
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Tactical
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What level uses the most summarized reports?
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executive
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Supervisory reports are considered what?
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highly detailed
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Reporting tendencies in business is called what?
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trend reporting
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Which level report(s) use internal and external data?
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executive and manager
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Which level report(s) use internal data?
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supervisor and labor
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What reports are visual in nature?
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graphical reports
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What kind of decision requires specific actions?
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Tactical
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What provides the groundwork for all other reports?
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TPS
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Subtracting Previous from Actual yields what?
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variance
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Subtracting Forecast from Actual yields what?
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variance
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Most reports are what?
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Periodic
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What does the acronym TPS mean?
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Transaction Processing Report
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Which report has the highest level of detail?
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TPS Report
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Reports with the most detail are for what types of decisions?
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Tactical
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Demand reports are sometimes called what?
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Ad hoc
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Distilling a detailed report results in what?
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Summarization
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Completely summarized reports support what types of decisions?
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Strategic
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What level uses the most detailed reports?
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Laborers
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TPS systems are based in what application software?
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Database
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Which System Development Methodology takes the most time?
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SDLC
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Who is in charge of software application development teams?
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Head Application Developer
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What is often called a blueprint for developing applications?
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UML
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What job used to be called "IT Director?"
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CIO
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Who categorizes data requirements?
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DBAs
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If the Concept Development phase in SDLC fails, what is the next step?
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Initiation
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What is a standardized visual modeling language for developing computer software?
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UML
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Which System Development Methodology is considered "develop as you go?"
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RAD
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What does the acronym ERP stand for?
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Enterprise Resource Planning
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Which System Development Methodology creates vaporware?
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Prototyping
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Which step in SDLC includes a feasibility study?
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Initiation
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Who makes sense of an organization's data to make business decisions?
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BI Analyst
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Which IT job is the highest paid?
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CIO
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Which IT job is considered "board-level?"
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CIO
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Which is an ERP advantage?
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Increased Production
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What is an ERP disadvantage?
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Cost
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What is a common axiom for Information Technology professionals?
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Know the business
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Applying IT to an existing process like printing and distributing is called what?
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value added
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What computer programming and software connects the components an applications architect designs?
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Middleware
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What step in UML illustrates how computer processes relate with each other?
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Sequence Diagrams
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What does the acronym SDLC stand for?
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System Development Lifecycle
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Which IT professional works with LANs and WANs?
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Network Administrator
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Which IT professional works with Sarbanes-Oxley?
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IT Auditor
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What is the first step in UML?
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Use Case Scenario
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Name two types of IT professionals
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Service and IT Consultants
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What does the acronym REO mean?
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Real Estate Owned
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A map of a database that shows tables and relationships is called what?
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Schema
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"One-to-many" is an example of what?
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Relationship
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What do database designers use to construct databases?
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Entity Relationship Diagrams
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The structure of a well thought-out DBMS helps avoid what?
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Data Redundancy
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What software did Abby's first suggest after Microsoft Word?
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Microsoft Excel
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Which is not an SQL function?
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Relay
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What was Zach's database "filter?"
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Complete or Incomplete
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In the SQL Statement "FROM Book," Book refers to what?
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Table
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What database did Zach choose?
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Microsoft Access
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Why did Zach's database not show all REOs?
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Filter
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In the SQL Statement "SELECT Title," Title refers to what?
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Field
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What is used to find specific populations within a database?
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Queries
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What overlays a table for a more specific view?
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Form
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In the SQL Statement "WHERE Price," Price refers to what?
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Field
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In the SQL Statement "ORDER BY Title," Title refers to what?
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Field
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A row in a table is called what?
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Record
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A column in a table is called what?
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Field
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Insuring a field is populated with usable data is called what?
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Data Validation
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What software did Zach use originally?
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Microsoft Word
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A name of a field is also called what?
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Attribute
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What does the acronym SQL mean?
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Structured Query Language
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The most widely used query language for a DBMS is called what?
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SQL
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What is the most widely used database in the world?
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Oracle
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Where does a database hold data?
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Tables
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What is the name of the OpenOffice presentation software?
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Impress
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What does the "i" stand for in iDrive?
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Internet
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Name a Cloud Drive advantage?
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Does not need to be backed up
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What does the acronym SaaS mean?
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Software as a Service
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What does the acronym TOS mean?
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Terms of Service
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How much does OpenOffice cost?
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Free
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What is another name for SaaS?
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On-Demand
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If the Internet is down, is the Cloud available?
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No
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Name an organization that provides SaaS
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Apache OpenOffice
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What is the name of the OpenOffice database?
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Base
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What is the name of the OpenOffice graphics editor?
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Draw
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Name an organization that provides IaaS
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Microsoft Azure
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What does the acronym PaaS mean?
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Platform as a Service
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What does the acronym StaaS mean?
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Storage as a Service
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Name an organization that provides StaaS
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DropBox
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Name an organization that provides PaaS
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Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
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What was the precursor of the Cloud?
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Internet Drives
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What does the acronym CSP mean?
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Cloud Service Provider
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What is a perceived disadvantage of the Cloud?
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Security
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What is the name of the OpenOffice spreadsheet?
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Calc
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Why didn't iDrives catch on?
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Internet was too slow
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Does Amazon's TOS mean someone beside you can see the contents of your Cloud Drive?
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Yes
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Name something that should not reside on a Cloud Drive.
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illegal music
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What is the name of the OpenOffice word processor?
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writer
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What does the acronym IaaS mean?
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Infrastructure as a Service
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What is another term for Data Mining?
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Data Discovery
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What kind of data resides in fixed formats?
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Structured
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How much data is unstructured?
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80%
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What decade did businesses start DSS?
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1950s
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What refers to how fast data is collected?
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Velocity
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What attempts to reveal future patterns in the marketplace?
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Predictive Analytics
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What provides a standard format to organize data?
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Normalization
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What software helps BI become more usable through visualization?
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Dashboards
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What consolidates disparate data?
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Data Warehouse
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What is another term for Text Analytics?
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Text-mining
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What is a graphical interface that characterizes specific data analysis through visualization?
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Dashboard
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In BI, what does the acronym CRM mean?
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Customer Relationship Management
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What held up the emergence of the Cloud?
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Internet Speeds
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Large collected datasets are called what?
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Big Data
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What is a smaller Data Warehouse?
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Datamart
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In BI, which of the following is not part of ETL?
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Transmission
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What refers to an assortment of software applications to analyze an organization's raw data?
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BI
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Why is keeping enormous amounts of inventory a bad thing?
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It's too expensive
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What refers to the amount of data?
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Volume
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What allows a cluster system that allows data to be stored on multiple servers?
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Hadoop
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What data is disorganized and not easily read?
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Unstructured
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What refers to quality of data?
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Veracity
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What refers to different kinds of data?
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Variety
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What is Doug Cutting's son's toy elephant's name?
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Hadoop
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In relation to BI, what does the acronym DSS mean?
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Decision Support System
