Exam 2 Terminology Review MIS 2003

Question 1 The second generation of the Web: A. Ecommerce B. Internet2 C. Web 2.0 D. All of the above

Question 2 A company that provides individuals, organizations, and businesses access to the Internet: A. Internet backbone B. Network access point C. Network service provider D. Internet service provider

Question 3 An Internet connection that uses a phone line to connect but allows taking a phone call while connected: A. Cable B. DSL C. Satellite D. Telephone

Question 4 A type of business that only exists online; it has no physical store: A. Brick-and-click B. Brick-and-mortar C. Click-and-mortar D. Dot-com

Question 5 Where the majority of the ecommerce money is: A. B2B B. B2C C. C2B D. C2C

Question 6 The percentage of customers who visit a website and actually buy something: A. Click-through B. Conversion rate C. Financial cybermediary D. Financial electronic data interchange (EDI)

Question 7 A series of logically related two-dimensional tables or files to store information in the form of a database: A. Hierarchical database B. Network database C. Relational database D. All of the above

Question 8 A single cell entry in a database (part of the logical structure of data): A. Character B. Field C. File D. Record

Question 9 A group of fields that are used to uniquely identify a record in a database: A. Composite primary key B. Foreign key C. Logical key D. Primary key

Question 10 Eliminating M:M relationships, assuring fields depend on the primary key, and removing derived fields (i.e. calculated fields) is the process of: A. Integrity B. Normalization C. Relations D. Structured query language (SQL)

Question 11 A subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused portion of the data warehouse information is kept: A. Data house B. Data mart C. Data mine D. Data tree

Question 12 Holds the logical structure and properties of data in a database management system (DBMS): A. Application generation subsystem B. Data definition subsystem C. Data manipulation subsystem D. DBMS engine

Question 13 Key dates in the life cycle of a systems development project: A. Activities B. Deliverables C. Milestones D. Requirements

Question 14 The SDLC phase in which interviews are conducted: A. Analysis B. Design C. Development D. Implementation E. Maintenance F. Planning G. Testing

Question 15 The SDLC phase in which the system is verified that it works and meets all the business requirements previously defined: A. Analysis B. Design C. Development D. Implementation E. Maintenance F. Planning G. Testing

Question 16 The SDLC phase in which problems are identified with the current processing in the organization: A. Analysis B. Design C. Development D. Implementation E. Maintenance F. Planning G. Testing

Question 17 The SDLC phase in which hardware and software is installed: A. Analysis B. Design C. Development D. Implementation E. Maintenance F. Planning G. Testing

Question 18 The implementation (conversion) method that runs all of the new system for a select group of users: A. Parallel B. Phased C. Pilot D. Plunge

Question 19 A knowledge worker developing a system on his/her own: A. Insourcing B. Outsourcing C. Partnersourcing D. Selfsourcing

Question 20 The process of using another company from a country far away to develop a system: A. Farshore outsourcing B. Nearshore outsourcing C. Offshore outsourcing D. Onshore outsourcing

Question 21 A working model that demonstrates the features of a proposed system: A. Data flow diagram (DFD) B. Joint application development (JAD) C. Prototype D. Waterfall

Question 22 An infrastructure that involves dispensing the information and processing power of IT systems via a network: A. Client/server B. Decentralized C. Distributed D. Tiered

Question 23 A model in which any and all IT resources are delivered as a set of services via the Internet: A. Cloud computing B. Collocation facility C. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) D. Service-oriented architecture

Question 24 An IT success metric used to measure throughput and transaction speed: A. Call center B. Financial C. Infrastructure-centric D. Web-centric

Question 25 A ready to go, fully equipped site for employees to relocate to in the event of a disaster: A. Cold site B. Cool site C. Hot site D. Warm site