Question: A retail company hired a contractor to develop and implement proprietary software that tracks inventory, restocking, and supplier information. Which of the following actions will be most difficult to perform when implementing this new information system?
Answer Choices:
Upgrading the computer systems used by the retail chain
Training the employees to use and manage the new system
Changing the structure of existing databases that reflect supplier and customer data
Writing the programs to create the software
Answer: Changing the structure of existing databases that reflect supplier and customer data
Question: Which of the following is true about a VPN?
Answer Choices:
A VPN client software encrypts messages to ensure secure transmissions.
A VPN network does not provide users with remote access.
A VPN connection utilizes private networks instead of the public network.
A VPN connection appears as a secure connection, though it is not.
Answer: A VPN client software encrypts messages to ensure secure transmissions.
Question: Which of the following statements is true of closed source projects?
Answer Choices:
Only users are allowed to alter the source code
Only trusted programmers are allowed to make changes
Only the programmers who hold the license are allowed to alter the source code
Only the license holder is allowed to alter the source code
Answer: Only the license holder is allowed to alter the source code
Question: Which of the following is an example of SaaS?
Answer Choices:
iCloud
Oracle on Demand
Amazon S3
Microsoft Windows Azure
Answer: iCloud
Question: Which of the following is a critical characteristic of good information?
Answer Choices:
accuracy
abundance of details
usability
ease of access
Answer: accuracy
Question: Identify how information technology differs from information systems.
Answer Choices:
People are an important component of information technology, but not of information systems.
Information systems is an assembly of products of standards, while information technology is an assembly of hardware and procedures.
One can buy information technology, but not information systems.
Information systems derive the development of new information technology.
Answer: One can buy information technology, but not information systems.
Question: Main memory is also known as __________.
Answer Choices:
optical memory
read-only memory
cache memory
random access memory
Answer: random access memory
Question: Which of the following features distinguishes a LAN from a WAN? (select all that apply)
Answer Choices:
WAN has a limit on the number of users
WAN has relatively higher bandwidth
LAN has stringent hardware requirements
LAN connects computers in a single location
Answer: WAN has relatively higher bandwidth
LAN connects computers in a single location
Question: An accountant realizes that considerable amount of time that is wasted when accounting tasks are performed manually. The software that automates these tasks is called ________.
Answer Choices:
Operating system
System software
Firmware
Application software
Answer: Application software
Question: Which of the following is the least critical aspect of good information?
Answer Choices:
Additional data
Timeliness of data
Relevance of data
Data accuracy
Answer: Additional data
Question: Which of the following statements is true of closed source projects?
Answer Choices:
Only users are allowed to alter the source code.
Only trusted programmers are allowed to make changes.
Only the programmers who hold the license are allowed to alter the source code.
Only the license holder is allowed to alter the source code.
Answer: Only the license holder is allowed to alter the source code.
Question: Which of the following is categorized as a nonroutine cognitive skill?
Answer Choices:
Computer programming
Marketing knowledge
Tax accounting
Systems thinking
Answer: Systems thinking
Question: Which of the following is an example of vertical-market application software? (select all that apply)
Answer Choices:
Inventory tracking software for an automobile manufacturer
Tax preparation software that individuals use in their personal computers
Microsoft PowerPoint used to create presentations
Self-driving software of an automobile manufacturer
Answer: Inventory tracking software for an automobile manufacturer
Self-driving software of an automobile manufacturer
Question: A retail company hired a contractor to develop and implement proprietary software that tracks inventory, restocking, and supplier information. Which of the following actions will be most difficult to perform when implementing this new information system?
Answer Choices:
upgrading the computer systems used by the retail chain
training the employees to use and manage the new system
changing the structure of existing databases that reflect supplier and customer data
writing the programs to create the software
Answer: training the employees to use and manage the new system
Question: Mark follows certain steps to access the supplementary readings for a course when using his organization’s library management system. These steps that he follows are examples of the __________ component of an information system.
Answer Choices:
user guide
procedure
instructions
software
Answer: procedure
Question: The process of automation is a process of moving work from __________.
Answer Choices:
actors to instructions
people to procedures
people to computers
human side to computer side
Answer: human side to computer side
Question: Smart devices will increasingly need __________. (select all that apply)
Answer Choices:
new protocols
higher bandwidth
less cache
less memory
Answer: higher bandwidth
Question: A client-server application that requires nothing more than a browser is called a(n) ________.
Answer Choices:
Native application
Website
Thick-client application
Thin-client application
Answer: Thin-client application