Exam 16: Managing Information and Technology

Using a variety of wired and wireless communication channels, data communication networks transmit digital data from one computer to another.

When encryption is used, data are scrambled using a complex code that can only be unlocked by a(n) _____.

Identify and describe the following cloud computing services: software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS)

If she's interested in discovering previously unknown relationships between the general behavior of her customers and that of certain groups of them, Alvarez will probably turn to data mining.

Your company owns a number of race-tracks around the country.You're trying to decide whether you should build a new track in Fargo, North Dakota.You want to be sure your company can afford to expand and there's sufficient demand for a race-track in Fargo.What type of management support system would you use for this type of decision?

It may help to know that, if you're asked to provide personal information online, the recipient of this information may _____ reveal it to anyone else.

The World Wide Web is the same thing as the Internet.

Scenario-Based Consuela Alvarez is an information system (IS) manager for Metro Hospital, a major medical facility specializing in the care of infants and children.She supervises a total of ten people in processing the hospital's information needs.She works long hours and always receives an "excellent" rating from upper management.Alvarez has worked for Metro in this capacity for six years and is quite happy with her job. -As an information manager, Alvarez will determine the information needs of members of the organization and collect the appropriate data.

A computer that retrieves Web pages is called a _____.

Encryption is the process of encoding data so that only individuals armed with a secret code can decode it.

One day, Alvarez may become the chief technology officer at Metro.

Most people feel that it's safe to use passwords over the Internet.

A _____ verifies the identity of a computer site and sends you a digital certificate of authenticity stating that it trusts that site.

A CIM system is a common element in a flexible manufacturing system.

An expert system is an example of an artificial intelligence application that has been commercially successful.

A(n) _____ is a software program that controls access to a company's intranet.

Fortunately, a _____ can't identify you in the same way as a name or an address.

A(n) _____ system provides senior managers with customized strategic information presented in a convenient format.

E-commerce is business conducted over the Internet.

Using a technique called _____, computer criminals disguise their identities by modifying the addresses of the computers from which they launch their schemes.