Exam 17: Careers in IT

When a business hires a third-party firm to provide services it once offered itself, it is called ________.

The ________ is an organization of professionals working in academia and specializing in information systems.

Which of the following in NOT a website for finding IT employment?

The ________ is an organization that focuses on IT education and the development of seminars and learning materials.

The primary benefit of offshoring and outsourcing is cost savings.

Which information technology job has the lowest predicted 10-year growth?

________ install and configure servers, design and plan networks, and test new networking equipment.

The oldest and best-known organization for women in IT is the ________.

If you travel from place to place as needed and perform short-term jobs at each site, your job is ________-based.

An IT professional with a project-based job works at the same location each day and interacts with the same people on a regular basis.

The percentage of this demographic group in the IT workforce is only 25%:

Game development jobs typically are divided into two paths: designers and ________.

________ staff the phones, conduct Internet live chats, and respond to e-mail and solve customer or employee problems.

Network administrators are sometimes called network ________.

According to projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer-related jobs are expected to be among the slowest-growing occupations through 2022.

Which type of job involves little day-to-day supervision and requires a worker who is self-disciplined?

An Atlanta business that once used in-house employees but now contracts with a San Francisco company to provide customer support is engaging in outsourcing.