Deck 1: Computer Technology: Your Need To Know

Question 1

Unbiased information exists on the Web, and it's generally easy to find.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

​To make an informed choice when purchasing a computer, you must know your preferences and requirements, such as the application software you plan to use and whether you plan to discard or upgrade the computer in a year or two.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Architecture includes the processes analysis and construction.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

By far, the most important of activity to keep your knowledge current is taking training courses from hardware and software vendors.

Question 5

Large computer systems and the software that runs on them use more complex technology than smaller ones do.

Question 6

Competition prevents publishers from providing content and services that transcend a single paper publication.

Question 7

Efforts in each discipline of the UP are generally distributed across all of the iterations in the same way for each project.

Question 8

Each iteration of the UP includes whatever activities are needed to produce testable models or working software.

Question 9

When dealing with publicly accessible information sources, be sure to use information from several unrelated sources to balance the biases of each source.

Question 10

​Most people feel comfortable purchasing complex devices, such as cars, home theater systems, and computers.

Question 11

UP disciplines include business modeling, requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and evaluation/maintenance.

Question 12

Large computer systems and the software that runs on them use more complex technology than smaller ones do.

Question 13

Expect to pay for unbiased information.

Question 14

The deployment discipline is the set of activities for building, acquiring, and integrating application software components.

Question 15

Architects don't need to understand the underlying technology of what they design.

Question 16

The knowledge required to perform business and requirements modeling covers a narrow range of current technology.

Question 17

Technical knowledge of computer hardware and system software is required to assess the resources required to update a system to address unmet user needs.

Question 18

Consolidation in periodical publishers has created large corporate families of technology-related Web sites and publications.

Question 19

The mix of activities in each iteration of the UP is tailored to each development project.

Question 20

The design discipline can be decomposed into architectural and detailed design.

Question 21

The ____ discipline is the set of activities for installing and configuring infrastructure and application software components and bringing them into operation.

A) services
B) implementation
C) testing
D) deployment

Question 22

Manufacturer Web sites are mainly marketing and customer support tools.

Question 23

​When developing an information system, IS professionals follow a series of steps called a ____.

A) ​project life cycle
B) ​systems development life cycle
C) ​project development life cycle
D) ​service development life cycle

Question 24

Given the rapid pace of change in computer technology, a manager must have a broad understanding of current technology and _____.

A) future technology trends
B) integration standards
C) best practices
D) industry standards

Question 25

The ____ discipline is the set of activities for determining the structure of a specific information system that fulfills the system requirements.

A) design
B) requirements
C) modeling
D) architecture

Question 26

In the UP, related activities are grouped into UP ____.

A) disciplines
B) cycles
C) services
D) practices

Question 27

Digital libraries of the ____ professional societies are important sources of unbiased technology information.

A) AITP and ACM
B) ACM and IEEE
C) AITP and IEEE
D) IEEE and InformationWeek

Question 28

Typically, the first iteration or two of the UP produces documentation and a ____ system.

A) trial
B) alpha
C) conceptual
D) prototype

Question 29

Hardware and software manufacturers are in the business of providing unbiased information about products.

Question 30

Activities in the business modeling discipline and the ____ discipline are primarily concerned with building models of the organization that will own and operate the system, models of the system's environment, and models of system and user requirements.

A) design
B) modeling
C) requirements
D) architectural

Question 31

When actual hardware, network, and system software components are acquired and installed, they make up a(n) ____ for one or more information systems.

A) information assurance
B) information services
C) data services
D) technology architecture

Question 32

____ design activities are narrower in scope and constrained by the information architecture compared to the remaining design activities.

A) Reference
B) Architectural
C) Detailed
D) Functional

Question 33

The ____ discipline of the UP includes all activities for building, acquiring, and integrating application software components.

A) implementation
B) design
C) architecture
D) requirements

Question 34

The ____ discipline includes activities that verify correct functioning of infrastructure and application software components and ensure that they satisfy system requirements.

A) architecture
B) design
C) testing
D) implementation

Question 35

The first set of design activities, called ____ design, selects and describes the exact configuration of all hardware, network, system software, and application development tools to support system development and operations.

A) reference
B) architectural
C) system
D) functional

Question 36

Although not a formal UP discipline, systems evaluation and ____ is an important group of activities that accounts for much of the long-range system cost.

A) integration
B) maintenance
C) design
D) coordination

Question 37

The membership of the ACM represents a broad cross-section of the computer community, including hardware and software manufacturers, educators, researchers, IT professionals, and students.

Question 38

____ is the professional society whose membership is most specifically oriented toward IS management and development.

A) ACM
B) IEEE Computer Society
C) AITP
D) IEEE Information Management Society

Question 39

The membership of the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) represents a broad cross-section of the computer community including IS managers and application developers.

Question 40

​Managers of _____ collections of information systems and supporting infrastructure must contend with a great deal of technical complexity.

A) connected
B) complex
C) integrated
D) dynamic

Question 41

The steps in the Unified Process are called ____________________.

Question 42

Describe the issue of bias in sources of information about computer-, network-, and software-related technology.

Question 43

The UP design discipline can be decomposed into architectural and ____________________ design.

Question 44

List and describe two or more periodicals that serve as a good information source for IS professionals.

Question 45

Selecting and configuring computer hardware, network hardware, system software, and application development tools is a task in ____________________ design.

Question 46

List two ways that companies earn revenue for Web-based information and services.

Question 47

In the UP, the ____________________ discipline includes activities such as creating test data, conducting tests, and evaluating test results.

Question 48

In the UP, the business and its environment are defined and modeled within the ____________________ discipline

Question 49

The membership of the _____ consists mainly of IS managers and application developers.

A) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
B) Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
C) Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
D) Oxford Computer Society (OCS)

Question 50

The purpose of building ____________________ and requirements models is to understand the environment in which the system will function and the tasks the system must perform or assist users to perform.

Question 51

The ____ is a well-established organization with a primary emphasis on computer science.

A) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
B) Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
C) Oxford Computer Society (OCS)
D) International Standards Organization (ISO)

Question 52

A(n) ____________________ combines aspects of computer, information, network, and software architecture.

Question 53

____ Web sites have detailed information on their products and offer technical and customer support services.

A) Reseller
B) Vendor
C) Manufacturer
D) User

Question 54

Spectrum is a publication of the ____________________ professional society.

Question 55

The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ____ is a subgroup of the IEEE that specializes in computer and data communication technologies.

A) Control Systems Society
B) Education Society
C) Computer Society
D) Communications Society

Question 56

​Describe the different activities and emphases of architectural and detailed design.

Question 57

High quality and ____________________ information is the product of intensive research and something for which you should expect to pay.

Question 58

List two possible biases from sites that generate revenue from advertising, referrals, commissions, or preferred partner arrangements.

Question 59

____ Web sites are oriented toward sales, but they usually contain detailed information on specific products or links to other Web sites.

A) Manufacturer
B) User
C) Reseller
D) Vendor

Question 60

In the UP, installing and configuring hardware and software components are activities of the ____________________ discipline.