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1 Incorrect
___is an information-analysis tool that involves the automated discovery of patterns and relationships in a data warehouse.
1.Data Mining (correct answer) 2.DBMS (your answer) 3.Competitive intelligence 4.Data loss prevention

Q.2 Correct
A(n) ____ typically stores three to ten years of historical summary data records from many operational systems and external data sources so that it can be used for business analysis.
1.organizational file 2.database 3.data warehouse (your answer) 4.knowledge base

Q.3 Correct
____ is a measure of how widely technology is spread throughout an organization.
1.Technology infusion 2.technology acceptance 3.technology diffusion (your answer) 4.technology adoption

Q.4 Correct
Customer relationship management programs help companies manage ____.
1.programs to retain loyal customers 2.finished product inventory 3.marketing and advertising 4.both a. and c. (your answer)

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is a branch of artificial intelligence that allows computers to recognize and act on patterns or trends.
1.Vision systems 2.Neural networks (correct answer) 3.Robotic systems 4.Natural language processing (your answer)

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____ are sometimes asked to regulate the use of the Internet and Web sites by employees to ensure that it is appropriate.
1.database administrators 2.Web administrators (correct answer) 3.systems analysts 4.software developers (your answer)

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A(n) ____ is a network based on Web technologies that allows only selected outsiders, such as business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a companys intranet.
1.Internet 2.blog (your answer) 3.Web 2.0 4.extranet (correct answer)

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____helps determine what supplies are required for the value chain, what quantities are needed to meet customer demand, how the supplies should be manufactured into finished goods and services, and how the shipment of supplies and products to customers should be scheduled, monitored, and controlled.
1.customer relationship management 2.inventory management (your answer) 3.demand planning 4.supply chain management (correct answer)

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Another name for a Web log is ____.
1.podcast 2.Web page 3.blog (correct answer) 4.WWW (your answer)

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____ consists of computer programs that govern the operation of the computer.
1.Hardware 2.software (correct answer) 3.applications (your answer) 4.telcommunications

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A(n) ____ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that support problem-specific decision making.
1.TPS 2.MIS (your answer) 3.DSS (correct answer) 4.Virtual Reality System

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The value of information is directly linked to how it helps decision makers achieve their ogranizations ____.
1.profits 2.goals (correct answer) 3.cost reduction initiatives (your answer) 4.quality improvement measures

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is (are) considered to be the most important element in a computer-based information system.
1.Hardware 2.Software (your answer) 3.Procedures 4.People (correct answer)

Q.14 Correct
____ is a visa program that enables skilled employees from foreign lands into the United States.
1.L-1B 2.H-1B (your answer) 3.4F 4.All of the above

Q.15 Correct
In information systems, ____ is used to make changes to input or processing activities.
1.forecasting 2.feedback (your answer) 3.output 4.processing

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____ displays are flat displays that use liquid crystals to form characters and graphic images on a backlit screen.
1.CRT 2.Plasma (your answer) 3.OLED 4.LCD (correct answer)

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The ____ is a single user, nonportable computer designed to perform engineering, CAD, and software development work.
1.desktop 2.netbook (your answer) 3.workstation (correct answer) 4.notebook

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A(n) ____ uses computer servers, distributed storage devices, and networks to tie everything together.
1.digital video disk 2.virtual tape (your answer) 3.storage area network (correct answer) 4.raid storage device

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Choosing the right computer hardware requires understanding its relationship to the information system and ____ of the organization.
1.growth (correct answer) 2.business plan (your answer) 3.structure 4.needs

Q.20 Correct
Many organizations are turning to ____, a set of integrated programs that manages a companys vital business operations for an entire multisite, global organization.
1.software suite 2.ERP (your answer) 3.workgroup application software 4.productivity software

Q.21 Incorrect
The ____ features of the operating system allocate computer resources to make the best use of each systems assets.
1.file management 2.task management (correct answer) 3.user interface 4.multitasking (your answer)

Q.22 Correct
A(n) ____ contains a subset of data for a single aspect of a companys business and are used by smaller groups who want to access detailed data for business analysis.
1.OLTP database 2.data warehouse (your answer) 3.data mart 4.data mine

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____ is a visual approach to developing database requests.
1.concurrency control 2.query by example (correct answer) 3.data definition language (your answer) 4.data manipulation language

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Someone responsible for planning, designing, creating, operating, securing, monitoring, and maintaining databases is called a(n) ____.
1.data arbitrator 2.data analyst 3.data owner (your answer) 4.database administrator (correct answer)

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As long as the tables in a relational database share one common ____, the tables can be linked to provide useful information and reports.
1.primary key 2.file (your answer) 3.characteristic 4.attribute (correct answer)

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A database is a collection of integrated and related ____.
1.fields 2.files (correct answer) 3.records 4.attributes (your answer)

Q.27 Correct
____ employs multidimensional databases and analytics to store and deliver data warehouse information efficiently.
1.distributed databases 2.OLAP (your answer) 3.data marts 4.data mining

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A database___.
1.helps companies reduce costs, increase profits, track past business activities, and open new market opportunities (correct answer) 2.provides an essential foundation for an organizations knowledge management and artificial intelligence systems(your answer) 3.provides an interface between the database and computer hardware 4.both a. and c.

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Data warehouses allow managers to ____ to get increasing levels of detail about business conditions.
1.roll up 2.drill down (correct answer) 3.slice and dice (your answer) 4.extract data

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A database in which data can be spread across several smaller databases connected through telecommunications devices is called a(n) ____.
1.data mart 2.distributed database (correct answer) 3.replicated database 4.data synchronization (your answer)

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____ is an application of data mining that identifies the products and services most commonly purchased at the same time.
1.customer churn 2.direct marketing 3.market basket analysis (correct answer) 4.none of the above (your answer)

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The DBMS organizes the data independently of the application program, so the application is not affected by the location or type of data. This is an example of ____.
1.improved data integrity 2.shared data and information 3.data and program independence (correct answer) 4.better overall protection of the data (your answer)

Q.33 Correct
The smallest piece of data used by a computer is the ____.
1.terrabyte 2.field 3.character 4.bit (your answer)

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____ involves using a database to store and access data according to the locations it describes and to permit spatial queries and analysis.
1.Data mining 2.Federated database system (your answer) 3.Virtual database system 4.Spatial data technology (correct answer)

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Companies such as IBM have developed........database systems to allow different databases to work together as a unified database system.
1.relational 2.distributed 3.replicated (your answer) 4.virtual (correct answer)

Q.36 Correct
The ____ is a description that involves telling the DBMS the logical and physical structure of the data and the relationships among the data for each user.
1.entity relationship diagram 2.schema (your answer) 3.data model 4.data manipulation language

Q.37 Correct
A collection of fields about a specific object is
1.attribute 2.file 3.record 4.primary key (your answer)

Q.38 Correct
A tool that database designers use to show the logical relationships among data is a(n)
1.data model 2.entity-relationship diagram 3.relational model 4.all of the above (your answer)

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Which of the following statements is true about the characteristics of a highly competitive industry ____.
1.there tend to be more firms seeking competitive advantages (correct answer) 2.there tend to be less firms seeking competitive advantages 3.there tend to be no competitive advantage 4.none of the above (your answer)

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____ include(s) all the people who manage, run, program, and maintain the system, including the CIO, who manages the IS department.
1.IT Personnal 2.IS Personnal (correct answer) 3.workgroup 4.data owner (your answer)

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Porsche is an example of a company with a ____ strategy for gaining competitive advantage, producing only high-performance sports cars and SUVs.
1.niche (correct answer) 2.competitive advantage 3.record 4.podcasting (your answer)

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The goal of the ____ phase of systems development is to gain a clear understanding of the problem to be solved or opportunity to be addressed.
1.system development 2.system problems 3.system investigation (correct answer) 4.return of investigation (your answer)

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investigates the additional profits or benefits that are generated as a percentage of the investment in IS technology.
1.assets 2.return on investment (correct answer) 3.liabilities 4.owners equity (your answer)

Q.44 Correct
Using .......you can download audio programs or music from the Internet to play on computers or music players.
1.audiobooks 2.youtube 3.screencasting 4.podcasting (your answer)

Q.45 Correct
is a major challenge in expanding the global reach of information systems
1.technology transfer issues 2.infrastructure challenges 3.time and distance challenges 4.all of the above (your answer)

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is an example of application software that allows you to accomplish specific tasks such as word processing or tabulating numbers.
1.Apple Word 2011 2.Microsoft Office 2010 (correct answer) 3.Linux 4.unix (your answer)

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involves computers understanding and acting on verbal or written commands in English, Spanish, or other human languages.
1.natural language processing (correct answer) 2.computer systems 3.IT programming 4.outbooks (your answer)

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____ is a powerful operating system originally developed by AT&T for use on minicomputers but now runs on workstations, servers, and mainframe computers.
1.no/s 2.linux 3.unix (correct answer) 4.windows (your answer)

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The ____ features of the operating system allocate computer resources to make the best use of each systems assets.
1.multitasking 2.task management (correct answer) 3.lcd 4.oled (your answer)

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The ____ display monitor uses the least amount of power.
1.LCD 2.OLED (correct answer) 3.Plasma 4.HD (your answer)

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____ are frequently used to capture input in standardized tests such as the SAT and GMAT.
1.OMR readers (correct answer) 2.ROM 3.CDOM (your answer) 4.MMOS readers

Q.52 Incorrect
An RFID tag on an inventory item might contain information
1.books titles 2.music lyrics (your answer) 3.movie titles 4.all of the above (correct answer)

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A type of memory whose contents are not lost if the power is turned off is said to be ____.
1.volatile 2.nonvolatile (correct answer) 3.devolatile 4.unvolatile (your answer)

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Each central processing unit consists of two primary elements: the arithmetic/logic unit and the ____ unit.
1.control (correct answer) 2.output 3.input 4.OMR (your answer)

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Choosing the right computer hardware requires understanding its relationship to the information system and ____ of the organization.
1.needs (correct answer) 2.wants 3.desires 4.profits (your answer)

Q.56 Correct
Literally thousands of programming languages have been developed, but only......are commonly used today.
1.10,000 2.a dozen 3.6 dozen 4.a few dozen (your answer)

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The ____ is an advanced optical disk technology still in development that would store more data than even the Blu-ray optical disk system.
1.cd-rom 2.Holographic versatile disk (correct answer) 3.vhs 4.ROA versatille disk (your answer)

Q.58 Correct
Embedded operating systems.......
1.iOS 2.Palm 3.Penpoint 4.all of the above (your answer)

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People using commercially available software are usually asked to read and agree to a(n)....
1.open-close agreement 2.end user license agreement (correct answer) 3.confidential agreement 4.RAM agreement (your answer)

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____ is an open source operating system whose source code is freely available to everyone.
1.Palm 2.Penpoint 3.Linux (correct answer) 4.i/OS (your answer)

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A(n) ____ uses computer servers, distributed storage devices, and networks to tie everything together.
1.storage area network (correct answer) 2.personal network 3.workbook network 4.close area network (your answer)

Q.62 Correct
Green computing is focused at the efficient and environmentally responsible ____ of IS related products.
1.government 2.industry 3.approaches 4.all of the above (your answer)

Q.63 Correct
A risk involved with using an application service provider is that ____.
1.specialist 2.vertical market 3.enterprise 4.all of the above (your answer)

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The ____ is a single user, nonportable computer designed to perform engineering, CAD, and software development work.
1.workstation (correct answer) 2.netbook 3.personal computer 4.OCD (your answer)

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____ are the most powerful computers with the fastest processing speed and highest performance.
1.workstation 2.personal computer 3.supercomputers (correct answer) 4.database computers (your answer)

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An information system that operates in the ____ sphere of influence supports two or more people who work together to achieve a common goal.
1.life group 2.personal group 3.workgroup (correct answer) 4.workstation (your answer)

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An operating system with ____ capabilities allows a user to run more than one application at the same time.
1.multi-running 2.multi-tasking (correct answer) 3.multiple servers 4.MRP servers (your answer)

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RAID storage devices provide organizations with data storage that is ____.
1.fault tolerant (correct answer) 2.fault torrent 3.raid torrent (your answer) 4.data tolerant

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Basic data manipulations include ____ which involves eliminating rows in a relational database.
1.selecting (correct answer) 2.formatting 3.font 4.erasing (your answer)

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_____________employs multidimensional databases and analytics to store and deliver data warehouse information efficiently.
1.OCD 2.OLAP (correct answer) 3.ELCO 4.PCAD (your answer)

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____ describes the steps an organization takes to protect information sought by hostile intelligence gathers.
1.LCD 2.CBA 3.counterintelligence (correct answer) 4.RD (your answer)

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A database in which data can be spread across several smaller databases connected through telecommunications devices is called a(n) ____.
1.recreated database 2.replicated database (correct answer) 3.personal database 4.file database (your answer)