WGU C182 Intro To IT - Practice Test A

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Teacher 489 terms iamvictor_udeh Preview Intro to IT - WGU Section 2 Starter S...55 terms anna_striedel1 Preview WGU C 57 terms Chr Practice questions for this set Learn1 / 7Study using Learn The use of IT has allowed businesses to have _____.Marcus has a summer job working at a real estate agency.He is entering client addresses into the company's computer system. At which state of the DIKW is Marcus working?Data Which software is run automatically rather than by the end user System software Choose an answer 1Fewer methods for data storage2Limited access to online resources 3Reduced options for software updates4More tools for communicating Don't know?

Which account is also referred to as root or superuser? The Administrator Account Which of the following best describes a hierarchical database format?Data are modeled using parent-child relationships Which of the following would NOT be the responsibility of the system administrator?Answering e-mails from potential customers Which of the following is an example of a relational database?A database containing student records with fields such as Student ID, First Name, Last Name, Major, GPA that links to other databases in the University's system.Which of the following describes the duties of a web administrator?Duties include maintaining and securing the web server. Also responsible for troubleshooting the web server.Which of the following statements accurately describe IT certifications?Earning an IT certificate indicates an IT professional has a thorough background in a specific IT area.Which of the following is NOT an important characteristic of an IT professional?Strong math background and programming skills As a new sales manager, Sylvia is studying the historical and current sales report numbers to determine the top three salespersons of the year. At which stage of the DIKW hierarchy is Sylvia working?Knowledge Which of the following statements describes the difference between information systems and information technology?An information system does not have to use computer hardware or software; whereas information technology requires the use of hardware and software.Which of the following statements best represents the relevant characteristic of quality data?The data used applies to the question being answered.Which of the following is/are true of the IPOS cycle? Once words, numbers or images are entered, a computer processes the data into usable information that can then be accessed to answer questions or meet specific needs.Which of the following is an accurate definition of a computer system?A computer system is a collection of hardware and software components that work together to meet the needs of the user.Which of the following would NOT be considered hardware?Word processor.Select the statement that best describes the difference between software and hardware.Computer software is developed by writing a program using programming language whereas computer hardware is the physical components such as memory modules and disk drives.Which of the following would NOT require the use of a network?Loading a statistical program on your personal computer.

Which type of software includes programs such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint?Application What is a program that will allow a computer to easily access the hardware and software of the computer system?Operating system _____ software works with hardware to provide a network service Windows Server What is another term that defines a script?Interpreted program In the _____ design phase of the SDLC (system development life cycle) the system is described in abstract terms using modeling tools such as flowcharts, UML and entity-relationship diagrams.Logical Software testing conducted by a client or a specific

department within an organization, is called:

Alpha This phase of testing consists of using actual (i.e., live) data in the real working environment Beta _____ _____ occurs when the old system is "turned off" and the new system is "turned on" at a specific date and time.Direct Conversion For the following scenario, which government regulation would be relevant?Andrea is employed by the Deming Foundation, a non- profit seeking to help increase graduation rates in rural communities. She has been working hard to identify and recruit donations from wealthy businessmen and companies and is seeing a great deal of success. While she quickly runs into the grocery store for a few items, someone steals her laptop from her car, containing all her work files.Security Breach Notification Laws.During _____ _____ the output of the new system is compared with the output of the old system Parallel Conversion During _____ _____ the old system continues to offer some functionality until all subsets of the new system have been turned on and the new system is confirmed to be working effectively.Phased Conversion This form of cloud computing is offered as a service by some major organizations, such as Amazon and Google, and used extensively by app developers. Its intent is to be able to quickly and reliably develop and deliver applications Paas (Platform as a Service)

With _____ an IT department resources (i.e. servers, data storage) are located outside of the organization and are accessible by anyone, anywhere Iaas (Infrastructure as a Service) What is the correct order of project phase for Project Management?Initiation, Planning, Executing & Controlling, Closing During this phase of Project Management, the projects scope and requirements are defined Initiation phase The role of a _____ _____ is to respond to requests most typically come from web browsers, such as HTTP web server

This server addresses protocols such as: IMAP, POP3,

SMTP, HTTP, MAPI, and MIME (email protocols) email server In this network topology ALL devices have a single point- to-point connection with a central device STAR network This type of software is made freely available as source code open source software This software protection will protect an individuals original work (tangible form) for the authors life + 70 years Copyright This license protects the creation of inventive concepts as well as the tangible work product for 20 years at the date of filing patent The _____ keyword in SQL is used to inform the DBMS what fields or attributes are of interest (and where they are located, i.e. which table/relation they can be found in).

SELECT

The _____ keyword in SQL is used to inform the DBMS what tables are to be interrogated by the query and, if more than one table contains the data of interest, how they are to be combined or joined.

FROM The _____ keyword in SQL is used to inform the DBMS of the specific criteria the data should match to be returned as the output of the query WHERE

All of the following are high-level languages except for: Javascript

Which of the following is the correct function of the compiler?Translates the entire program, creating an executable program, which can be run at a later time.