CIS 200

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This is a practice exam for the final in CIS200 at Colorado State University
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Question 1

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When a user clicks on a hyperlink in a web page, they will see a new page. That page was viewable because _____ interpreted the hyper-­text markup language to display it properly.
Answer
  • The 3 ­tier architecture
  • A web browser
  • A URL
  • A domain name
  • A web server

Question 2

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The five components of an information system consists of computer hardware, software, data, people, and ________.
Answer
  • Bugs
  • Device drivers
  • Procedures
  • tools

Question 3

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A ________ is a text document written in HTML (Hyper-­Text Markup Language).
Answer
  • web server
  • web browser
  • web page
  • web site

Question 4

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The "S" in HTTPS stands for _____?
Answer
  • site
  • segmented
  • secure
  • social

Question 5

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Which of these is a data communications protocol?
Answer
  • SOHO (Small office/home office)
  • LAN (Local Area Network)
  • Bluetooth
  • DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
  • Cable internet connection

Question 6

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By providing Google Drive, Calendar, and other applications, Google is providing _______.
Answer
  • Platform as a service (PaaS)
  • Content
  • Software as a service (SaaS)
  • A private cloud
  • Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Question 7

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Which of the answers best defines an Management Information System (MIS)?
Answer
  • The methods you use to start the program, enter your report print it, and save and back up your file
  • A group of components that interact to achieve some purpose
  • A model of the components of an information system
  • The management and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their strategies

Question 8

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What is collaboration?
Answer
  • Similar to cooperation, where people agree upon what needs to be done.
  • A group working together to accomplish a task in less time than if one person were doing the work.
  • An approach to working, which includes people who have similar opinions and compatible personalities.
  • An approach to working in which each member is assigned a task to be worked on individually.
  • A group working together in which all members of the group work together to meet a goal.

Question 9

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Attributes of good website design are _____.
Answer
  • all answers given.
  • good spelling and grammer, intuitive navigation, easy­-to­-remember domain name.
  • Useable, attractive, easy to navigate, with great content.
  • nice colors, sellable, useable, good content.

Question 10

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Metadata is _________.
Answer
  • information that describes the data
  • hidden data that travels with the digital container of data
  • is available for JPG photos
  • data about data
  • all answers given

Question 11

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When a company posts a privacy policy, it ensures that the company keeps confidential all the information it collects.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Devices running iOS or Mac OS do not get viruses, worms or internet malware.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

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To use a photo on your website, it must NOT be owned by someone else.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 14

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What is a business process?
Answer
  • None of the answers
  • The analysis and redesign of workflow within and between enterprises
  • A standardized set of activities that accomplish a specific task, such as processing a customer's order
  • Integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system so that employees can make decisions by viewing enterprise wide information on all business operations

Question 15

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A web address such a www.google.com is called __________.
Answer
  • A URL
  • The server tier
  • A public IP address
  • A domain name

Question 16

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Which of the following is a definition of information?
Answer
  • Data
  • Facts
  • Knowledge derived from data
  • Figures
  • Research

Question 17

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Internet Service Providers (ISP) are responsible for all except __________.
Answer
  • A gateway to the Internet
  • Security of your messages
  • Providing a legitimate internet address

Question 18

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Because thin-­client applications run in web browsers, ____.
Answer
  • The user must have the browser for which the application was developed
  • There will be a different version of the application for each type of browser
  • They are usually obtained via an app store like Apple Store or Google Play.
  • They will have only one version of code developed by a single team of programmers
  • It is impossible to provide any sophisticated processing

Question 19

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In a company, making the information system more secure will most likely increase the personal freedom of the employees.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 20

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A set of guidelines that allow different types of devices to communicate with each other is called a ____.
Answer
  • process
  • language
  • modern
  • protocol

Question 21

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Net neutrality refers to the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 22

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The photo file formats (file types) are best for website display EXCEPT ______.
Answer
  • Gif
  • Pst
  • Png
  • Jpeg

Question 23

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A ________ monitors data flowing over computer network links, such as email, looking for company confidential data.
Answer
  • sniffer
  • phisher
  • safegaurd
  • hacker

Question 24

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What is the purpose of a responsive web design?
Answer
  • It allows one web site to serve different platforms, such as tablets, PCs, and mobile phones.
  • It enables web sites to customize design according to user preferences.
  • It enables web sites to customize content based on user location and preferences.
  • It allows web sites to respond quickly to changing user needs.

Question 25

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With ___, in addition to using the software for free, a user could also modify the code to create a new version of the software.
Answer
  • Virtualization
  • Vertical market applications
  • Open Source
  • Horizontal market applications
  • closed source

Question 26

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The password like "C4t...................." (23 characters) would take longer to crack than "PrXyu.S(bk7$LlVDFP8" (19 characters).
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 27

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The development of _________ must come before the development of ______.
Answer
  • information; data
  • data; software
  • computer software; information technology
  • information systems; information technology

Question 28

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Organizations can defend against threats by implementing data, technical, and ___ safeguards.
Answer
  • Control
  • Infrastructure
  • Key
  • Hacking
  • Human

Question 29

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Which of the following is not a common example of a wireless device?
Answer
  • Cellular phone
  • Bluetoooth
  • Ethernet
  • RFID

Question 30

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The 1 K used when measuring network speed is the same number as the 1K to measuring memory/storage space on a computer.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 31

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Some cloud vendors offer applications as well as hardware infrastructure, this is known as ________.
Answer
  • Content delivery network (CDN)
  • Software as a service (SaaS)
  • Service-­oriented architecture (SoA)
  • Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
  • Platform as a service (PaaS)

Question 32

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Data can be represented using light because the computer can understand ____ values.
Answer
  • 1
  • 8
  • 0 (zero)
  • 2
  • 1024

Question 33

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Which storage medium is considered volatile?
Answer
  • Flash drive (Thumb drive)
  • CD-ROM
  • Main memory or RAM
  • DVD

Question 34

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Theft, terrorist activity, and accidents could all result in ___________.
Answer
  • Procedural mistakes
  • Advanced persistent threats
  • Loss of infrastructure
  • Incorrect data modification
  • Incorrect data recovery

Question 35

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Mark recently received an email from what appeared to be a legitimate company, asking him to update and verify his credit card details. Unknowingly, he obliged and later realized that the information had been misused. Mark is a victim of ________.
Answer
  • social engineering
  • phishing
  • sniffing
  • hacking

Question 36

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In the cloud, the use of hardware components is allocated and reallocated among many different companies; these pooled resources are shared through _____________.
Answer
  • hosting
  • virtualization
  • interfaces
  • servers
  • economies of scale

Question 37

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The key characteristics of a LAN are __________.
Answer
  • It connects computers across multiple geographical areas
  • All of the computers are located on property controlled by the organization that operates the LAN
  • It uses Ethernet
  • A wireless router is required for connecting the devices on the LAN
  • It uses Bluetooth to connect the devices on the LAN

Question 38

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Which of the following is NOT included in a company­-wide security policy?
Answer
  • Whether data will be stored with other organizations.
  • What employees can do with their own mobile devices at work.
  • How employees and others can obtain copies of data stored about them.
  • Personnel policies.
  • How employees and others can request changes to inaccurate data.

Question 39

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Which answer is NOT TRUE for information technology _____
Answer
  • is the integration of computer with telecommunication equipment for storing, retrieving, manipulating and storage of data.
  • is literally a subset of information systems.
  • the study, design, development, application, implementation, support or management of computer-­based information systems.
  • consists of people, processes, hardware, data, machines and software.

Question 40

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A device on the Internet is identified by its __________.
Answer
  • SMTP
  • URL
  • domain name
  • IP address
  • protocol

Question 41

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Which of the following statements about information systems is true?
Answer
  • People are easy to manage through information systems.
  • Procedures are stable and don’t change often
  • Hardware failures cannot be managed through design
  • Software is difficult to build.

Question 42

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Which of the following is an example of a security threat resulting from malicious human activity?
Answer
  • an employee who accidentally deletes customer records
  • an employee who misunderstands operating procedures
  • an employee who inadvertently installs an old database on top of the current one
  • an employee who intentionally destroys data or other system components

Question 43

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A(n) ________ is a computer program that senses when another computer is attempting to scan the disk or otherwise access a computer.
Answer
  • key escrow
  • intrusion detection system
  • account administration system
  • malware definition

Question 44

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As a general rule, native applications ____.
Answer
  • Are easy to develop
  • Are similar to thin­-client applications
  • Are developed as web pages
  • Easily adapt to any operating system
  • Are expensive to develop

Question 45

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___% of the web is visible to a Google, Bing or Yahoo search.
Answer
  • 50
  • 95
  • 35
  • 5

Question 46

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The World Wide Web and Internet are the same thing.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 47

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If an organization uses cloud services that provide hardware, an operating system, and a Data Base Management System (DBMS), but has to provide their own applications, they are using _____.
Answer
  • Hardware as a service (HaaS)
  • Platform as a service (PaaS)
  • A private cloud
  • Software as a service (SaaS)
  • Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Question 48

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"URL" stands for ____?
Answer
  • Ultra Reliable Linkage
  • Unique Real Link
  • Uniform Resource Locator
  • User Responsibility Liability

Question 49

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IoT stands for
Answer
  • Input­-Output Technology
  • Internet of Things
  • I am On Target
  • Input-­Output Testing

Question 50

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The rest of the web that Google, Bing, or Yahoo does not search is called ___________.
Answer
  • The mystery web
  • The illegal web
  • The dark web
  • It doesn't have a name because there is no part of the web Google, Bing, and Yahoo do not search.
  • The other web

Question 51

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_____ are the basic building blocks of a relational database.
Answer
  • reports
  • queries
  • tables
  • forms

Question 52

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Each row in a table contains all the data for a single ___.
Answer
  • query
  • record
  • form
  • field

Question 53

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Each column in a table represents a single value called a ___.
Answer
  • form
  • record
  • field
  • query

Question 54

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Databases also contain metadata.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 55

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A key business skill to develop using databases is to use the data from a database to make good objective decisions..
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 56

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A database management system (DBMS) is ___.
Answer
  • NOT a collection of software programs to manage data
  • a database system that only gives access to managers
  • a collection of data
  • collects responses from questions
  • a program to create, process, and administer a database

Question 57

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Structured Query Language (SQL) is ___.
Answer
  • a language that relies on mostly read, insert, modify, and delete operations
  • used by most popular relational data base management systems (DBMS)
  • most easily used with a form to structure a DBMS modification
  • an international standard
  • all answers given

Question 58

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An example of a CREATE command for a DBMS would be ___.
Answer
  • an SQL request
  • submitting a web­form to request a replacement driver's license
  • submitting a request to update current personal information in an account
  • submitting a web­form to make a new email account

Question 59

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Content Management Systems (CMS) is an application that sits on top of a DBMS and is often used ___ .
Answer
  • to store personal information in a medical office
  • to create, store, deploy and manage display information for responsive websites
  • for storing warehouse content and structure
  • to manage content for sales execution

Question 60

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One of the big challenges of Big Data is finding a way to __ .
Answer
  • structure a database that can handle it
  • all answers listed
  • visualize it
  • analyze it to give it meaning

Question 61

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Attributes of good website design are _____.
Answer
  • useable, attractive, easy to navigate, with great content
  • nice colors, sellable, useable, good content
  • good spelling and grammar, intuitive navigation, easy­to­remember domain name
  • all answers listed

Question 62

Question
The World Wide Web and Internet are the same thing.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 63

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A ________ is a text document written in HTML.
Answer
  • web page
  • web browser
  • web site
  • web server

Question 64

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An individual's website domain name registration can be accomplished through all but ____________.
Answer
  • a web hosting site
  • a registrar
  • ICANN ­ Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
  • BlueHost.com

Question 65

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To use a photo or graphic on your website it must not be owned by someone else.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 66

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Creative commons is a good place to look for royalty free photos for a website.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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