COB 204 Practice Exam Questions
and Answers
Radio frequency identification (RFID) - Answer-attach tags with antennas and computer
chips on goods and track their movement through radio signals
Wireless sensor networks - Answer-interconnected battery powered wireless sensors
called motes
Internet of Things (IoT) - Answer-objects, animals, and people are provided with unique
identifiers and the ability to automatically transfer data over a network
Rogue access point - Answer-unauthorized access point to a wireless network
War driving - Answer-act of locating WLANs while driving around a city
Eavesdropping - Answer-access data over wireless networks without authorization
Hotspot - Answer-small geographical perimeter within which a wireless access point
provides a number of users
Mesh networks - Answer-networks composed of multiple WiFi access points to created
a WAN
Business process - Answer-ongoing collection of related activities that create a product
or a service of value to the organization, its business partners, and/or its customers
Cross functional business processes - Answer-no single functional area is responsible
for their execution
Business process reengineering - Answer-strategy for making an organizations
business processes more productive and profitable
Business process improvement - Answer-reduces variations in the process outputs by
searching for root causes of the variation in the process itself
Business process managements - Answer-methods and tools to support the design,
analysis, implementation, management, and continuous optimization of core business
processes throughout the organization
Clickstream data - Answer-data that visitors and customers produce when they visit a
website and click the hyperlinks
,Data governance - Answer-approach to managing info. across an entire organization
Master data management - Answer-process that spans all organizational business
processes and applications
Master data - Answer-set of core data, such as customer, product, employee, vendor,
geographic location, and so on, that span the enterprise info. systems
Data file - Answer-collection of logically related records
Data Redundancy - Answer-same data stored in multiple locations
Data isolation - Answer-applications cannot access data associated with other
applications
Ethics - Answer-principles of right and wrong
Responsibility - Answer-accept consequences of decisions
Accountability - Answer-determining who is responsible for actions
Liability - Answer-legal concept, right to recover damages done to them
Privacy issues - Answer-collecting, storing, disseminating info.
Accuracy issues - Answer-authenticity, fidelity, and correctness
Property issues - Answer-ownership and value of info.
Accessibility issues - Answer-who should have access and whether they should pay a
fee
Information Technology (IT) - Answer-computer based tool people use to work with info.
and support the info. and info.-processing needs of an organization
Information System (IS) - Answer-collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and
disseminates info. for a specific purpose
Informed user - Answer-a person knowledgeable about IS and IT
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Answer-executive in charge of the IS function
Data Items - Answer-description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are
recorded, classified, and stored, but not organized to convey and specific meaning
, Information - Answer-data that have been organized so they have meaning and value to
the recipient
Knowledge - Answer-data/info. that have been organized so they have meaning and
value
Computer Based Information System (CBIS) - Answer-info. system that uses computer
technology to perform some or all of its intended tasks
Information technology components - Answer-hardware, software, database, network
Hardware - Answer-devices such as the processor, monitor, keyboard, and
printer...together these devices accept, process, and display data and information
Software - Answer-a program/collection of programs that enable the hardware to
process data
Database - Answer-collection of files or tables containing data
Network - Answer-connecting system (wireline or wireless) that permits different
computers to share resources
Procedures - Answer-instructions for combining info. tech. components to process info.
and generate the desired output
Application (app) - Answer-computer based program to support a specific task
Functional Area Info. Systems (FAIS) - Answer-supporting pillars for the info. systems
(ex. Accounting IS)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems - Answer-correct lack of communication
among functional area systems
Transaction Processing System (TPS) - Answer-monitoring, collection, storage, and
processing of data
Interorganizational Info. Systems (IOSs) - Answer-support operations, supply chain
management
E-commerce Systems - Answer-conduct transactions (B2B, B2C)
Knowledge workers - Answer-experts in particular subject
Office Automation Systems (OASs) - Answer-develop documents and communicate
