QUESTION 1

1. Expert Systems are:

Software that simulates human reasoning

Software that simulates human reasoning combined with a knowledge based

Software that simulates human reasoning combined with a knowledge based and inference rules

A team of consultants

Mainframe software

5 points

QUESTION 2

1. Unified Modeling Language is:

Widely used method of visualizing and documenting software system design

New computer language launched by Microsoft as part of the .NET technology

New computer language launched by Oracle as part of their web services

Object modules part of the CORBA framework

None of the above

5 points

QUESTION 3

1. Methods in Object Oriented methodology represents

Specific tasks than an object can perform

Program routines to update the underlying database

Procedures stored in a program

Modules written in a high-level language

Assembly language code

5 points

QUESTION 4

1. Prototyping in Information Technology is considered:

An early, rapidly constructed working version of the computer system

Manufacturing in house all the hardware required in the computer system

Purchasing from outside sources the main components of a system, to gaintime-to-market

An early version of the system for user testing

An early version of the system for user testing and user acceptance

5 points

QUESTION 5

1. Business Process Model is:

Refers to a graphical representation of the organization

A representation of the series of processes in an enterprise

A complete marketing campaign

The future development of the business

A mathematical representation of the company finances

5 points

QUESTION 6

1. Economic Feasibility is:

Complete budget for an organization

Equivalent to the Return on Investment (ROI) for a project

Description of all activities and tasks of a technology project

Description of all activities and tasks for any organizational project

Net between the project benefits of a project and the estimated costs involved

5 points

QUESTION 7

1. Use Case Modeling defines:

The legal charter of a corporation

The legal name of a corporation

The stock name of a corporation

Company overall functions

A less technical view of functions, processes, and people interactions

5 points

QUESTION 8

1. In E-Commerce B2C refers to the following:

Chemical compound

A Federal law protecting brick and mortar business

Business to Consumers

A hardware component of a web site

Web design technology

5 points

QUESTION 9

1. Objects in Object Oriented methodology represents:

Computer transactions

Any entity in the database

Real persons, places, events, or transactions

Real persons, places, events, or transactions related with the system under analysis

None of the above

5 points

QUESTION 10

1. Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERD's) deal with:

depiction of all properties in a database

graphical representation of a logical view of a database

graphical model of the information system that depicts the relationship between systementities

graphical model of the information system that depicts the relationship between system tables and indexes

None of the above

5 points

QUESTION 11

1. Database Normalizationrefers to:

Process of creating the minimum amount of tables to save storage space in a server

Process of creation of a larger number of tables with minimal amount of fields to speed up the access of data

Process by which we identify and correct inherent problems and complexities in the table records design

Process by which all tables have the minimal amount of required fields

None of the above

5 points

QUESTION 12

1. Database is a:

Collection of flat files

Collection of variable record length flat files

Collection of records in 1NF

A large collection of data geographically dispersed

A centralized collection of data sources

5 points

QUESTION 13

1. Data Warehousing refers to:

Data related to products stored in a warehouse

Integrated collection of products

Integrated collection of data that can support management analysis and decision making

the wireless component of an inventory system

None of the above

5 points

QUESTION 14

1. Joint Application Development is:

Popular training technique for a telephone environment

A series of meetings to determine an organization budget

A series of meetings to determine an organization budget, led by the Finance group

Popular computer systems development techniques

Popular computer systems development techniques, where users and IT staff meet to develop requirements for a new system

5 points

QUESTION 15

1. Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) are:

A series of symbols to represent manual account processing

A series of symbols to represent functions in an IT department

A series of symbols to represent traditional functions in an organization

Basic symbols to represent processes, data flows, data stores and external entities

Basic symbols to represent processes, data flows, data stores, databases andexternal entities

5 points

QUESTION 16

1. Human Computer Interaction describes:

The main flow charts and DFD diagrams from a system

the relationship between two machines without human intervention

the relationship between computers and people who use them

all the dataflow between two users of the same system

None of the above

5 points

QUESTION 17

1. A flat file is a collection of:

Highly structured, highly embedded data fields

Hierarchical data records

Data related to individuals or transactions

Data with indexes

Two or more unrelated fields

5 points

QUESTION 18

1. Referential Integrity refers to:

All federal laws related to hiring in the private sector

set of rules to avoid data inconsistency and data quality problems

set of rules dealing with the inserting of data in database to assure integrity in data fields

cross reference between tables in the same database

cross reference between tables in different databases

5 points

QUESTION 19

1. Strategic Planning is:

Process to identify the long-term goals of an organization

Process to identify the long-term organizational goals, strategies, and enterprise resources

A function of the IT department

A function carried out by Finance alone

Goals develop by the middle-management of a corporation

5 points

QUESTION 20

1. In-house software development deals with:

The creation of the business requirements without the help of outside consultants

The creation of business requirements with some support from outside consultants

Creation of an application with mostly internal resources

Creation of an application managed by internal resources

None of the above