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Artificial Intelligence
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The science of making machines imitate human thinking and behavior.
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The four categories of AI (Does not include GIS)
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1. Expert Systems
2. Neural Networks 3. Genetic Algorithms 4. Agent-based technologies |
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Geographic Information Systems
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GIS is a decision support system designed specifically to analyze spatial information
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What type of information is viewed spatially?
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GIS
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Intelligence
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Find or recognize a problem, need, or opportunity
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Design
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Consider possible ways of solving the problem
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Database
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A collection of information that you organize and access according to logical structure of the information.
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Data Dictionary
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Centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format.
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Relational
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A series of logically related two-dimensional tables of files to store information in the form of a database. Links tables to other tables using a key. Most common type of database in business.
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What is a key?
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it is a unique identifier
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Primary key
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is a field or a group of fields that uniquely describe each record
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Foreign key
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a primary key of one file (table) that appears in another file (table)
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What is the difference between primary and foreign key?
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Primary is when you have one entry of that specific key, foreign is taking that same key and using it in another table, multiple entry of the primary key.
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What is integrity?
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it is when the data has not been altered
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DBMS is?
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Database management systems, helps you specify the logical requirements for a database and access and use the information in a database.
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How many parts is it made up of?
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5
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What allows you to define structure? and helps you create and maintain the data dictionary?
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Data definition subsystem
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What helps you add, remove and change information stored in a database?
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Data manipulation subsystem
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What are the 5 major parts of DBMS?
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1. DBMS Engine (accepts requests from subsystems)
2. Data definition subsystem 3. Data Manipulation subsystem 4. Application generation subsystem 5. Data administration subsystem |
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What is satisficing?
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Making a choice that meets your needs and is satisfactory without necessarily being the best possible available
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Knowledge based system?
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Expert system
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What is an Expert System?
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an artificial intelligence system that applies reasoning capabilities to reach a conclusion
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B2B
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When businesses sell products and other services to another business
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B2C
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When businesses sells products and other services to individuals
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C2B
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When an individual sells products or services to a business
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C2C
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When an individual sells products or service to other individuals
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What is it when an auto industry allows customers to make their own UNIQUE cars?
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Mass Customization
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What is it called when you purchase books on amazon?
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B2C
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Materials that are used in production in a manufacturing companies or are placed on the shelf for sale in retail environments?
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Direct
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MRO
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materials necessary for running a company but do not relate to the companies primary business activities (office supplies)
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Horizontal e-marketplace?
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connects buyers and sellers across many industries
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Vertical e-marketplace?
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connects buyers and sellers in a given industry
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Convenience?
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typically lower prices but something they often need, usually frequently.
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Speciality
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Higher priced and ordered less frequently
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What key would use a phone number to unique identification?
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Primary Key
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When happens when a computer/network becomes flooded with junk?
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Denial of service (threatens availability)
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What is a virus worm?
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it is something that duplicates and spreads
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Secure Socket Layers
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Encrypts information
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Encryption
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scrambles the contents of a file so that you can read it without having the right decryption key
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Fiber Optics
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Very thin glass or fiber, backbone if the internet, use the light to transmit information, usually at ultra high speeds.
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What is communication media through air?
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WIFI
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Bandwidth
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the amount of data that a communications medium can transfer in a given amount of time. Measurable by bits per second.
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Local Area Network
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Covers a building or a set of buildings that are close in proximity (office buildings)
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Wide Area Network
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Covers Lans that are not immediately close to each other
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Metropolitan Area Network
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Covers an entire metropolitan area
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Connects separate networks?
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Router
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ARPANET
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the first project trying to build the internet
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1st node was in?
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1969
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The two men who started ARPANET?
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Welsh and Davies
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Where were the first 2 nodes?
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UCLA and Stanford
(also UCSB and University of Utah) |
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RFQ means?
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Request for quotation
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IMP means?
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Interface message processor
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How many parts are in the decision making process?
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4
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What is the question you want addressed by the predictive analytics model?
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Predictive Goal
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How many categories of artificial intelligence are there?
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4
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What are the two types of keys?
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Primary Key and foreign key?
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What key would represent a student ID?
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Primary key
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What are the four phases of the decision making process?
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1.Intelligence (problem, need, opportunity recognition)
2. Design (consider way to solve problem) 3. Choice (weighing the merits of each situation) 4. Implementation (carrying out the solution) |
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A network is a connection between?
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Computers
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Major difference between internet connections is?
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Cost
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What are threats to security?
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1. Confidentiality
2. Authenticity 3. Availability 4. Integrity |
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What are agent-based technologies?
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1. Autonomous
2. Distributed 3. Mobile 4. Intelligent 5. Multi-agent |
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What is a switch?
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Connects multiple computing devices to a network
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Application generation subsystem
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contains facilities to help you develop transaction-intensive applications
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Data Administration Subsystem
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Helps you manage the database (backup and recovery)
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What are the types of decisions?
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1. Structured
2. Non-structured 3. Recurring 4. Non-recurring |
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involved processing a certain kind of information in a specified way so that you will always get the right answer
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sturctured
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Non-structured
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there may be several "right" answers, and there i no precise way to get the right answer
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is one that happens repeatedly and often periodically.
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recurring
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non-recurring
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Does not happen repeatedly
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Fuzzy logic
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is a mathematical method of handling imprecise or subjective information (important in text analytic systems)
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