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50 Cards in this Set
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The ram is the primary storage device of a personal computer |
False The primary storage device is hardware |
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What is RAM |
Temporary workspace |
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What is motherboard |
Largest circuit board |
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What is the CPU or central processing unit |
Brain of the computer |
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True or false The GUI software displays graphical elements called icons |
True - The GUI is part of the user interface, which allows one to control and interact with a program |
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True or false - application software is the main type of software |
False - both system software and application software are main types |
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What communicates with system software? |
Hardware |
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What communicates with application software |
User |
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True or false - the program is tested for syntax errors and logical errors |
True - checking for syntax and logic errors is the first step. The last step is to beta test with potential users |
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All data is good forever |
False - data timeliness depends on how the information is being used And example would be the information in a 911 emergency call the information would be useful for the present moment but the circumstances could change fast |
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True or false – analytical information helps make choices about daily task |
False – analytical supports managerial analysis tasks |
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What is transactional information |
Help support daily tasks |
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True or false – 1000 bits equals one kilobyte |
True |
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What are the power levels in bytes? |
Byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte |
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True or false – a data warehouse information collected for one department |
False – data warehouse includes information from many different departments across the organization |
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What can translate doc image into text |
OCR –optical character recognition |
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What is biometrics |
Facial recognition and fingerprint |
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What is used to link tables together |
Foreign key |
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What are primary keys in a field |
Unique identifier such as IDs |
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What does a foreign key do |
Links table together and helps identify tables across the database |
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Which is the most common pointing device |
Optical mouse |
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What software helps programmers build their computer programs |
IDE – integrated development environment |
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What is CRM |
Computer software that aids the sales department |
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What is ERP |
A computer software that has many business functions built into one software |
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What is PIM |
Computer software that keeps users organized |
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What are the five characteristics of high quality information |
Accurate, complete, consistent, unique, timely |
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What are the four traits of information |
Type, timeliness, quality, governance |
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Data dictionary |
compiles all the meta-data about the data elements in the data model |
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DBMS - database management system |
Bridges logical and physical information together Handles structuring, storage, maintenance, updates, etc. |
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Data model |
The physical data structures |
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Relational database |
Data dictionary, DBMS, data model |
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PPM |
Pages per minute |
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Dpi |
Dots per inch - describes the print resolution |
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Dox matrix |
Professional printer used in printing IDs or lab quality images |
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Data mart |
Subset of the data warehouse |
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ETL |
Process - extraction transforming, and loading |
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OLAP |
Everything that a warehouse support such as analytical processing |
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What is the purpose of an operating system |
Manage the flow data between hard for components and allow the user to communicate with the computer |
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What are device drivers |
Programs that allow communication between hardware and operating system |
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What is UNIX |
A server operating system that runs many of the worlds most powerful servers |
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What does open source mean |
Software that is freely distributed and modified |
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What is information granularity |
Refers to the extent of details within the operation (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract) |
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What is Enterprise Data
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data that is shared by the users of an organization, generally across departments and/or geographic regions |
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What is an Information Asset |
a body of knowledge that is organized and managed as a single entity |
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Rational Database Model
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stores information in the form of logically related two-dimensional tab |
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What are examples of Transactional Data? |
sales receipt, packing slip, purchase confirmation, etc. |
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What is RPC - Remote Procedure Call |
protocol that one program can use to request a service from a program located in another computer on a network without having to understand the network's details |
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What is DNS - Domain Name System |
A hierarchical and decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the Internet or a private network |
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What is SQL |
a domain-specific language used in programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database management system, or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system. |
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What are the three primary data models for organizing information |
1-hierarchical, 2-network, and 3-metadata |
