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IT For Managers 101 Practice Test: Data, Text, and Document Management
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IT For Managers 101 Practice Test: Data, Text, and Document Management
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1. Although vendors may claim that their __________ solution creates “a single version of the truth,” this claim is probably not true.
2. Despite their potential benefits, implementations of large data warehouses may fail. Reasons for data warehousing failures are all of the following except:
3. Which is not a characteristic of a data warehouse?
4. The main difference between a database and data warehouse is that:
5. Which is not an advantage and capability of a DBMS?
6. __________ is the process of finding, gathering, and filtering of electronic files and information in preparation for trial, legal or regulatory investigation, or administrative action as required by law.
7. __________ programs can provide access to all organizational data and overcome many of the problems associated with data file environments.
8. __________ for banking and debit cards are designed to ensure that every transaction gets recorded and processed online and in real-time.
9. According to the principle of __________, a majority of data lose much of their value after three months.
10. __________ are facilities containing mission-critical ISs and components that deliver data and IT services to the enterprise.
11. A computer system organizes data into a hierarchy that begins with __________, which are the smallest unit of data a computer can process.
12. Database management systems range in size and capabilities from the simple __________ to full-featured __________ solutions.
13. Customer name, invoice number, and order date are examples of __________.
14. Which of the following is not a reason why managers and information workers may be constrained by data?
15. The credit card company Capital One uses __________ to track each customer’s profitability and uses that score to determine the level of customer service.
16. Each year, billions of dollars are wasted in the healthcare supply chain because of the lack of __________.
17. Which of the following statements about data warehousing is false?
18. Data warehouses are designed as __________ systems, meaning that the data can be queried and analyzed much more efficiently than online databases.
19. A financial institution’s databases are __________ because every deposit, withdrawal, loan payment, or other transaction adds or changes data, which makes data analysis __________.
20. Nearly __________ percent of U.S. corporations become engaged in lawsuits and at any one time, the average $1 billion company in the U.S. faces 147 lawsuits.
21. In __________ file organization, which is the way files are organized on tape, data records must be retrieved in the same physical sequence in which they are stored.
22. All companies create __________, which are documents that record business activities and functions such as contracts, research and development, accounting source documents, memos, and customer/client communications.
23. To be retrievable, a company’s electronic records must be __________ like structured data in a database.
24. According to the principle of __________, the more recent the data, the more valuable they are.
25. Which is not a benefit of having a unified view of customers?