IVY INFM 109 (IVY TECH ONLINE INFORMATICS
FUNDAMENTALS FINAL EXAM) LATEST 103
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
According to "Information Systems for Business and Beyond," what are the
major components of an information system? (Choose all that apply) -
ANSWERS-Software
People
Processes
Data Hardware
What is Web 2.0? How has the evolution of Web 2.0 affect how we interact
with the web? - ANSWERS-Web 2.0 is a new stage of the internet
exemplified by interactive websites that require little, or no, programming
knowledge. With the evolution of Web 2.0, almost everyone can can interact
with and publish anything they want online through the use of their own
personal social media page or blog.
Explain the difference between data, information, and knowledge. Give a
specific example to illustrate your discussion. - ANSWERS-Data is defined as
raw facts with no context or intent, information if the processed data with
context and purpose, and knowledge is the application of the information to
known facts or concepts.
An example of data would be hammers in a store's inventory system. An
example of information would be, the store's inventory system shows them
that they had 8 hammers at the end of the previous day. An example of
knowledge would be, whoever is in charge of inventory at the store would
know they sold 3 hammers today, and may need to order more to restock.
,The following component performs the function of mathematical calculations
and is considered "the brain" of the computer: - ANSWERS-Processor
This component is designed for long-term non-volatile data storage: -
ANSWERS-Hard Disk Drive
This component is designed for short-term volatile data storage: -
ANSWERS-Random Access Memory
Using Boolean logic, which operator will give you a list of all cars that won't
include Teslas? - ANSWERS-NOT
The purpose of a spider or web crawler is to scan across the Internet to find
new web pages and index the information. - ANSWERS-True
According to Michael Fourman, what is "metadata?" (Choose all that apply) -
ANSWERS-An "electronic card" attached to each document and
Data about data
According to the Michael Fourman article, HTTP is a markup language. -
ANSWERS-False
In the video "5 Components of Information Literacy," using Boolean search
terms or requesting genealogical records are examples of which level of
Information Literacy? - ANSWERS-Find
The "people" part of an information system includes Tier 1 and Tier 2 help
desk workers, analysts, and developers. - ANSWERS-True
IBM's PC was developed with a closed architecture, it made it more difficult
for competitors to develop PC "clones" - ANSWERS-False
, According to the Fourman article, Natural Language Processing (NLP) can be
considered the "next generation" of document searching, since it involves
extracting the meaning from the document contents and not simply perform
a keyword search. - ANSWERS-True
If you need to look for scholarly articles on software development, which
websites will BEST fit your need? (Choose all that apply) - ANSWERS-
research.yahoo.com
scholar.google.com
This component interconnects all other components inside a computer: -
ANSWERS-Motherboard
Analog - ANSWERS-signals are continuous and can be represented by a
smooth wave pattern
Digital - ANSWERS-processes electronic signals into discrete values, of
which there can be two or more
CPU - ANSWERS-The brains of the computer.
Motherboard - ANSWERS-The primary circuit board in a computer.
Random Access Memory - ANSWERS-Volatile storage that is erased when
the power is removed.
FUNDAMENTALS FINAL EXAM) LATEST 103
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
According to "Information Systems for Business and Beyond," what are the
major components of an information system? (Choose all that apply) -
ANSWERS-Software
People
Processes
Data Hardware
What is Web 2.0? How has the evolution of Web 2.0 affect how we interact
with the web? - ANSWERS-Web 2.0 is a new stage of the internet
exemplified by interactive websites that require little, or no, programming
knowledge. With the evolution of Web 2.0, almost everyone can can interact
with and publish anything they want online through the use of their own
personal social media page or blog.
Explain the difference between data, information, and knowledge. Give a
specific example to illustrate your discussion. - ANSWERS-Data is defined as
raw facts with no context or intent, information if the processed data with
context and purpose, and knowledge is the application of the information to
known facts or concepts.
An example of data would be hammers in a store's inventory system. An
example of information would be, the store's inventory system shows them
that they had 8 hammers at the end of the previous day. An example of
knowledge would be, whoever is in charge of inventory at the store would
know they sold 3 hammers today, and may need to order more to restock.
,The following component performs the function of mathematical calculations
and is considered "the brain" of the computer: - ANSWERS-Processor
This component is designed for long-term non-volatile data storage: -
ANSWERS-Hard Disk Drive
This component is designed for short-term volatile data storage: -
ANSWERS-Random Access Memory
Using Boolean logic, which operator will give you a list of all cars that won't
include Teslas? - ANSWERS-NOT
The purpose of a spider or web crawler is to scan across the Internet to find
new web pages and index the information. - ANSWERS-True
According to Michael Fourman, what is "metadata?" (Choose all that apply) -
ANSWERS-An "electronic card" attached to each document and
Data about data
According to the Michael Fourman article, HTTP is a markup language. -
ANSWERS-False
In the video "5 Components of Information Literacy," using Boolean search
terms or requesting genealogical records are examples of which level of
Information Literacy? - ANSWERS-Find
The "people" part of an information system includes Tier 1 and Tier 2 help
desk workers, analysts, and developers. - ANSWERS-True
IBM's PC was developed with a closed architecture, it made it more difficult
for competitors to develop PC "clones" - ANSWERS-False
, According to the Fourman article, Natural Language Processing (NLP) can be
considered the "next generation" of document searching, since it involves
extracting the meaning from the document contents and not simply perform
a keyword search. - ANSWERS-True
If you need to look for scholarly articles on software development, which
websites will BEST fit your need? (Choose all that apply) - ANSWERS-
research.yahoo.com
scholar.google.com
This component interconnects all other components inside a computer: -
ANSWERS-Motherboard
Analog - ANSWERS-signals are continuous and can be represented by a
smooth wave pattern
Digital - ANSWERS-processes electronic signals into discrete values, of
which there can be two or more
CPU - ANSWERS-The brains of the computer.
Motherboard - ANSWERS-The primary circuit board in a computer.
Random Access Memory - ANSWERS-Volatile storage that is erased when
the power is removed.
