ECU MIS 2223 Final Exam Study Guide | Management Information Systems Review, Key
Concepts & Practice Questions
What is Bill Gates known for? - correct answer ✔✔running Microsoft, one of the richest men in
the world
What university did he graduate from? - correct answer ✔✔didn't graduate, but he went to
Harvard
Now, how does he devote his time? - correct answer ✔✔running the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
What is Steve Jobs known for? - correct answer ✔✔co-founding Apple
What pattern do Bill Gates and Steve Job have in common? (According to the lecture notes) -
correct answer ✔✔they both dropped out of college
As of 2017, total number of Internet users in the world - correct answer ✔✔3.49 billion
Who invented the Internet? - correct answer ✔✔the US government
The Internet began in 1969 as - correct answer ✔✔ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects
Agency)
These are examples of what - .gov and .edu? - correct answer ✔✔"top level domain"
Who's in charge of censoring or regulating the Internet? - correct answer ✔✔the FCC
, What does CIPA stand for? - correct answer ✔✔Children's Internet Protection Act
Current hot topic regarding e-commerce - correct answer ✔✔Sales tax on Internet purchases
Purpose of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Who was authorized to carry out this act? - correct
answer ✔✔authorizes the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to establish a "do not e-mail"
registry similar to the national "do not call" law for telemarketers. The law requires unsolicited
commercial e-mail messages to be labeled and to include opt-out instructions if you don't want
to get e-mails from that company anymore
What's URL hijacking? - correct answer ✔✔refers to taking advantage of common typos users
make when entering a Web address (URL) into their browser. A domain name that is a
misspelled version of a popular domain name is legally registered. Whenever someone
misspells the URL, the site is accessed, which may offer a competitive product, an entirely
different product, a pile of ads or be a soapbox for a cause.
What category of computers did the textbook skip, but was covered in the lecture notes? -
correct answer ✔✔mainframes
What was the first category of computers to be developed? - correct answer ✔✔mainframes
Who coined the term "PC"? - correct answer ✔✔IBM
Use of supercomputers that we see in our everyday lives - correct answer ✔✔weather
forecasting
What two words does Wi-Fi commonly stand for? - correct answer ✔✔Wireless Fidelity
Concepts & Practice Questions
What is Bill Gates known for? - correct answer ✔✔running Microsoft, one of the richest men in
the world
What university did he graduate from? - correct answer ✔✔didn't graduate, but he went to
Harvard
Now, how does he devote his time? - correct answer ✔✔running the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
What is Steve Jobs known for? - correct answer ✔✔co-founding Apple
What pattern do Bill Gates and Steve Job have in common? (According to the lecture notes) -
correct answer ✔✔they both dropped out of college
As of 2017, total number of Internet users in the world - correct answer ✔✔3.49 billion
Who invented the Internet? - correct answer ✔✔the US government
The Internet began in 1969 as - correct answer ✔✔ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects
Agency)
These are examples of what - .gov and .edu? - correct answer ✔✔"top level domain"
Who's in charge of censoring or regulating the Internet? - correct answer ✔✔the FCC
, What does CIPA stand for? - correct answer ✔✔Children's Internet Protection Act
Current hot topic regarding e-commerce - correct answer ✔✔Sales tax on Internet purchases
Purpose of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Who was authorized to carry out this act? - correct
answer ✔✔authorizes the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to establish a "do not e-mail"
registry similar to the national "do not call" law for telemarketers. The law requires unsolicited
commercial e-mail messages to be labeled and to include opt-out instructions if you don't want
to get e-mails from that company anymore
What's URL hijacking? - correct answer ✔✔refers to taking advantage of common typos users
make when entering a Web address (URL) into their browser. A domain name that is a
misspelled version of a popular domain name is legally registered. Whenever someone
misspells the URL, the site is accessed, which may offer a competitive product, an entirely
different product, a pile of ads or be a soapbox for a cause.
What category of computers did the textbook skip, but was covered in the lecture notes? -
correct answer ✔✔mainframes
What was the first category of computers to be developed? - correct answer ✔✔mainframes
Who coined the term "PC"? - correct answer ✔✔IBM
Use of supercomputers that we see in our everyday lives - correct answer ✔✔weather
forecasting
What two words does Wi-Fi commonly stand for? - correct answer ✔✔Wireless Fidelity
