WGU-D075-
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS 2024
Adware - answer Programs that automatically
display or download advertising to a computer.
Application Software - answer Software that is
designed for the user to carry out a specific task.
Best Practice - answer A management process,
technique, or method that is most effective at
arriving at a desired outcome or a better outcome
than any other process, technique, or method.
Big Data - answer Data that is collected from all
over the internet, including smartphone metadata,
internet usage records, social media activity,
computer usage records, and countless other data
sources.
,Bus Topology - answer A network topology
sometimes called a linear bus, where each of a
network's nodes is connected to a common linear
backbone that has two endpoints.
Business Analytics - answer Attempts to make
connections between data so organizations can try
to predict future trends that may give them a
competitive advantage.
Business Intelligence (BI - answer Strategies and
technologies used by enterprises for the data
analysis of business information.
Cache - answer A hardware or software component
that stores data so that future requests for that
data can be served faster.
Campus Area Network (CAN) - answer A computer
network that connects two or more LANs that are
located on a campus.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - answer A job title
for the board-level head of an information
technology department within a business
,organization. The CIO's job is to make sure IT
assets are in place to ensure a smooth transition.
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - answer
The CISO is generally focused on the security of an
organization's data and information, making sure it
is backed up, deciding who gets to see it and who
does not, and so on.
Chief Security Officer (CSO) - answer A CSO is in
charge of such things as the physical security and
safety of employees, facilities, and corporate
assets and may have a law enforcement
background.
Chief Technology Officers (CTO) - answer The CTO
runs the organization's IT engineering group and
serves as the company's top technology architect.
Click Fraud - answer An internet fraud scheme that
automatically passes a user to an advertiser,
whether they had any intention of visiting or not,
in order to collect a per-click fee.
Clients - answer An end user's computer in a
computer network.
, Computer Network - answer Two or more
computers connected together to communicate
and share resources.
Cybersecurity - answer The convergence of
technologies, sound practice, and processes
designed to protect networks and their devices,
programs, and data from attack or unauthorized
access.
Data Analysis - answer The application of statistics
and logic techniques to define, illustrate, and
evaluate data.
Data Management (DM) - answer The practices,
architectural techniques, and tools for achieving
consistent access to and delivery of data across
the spectrum of data subject areas and data
structure types in the enterprise.
Data Management Processes - answer The process
of acquiring data, making sure the data are valid,
and then storing and processing the data into
usable information for a business.
Data Mapping - answer Extra notes about the
definition of a field, its data, and its use
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS 2024
Adware - answer Programs that automatically
display or download advertising to a computer.
Application Software - answer Software that is
designed for the user to carry out a specific task.
Best Practice - answer A management process,
technique, or method that is most effective at
arriving at a desired outcome or a better outcome
than any other process, technique, or method.
Big Data - answer Data that is collected from all
over the internet, including smartphone metadata,
internet usage records, social media activity,
computer usage records, and countless other data
sources.
,Bus Topology - answer A network topology
sometimes called a linear bus, where each of a
network's nodes is connected to a common linear
backbone that has two endpoints.
Business Analytics - answer Attempts to make
connections between data so organizations can try
to predict future trends that may give them a
competitive advantage.
Business Intelligence (BI - answer Strategies and
technologies used by enterprises for the data
analysis of business information.
Cache - answer A hardware or software component
that stores data so that future requests for that
data can be served faster.
Campus Area Network (CAN) - answer A computer
network that connects two or more LANs that are
located on a campus.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - answer A job title
for the board-level head of an information
technology department within a business
,organization. The CIO's job is to make sure IT
assets are in place to ensure a smooth transition.
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - answer
The CISO is generally focused on the security of an
organization's data and information, making sure it
is backed up, deciding who gets to see it and who
does not, and so on.
Chief Security Officer (CSO) - answer A CSO is in
charge of such things as the physical security and
safety of employees, facilities, and corporate
assets and may have a law enforcement
background.
Chief Technology Officers (CTO) - answer The CTO
runs the organization's IT engineering group and
serves as the company's top technology architect.
Click Fraud - answer An internet fraud scheme that
automatically passes a user to an advertiser,
whether they had any intention of visiting or not,
in order to collect a per-click fee.
Clients - answer An end user's computer in a
computer network.
, Computer Network - answer Two or more
computers connected together to communicate
and share resources.
Cybersecurity - answer The convergence of
technologies, sound practice, and processes
designed to protect networks and their devices,
programs, and data from attack or unauthorized
access.
Data Analysis - answer The application of statistics
and logic techniques to define, illustrate, and
evaluate data.
Data Management (DM) - answer The practices,
architectural techniques, and tools for achieving
consistent access to and delivery of data across
the spectrum of data subject areas and data
structure types in the enterprise.
Data Management Processes - answer The process
of acquiring data, making sure the data are valid,
and then storing and processing the data into
usable information for a business.
Data Mapping - answer Extra notes about the
definition of a field, its data, and its use
