WGU-D075-INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS
Adware - ✔✔ correct answer Programs that automatically display or download advertising to a
computer.
Application Software - ✔✔ correct answer Software that is designed for the user to carry out a specific
task.
Best Practice - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer Strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the
data analysis of business information.
Cache - ✔✔ correct answer A hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests
for that data can be served faster.
Campus Area Network (CAN) - ✔✔ correct answer A computer network that connects two or more LANs
that are located on a campus.
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TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - ✔✔ correct 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) - ✔✔ correct 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) - ✔✔ correct 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) - ✔✔ correct answer The CTO runs the organization's IT engineering
group and serves as the company's top technology architect.
Click Fraud - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer An end user's computer in a computer network.
Computer Network - ✔✔ correct answer Two or more computers connected together to communicate
and share resources.
Cybersecurity - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer The application of statistics and logic techniques to define, illustrate,
and evaluate data.
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TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS
Data Management (DM) - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer Extra notes about the definition of a field, its data, and its use
Data Mining - ✔✔ correct answer The examination of huge sets of data to find patterns and connections
and identify outliers and hidden relationships.
Databases - ✔✔ correct answer Well-thought-out collections of computer files, the most important of
which are called tables.
Database Administrators (DBAs) - ✔✔ correct answer DBAs categorize data requirements and create the
database entities and models that ensure accurate and smooth-flowing information throughout a
business.
Database Management System Software (DBMS) - ✔✔ correct answer An application software that is
used to create a collection of related files that consist of records of data separated by fields that can be
queried to produce populations of information.
Default-allow Firewall Rule - ✔✔ correct answer A rule that all traffic is allowed unless it has been
specifically blocked.
Default-deny Firewall Rule - ✔✔ correct answer The only network connections that are permitted are
the ones that have been explicitly allowed.
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TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS
Denial-of-service - ✔✔ correct answer An attempt to make a computer or any of its resources
unavailable to its intended users.
Disk Storage - ✔✔ correct answer Nonvolatile, secondary storage on a physical device like a hard drive or
optical disk with a read/write apparatus.
Ethernet Card - ✔✔ correct answer Provides the computer with a unique 48-bit address called a MAC
(media access control) address. No two Ethernet cards have the same address.
Extract, Transform, and Load - ✔✔ correct answer Tools that are used to standardize data across systems
and allow the data to be queried.
File Allocation Table (FAT) - ✔✔ correct answer A table of contents that directs the read/write arm of the
hard drive to the location where data exist and accesses the data upon the user's request.
Firewall - ✔✔ correct answer Specialized hardware and software that ensures that only authorized
personnel can access and use an organization's intranet.
Foreign Key - ✔✔ correct answer A field in a database table that provides a link between two tables in a
relational database.
Gantt Chart - ✔✔ correct answer A type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - ✔✔ correct answer The visual system of computer screen designs that
allow a user to interact with an electronic device.
Hardware - ✔✔ correct answer The physical part of the computer.
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS
Adware - ✔✔ correct answer Programs that automatically display or download advertising to a
computer.
Application Software - ✔✔ correct answer Software that is designed for the user to carry out a specific
task.
Best Practice - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer Strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the
data analysis of business information.
Cache - ✔✔ correct answer A hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests
for that data can be served faster.
Campus Area Network (CAN) - ✔✔ correct answer A computer network that connects two or more LANs
that are located on a campus.
,WGU-D075-INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - ✔✔ correct 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) - ✔✔ correct 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) - ✔✔ correct 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) - ✔✔ correct answer The CTO runs the organization's IT engineering
group and serves as the company's top technology architect.
Click Fraud - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer An end user's computer in a computer network.
Computer Network - ✔✔ correct answer Two or more computers connected together to communicate
and share resources.
Cybersecurity - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer The application of statistics and logic techniques to define, illustrate,
and evaluate data.
,WGU-D075-INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS
Data Management (DM) - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer Extra notes about the definition of a field, its data, and its use
Data Mining - ✔✔ correct answer The examination of huge sets of data to find patterns and connections
and identify outliers and hidden relationships.
Databases - ✔✔ correct answer Well-thought-out collections of computer files, the most important of
which are called tables.
Database Administrators (DBAs) - ✔✔ correct answer DBAs categorize data requirements and create the
database entities and models that ensure accurate and smooth-flowing information throughout a
business.
Database Management System Software (DBMS) - ✔✔ correct answer An application software that is
used to create a collection of related files that consist of records of data separated by fields that can be
queried to produce populations of information.
Default-allow Firewall Rule - ✔✔ correct answer A rule that all traffic is allowed unless it has been
specifically blocked.
Default-deny Firewall Rule - ✔✔ correct answer The only network connections that are permitted are
the ones that have been explicitly allowed.
, WGU-D075-INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ESSENTIALS
Denial-of-service - ✔✔ correct answer An attempt to make a computer or any of its resources
unavailable to its intended users.
Disk Storage - ✔✔ correct answer Nonvolatile, secondary storage on a physical device like a hard drive or
optical disk with a read/write apparatus.
Ethernet Card - ✔✔ correct answer Provides the computer with a unique 48-bit address called a MAC
(media access control) address. No two Ethernet cards have the same address.
Extract, Transform, and Load - ✔✔ correct answer Tools that are used to standardize data across systems
and allow the data to be queried.
File Allocation Table (FAT) - ✔✔ correct answer A table of contents that directs the read/write arm of the
hard drive to the location where data exist and accesses the data upon the user's request.
Firewall - ✔✔ correct answer Specialized hardware and software that ensures that only authorized
personnel can access and use an organization's intranet.
Foreign Key - ✔✔ correct answer A field in a database table that provides a link between two tables in a
relational database.
Gantt Chart - ✔✔ correct answer A type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - ✔✔ correct answer The visual system of computer screen designs that
allow a user to interact with an electronic device.
Hardware - ✔✔ correct answer The physical part of the computer.
