WGU C954 Information Systems Terminology -Section-
Two questions with verified answers
3-D printing Ans✓✓✓ Builds three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model
layers by layer using an additive process
Access point AP Ans✓✓✓ The computer or network device that serves as the
interface between devices Internet work
Active RFID Tags Ans✓✓✓ Have their own transmitter and power source typically
a battery
Adaptive computer device Ans✓✓✓ Input devices designed for special
applications for use by people with different type of special needs
Affinity grouping analysis Ans✓✓✓ Reveals the relationship between variables
along with the nature and frequency of the relationships
Agile BI Ans✓✓✓ An approach to business intelligent BI that incorporate agile
software development methodologies to accelerate and improve the outcomes of
BI initiatives
Algorithm Ans✓✓✓ A mathematical formula placed in software that performs an
analysis on a data set
Ambient digital experience Ans✓✓✓ A band of the physical, virtual, and
electronic environment creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as
the user moves from one place to another
,Analysis latency Ans✓✓✓ The time from which data are made available to the
time when analysis is complete
Analysis paralysis Ans✓✓✓ Occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of
over-analysis (or over-thinking) a situation so that decision or action is never
taken in effect paralyzing the outcome.
Analytics Ans✓✓✓ The science of fact based decision making
Anomoly detection Ans✓✓✓ The process of identifying rare or unexpected items
or events in data set that do not conform to other items in the data set
Appliance Ans✓✓✓ A computer dedicated to a single function such as a
Calculator or computer game
Application service provider license Ans✓✓✓ Specialty software paid for on
license basis or per-use basis or usage based licensing
Application software Ans✓✓✓ Used for specific information processing needs
including payroll customer relationship management project management
training and many others
Arithmetic/logic unit (AUL) Ans✓✓✓ Performs all arithmetic operations for
example addition and subtraction and all logic operations such as sorting and
comparing numbers
, Asset tracking Ans✓✓✓ Occurs when a company places active or semi-passive RF
ID tags on expensive products or asset to gather data on the items location with a
little or no manual intervention
Attribute Ans✓✓✓ The dat elements associated with an entity
Automatic vehicle location AVL Ans✓✓✓ Uses GPS tracking to track vehicles
Autonomic computing Ans✓✓✓ A self-managed computer model named after
and patterned on the human body's autonomic nervous system
Autonomous agent Ans✓✓✓ Software that carries out some set of operations on
behalf of a user or another program with some degree of independence or
autonomy and employs some knowledge of representation of the users goals or
desires
Behavioral analytics Ans✓✓✓ Use data about people's behaviors to understand
intentand predict future actions
Big data Ans✓✓✓ A collection of large complex data set including structured and
unstructured data which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods
and tools
Biological 3-D printing Ans✓✓✓ Includes the proteins of skin and organs and is
progressing from theory to reality
Bluetooth Ans✓✓✓ Wireless pan technology that transmit signals over short
distance among cell phones and computers and other devices
Two questions with verified answers
3-D printing Ans✓✓✓ Builds three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model
layers by layer using an additive process
Access point AP Ans✓✓✓ The computer or network device that serves as the
interface between devices Internet work
Active RFID Tags Ans✓✓✓ Have their own transmitter and power source typically
a battery
Adaptive computer device Ans✓✓✓ Input devices designed for special
applications for use by people with different type of special needs
Affinity grouping analysis Ans✓✓✓ Reveals the relationship between variables
along with the nature and frequency of the relationships
Agile BI Ans✓✓✓ An approach to business intelligent BI that incorporate agile
software development methodologies to accelerate and improve the outcomes of
BI initiatives
Algorithm Ans✓✓✓ A mathematical formula placed in software that performs an
analysis on a data set
Ambient digital experience Ans✓✓✓ A band of the physical, virtual, and
electronic environment creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as
the user moves from one place to another
,Analysis latency Ans✓✓✓ The time from which data are made available to the
time when analysis is complete
Analysis paralysis Ans✓✓✓ Occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of
over-analysis (or over-thinking) a situation so that decision or action is never
taken in effect paralyzing the outcome.
Analytics Ans✓✓✓ The science of fact based decision making
Anomoly detection Ans✓✓✓ The process of identifying rare or unexpected items
or events in data set that do not conform to other items in the data set
Appliance Ans✓✓✓ A computer dedicated to a single function such as a
Calculator or computer game
Application service provider license Ans✓✓✓ Specialty software paid for on
license basis or per-use basis or usage based licensing
Application software Ans✓✓✓ Used for specific information processing needs
including payroll customer relationship management project management
training and many others
Arithmetic/logic unit (AUL) Ans✓✓✓ Performs all arithmetic operations for
example addition and subtraction and all logic operations such as sorting and
comparing numbers
, Asset tracking Ans✓✓✓ Occurs when a company places active or semi-passive RF
ID tags on expensive products or asset to gather data on the items location with a
little or no manual intervention
Attribute Ans✓✓✓ The dat elements associated with an entity
Automatic vehicle location AVL Ans✓✓✓ Uses GPS tracking to track vehicles
Autonomic computing Ans✓✓✓ A self-managed computer model named after
and patterned on the human body's autonomic nervous system
Autonomous agent Ans✓✓✓ Software that carries out some set of operations on
behalf of a user or another program with some degree of independence or
autonomy and employs some knowledge of representation of the users goals or
desires
Behavioral analytics Ans✓✓✓ Use data about people's behaviors to understand
intentand predict future actions
Big data Ans✓✓✓ A collection of large complex data set including structured and
unstructured data which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods
and tools
Biological 3-D printing Ans✓✓✓ Includes the proteins of skin and organs and is
progressing from theory to reality
Bluetooth Ans✓✓✓ Wireless pan technology that transmit signals over short
distance among cell phones and computers and other devices
