IT Management WGU D075 PA Assessment Guide: Essential Concepts and
Terminology.
1. Which term refers specifically to this type of device? Peripheral computer
2. What is the major function of a computer operating system? Computer resource
management
3. Within a productivity suite, which method of selecting static data…? Copy and paste.
4. What are the basic components, in addition to computers…? Ethernet, common
protocol, ethernet cables, hub.
5. Which type of device is an ethernet card? Network interface controller (NIC)
6. What is the purpose of a MAC address? To uniquely identify a computer motherboard
7. Which topology implements a network where if the central hub…? A star topology
8. After ensuring that the computer is connected to the network, what must a user
provide to in order to be authenticated? A password
9. … What are these very small files called? Tracking cookies
10.What is the purpose of a universal serial bus (USB)... It serves as an internal
transmission bus between components within the computer.
11.Which category of software includes programs such as word processors and PDF
document readers? System software.
12.What is the defining characteristic…considered a point of failure? It causes
everything to stop if it fails.
13.… Which term is used to describe this set of practices? Network security
14.How does a Gantt chart facilitate project management? It identifies and sequences
the tasks of a project.
15.What is the title of the person in the organization who is directly responsible for
the setup…? Network administrator
16.On a day-to-day basis, what is the major focus and responsibility of a chief
technology officer? Managing the IT group and designing the IT architecture.
17.What is the title of the person within an IT department whose responsibility is to
set policies for passwords…? Chief information security officer
18. When using extract, transform, and load (ETL)...? The data are normalized and
structured.
19.What is the key characteristic that differentiates a datamart…? A datamart is
smaller and more specialized in its focus than a data warehouse.
20.A marketing employee is tasked with mailing discount coupons…Which process
should this employee use to ensure coupons are mailed to the correct
customers? Data Mining
21. What is the velocity of big data? The speed of data produced in a given time.
22.What is it called when an organization implements security procedures to protect
the hardware, network, and software from intrusion? System-level security
23. Which term is used to refer to data that come from…? Disparate data
24. What are scrubbed data? Data that have been validated for accuracy
25. What is this metric called? Return on Investments
26.What is the term that describes this effort? Data governance
27.Which level of management gets the most detailed reports directly from the
transaction processing system? Supervisors
28.What is the primary source of the data used by this DSS? The transaction processing
system (TPS)
29.What is a key capability of a decision support system? It compiles data from many
Terminology.
1. Which term refers specifically to this type of device? Peripheral computer
2. What is the major function of a computer operating system? Computer resource
management
3. Within a productivity suite, which method of selecting static data…? Copy and paste.
4. What are the basic components, in addition to computers…? Ethernet, common
protocol, ethernet cables, hub.
5. Which type of device is an ethernet card? Network interface controller (NIC)
6. What is the purpose of a MAC address? To uniquely identify a computer motherboard
7. Which topology implements a network where if the central hub…? A star topology
8. After ensuring that the computer is connected to the network, what must a user
provide to in order to be authenticated? A password
9. … What are these very small files called? Tracking cookies
10.What is the purpose of a universal serial bus (USB)... It serves as an internal
transmission bus between components within the computer.
11.Which category of software includes programs such as word processors and PDF
document readers? System software.
12.What is the defining characteristic…considered a point of failure? It causes
everything to stop if it fails.
13.… Which term is used to describe this set of practices? Network security
14.How does a Gantt chart facilitate project management? It identifies and sequences
the tasks of a project.
15.What is the title of the person in the organization who is directly responsible for
the setup…? Network administrator
16.On a day-to-day basis, what is the major focus and responsibility of a chief
technology officer? Managing the IT group and designing the IT architecture.
17.What is the title of the person within an IT department whose responsibility is to
set policies for passwords…? Chief information security officer
18. When using extract, transform, and load (ETL)...? The data are normalized and
structured.
19.What is the key characteristic that differentiates a datamart…? A datamart is
smaller and more specialized in its focus than a data warehouse.
20.A marketing employee is tasked with mailing discount coupons…Which process
should this employee use to ensure coupons are mailed to the correct
customers? Data Mining
21. What is the velocity of big data? The speed of data produced in a given time.
22.What is it called when an organization implements security procedures to protect
the hardware, network, and software from intrusion? System-level security
23. Which term is used to refer to data that come from…? Disparate data
24. What are scrubbed data? Data that have been validated for accuracy
25. What is this metric called? Return on Investments
26.What is the term that describes this effort? Data governance
27.Which level of management gets the most detailed reports directly from the
transaction processing system? Supervisors
28.What is the primary source of the data used by this DSS? The transaction processing
system (TPS)
29.What is a key capability of a decision support system? It compiles data from many
