WGU C954 Information Technology
Management Objective Assessment
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structured data - ANSWER-data that has defined length, type and format and includes
numbers, dates, or strings such as Customer Address
ambient digital experience - ANSWER-a blend of the physical, virtual, and electronic
environments creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as the user moves
form one place to another
Internet of Everything (IoE) - ANSWER-a concept that extends the Internet of Things
(IoT) emphasis on machine-to-machine communications to describe a more complex
system that also encompasses people and processes
,autonomous agent - ANSWER-software that carries out some set of operations on
behalf of a user or another program with some degree of independence or autonomy,
and employ some knowledge or representation of the user's goals or desires
autonomic computing - ANSWER-a self-managing computing model named after, and
patterned on, the human body's autonomic nervous system
transformation process - ANSWER-the technical core, especially in manufacturing
organizations; the actual conversion of inputs to outputs
value-added - ANSWER-the term used to describe the difference between the cost of
inputs and the value of price of outputs
strategic business units (SBUs) - ANSWER-consists of several stand alone businesses
materials requirement planning (MRP) system - ANSWER-sales forecasts to make sure
that needed parts and materials are available at the right time and place in a specific
company
tactical planning - ANSWER-focuses on producing goods and services as efficiently as
possible within the strategic plan
operational planning and control (OP&C) - ANSWER-deals with the day to day
procedures for performing work, including scheduling, inventory, and process
management
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - ANSWER-a non-governmental
organization established in 1947 to promote the development of world standards to
facilitate the international exchange of goods and services
process quality - ANSWER-main goal is to produce defect free products
six sigma quality - ANSWER-the goal is to detect potential problems to prevent their
occurrence and achieve no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities
malcolm baldric national quality awards - ANSWER-1987 U.S. standard awarding
quality awards in seven key areas: leadership, strategic planning, customer/market
focus, information and analysis, human resources focus, process management, and
business results
ISO 900 - ANSWER-international organization for standardization (1947) requiring a
company to determine customer needs, including regulatory and legal requirements
including communication arrangements. Other standards involve process control,
product testing, storage and delivery.
,ISO 14000 - ANSWER-collection of best practices for managing an organizations
impact on the environment
CMMI - ANSWER-capability maturity integration is a framework for best practices. Does
not describe the processes themselves; it describes the characteristics of good
processes, thus providing efficient guidelines.
inputs - ANSWER-land, labor, capital, information
transformation - ANSWER-conversion process
outputs - ANSWER-goods & services
storage virtualization - ANSWER-combines multiple network storage devices so that
they appear to be a single storage device
network virtualization - ANSWER-combines networks by splitting the available
bandwidth into independent channels that an be assigned in real time to a specific
device
server virtualization - ANSWER-combines the physical resources, such as servers,
processors, and operating systems, from the applications
system virtualization - ANSWER-the ability to present the resources of a single
computer as if it is a collation of separate computers (virtual machines)
multi-tenancy - ANSWER-a single instance of a system serves multiple customers
cloud fabric controller - ANSWER-an individual who monitors and provisions cloud
resources similar to a server administrator at an individual company
cloud fabric - ANSWER-the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing
possible
hybrid cloud - ANSWER-includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but
each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and
application portability
cloud bursting - ANSWER-when a company uses its own computing infrastructure for
normal usage and accesses the cloud when it needs to sale for high/peak load
requirements, ensuring a sudden spike in usage does not result in poor performance or
system crashes
utility computing - ANSWER-offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered
service such as gas or electricity
, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - ANSWER-delivers hardware networking capabilities,
including use of servers, networking, and storage, over the cloud using a pay-per-use
revenue model
Disaster Recovery as a Device (DRaaS) - ANSWER-Offers backup services that use
cloud resources to protect applications and data form disruption caused by disaster
Data as a Service (DaaS) - ANSWER-facilitates the accessibility of business-critical
data in a timely, secure, and affordable manner
Moore's Law - ANSWER-refers to the computer chip performance per dollar doubling
every 18 months
upcycle - ANSWER-reuses or refurbishes waste and creates new product
governance - ANSWER-method or system of government for management or control
information systems audit and control association (USACA) - ANSWER-a set of
guidelines and supporting tools for IT governance that is accepted worldwide and
generally used by auditors and companies as a way to integrate technology to
implement controls and meet specific business objectives
internet technology infrastructure library (ITIL) - ANSWER-a framework provided by the
government of the UK that offers eight sets of management procedures
committee of sponsoring organizations (COSO) - ANSWER-key for evaluating internal
controls such as human resources, logistics, IT, risk, legal, marketing and sales,
operations, financial functions, procurement, and reporting
capability maturity model integration (CMMI) method - ANSWER-a process
improvement approach that contains 22 process areas
enterprise architecture - ANSWER-a process for how an organization will build, deploy,
use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets
deperimeterization - ANSWER-occurs when an organization moves employees outside
its firewall, a growing movement to change the way corporations address technology
security
transborder data flows (TDF) - ANSWER-when business data flows across international
boundaries over the telecommunications networks of global information systems
carbon emission - ANSWER-includes the carbon dioxide & carbon monoxide in the
atmosphere produced by processes and systems
Management Objective Assessment
Final Actual Exam Newest
2025/2026 Complete Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
(Verified Answers) |Already Graded
A+
structured data - ANSWER-data that has defined length, type and format and includes
numbers, dates, or strings such as Customer Address
ambient digital experience - ANSWER-a blend of the physical, virtual, and electronic
environments creating a real-time ambient environment that changes as the user moves
form one place to another
Internet of Everything (IoE) - ANSWER-a concept that extends the Internet of Things
(IoT) emphasis on machine-to-machine communications to describe a more complex
system that also encompasses people and processes
,autonomous agent - ANSWER-software that carries out some set of operations on
behalf of a user or another program with some degree of independence or autonomy,
and employ some knowledge or representation of the user's goals or desires
autonomic computing - ANSWER-a self-managing computing model named after, and
patterned on, the human body's autonomic nervous system
transformation process - ANSWER-the technical core, especially in manufacturing
organizations; the actual conversion of inputs to outputs
value-added - ANSWER-the term used to describe the difference between the cost of
inputs and the value of price of outputs
strategic business units (SBUs) - ANSWER-consists of several stand alone businesses
materials requirement planning (MRP) system - ANSWER-sales forecasts to make sure
that needed parts and materials are available at the right time and place in a specific
company
tactical planning - ANSWER-focuses on producing goods and services as efficiently as
possible within the strategic plan
operational planning and control (OP&C) - ANSWER-deals with the day to day
procedures for performing work, including scheduling, inventory, and process
management
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - ANSWER-a non-governmental
organization established in 1947 to promote the development of world standards to
facilitate the international exchange of goods and services
process quality - ANSWER-main goal is to produce defect free products
six sigma quality - ANSWER-the goal is to detect potential problems to prevent their
occurrence and achieve no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities
malcolm baldric national quality awards - ANSWER-1987 U.S. standard awarding
quality awards in seven key areas: leadership, strategic planning, customer/market
focus, information and analysis, human resources focus, process management, and
business results
ISO 900 - ANSWER-international organization for standardization (1947) requiring a
company to determine customer needs, including regulatory and legal requirements
including communication arrangements. Other standards involve process control,
product testing, storage and delivery.
,ISO 14000 - ANSWER-collection of best practices for managing an organizations
impact on the environment
CMMI - ANSWER-capability maturity integration is a framework for best practices. Does
not describe the processes themselves; it describes the characteristics of good
processes, thus providing efficient guidelines.
inputs - ANSWER-land, labor, capital, information
transformation - ANSWER-conversion process
outputs - ANSWER-goods & services
storage virtualization - ANSWER-combines multiple network storage devices so that
they appear to be a single storage device
network virtualization - ANSWER-combines networks by splitting the available
bandwidth into independent channels that an be assigned in real time to a specific
device
server virtualization - ANSWER-combines the physical resources, such as servers,
processors, and operating systems, from the applications
system virtualization - ANSWER-the ability to present the resources of a single
computer as if it is a collation of separate computers (virtual machines)
multi-tenancy - ANSWER-a single instance of a system serves multiple customers
cloud fabric controller - ANSWER-an individual who monitors and provisions cloud
resources similar to a server administrator at an individual company
cloud fabric - ANSWER-the software that makes the benefits of cloud computing
possible
hybrid cloud - ANSWER-includes two or more private, public, or community clouds, but
each cloud remains separate and is only linked by technology that enables data and
application portability
cloud bursting - ANSWER-when a company uses its own computing infrastructure for
normal usage and accesses the cloud when it needs to sale for high/peak load
requirements, ensuring a sudden spike in usage does not result in poor performance or
system crashes
utility computing - ANSWER-offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered
service such as gas or electricity
, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - ANSWER-delivers hardware networking capabilities,
including use of servers, networking, and storage, over the cloud using a pay-per-use
revenue model
Disaster Recovery as a Device (DRaaS) - ANSWER-Offers backup services that use
cloud resources to protect applications and data form disruption caused by disaster
Data as a Service (DaaS) - ANSWER-facilitates the accessibility of business-critical
data in a timely, secure, and affordable manner
Moore's Law - ANSWER-refers to the computer chip performance per dollar doubling
every 18 months
upcycle - ANSWER-reuses or refurbishes waste and creates new product
governance - ANSWER-method or system of government for management or control
information systems audit and control association (USACA) - ANSWER-a set of
guidelines and supporting tools for IT governance that is accepted worldwide and
generally used by auditors and companies as a way to integrate technology to
implement controls and meet specific business objectives
internet technology infrastructure library (ITIL) - ANSWER-a framework provided by the
government of the UK that offers eight sets of management procedures
committee of sponsoring organizations (COSO) - ANSWER-key for evaluating internal
controls such as human resources, logistics, IT, risk, legal, marketing and sales,
operations, financial functions, procurement, and reporting
capability maturity model integration (CMMI) method - ANSWER-a process
improvement approach that contains 22 process areas
enterprise architecture - ANSWER-a process for how an organization will build, deploy,
use, and share its data, processes, and MIS assets
deperimeterization - ANSWER-occurs when an organization moves employees outside
its firewall, a growing movement to change the way corporations address technology
security
transborder data flows (TDF) - ANSWER-when business data flows across international
boundaries over the telecommunications networks of global information systems
carbon emission - ANSWER-includes the carbon dioxide & carbon monoxide in the
atmosphere produced by processes and systems
