FBLA MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (FBLA MIS)
COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS AND
DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
1. Q: What is yield management software? ANSWER Software that helps
maximize the capacity of airline seats and hotel rooms by analyzing which
variables affect purchasing of such services and in what way.
2. Q: What is XML? ANSWER Extensible markup language; a programming
language that tags data elements in order to indicate what the data means,
especially in webpages.
3. Q: What is XHTML? ANSWER Extensible hypertext markup language; a
standard that combines HTML standards and XML standards.
4. Q: What is a worm? ANSWER A rogue program that spreads in a
computer network. Unlike other computer viruses, worms do not need human
intervention to spread.
5. Q: What is a workstation? ANSWER A powerful microcomputer
providing high-speed processing and high-resolution graphics, used primarily
for scientific and engineering assignments.
6. Q: What is a work order? ANSWER A numbered or otherwise uniquely
coded authorization to spend labor and other resources on the manufacturing of
a product or rendering of a service. The system of project number and work
orders helps track costs and activities related to an assignment in an
organization, typically in manufacturing sector.
7. Q: What is a wireless LAN (WLAN)? ANSWER A local area network that
uses electromagnetic waves (radio or infrared light) as the medium of
communication. In recent years, almost all WLANs have been established using
Wi-Fi.
8. Q: What is WiMAX? ANSWER The IEEE.802.16 standard for wireless
networking with a range of up to 50 km/31 miles; stands for the organization
that promotes the standard, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.
,9. Q: What is a wiki? ANSWER A web application that enables users to add
to and edit the content of webpages, or software that enables collaborative
software used to create and revise websites.
10. Q: What is Wi-Fi? ANSWER Name given to IEEE.802.11 standards of
wireless communication, used in hotspots and in home and office networks.
11. Q: What is a wide area network (WAN)? ANSWER A network of
computers and other communications devices that extends over a large area,
possibly comprising national territories.
12. Q: What is what-if analysis? ANSWER An analysis that is conducted to
test the degree to which one variable affects another; sensitivity analysis.
13. Q: What is a webmaster? ANSWER A person who is in charge of
constructing and maintaining the organization's website.
14. Q: What are webpage authoring tools? ANSWER Software tools that
make webpage composition easier and faster than writing code by providing
icons and menus.
15. Q: What is web hosting? ANSWER The business of organizations that
host, maintain, and often help design websites for clients.
16. Q: What is VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)? ANSWER
Technologies that enable voice communication by utilizing the Internet instead
of the telephone network.
17. Q: What is a visual programming language? ANSWER A programming
language that provides icons, colors, and other visual elements from which the
programmer can choose to speed up software development.
18. Q: What is a virus? ANSWER Destructive software that propagates and is
activated by unwary users; usually damages applications and data files or
disrupts communications.
19. Q: What is a virtual private server? ANSWER Part of a server that
serves as an internet server for a client of a web hosting company while other
clients share the same physical server.
20. Q: What is a virtual private network (VPN)? ANSWER Hardware and
software installed to ensure that a network path that includes the Internet
enables employees of the same organization or employees of business partners
,to communicate confidentially; creates an impression that the entire
communication path is private.
21. Q: What is virtual memory? ANSWER Storage space on a disk that is
treated by the operating system as if it were part of the computer's RAM.
22. Q: What is videoconferencing? ANSWER A telecommunication system
that allows people who are in different locations to meet via transmitted images
and speech.
23. Q: What is a value-added network (VAN)? ANSWER A
telecommunications network owned and managed by a vendor that charges
clients periodic fees for network management services.
24. Q: What are utilities? ANSWER Programs that provide help in routine
user operations.
25. Q: What is user application development? ANSWER Development of
corporate applications by employees rather than IT professionals.
26. Q: What is a USB drive? ANSWER Any storage device that connects to a
computer through a USB socket, but especially flash drives.
27. Q: What is uptime? ANSWER The percentage of time (so much time per
year) that an information system is in full operation.
28. Q: What is upstream? ANSWER The movement of data from your
computer to another computer via a network, usually the Internet; speed through
the services of internet providers is typically lower than downstream speed.
29. Q: What is an unstructured problem? ANSWER A problem for whose
solution there is no pretested set of steps, and with which the solver is not
familiar—or is only slightly familiar—from previous experience.
30. Q: What is a universal serial bus (USB)? ANSWER A ubiquitous socket
that enables the connection of numerous devices to computers.
31. Q: What is a universal product code (UPC)? ANSWER A code usually
expressed as a number and series of variable width bars that uniquely identifies
the product by scanning.
32. Q: What is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS)? ANSWER A device
that provides an alternative power supply as soon as a power network fails.
, 33. Q: What is a uniform resource locator (URL)? ANSWER The address of
a website; always starts with http:// or https:// but does not have to contain
www.
34. Q: What is the uniform code council (UCC)? ANSWER An organization
that promotes the use of uniform standards for bar codes.
35. Q: What is unified modeling language (UML)? ANSWER An extensive
standard for graphically representing elements of programming, specifically
accommodating programming in object-oriented languages and web
technologies.
36. Q: What is unicode? ANSWER International standard to enable the
storage and display of characters of a large variety of languages on computers.
37. Q: What is twisted pair cable? ANSWER Traditional telephone wires,
twisted in pairs to reduce electromagnetic interference.
38. Q: What is a trojan horse? ANSWER A malicious piece of software
hidden with a benign and legitimate software that one downloads or agrees to
otherwise accept and install on one's computer, then causes damage.
39. Q: What is transport layer security (TLS)? ANSWER The successor of
Secure Sockets Layer; the software in the web browser responsible for secure
communication.
40. Q: What is transmission rate? ANSWER The speed at which data is
communicated over a communications channel.
41. Q: What is a transaction processing system (TPS)? ANSWER Any
system that records transactions.
42. Q: What is a transaction? ANSWER A business event; in an IS context
the record of a business event.
43. Q: What is the traditional file approach? ANSWER An older approach
to maintaining data which has no mechanism for tagging, retrieving, and
manipulating data, and which has been largely superseded by the database
approach.
44. Q: What is a trackpad? ANSWER A device used for clicking, logging,
and dragging displayed information; the cursor is controlled by moving one's
finger along a touch sensitive pad.
COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS AND
DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
1. Q: What is yield management software? ANSWER Software that helps
maximize the capacity of airline seats and hotel rooms by analyzing which
variables affect purchasing of such services and in what way.
2. Q: What is XML? ANSWER Extensible markup language; a programming
language that tags data elements in order to indicate what the data means,
especially in webpages.
3. Q: What is XHTML? ANSWER Extensible hypertext markup language; a
standard that combines HTML standards and XML standards.
4. Q: What is a worm? ANSWER A rogue program that spreads in a
computer network. Unlike other computer viruses, worms do not need human
intervention to spread.
5. Q: What is a workstation? ANSWER A powerful microcomputer
providing high-speed processing and high-resolution graphics, used primarily
for scientific and engineering assignments.
6. Q: What is a work order? ANSWER A numbered or otherwise uniquely
coded authorization to spend labor and other resources on the manufacturing of
a product or rendering of a service. The system of project number and work
orders helps track costs and activities related to an assignment in an
organization, typically in manufacturing sector.
7. Q: What is a wireless LAN (WLAN)? ANSWER A local area network that
uses electromagnetic waves (radio or infrared light) as the medium of
communication. In recent years, almost all WLANs have been established using
Wi-Fi.
8. Q: What is WiMAX? ANSWER The IEEE.802.16 standard for wireless
networking with a range of up to 50 km/31 miles; stands for the organization
that promotes the standard, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.
,9. Q: What is a wiki? ANSWER A web application that enables users to add
to and edit the content of webpages, or software that enables collaborative
software used to create and revise websites.
10. Q: What is Wi-Fi? ANSWER Name given to IEEE.802.11 standards of
wireless communication, used in hotspots and in home and office networks.
11. Q: What is a wide area network (WAN)? ANSWER A network of
computers and other communications devices that extends over a large area,
possibly comprising national territories.
12. Q: What is what-if analysis? ANSWER An analysis that is conducted to
test the degree to which one variable affects another; sensitivity analysis.
13. Q: What is a webmaster? ANSWER A person who is in charge of
constructing and maintaining the organization's website.
14. Q: What are webpage authoring tools? ANSWER Software tools that
make webpage composition easier and faster than writing code by providing
icons and menus.
15. Q: What is web hosting? ANSWER The business of organizations that
host, maintain, and often help design websites for clients.
16. Q: What is VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)? ANSWER
Technologies that enable voice communication by utilizing the Internet instead
of the telephone network.
17. Q: What is a visual programming language? ANSWER A programming
language that provides icons, colors, and other visual elements from which the
programmer can choose to speed up software development.
18. Q: What is a virus? ANSWER Destructive software that propagates and is
activated by unwary users; usually damages applications and data files or
disrupts communications.
19. Q: What is a virtual private server? ANSWER Part of a server that
serves as an internet server for a client of a web hosting company while other
clients share the same physical server.
20. Q: What is a virtual private network (VPN)? ANSWER Hardware and
software installed to ensure that a network path that includes the Internet
enables employees of the same organization or employees of business partners
,to communicate confidentially; creates an impression that the entire
communication path is private.
21. Q: What is virtual memory? ANSWER Storage space on a disk that is
treated by the operating system as if it were part of the computer's RAM.
22. Q: What is videoconferencing? ANSWER A telecommunication system
that allows people who are in different locations to meet via transmitted images
and speech.
23. Q: What is a value-added network (VAN)? ANSWER A
telecommunications network owned and managed by a vendor that charges
clients periodic fees for network management services.
24. Q: What are utilities? ANSWER Programs that provide help in routine
user operations.
25. Q: What is user application development? ANSWER Development of
corporate applications by employees rather than IT professionals.
26. Q: What is a USB drive? ANSWER Any storage device that connects to a
computer through a USB socket, but especially flash drives.
27. Q: What is uptime? ANSWER The percentage of time (so much time per
year) that an information system is in full operation.
28. Q: What is upstream? ANSWER The movement of data from your
computer to another computer via a network, usually the Internet; speed through
the services of internet providers is typically lower than downstream speed.
29. Q: What is an unstructured problem? ANSWER A problem for whose
solution there is no pretested set of steps, and with which the solver is not
familiar—or is only slightly familiar—from previous experience.
30. Q: What is a universal serial bus (USB)? ANSWER A ubiquitous socket
that enables the connection of numerous devices to computers.
31. Q: What is a universal product code (UPC)? ANSWER A code usually
expressed as a number and series of variable width bars that uniquely identifies
the product by scanning.
32. Q: What is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS)? ANSWER A device
that provides an alternative power supply as soon as a power network fails.
, 33. Q: What is a uniform resource locator (URL)? ANSWER The address of
a website; always starts with http:// or https:// but does not have to contain
www.
34. Q: What is the uniform code council (UCC)? ANSWER An organization
that promotes the use of uniform standards for bar codes.
35. Q: What is unified modeling language (UML)? ANSWER An extensive
standard for graphically representing elements of programming, specifically
accommodating programming in object-oriented languages and web
technologies.
36. Q: What is unicode? ANSWER International standard to enable the
storage and display of characters of a large variety of languages on computers.
37. Q: What is twisted pair cable? ANSWER Traditional telephone wires,
twisted in pairs to reduce electromagnetic interference.
38. Q: What is a trojan horse? ANSWER A malicious piece of software
hidden with a benign and legitimate software that one downloads or agrees to
otherwise accept and install on one's computer, then causes damage.
39. Q: What is transport layer security (TLS)? ANSWER The successor of
Secure Sockets Layer; the software in the web browser responsible for secure
communication.
40. Q: What is transmission rate? ANSWER The speed at which data is
communicated over a communications channel.
41. Q: What is a transaction processing system (TPS)? ANSWER Any
system that records transactions.
42. Q: What is a transaction? ANSWER A business event; in an IS context
the record of a business event.
43. Q: What is the traditional file approach? ANSWER An older approach
to maintaining data which has no mechanism for tagging, retrieving, and
manipulating data, and which has been largely superseded by the database
approach.
44. Q: What is a trackpad? ANSWER A device used for clicking, logging,
and dragging displayed information; the cursor is controlled by moving one's
finger along a touch sensitive pad.
