CIS105 - MIDTERM (ARIZONA STATE
UNIVERSITY EARNED ADMISSIONS)
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ Data sourcing pertains to what questions?.
Answer: Can we even get the data we will need? Where can this data be
obtained from?
◍ A small, handheld computer used for personal information management.
The predecessor to the smartphone..
Answer: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
◍ Programs that infect other software or files. They require an executable (a
running program) to spread, attaching to other executables..
Answer: viruses
◍ _____ hackers are the good guys who probe for weaknesses, but do not
exploit them. Instead, they share their knowledge in hopes that the holes
they have found will be plugged and security will be improved..
Answer: White Hat.
◍ information about products, services, and experiences that is transmitted
from consumer to consumer.
Answer: word of mouth
◍ An organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically
from a computer system, also simply a list of data..
Answer: database
, ◍ Data governance pertains to what question?.
Answer: What rules and processes are needed to manage data from its
creation through its retirement?
◍ The tendency for people to overestimate their rate of work, or underestimate
how long it will take them to get things done.
Answer: Planning fallacy
◍ If the environment changes very rapidly, and is very different from when the
predictive model was built, then the predictive model may not be very
relevant anymore. This is called:.
Answer: Concept Drift.
◍ True or False: Analytics is the discovery, interpretation, and communication
of meaningful patterns in data, as well as the process of applying those
patterns towards effective decision making..
Answer: True.
◍ What are the three different orientations of data analytics?.
Answer: Descriptive.Predictive.Prescriptive.
◍ The tendency for people to behave as if they might have some control, when
in fact they actually have none.
Answer: Illusion of control
◍ What has allowed Zara to go from design to shelf in days instead of months.
Answer: Technology-orchestrated Supplier CoordinationVertical-integration
Just-in-time Manufacturing
◍ Coordinating and enabling the flow of goods, people, information, and other
resources among locations is known as _____..
Answer: Logistics
◍ While Amazon Prime competes with Netflix, Amazon also provides
infrastructure services to Netflix through AW
S. This is an example of.....
Answer: Coopetition
UNIVERSITY EARNED ADMISSIONS)
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◍ Data sourcing pertains to what questions?.
Answer: Can we even get the data we will need? Where can this data be
obtained from?
◍ A small, handheld computer used for personal information management.
The predecessor to the smartphone..
Answer: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
◍ Programs that infect other software or files. They require an executable (a
running program) to spread, attaching to other executables..
Answer: viruses
◍ _____ hackers are the good guys who probe for weaknesses, but do not
exploit them. Instead, they share their knowledge in hopes that the holes
they have found will be plugged and security will be improved..
Answer: White Hat.
◍ information about products, services, and experiences that is transmitted
from consumer to consumer.
Answer: word of mouth
◍ An organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically
from a computer system, also simply a list of data..
Answer: database
, ◍ Data governance pertains to what question?.
Answer: What rules and processes are needed to manage data from its
creation through its retirement?
◍ The tendency for people to overestimate their rate of work, or underestimate
how long it will take them to get things done.
Answer: Planning fallacy
◍ If the environment changes very rapidly, and is very different from when the
predictive model was built, then the predictive model may not be very
relevant anymore. This is called:.
Answer: Concept Drift.
◍ True or False: Analytics is the discovery, interpretation, and communication
of meaningful patterns in data, as well as the process of applying those
patterns towards effective decision making..
Answer: True.
◍ What are the three different orientations of data analytics?.
Answer: Descriptive.Predictive.Prescriptive.
◍ The tendency for people to behave as if they might have some control, when
in fact they actually have none.
Answer: Illusion of control
◍ What has allowed Zara to go from design to shelf in days instead of months.
Answer: Technology-orchestrated Supplier CoordinationVertical-integration
Just-in-time Manufacturing
◍ Coordinating and enabling the flow of goods, people, information, and other
resources among locations is known as _____..
Answer: Logistics
◍ While Amazon Prime competes with Netflix, Amazon also provides
infrastructure services to Netflix through AW
S. This is an example of.....
Answer: Coopetition
