McAfee Exam questions and answers 2022/2023

Function IT (Def) - ANSWER assists with the execution of discreet tasks Network IT (Def) - ANSWER facilitates interactions without specifying parameters (allows people to communicate with one another) Enterprise IT (Def) - ANSWER specifies business processes Function IT (Characteristics) - ANSWER -can be adopted without complements -impact increases when complements are in place Network IT (Characteristics) - ANSWER -doesn't impose complements but lets them emerge over time -doesn't specify tasks or sequences -accepts data in many formats -use is optional Enterprise IT - ANSWER -imposes complements throughout the organization -defines tasks and sequences -mandates data formats -use is mandatory Roles manager play in IT - ANSWER 1. help to select IT 2. nurture the adoption of technologies 3. ensure exploitation of technologies GPT (Genre purpose technologies) - ANSWER innovations so important that they cause jump in economy's movement Persasive/outside-in approach to selecting IT - ANSWER hearing about new technologies other adopted and then adopting it as well -> problem: too many new applications to evaluate all Inside-out approach to selecting IT - ANSWER determining the business needs in IT and then seclect specific IT rather than focusing on the technology itself FIT adoption - ANSWER does not bring its complements, managers must allow teams to discover new ways of working with the FIT and thus develop them themselves NIT adoption - ANSWER NIT is rather voluntary than mandatory and thus adoption less in control of managers -> still need to intervene by showing how to use new technologies in beginning later holding back EIT adoption - ANSWER most difficult adoption as EIT imposes new processes on employees without allowing them modification -> managers need to forcefully intervene and build consensus by pushing ahead even if they don't have everyone on board every step of way FIT exploitation - ANSWER fine-tuning of organisational components increases FIT performance (eg: experimentation and teamwork) NIT exploitation - ANSWER employees exploit older NIT (instant messaging, email) on their own; managers need to push exploitation of newer technologies (wikis, blogs) EIT exploitation - ANSWER often easier than adoption because employees are eager to get the most out of system that caused trouble when setting it up; managers task: leverage already standardised data and work flows; 2 extra actions: 1) adding new FIT on top of EIT 2) exploiting EIT by extending them to customers, suppliers and joint-venture partners (expands firm's monitoring capabilities + control) EIT adoption problems - ANSWER 1) often become delayed due to negotiations of use of complements between employees and managers 2) firms often settle for more modest solutions 3) firms may abandon EIT adoption after time 4) some firms fail to abandon EIT adoption at the right time & thus suffer losses Function IT capabilities - ANSWER 1) enhancing experimentation capacity 2) increasing precision Network IT capabilities - ANSWER 1) facilitation collaboration 2) allowing expressions of judgement/opinions 3) fostering emergence - appearance of high-level patterns of information because of low-level interactions (info can be taken from eg blogs, without communicating) Enterprise IT capabilities - ANSWER 1) redesigning business processes 2) standardising work flows 3) monitoring activities