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WGU - C182 - Quiz Questions and Correct Answers/
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1. Match each action with the corresponding category.
a. Provides professional standards for ethical behavior
i. Part of the role of IT
b. Writes laws dealing with information technology.
i. Outside the role of IT
c. Engages in best practices for information systems.
i. Part of the role of IT
Ans:
2. How can an organization assist employees with the ethical use of information
technology?
a. By ensuring databases are backed up
b. By monitoring network throughput
c. By developing policies for information usage
d. By establishing optimal server performance
Ans: c. By developing policies for information usage
3. Which regulation governs the actions of a company in the case of data records
being compromised, lost, or stolen?
a. Digital Signature and Electronic Authorization laws
b. Security Breach Notification Laws
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c. The Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986
d. Computer Matching and Primary Protection Act of 198
Ans: Security Breach Notification Laws
4. Which action would support confidentiality?
a. Checking that data is correct
b. Enabling file encryption
c. Ensuring that software is properly licensed
d. Making sure data is available when needed
Ans: Enabling file encryption
5. Which disaster recovery strategy is used to save info to multiple hard drives at
the same time?
a. Site sharing
b. Cold site storage
c. Data mirroring
d. Storing tape backups
Ans: Data mirroring
6. What two necessary elements of business continuity planning?
a. Identifying risks that may occur
b. Assessing key organizational activities
c. Ensuring continuity in the sequence of staffing schedules
d. Hiring an outside consultant to develop a plan
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Ans: identifying risks that may occur
Ensuring continuity in the sequence of staffing schedules
7. Which type of systems conversation involves starting the conversion with a
portion of end users?
a. Phased
b. Pilot
c. Direct
d. Parallel
Ans: Pilot
8. Which type of systems testing includes having the customer test the system in
an operational setting to see if it is useful?
a. User acceptance
b. Beta
c. Alpha
d. Analysis
Ans: User acceptance
9. Which system requirement is an example of considering user needs in the
design of an information system?
a. Allowing easy access to customer account information
b. Including an eye-tracking device for an input device
c. Incorporating a program that can translate text into spoken words
d. Ensuring that insertions into the buffer are limited in size
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WGU - C182 - Quiz Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
1. Match each action with the corresponding category.
a. Provides professional standards for ethical behavior
i. Part of the role of IT
b. Writes laws dealing with information technology.
i. Outside the role of IT
c. Engages in best practices for information systems.
i. Part of the role of IT
Ans:
2. How can an organization assist employees with the ethical use of information
technology?
a. By ensuring databases are backed up
b. By monitoring network throughput
c. By developing policies for information usage
d. By establishing optimal server performance
Ans: c. By developing policies for information usage
3. Which regulation governs the actions of a company in the case of data records
being compromised, lost, or stolen?
a. Digital Signature and Electronic Authorization laws
b. Security Breach Notification Laws
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c. The Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986
d. Computer Matching and Primary Protection Act of 198
Ans: Security Breach Notification Laws
4. Which action would support confidentiality?
a. Checking that data is correct
b. Enabling file encryption
c. Ensuring that software is properly licensed
d. Making sure data is available when needed
Ans: Enabling file encryption
5. Which disaster recovery strategy is used to save info to multiple hard drives at
the same time?
a. Site sharing
b. Cold site storage
c. Data mirroring
d. Storing tape backups
Ans: Data mirroring
6. What two necessary elements of business continuity planning?
a. Identifying risks that may occur
b. Assessing key organizational activities
c. Ensuring continuity in the sequence of staffing schedules
d. Hiring an outside consultant to develop a plan
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Ans: identifying risks that may occur
Ensuring continuity in the sequence of staffing schedules
7. Which type of systems conversation involves starting the conversion with a
portion of end users?
a. Phased
b. Pilot
c. Direct
d. Parallel
Ans: Pilot
8. Which type of systems testing includes having the customer test the system in
an operational setting to see if it is useful?
a. User acceptance
b. Beta
c. Alpha
d. Analysis
Ans: User acceptance
9. Which system requirement is an example of considering user needs in the
design of an information system?
a. Allowing easy access to customer account information
b. Including an eye-tracking device for an input device
c. Incorporating a program that can translate text into spoken words
d. Ensuring that insertions into the buffer are limited in size
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