BTM - Exam #1 Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update 2025-2026
data - Answers facts
information - Answers describes (who, what, when, where, how many)
knowledge - Answers answers how-to questions and processes information that allows for
understanding
understanding - Answers not a block in Ackoff's pyramid, but answers why questions
wisdom - Answers application of knowledge (and understanding)
IoT - Answers the interconnected networking of otherwise unintelligent devices (smart
lightbulbs, home security, thermostats, AirPods, etc.) (have to be well encrypted as they are
easily hacked)
SOA - Answers service oriented architecture - architecture style where business functions are
interdependent of each other communicating together
internet - Answers interconnected network of networks using TCIP
TCIP - Answers protocol architecture (computer laws) aka transmission control and internet
protocols (address and order laws)
ARPA - Answers advanced research projects agency - government sponsored agency that
created the internet (or ARPAnet for military use)
1969 - Answers arpanet invented (Went from telephone operators (connecting lines physically)
to data packets)
1981 - Answers introduction of IBM PC
1983 - Answers development of domain main system (DMS - aka URLs)
1989 - Answers Tim Burners-Lee created the World Wide Web
1991 - Answers internet released for world-wide consumption
1994 - Answers JavaScript is introduced (the user now able to respond to the content behind a
page)
CPU - Answers processing brain of the computer; executes instructions
GPU - Answers graphical processing unit; shows you what is seen on the screen
memory - Answers temporary storage; stores currently used data
storage - Answers long-term storage
data - Answers facts
information - Answers describes (who, what, when, where, how many)
knowledge - Answers answers how-to questions and processes information that allows for
understanding
understanding - Answers not a block in Ackoff's pyramid, but answers why questions
wisdom - Answers application of knowledge (and understanding)
IoT - Answers the interconnected networking of otherwise unintelligent devices (smart
lightbulbs, home security, thermostats, AirPods, etc.) (have to be well encrypted as they are
easily hacked)
SOA - Answers service oriented architecture - architecture style where business functions are
interdependent of each other communicating together
internet - Answers interconnected network of networks using TCIP
TCIP - Answers protocol architecture (computer laws) aka transmission control and internet
protocols (address and order laws)
ARPA - Answers advanced research projects agency - government sponsored agency that
created the internet (or ARPAnet for military use)
1969 - Answers arpanet invented (Went from telephone operators (connecting lines physically)
to data packets)
1981 - Answers introduction of IBM PC
1983 - Answers development of domain main system (DMS - aka URLs)
1989 - Answers Tim Burners-Lee created the World Wide Web
1991 - Answers internet released for world-wide consumption
1994 - Answers JavaScript is introduced (the user now able to respond to the content behind a
page)
CPU - Answers processing brain of the computer; executes instructions
GPU - Answers graphical processing unit; shows you what is seen on the screen
memory - Answers temporary storage; stores currently used data
storage - Answers long-term storage
