WGU D075 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS|OA| OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT
Adware - Correct Answers -Programs that automatically display or download advertising
to a computer.
Application Software - Correct Answers -Software that is designed for the user to carry
out a specific task.
Best Practice - Correct Answers -A management process, technique, or method that is
most effective at arriving at a desired outcome or a better outcome than any other
process, technique, or method.
Big Data - Correct Answers -Data that is collected from all over the internet, including
smartphone metadata, internet usage records, social media activity, computer usage
records, and countless other data sources.
Bus Topology - Correct Answers -A network topology sometimes called a linear bus,
where each of a network's nodes is connected to a common linear backbone that has
two endpoints.
Business Analytics - Correct Answers -Attempts to make connections between data so
organizations can try to predict future trends that may give them a competitive
advantage.
Business Intelligence (BI) - Correct Answers -Strategies and technologies used by
enterprises for the data analysis of business information.
Cache - Correct Answers -A hardware or software component that stores data so that
future requests for that data can be served faster.
Campus Area Network (CAN) - Correct Answers -A computer network that connects two
or more LANs that are located on a campus.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Correct Answers -A job title for the board-level head of
an information technology department within a business organization. The CIO's job is
to make sure IT assets are in place to ensure a smooth transition.
,Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Correct Answers -The CISO is generally
focused on the security of an organization's data and information, making sure it is
backed up, deciding who gets to see it and who does not, and so on.
Chief Security Officer (CSO) - Correct Answers -A CSO is in charge of such things as
the physical security and safety of employees, facilities, and corporate assets and may
have a law enforcement background.
Chief Technology Officers (CTO) - Correct Answers -The CTO runs the organization's
IT engineering group and serves as the company's top technology architect.
Click Fraud - Correct Answers -An internet fraud scheme that automatically passes a
user to an advertiser, whether they had any intention of visiting or not, in order to collect
a per-click fee.
Clients - Correct Answers -An end user's computer in a computer network.
Computer Network - Correct Answers -Two or more computers connected together to
communicate and share resources.
Cybersecurity - Correct Answers -The convergence of technologies, sound practice,
and processes designed to protect networks and their devices, programs, and data from
attack or unauthorized access.
Data Analysis - Correct Answers -The application of statistics and logic techniques to
define, illustrate, and evaluate data.
Data Management (DM) - Correct Answers -The practices, architectural techniques, and
tools for achieving consistent access to and delivery of data across the spectrum of data
subject areas and data structure types in the enterprise.
Data Management Processes - Correct Answers -The process of acquiring data,
making sure the data are valid, and then storing and processing the data into usable
information for a business.
Data Mapping - Correct Answers -Extra notes about the definition of a field, its data, and
its use.
Data Mining - Correct Answers -The examination of huge sets of data to find patterns
and connections and identify outliers and hidden relationships.
Database Administrators (DBAs) - Correct Answers -DBAs categorize data
requirements and create the database entities and models that ensure accurate and
smooth-flowing information throughout a business.
, Database Management System Software (DBMS) - Correct Answers -An application
software that is used to create a collection of related files that consist of records of data
separated by fields that can be queried to produce populations of information.
Databases - Correct Answers -Well-thought-out collections of computer files, the most
important of which are called tables.
Default-allow Firewall Rule - Correct Answers -A rule that all traffic is allowed unless it
has been specifically blocked.
Default-deny Firewall Rule - Correct Answers -The only network connections that are
permitted are the ones that have been explicitly allowed.
Denial-of-service - Correct Answers -An attempt to make a computer or any of its
resources unavailable to its intended users.
Disk Storage - Correct Answers -Nonvolatile, secondary storage on a physical device
like a hard drive or optical disk with a read/write apparatus.
Ethernet Card - Correct Answers -Provides the computer with a unique 48-bit address
called a MAC (media access control) address. No two Ethernet cards have the same
address.
Extract, Transform, and Load - Correct Answers -Tools that are used to standardize
data across systems and allow the data to be queried.
File Allocation Table (FAT) - Correct Answers -A table of contents that directs the
read/write arm of the hard drive to the location where data exist and accesses the data
upon the user's request.
Firewall - Correct Answers -Specialized hardware and software that ensures that only
authorized personnel can access and use an organization's intranet.
Foreign Key - Correct Answers -A field in a database table that provides a link between
two tables in a relational database.
Gantt Chart - Correct Answers -A type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - Correct Answers -The visual system of computer
screen designs that allow a user to interact with an electronic device.
Hardware - Correct Answers -The physical part of the computer.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) - Correct Answers -The major markup language
used to create web pages.
MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS|OA| OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT
Adware - Correct Answers -Programs that automatically display or download advertising
to a computer.
Application Software - Correct Answers -Software that is designed for the user to carry
out a specific task.
Best Practice - Correct Answers -A management process, technique, or method that is
most effective at arriving at a desired outcome or a better outcome than any other
process, technique, or method.
Big Data - Correct Answers -Data that is collected from all over the internet, including
smartphone metadata, internet usage records, social media activity, computer usage
records, and countless other data sources.
Bus Topology - Correct Answers -A network topology sometimes called a linear bus,
where each of a network's nodes is connected to a common linear backbone that has
two endpoints.
Business Analytics - Correct Answers -Attempts to make connections between data so
organizations can try to predict future trends that may give them a competitive
advantage.
Business Intelligence (BI) - Correct Answers -Strategies and technologies used by
enterprises for the data analysis of business information.
Cache - Correct Answers -A hardware or software component that stores data so that
future requests for that data can be served faster.
Campus Area Network (CAN) - Correct Answers -A computer network that connects two
or more LANs that are located on a campus.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Correct Answers -A job title for the board-level head of
an information technology department within a business organization. The CIO's job is
to make sure IT assets are in place to ensure a smooth transition.
,Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Correct Answers -The CISO is generally
focused on the security of an organization's data and information, making sure it is
backed up, deciding who gets to see it and who does not, and so on.
Chief Security Officer (CSO) - Correct Answers -A CSO is in charge of such things as
the physical security and safety of employees, facilities, and corporate assets and may
have a law enforcement background.
Chief Technology Officers (CTO) - Correct Answers -The CTO runs the organization's
IT engineering group and serves as the company's top technology architect.
Click Fraud - Correct Answers -An internet fraud scheme that automatically passes a
user to an advertiser, whether they had any intention of visiting or not, in order to collect
a per-click fee.
Clients - Correct Answers -An end user's computer in a computer network.
Computer Network - Correct Answers -Two or more computers connected together to
communicate and share resources.
Cybersecurity - Correct Answers -The convergence of technologies, sound practice,
and processes designed to protect networks and their devices, programs, and data from
attack or unauthorized access.
Data Analysis - Correct Answers -The application of statistics and logic techniques to
define, illustrate, and evaluate data.
Data Management (DM) - Correct Answers -The practices, architectural techniques, and
tools for achieving consistent access to and delivery of data across the spectrum of data
subject areas and data structure types in the enterprise.
Data Management Processes - Correct Answers -The process of acquiring data,
making sure the data are valid, and then storing and processing the data into usable
information for a business.
Data Mapping - Correct Answers -Extra notes about the definition of a field, its data, and
its use.
Data Mining - Correct Answers -The examination of huge sets of data to find patterns
and connections and identify outliers and hidden relationships.
Database Administrators (DBAs) - Correct Answers -DBAs categorize data
requirements and create the database entities and models that ensure accurate and
smooth-flowing information throughout a business.
, Database Management System Software (DBMS) - Correct Answers -An application
software that is used to create a collection of related files that consist of records of data
separated by fields that can be queried to produce populations of information.
Databases - Correct Answers -Well-thought-out collections of computer files, the most
important of which are called tables.
Default-allow Firewall Rule - Correct Answers -A rule that all traffic is allowed unless it
has been specifically blocked.
Default-deny Firewall Rule - Correct Answers -The only network connections that are
permitted are the ones that have been explicitly allowed.
Denial-of-service - Correct Answers -An attempt to make a computer or any of its
resources unavailable to its intended users.
Disk Storage - Correct Answers -Nonvolatile, secondary storage on a physical device
like a hard drive or optical disk with a read/write apparatus.
Ethernet Card - Correct Answers -Provides the computer with a unique 48-bit address
called a MAC (media access control) address. No two Ethernet cards have the same
address.
Extract, Transform, and Load - Correct Answers -Tools that are used to standardize
data across systems and allow the data to be queried.
File Allocation Table (FAT) - Correct Answers -A table of contents that directs the
read/write arm of the hard drive to the location where data exist and accesses the data
upon the user's request.
Firewall - Correct Answers -Specialized hardware and software that ensures that only
authorized personnel can access and use an organization's intranet.
Foreign Key - Correct Answers -A field in a database table that provides a link between
two tables in a relational database.
Gantt Chart - Correct Answers -A type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - Correct Answers -The visual system of computer
screen designs that allow a user to interact with an electronic device.
Hardware - Correct Answers -The physical part of the computer.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) - Correct Answers -The major markup language
used to create web pages.
