Chapter 2 Test Flashcards
Which of the following general management skills consumes up to 90 percent of a project manager’s time?
A. Programming
B. Communicating
C. Leading
D. Problem solving
B
Which general management skill concerns obtaining mutually acceptable agreements with individuals or groups?
A. Leadership
B. Problem solving
C. Negotiating
D. Communicating
C
All of the following are true regarding ESG except which one?
A. It’s imperative the project manager understands ESG as it relates to the project so that regulations, standards, and guidelines are followed.
B. S in ESG stands for social.
C. Awareness of applicable regulations and standards are an ESG factor.
D. PII is an ESG factor that relates to the social factor.
E. Project impact to company brand value is an ESG factor.
D
You work for a company that is growing rapidly. The company’s leadership wants to install a system that will allow both current and future customers to interact with the company to learn more about the company’s products and to obtain support. What kind of a system will you recommend be implemented?
A. CMS
B. ERP
C. CRM
D. IaaS
C
Your company currently has a large data center that consists of hundreds of servers and a host of enterprise applications such as large databases. Corporate stakeholders want to get away from the costs of maintaining a data center but also want to continue their operations in much the same way as they currently do. You know that a cloud solution is the way to go.
Which cloud environment should you pursue?
A. PaaS
B. IaaS
C. XaaS
D. SaaS
B
A database that consists of tables and relationships can be considered which kind of data?
A. Structured
B. Unstructured
C. Flat
D. Unregulated
A
Which of the following data sources are considered SPII? (Choose two.)
A. First name
B. Social Security number (SSN)
C. City
D. Political party
E. Driver’s license number
B, E
Which of the following is an example of linkable data becoming SPII?
A. When the link connects an individual’s name to a corporate website
B. When an individual’s name is linked to their Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
C. When the IP address of an individual’s cable modem is shown
D. When an individual is shown to live within a specific zip code
B
Why are you required to stand far back from the pharmacy counter when you are waiting to talk to a customer service person about refilling a prescription?
A. It is PHI data and is required by HIPAA.
B. It is not a requirement, but it is a good idea in a place where there are so many sick people.
C. It is required by PIPEDA.
D. It is required by GDPR.
A
Suppose that you work for a company that has several campuses located in different locations in the city. Which network will connect them together?
A. LAN
B. SAN
C. WAN
D. GAN
C
In a multitiered architecture, which tier helps the user interact with the system?
A. Presentation
B. Processing
C. Data
D. Application
A
Suppose that you work for a company that has gone through a rapid growth cycle and now has several one-off systems for activities like the company’s finances, manufacturing, and human resources. The leaders of the company want to have a system that brings these activities together. What kind of system will you recommend?
A. Cloud
B. LAN
C. ERP
D. SAN
C
A user you support has worked for hours on a spreadsheet document. A sudden power outage to the building causes their computer to power down. When the power comes back, they cannot find the spreadsheet they’ve been working on. Why is this? (Choose two.)
A. The user was working on the document in RAM memory. When the computer went down, everything in RAM was erased.
B. There must have been a glitch in the computer’s memory when the power went down. Thus, the user cannot restore it.
C. The user neglected to save the document to the computer’s hard drive.
D. When the power went down and came back up, there was a power glitch in the computer’s ROM.
A, C
What is the purpose of a data warehouse?
A. To bring all the company’s unstructured data together in a central location
B. To bring various data sources together for the purpose of analysis and decision-making
C. To handle an extremely large data environment
D. To separate the data’s physical location from other applications
B
Who is responsible for documenting the various systems, applications, databases, and other computing infrastructure the company owns?
A. Risk management
B. Human resources
C. The Procurement department
D. Information technology
D
