Business 100 Test 4

Question 1

e-commerce

Answer 1

use of the Internet and other digital things to sell

Question 2

IT impacts

Answer 2

• creating portable offices
• enabling better service
• creating leaner, more efficient organizations
• enabling increased collaboration
• enabling global exchange
• improving management processes
• providing flexibility for customization
• providing new business opportunities
• improving the world and our lives

Question 3

intranet

Answer 3

organization’s private network of internally linked websites accessible to only employees (extranet opposite)

Question 4

electronic conferencing

Answer 4

IT that allows groups of people to communicate simultaneously

Question 5

computer network

Answer 5

whole network that computers connected to

Question 6

client-server network

Answer 6

clients request info, servers provide them

Question 7

wide-area network (WAN), Wi-Fi, Local Area Network (LAN)

Answer 7

exactly what they sound like

Question 8

hardware/software

Answer 8

physical components/programs on computer

Question 9

information systems (IS)

Answer 9

uses data to convert data into information

Question 10

info system managers

Answer 10

in charge of data systems

Question 11

data warehousing

Answer 11

the collection of data

Question 12

data mining

Answer 12

collecting data to find demographic

Question 13

knowledge information systems

Answer 13

provide resources to create, store, use, and transmit new knowledge for useful applications

Question 14

computer-aided design (CAD)

Answer 14

IS with software that helps workers design stuff

Question 15

computer-aides manufacturing

Answer 15

helps manufacture with computers

Question 16

MIS

Answer 16

management information systems

Question 17

hacker

Answer 17

cybercriminal who gains access to computer or network, either to steal info, money, or property to tamper with data

Question 18

ID theft

Answer 18

unauthorized use of personal info to get victim’s stuff

Question 19

intellectual property

Answer 19

something produced by the intellect of someone

Question 20

spyware

Answer 20

program unknowingly downloaded by users that monitors their computer activities and stuff

Question 21

spam

Answer 21

junk e-mail sent to a mailing list

Question 22

firewall

Answer 22

security system with special software or hardware devices designed to keep computers safe from hackers

Question 23

anti-virus software

Answer 23

product that protects systems from viruses

Question 24

encryption system

Answer 24

software that assigns an e-mail message to a unique code number for each computer so only that computer, not others, can open and read message

Question 25

information technology

Answer 25

various appliances and devices for creating, storing, exchanging, and using information in diverse modes, including visual images, voice, multimedia, and business data