Information Technology Flashcards

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Which IT personnel roles should always be segregated?

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What are the duties of a systems analyst?

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What is the primary duty of a Systems Administrator?

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What are the duties of a Systems Programmer?

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Which duties should a Systems Programmer NOT have?

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What are the duties of a Systems Operator?

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What duties should a System Operator NOT have?

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If it is not possible to segregate duties in an IT System- what actions should be taken to compensate for internal control purposes?

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What is the purpose of a Management Information System (MIS)?

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What is an Accounting Information System (AIS)?

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What are the characteristics of an Executive Information System (EIS)?

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What are the characteristics of an Expert System (ES)?

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What are the characteristics of a Decision Support System (DSS)?

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What are the characteristics of an Ad Hoc computer report?

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When are Exception reports generated?

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What is a query?

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What is End-User Computing?

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What is the primary benefit of E-commerce?

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What are the risks of E-commerce?

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What are the benefits of Electronic Data Interchange?

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What is a File Server?

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What is the purpose of a Database?

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What is the purpose of a LAN (Local Area Network)?

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What is the purpose of a WAN (Wide Area Network)?

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What are the characteristics of a VAN (Value-Added Network)?
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What is the purpose of a Firewall?
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What are the characteristics of a virus?
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What are the characteristics of a computer worm?
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What is the purpose of Automated Equipment Controls?
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What is RAM?
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What is a CPU?
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What is Job Control Language?
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What are examples of input devices?
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What are examples of Output Devices?
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What are the characteristics of Magnetic Tape storage?
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What are the characteristics of Magnetic Disks?
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What is a Gateway?
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What are Parity Checks?
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What is an Echo Check?
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What is a Change Control?
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What is security software?
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What is the purpose of a Digital Signature?
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List the types of computers from smallest to largest
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What are the units of computer data from smallest to largest?
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What is the duty of a design engineer?
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What are object programs?
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How can source programs be recognized?
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What is the purpose of a Compiler?
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How does Online Analytical Processing work?
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What is Data Mining?
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What is the purpose of online transaction processing?
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What are the characteristics of batch processing?
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What does an output control check for?
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What does a processing control check?
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What is a hash total?
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What is a validity check?
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What is a limit check?
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What is a check digit?
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What is a field check?
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What is a Hot Site?
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What is a Cold Site?
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What is the most common database language?
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What is a Data Definition Language?
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What is a Data Manipulation Language?
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What is a Data Control Language?
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What are the characteristics of a Relational Database?
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What are the characteristics of a Hierarchical Database?
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What are the advantages of a database?
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What are the disadvantages of a database?
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What are the components of a database?