Exam 9: Technology, Careers, and Job Hunting

The ____ offers several generalized certification exams in accounting and banking, education, manufacturing, and many other fields.

The term ____________________ refers to our on-the-job choices and actions that reflect our values.

Under the ____ is a staff of computer professionals whose members are often grouped under programming services and computer operations.

The IT department is sometimes called the ____ department.

You can choose from about ____ computer-related certification exams in areas from desktop publishing to network installation.

The term ____ industry is used to refer to the companies that develop, produce, sell, or support computers, software, digital communications, and computer-related products.

At a university such as MIT, information systems courses cover calculus, physics, computer architecture, chemistry, engineering, physics, computer organization, logic design, signal processing, computer architecture, and microprocessor design.

An online job bank like the one in the accompanying figure is a program that automatically searches databases and notifies you when it finds any jobs that match your requirements.

The department shown in the accompanying figure determines an organization's information needs, as well as creates, maintains, and updates its information systems.

A ____ troubleshoots hardware and software problems.

____ participate in alpha and beta test cycles of software.

The ____ certification is most useful for entry-level secretarial and clerical positions as well as help desk staff.

Familiarity with Web tools such as JavaScript is important for the job of a ____.

What is outsourcing? What is the reason companies outsource? What is offshoring? What is the reason companies offshore? List two downsides to offshoring.

A Web portfolio is a hypertext version of your résumé.

The accompanying figure shows a(n) ____ department.

____ offers the MCSE certification.

A bachelor's degree in a computer-related area is a common requirement for most IT-related jobs.

Effective ____ have good people skills and can understand business problems and solutions.

____________________ focuses on computer architecture and how to program computers.