Exam 1: Computer Technology: Your Need To Know

The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ____ is a subgroup of the IEEE that specializes in computer and data communication technologies.

List two ways that companies earn revenue for Web-based information and services.

Expect to pay for unbiased information.

In the UP, the ____________________ discipline includes activities such as creating test data, conducting tests, and evaluating test results.

Describe the issue of bias in sources of information about computer-, network-, and software-related technology.

Typically, the first iteration or two of the UP produces documentation and a ____ system.

Selecting and configuring computer hardware, network hardware, system software, and application development tools is a task in ____________________ design.

List and describe two or more periodicals that serve as a good information source for IS professionals.

Although not a formal UP discipline, systems evaluation and ____ is an important group of activities that accounts for much of the long-range system cost.

Technical knowledge of computer hardware and system software is required to assess the resources required to update a system to address unmet user needs.

Large computer systems and the software that runs on them use more complex technology than smaller ones do.

Digital libraries of the ____ professional societies are important sources of unbiased technology information.

Manufacturer Web sites are mainly marketing and customer support tools.

In the UP, the business and its environment are defined and modeled within the ____________________ discipline

____ is the professional society whose membership is most specifically oriented toward IS management and development.

The deployment discipline is the set of activities for building, acquiring, and integrating application software components.

Spectrum is a publication of the ____________________ professional society.

List two possible biases from sites that generate revenue from advertising, referrals, commissions, or preferred partner arrangements.

Unbiased information exists on the Web, and it's generally easy to find.

In the UP, installing and configuring hardware and software components are activities of the ____________________ discipline.