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WGU C182 NEWEST 2024 – 2025 COMPLETE 400
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
(VERIFIED) ANSWERS/ RATED A+
How does IT support the business? - Correct Answer - communication, both internal and external, sharing of resources, facilitating the integration of departments, management of information, securing company and employee information, and ensuring that the organization runs according to ethical practices.
What is the DIKW Hierarchy? - Correct Answer - Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
What is Data in the DIKW hierarchy? - Correct Answer - It is the input directly received by the human (or computer). The starting point for your task.
What is Information in the DIKW hierarchy? - Correct Answer - It is often defined in the hierarchy as meaning that the data have had one or more processes applied to the data to transform it into a more useful form. The processing of your data.
What is Knowledge in the DIKW hierarchy? - Correct Answer - It is sometimes defined as information that has been put to use or a synthesis of several different sources of information. One way to think of knowledge is that it is information placed into a context, perhaps the result of experience gained from using information. You will gain insight into your information here.
What is Wisdom in the DIKW hierarchy? - Correct Answer - Making decisions based on your knowledge.
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pg. 2 What is an Information System? - Correct Answer - A collection of data, information, technical components and human resources used to support management of an organization. It is technology neutral.
What makes data relevant? - Correct Answer - This means that the data being used must apply directly to the decision being made
What makes data timely? - Correct Answer - Data must be efficient and must be provided in a timely manner so that companies can utilize it in their business. When there is a delay in data, it may no longer be of use or properly serve its purpose.
What makes data thorough? - Correct Answer - This means that the data must be complete. Data that is not thorough might contain errors or lapses of data.
What makes data accurate? - Correct Answer - This is most likely to be secured if data is captured as close to the point of activity as possible. It should be captured as close to the source as possible.
What makes data reliable? - Correct Answer - It should reflect stable and consistent data collection processes. Data integrity and quality are essential to reliability..
What 4 processes does a computer perform? - Correct Answer - (I)nput, (P)rocessing, (O)utput, (S)torage - IPOS
In the IPOS process, what performs the Input of data (data, numbers, images and sounds)? - Correct Answer - The user
In the IPOS process, what performs the Processing of the data into Information? - Correct Answer - The computer
In the IPOS process, how is the information Output? - Correct Answer - Depending on what is needed by the user, the computer may output the information for the user by displaying words on the monitor, printing on paper or transmitting audio over speakers 2 / 4
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What is hardware? - Correct Answer - The physical components of the computer. This includes all of the internal and external parts of a computer.
What is software? - Correct Answer - The programs and other operating information used by the computer. Software can be shared between computers when part of a network.
What is a network? - Correct Answer - A collection of computers and resources connected by various media so they can communicate with each other
What are users? - Correct Answer - The people who use the computer system
What is system software? - Correct Answer - Includes the operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function
What is a system? - Correct Answer - A combination of independent parts all working together to accomplish a certain goal
What is an administrator? - Correct Answer - Someone who is in charge of some portion of the IT infrastructure
What is system administration? - Correct Answer - The process of maintaining the operating system of a computer system
What is Confidentiality? - Correct Answer - Requires that data be kept secure so that they are not accidentally provided to unauthorized individuals and cannot be obtained by unauthorized users.
What is Integrity? - Correct Answer - Requires that data are correct. This requires at a minimum three different efforts. First, data gathering must include a component that ensures the accuracy of the collected data. Second, data must be entered into the system accurately. Third, and most importantly, data modification must be tracked. 3 / 4
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What is Availability? - Correct Answer - Requires that information is available when needed
What is the first step in a Risk Assessment? - Correct Answer - Identify the organization's information assets. These are physical assets, intellectual property and information.
What is Public information? - Correct Answer - Might include names and addresses (since this information is available through the phone book).
What is Sensitive information? - Correct Answer - Might include e-mail addresses.Although this is not public information, it is information that will not be considered a threat to a person's privacy if others were to learn of it. Not public, not harmful. Typically for Individuals.
What is Private information? - Correct Answer - Information that could be a threat if disclosed to others such as social security and credit card numbers, or health and education information. This information is often protected from disclosure by federal legislation. Not public, harmful. Typically for Individuals.
What is Confidential information? - Correct Answer - Consists of information that an organization will keep secret, such as patentable information and business plans.Typically for a Business.
What other types of information may the Government have? - Correct Answer - Secret, Top Secret
What is a device driver? - Correct Answer - A program designed to control a particular device connected to the computer, such as the printer
What does an Administrator do? - Correct Answer - Administer the computers in an organization; install software; modify/update operating system; create accounts; train users; secure system; troubleshoot system; add hardware.
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