12.1 Info Technology Fundamentals

Who are considered knowledge workers?

• People who work with information.

• People who collect data.

• People who store data.

• People who retrieve data.

What must be done with the facts and figures that businesses generate?

• They must be ignored.

• They must be collected, processed, stored, and retrieved.

• They must be deleted after use.

• They must be only stored.

What is information?

• Unprocessed data.

• Data stored in databases.

• Data processed in a meaningful way.

• Raw facts and figures.

What is Moore's Law a prediction about?

• The prediction that the cost of computer chips would halve every 18 months.

• The prediction that the amount of data a computer chip could process would double about every 18 months.

• The prediction that the size of computer chips would double every 18 months.

• The prediction that the speed of internet connections would double every 18 months.

What are data in the context of business?

• Processes and methods used by businesses

• Facts and figures that businesses generate

• Theories and principles guiding business operations

• Strategies and goals of a business

What is the Internet, also known as the Net?

• A local network of linked computers within a single organization

• A worldwide network of linked computers that allows users to transfer data and information from one computer to another anywhere in the world

• A database of information accessible only by government agencies

• A wireless communication system for mobile phones

What does WWW stand for?

• World Wide Work

• Wide Web World

• World Web Wide

• World Wide Web

What is the World Wide Web (WWW)?

• A single website that provides access to all other websites

• A set of standards that have made the Internet accessible to the average person

• A global satellite system for navigation

• A private network for secure transactions

What does the Internet consist of?

• A) A single centralized computer system

• B) A worldwide network of computers

• C) A collection of web pages

• D) A series of interconnected hyperlinks

What does the World Wide Web allow individuals to do?

• A) Connect to private networks

• B) Use the Internet through browsers and hyperlinks

• C) Create new computer hardware

• D) Program software applications