Hardware that reads data and programs from storage media.

Concentric rings on a hard-disk platter.

Each track is divided into invisible wedge-shaped sections called _____.

Increases storage capacity by reducing the amount of space required to store data and programs.

Optical disc most common on today’s personal computers.

Which of the following is NOT an important characteristic of secondary storage?

Similar to internal hard-disk drives except they use solid-state memory.

Type of network topology in which each device is connected to a common cable called a backbone.

A widely used Internet protocol.

Uses high-frequency radio waves.

Signals that are continuous electronic waves.

Rules for exchanging data between computers.

Any device that is connected to a network.

A computer specialist responsible for efficient network operations and implementation of new networks.

This network, also known as a hierarchical network, is often used to share corporate-wide data.

In this network, nodes have equal authority and can act as both clients and servers.

This works with firewalls to protect an organization’s network.

Privacy concern that relates to the responsibility to ensure correct data collection.

Individuals who collect and sell personal data.

Small data files deposited on your hard disk from websites you have visited.

Wide range of programs that secretly record and report an individual’s activities on the Internet.

Malicious programs that damage or disrupt a computer system.

Infected computers that can be remotely controlled.

Used by scammers to trick Internet users with official-looking websites.

A type of scanning device such as fingerprint and iris (eye) scanner.

Process of coding information to make it unreadable except to those who have a key.

An ethical issue relating to using another person’s work and ideas as your own without giving credit to the original source.

The accounting activity concerned with calculating employee paychecks is ______.

MIS produces this type of report.

This function plans, prices, promotes, sells, and distributes the organization’s goods and services.

Select a managerial level where information flow is vertical and horizontal.

Type of worker who is involved with the distribution and communication of information.

Computer system that allows people located at various geographic locations to communicate and have in-person meetings.

A computer-based information system that uses data from TPS to support middle-level managers.

A type of report that calls attention to unusual events.

View that focuses on the actual format and location of the data.

A group of related characters is a _______.

Type of processing in which data is collected over several hours, days, or even weeks and then processed all at once.

What is the advantage of an organization using a database instead of allowing individual departments to create and maintain their own data?

Another name for a data dictionary is ______.

Type of database structure where fields or records are structured in nodes that are connected like the branches of an upside-down tree.

Type of database structure where the data elements are stored in different tables.

Object-oriented databases organize data by classes, objects, methods, and _____.

Type of database that uses communication networks to link data stored in different locations.

This is examined and improved through systems analysis.

Systems life cycle phase that studies the present system in depth.

Systems analysis involves suggesting alternative _____.

The last and ongoing phase of the systems life cycle is systems _____.

The document that shows the levels of management and formal lines of authority is a(n) _____.

This phase begins with designing alternative systems.

Another name for systems implementation.

The phase in which the old system is replaced and training begins.

The four approaches to conversion are parallel, pilot, phased, and _____.

The approach in which the new system is implemented gradually over a period of time.

Another name for programming.

An outline of the logic of the program to be written.

What is the process of testing and then eliminating program errors?

Which logic structure, also known as IF-THEN-ELSE, controls program flow based on a decision?

What type of programming languages are closer to the language of humans?

What is the first-generation language consisting of 1s and 0s?

What converts a procedural language one statement at a time into machine code just before it is to be executed?

Which generation of computer languages allows a person to provide a system with a problem and some constraints, and then request a solution?

What 5GL allows more direct human communication with a program?