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Technology for Business explores the critical role that modern technology plays in driving business success and innovation. This course introduces students to key information systems, digital tools, and emerging technologies that organizations leverage to improve efficiency, decision-making, and competitiveness. Topics include enterprise resource planning, data analytics, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and the ethical challenges of technology adoption. Through case studies and practical applications, students will develop an understanding of how technological advancements can be strategically integrated to optimize business operations and create value in a rapidly changing global marketplace.
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Technology In Action Complete 11th Edition by Alan Evans
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Chapter 1: Using Technology to Change the World
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Q1) The term ________ literate means being familiar enough with computers to understand their capabilities and limitations and knowing how to use them.
Answer: computer
Q2) ________ is a personal identification chip that is about the size of a grain of rice and implanted under the skin.
Answer: VeriMed
Q3) Which of the following is an example of the results of data mining?
A) An Excel spreadsheet listing all employees and their annual salaries in a random order
B) Netflix providing you with a list of videos you might enjoy
C) Raw data from questionnaires given at the mall
D) A printout of all sales taken from the register at the end of the day
Answer: B
Q4) ________ programs contain the instructions that tell a computer what to do.
Answer: Software
Q5) Zipcar is an example of ownership.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts
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Q1) On a keyboard, Num Lock and Caps Lock are both toggle keys.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) RAM is a ________ storage location.
A) permanent
B) peripheral
C) volatile
D) nonvolatile
Answer: C
Q3) Which port is the most common port found on today's computing devices?
A) Universal serial bus (USB)
B) Parallel
C) FireWire
D) Ethernet
Answer: A
Q4) A(n) ________ microphone picks up sounds equally well from all directions.
Answer: omnidirectional
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Chapter 3: Using the Internet: Making the Most of the Webs Resources
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Q1) Which of the following top-level domains identifies a degree-granting institution?
A) .gov
B) .net
C) .edu
D) .info
Answer: C
Q2) A computer that receives a request and returns data is a(n) ________.
Answer: server
Q3) Using the browser feature tab isolation, you can drag an open tab away from its current window and open it in a new window.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) A browser's bookmark feature makes it easy to return to a specific web page.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Application Software: Programs That Let You
Work and Play
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Q1) All of the following are examples of software suites EXCEPT ________.
A) Microsoft Office 2013
B) Apache OpenOffice
C) Apple iWork
D) Microsoft OneNote
Q2) Desktop publishing software enables you to create newsletters and annual reports.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most word processing programs come with a search-and-replace tool that enables you to locate and replace specific text.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Adobe Photoshop is a drawing software application used by graphic artists.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Using your mobile devices to make purchases is more risky than making purchases with your computer on the web.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: System Software: the Operating System, Utility
Programs, and File Management
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Q1) The fuel-injection system in car engine uses a(n) ________ operating system.
Q2) During the boot process, the ________ is responsible for loading the operating system from the hard drive into RAM.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a user interface?
A) command-driven
B) application programming interface (API)
C) menu-driven
D) graphical user interface (GUI)
Q4) When using Windows 8, the pinch and stretch gestures are used to ________ an object.
Q5) Most smartphones use operating systems developed by ________.
A) Google and Apple
B) Apple and Microsoft
C) Microsoft and Google
D) Symbian and Apple
Q6) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\protocol is an example of a file ________.
A) extension
B) type
C) path
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware:
Evaluating Your System
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Q1) When referring to hard drives, access time is measured in ________.
A) megahertz
B) bps
C) milliseconds
D) kilobytes
Q2) In most current systems, ________ is the type of RAM used.
A) DDR2
B) DDR3
C) DRAM
D) SDRAM
Q3) Optical discs store data using tiny pits and lands.
A)True
B)False
Q4) RAID 0 automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Hard drives have been growing in storage capacity by about 50% each year.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device. Page 9
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Chapter 7: Networking: Connecting Computing Devices
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Q1) The most popular transmission media option for wired Ethernet networks is UTP cable.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Wireless network connections are slower than wired broadband connections.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Storing files on the ________ avoids having to save them on multiple devices.
Q4) Which of the following is NOT used to classify network architectures?
A) Distance between nodes
B) Communication medium
C) Speed of the network
D) Protocol used to exchange data
Q5) Data are sent through a network in bundles called ________.
A) packages
B) pouches
C) packets
D) nodes
Q6) All wireless networks have their own name, referred to as the ________, which is used to identify the network.
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Chapter 8: Digital Devices and Media: Managing a Digital Lifestyle
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Q1) When converting analog waves to a series of numerical values, the higher the sampling rate, the more accurately the original wave can be re-created.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The primary input devices for smartphones are ________.
A) keyboard and mouse
B) microphone and touch pad
C) microphone and mouse
D) touch pad and digital camera
Q3) iPhones let you add SD flash cards.
A)True
B)False
Q4) To keep your cell phone or smartphone number private, you should consider assigning your device a(n) ________ phone number.
Q5) SMS delivers messages to the appropriate mobile device using ________ technology.
Q6) VoIP can be considered an alternative to a traditional landline phone service.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Securing Your System: Protecting Your Digital
Data and Devices
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Q1) Creating and spreading online viruses is a cybercrime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A packet sniffer is a program that can enable a hacker to do all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A) use your debit card information to purchase items illegally
B) assume your identity
C) steal your logons and passwords for various accounts
D) launch a denial of service (DoS) attack on your computer
Q3) ________ is malware that tries to convince you that your computer is infected with a virus.
Q4) Social ________ is any technique that uses social skills to generate human interaction that entices individuals to reveal sensitive information.
A) engineering
B) theft
C) pretexting
D) pharming
Q5) A(n) ________-hat hacker illegally penetrates a system simply to demonstrate the hacker's expertise to the system administrator.
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Chapter 10: Behind the Scenes: Software Programming
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Q1) A data-flow diagram provides a visual representation of an algorithm.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The process of running a program over and over to find errors and make sure the program behaves in the way it should is known as ________.
Q3) In the ________ phase of the SDLC, exploration of the depth of a problem and development of program specifications take place.
Q4) A(n) ________ is a control structure that continues to be performed while a test condition is true.
Q5) ________ enables users to define their own data-based tags and facilitates exchange of information between websites.
A) HTML
B) XHTML
C) XML
D) PHP
Q6) In object-oriented terms, an original class is called the ________ class.
Q7) SDLC stands for ________.
Q8) The acronym HTML stands for ________.
Q9) IDE stands for ________.
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Chapter 11: Behind the Scenes: Databases and Information Systems
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Q1) A(n) ________ is designed to improve communications and help employees complete their routine tasks.
A) office support system (OSS)
B) transaction-processing system (TPS)
C) management information system (MIS)
D) decision support system (DSS)
Q2) In a database, another term for a table is a(n) ________.
Q3) When creating a data warehouse, ________ is is the process that extracts data from source databases, reformats the data, and stores them in the warehouse.
Q4) ________ databases are better at handling unstructured data such as audio clips, video clips, and pictures.
Q5) A(n) ________ is a way of retrieving information from one or more tables that defines a particular subset of data.
A) validation rule
B) field constraint
C) enquiry
D) query
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Q6) When using SQL, a(n) ________ query is used to extract data from two or more tables.
Chapter 12: Behind the Scenes: Networking and Security in the Business World
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Q1) In a client/server network, each network node communicates directly with every other node on the network.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n) ________ is an area of an intranet to which only certain external corporations or individuals have access.
Q3) A(n) ________ cable contains a glass or plastic core.
Q4) MAC addresses and IP addresses are the same thing.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A(n) ________ is a group of data packets that are sent together.
Q6) A(n) ________ server acts as a liaison between an internal network and an external network.
Q7) ________ is the amount of data that can be transmitted across a transmission medium in a certain amount of time.
A) Data capacity
B) Scalability
C) Bandwidth
D) Infusion
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Chapter 13: Behind the Scenes: How the Internet Works
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Q1) ________ is the communications methodology where data are broken into smaller chunks to be sent over various routes at the same time.
Q2) By adding a network prefix to an IP address, supernetting or ________ lets a single IP address represent multiple unique IP addresses.
A) Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
B) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
C) classless interdomain routing (CIDR)
D) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Q3) The main path of the Internet along which data travel the fastest is known as the Internet ________.
A) protocol
B) highway
C) backbone
D) cache
Q4) When using packet switching, packets are always sent over the same route.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A typical ________ is made up of one or more network switches to which ISPs connect.
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Chapter 14: Tif 1: the History of the Personal Computer
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Q1) In the 1980s, nearly all PCs running on the Intel chip used ________ as their operating system.
Q2) ________ was the first electronic spreadsheet application.
Q3) One of the reasons the Apple II computer was popular was that ________.
A) it had a mouse input device
B) the operating system was stored in ROM
C) it had a hard drive
D) it was inexpensive
Q4) What programming language transformed the software industry because beginning students could learn it easily?
A) APL
B) FORTRAN
C) RPG
D) BASIC
Q5) The Intel Corporation introduced the ________, which was a chip that contained millions of transistors.
Q6) Within a year of its introduction in 1981, the ________ computer dominated the personal computer market.
Q7) WYSIWYG stands for ________.
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Chapter 15: Tif 2: Information Technology Ethics
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Q1) A ________ is person who reports a business that is engaged in an illegal activity or an unethical act to a regulatory agency.
A) cyberbully
B) hacker
C) spammer
D) whistle-blower
Q2) ________ is an ethical system in which conforming to God's law is right, and breaking it is wrong.
Q3) All of the following are types of cyberbullying EXCEPT ________.
A) spreading rumors or lies on social networking sites
B) inundating a victim with harassing instant messages or text messages
C) physically stalking an individual
D) infecting the victim's computer with malware to spy on the victim
Q4) ________ is the theory that holds that there is no universal moral truth and that instead moral principles are dictated by cultural tastes and customs.
A) Divine Command Theory
B) Utilitarianism
C) Relativism
D) Deontology
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Chapter 16: Tif 3: Under the Hood
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Q1) Today's clock speeds are measured in megahertz (MHz).
A)True
B)False
Q2) The earliest generation of electronic computers used ________ as switches.
A) transistors
B) vacuum tubes
C) microprocessors
D) integrated circuits
Q3) The special memory storage areas built into the CPU are called ________.
A) cells
B) accumulators
C) registers
D) buffers
Q4) The collection of commands that a CPU executes is called the instruction set.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________ language consists of a series of 0s and 1s.
Q6) The ________ encoding scheme for character data uses 16 bits.
Q7) The ________ controls when the CPU moves to the next processing stage.
Q8) The base-2 number system is also known as the ________ number system.
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Chapter 17: Tif 4: Careers in It
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Q1) ComputerJobs.Com and ComputerWork.com are websites that can be used to search for IT jobs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following professional organizations has a strong focus on programming and systems development?
A) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
B) Association for Information Systems (AIS)
C) Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
D) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a degree that prepares students for IT careers?
A) Computer science
B) Business administration
C) Management information systems
D) Information technology
Q4) The primary benefit of offshoring and outsourcing is cost savings.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The percentage of women in the IT workforce is ________%.
Q6) The oldest and best-known organization for women in IT is the ________.
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