Answer: C Difficulty: Hard Section Reference: Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance Learning Objective: Describe how enterprise architecture (EA) and data governance play leading roles in guiding IT growth and sustaining long-term performance. AACSB: Use of information Technology In the food industry, ________ is required to comply with food safety regulations that require being able to trace contamination problems back to a particular processing plant and even back to the farm. data governance IT-business alignment data architecture a technology audit Answer: A Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance Learning Objective: Describe how enterprise architecture (EA) and data governance play leading roles in guiding IT growth and sustaining long-term performance. AACSB: Use of information Technology Which of the following is not one of the 4 components of the enterprise architecture? Application architecture Business architecture Computing architecture Data architecture Answer: C Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance Learning Objective: Describe how enterprise architecture (EA) and data governance play leading in guiding IT growth and sustaining long-term performance. AACSB: Use of information Technology The business architecture describes __________. How specific apps are designed and how they interact with each other. How an enterprise’s data stores are organized and accessed. The hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and interactions. The processes the business uses to meet its goals.
Conduct decision making or problem solving tasks prior to transferring data to the database. Use the database data anyway since the results are better than not conducting any decision or problem solving analysis at all. Extract, transform and load database data into a data warehouse where it can be formatted for further analysis. Answer: D Difficulty: Hard Section Reference: Information Systems: The Basics Learning Objective: Map the functions of various types of information systems to the type of support needed by business operations and decision makers. Use of information Technology An information system (IS) is part of an organizational culture that consists of: IS, market demands, and technology IS, the company, and competitors IS, business processes, and people IS, company policies, and regulations Answer: C Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Information Systems: The Basics Learning Objective: Map the functions of various types of information systems to the type of support needed by business operations and decision makers. AACSB: Reflective Thinking All of the following are types of IT infrastructures or computing systems except ________. on-premises data centers virtualization cloud computing OLTP Answer: D Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Data Centers, Cloud Computing, and Virtualization Learning Objective: Describe the functions of data centers, cloud computing, and virtualization and their strengths, weaknesses, and cost considerations. AACSB: Use of information Technology Examples of ___________ include data storage and computing hardware that are accessed via the Internet instead of being company-owned and on-site in a data center.
Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Information Management Learning Objective: Explain the business benefits of information management and how data quality determines system success or failure. AACSB: Reflective Thinking Success of EA is measured in financial terms of profitability and ROI. In contrast, the success of data governance is measured in nonfinancial terms of improved customer satisfaction, faster speed to market, and lower employee turnover. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Section Reference: Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance Learning Objective: Describe how enterprise architecture (EA) and data governance play leading roles in guiding IT growth and sustaining long-term performance. Reflective Thinking It is no longer feasible to manage big data, content from mobiles and social networks, and data in the cloud without the well-designed set of plans, or blueprint, provided by EA. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance Learning Objective: Describe how enterprise architecture (EA) and data governance play leading roles in guiding IT growth and sustaining long-term performance. AACSB: Use of Information Technology EA is needed when IT systems have become unmanageably complex and expensive to maintain. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Section Reference: Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance Learning Objective: Describe how enterprise architecture (EA) and data governance play leading roles in guiding IT growth and sustaining long-term performance. AACSB: Use of Information Technology A data governance program should be an IT project because data crosses boundaries and is used by people throughout the enterprise. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium