Directions: Test your knowledge of this topic by selecting the best answer for each of the following questions. When you click the Submit button, you will see your score and the results will go to your instructor.

Question $1(1$ point$)$

Put in order the steps of the process associated with a course assignment.

Question $1$ options:

assignment is posted in the class

student submits assignment

student reads assignment and rubric

student completes assignment

faculty reviews submitted assignment and compares to grading rubric

faculty grades assignment

student receives grade and feedback

faculty member develops assignment and grading rubric

Question $2(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is the most important part of an IT infrastructure?

Question $2$ options:

telecommunications

none

services

hardware

Question $3(1$ point$)$

True or false: When you purchase software and install it on your computer, you own that software.

Question $3$ options:

True

False

Question $4(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is established when an organization sets up internal web pages to provide information about the organization to the employees?

Question $4$ options:

Intranet

Extranet

Private cloud

Client$-$server

Question $5(1$ point$)$

Which of the following statements are true regarding software? $($select all that apply$)$

Question $5$ options:

Software is the set of instructions that tell the hardware what to do$.$

Software can be broadly divided into two categories: operating systems and application software.

Software is created through the process of programming.

Without software, the hardware would not be functional.

Question $6(1$ point$)$

Who should support or maintain the IT infrastructure?

Question $6$ options:

the most efficient mix of people based on the criticality of the infrastructure component

experts in the various specialties who contract with the company

a government agency tasked with IT infrastructure support, the ITSA

programmers and technicians who work for the company

Question $7(1$ point$)$

Which of the following best defines a process?

Question $7$ options:

a strategic objective

steps a worker follows to complete a task

a series of events to get something done

a series of tasks that are completed in order to accomplish a goal

Question $8(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is the unique identifying address for every device on the internet?

Question $8$ options:

domain name

byte

packet

IP address

Question $9(1$ point$)$

Which of the following will occur if a company changes its business strategy?

Question $9$ options:

Its IT infrastructure and organization must change

Its IT infrastructure never changes, regardless of what happens to the business objective

Its IT infrastructure changes, but the organization does not change

Its IT infrastructure and organization will change as needed to support the company's objective

Question $10(1$ point$)$

Which of the following is defined as fully understanding the goals of a process and then dramatically redesigning it from the ground up to achieve dramatic improvements in productivity and quality?

Question $10$ options:

business process reengineering

business process management

business process re$-$design

business process improvement

Question $11(1$ point$)$

Which of the following are advantages of cloud computing? $($select all that apply$)$

Question $11$ options:

Services can be leased for a limited time on an as$-$needed basis.

No software to install or upgrades to maintain.

Can scale to a large number of users easily.

More secure than locally managed applications

Question $12(1$ point$)$

True or false: In business process reengineering, it is best to select the IT system to be used prior to reengineering the processes to ensure the process fits the system.

Question $12$ options:

True

False

Question $13(1$ point$)$

Which of the following are benefits of open source software? $($select all that apply$)$

Question $13$ options:

The software source$-$code is available; it can be examined and reviewed before it is installed.

The software is more secure than software developed by in$-$house programmers.

The large community of programmers who work on open$-$source projects leads to quick bugfixing

and feature additions.

The software is available for free.

Question $14(1$ point$)$

Just for practice, put the following steps of "Shopping for Groceries" in the correct order:

Question $14$ options:

go to grocery store

check shelves and refrigerator to see what is needed

return home

select food products

make a list of what to buy

pay for items

put food away

Question $15(1$ point$)$

Enterprise architecture consists of the following three major components:

Question $15$ options:

application architecture, information architecture