Question 1

Telecommunications, wireless technology and collaborative tools are all key components of IT architecture.

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Question 2

The success of an organization's IT architecture can be measured, in part, by things like customer satisfaction and employee turnover.

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Customer satisfaction and employee turnover are key indicators of the success of an organization's IT architecture as they can reflect the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the technology systems and processes in place. Satisfied customers and low employee turnover rates suggest that the IT architecture is meeting the needs of the organization and supporting its goals.

Question 3

Your textbook differentiates the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge". Information is derived or calculated from data, whereas knowledge is something based on human intuition and may provide insights more powerful than those based on data and information.

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Question 4

What-if analysis refers to a process of changing assumptions or data in a model to see how the changes impact the predicted outcome.

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What-if analysis is a process of changing assumptions or data in a model to see how the changes impact the predicted outcome.

Question 5

Data architecture and technical architecture are considered key components of IT architecture.

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Data architecture and technical architecture are indeed important components of IT architecture. Data architecture involves defining how data is collected, stored, managed, and used within an organization, while technical architecture involves designing the technology infrastructure needed to support an organization's information systems. Together, these components play a crucial role in ensuring that an organization's IT systems are aligned with its business goals and objectives.

Question 6

The plan for managing the change from baseline IT architecture to target IT architecture is typically called a sequencing plan.

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A sequencing plan outlines the steps and timeline for implementing changes to the IT architecture, including any necessary testing and training.

Question 7

The collection of computing systems used by an organization is called systems architecture.

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The collection of computing systems used by an organization is called an IT infrastructure. Systems architecture refers to the design and organization of the individual technology systems within the infrastructure.

Question 8

A company's business architecture describes the processes a business uses to meet its goals.

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Business architecture defines the business processes, capabilities and organizational structure used by a company to achieve its goals.

Question 9

Application architecture and business architecture are considered key components of IT architecture.

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Application architecture and business architecture help define the structure, behavior, and functionality of an organization's IT systems and processes, making them essential aspects of IT architecture.

Question 10

A company's technical architecture describes the hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and their interactions.

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Technical architecture outlines the physical and logical infrastructure, including hardware and software components, that support the organization's IT systems and applications.

Question 11

The plan for managing the change from baseline IT architecture to target IT architecture is typically called a Strategic Technology Audit STA).

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The correct term for managing the change from baseline IT architecture to target IT architecture is Enterprise Architecture (EA) or IT Architecture Planning (ITAP), not Strategic Technology Audit (STA).

Question 12

Your textbook differentiates the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge". Knowledge consists of data and/or information that have been processed, organized, and put into context to be meaningful, and to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and expertise as they apply to a current problem or activity.

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This is the correct definition of knowledge according to the textbook.

Question 13

When conducting a goal seeking analysis, the decision maker has a specific outcome in mind and needs to figure out how that outcome can be achieved and whether achieving the outcome is feasible.

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This is a correct statement about goal seeking analysis.

Question 14

Your textbook differentiates the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge". Information is data that has been processed, organized, or put into context so that it has meaning and value to the person receiving it.

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This is the definition provided in the textbook.

Question 15

To maintain a balance between costs and benefits, it is advised that managers generally add storage, applications and/or databases to the Information System on an "as needed" basis.

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Question 16

A company's data architecture describes how specific applications are designed and how they interact with each other.

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A company's data architecture primarily focuses on the organization, storage, management, and use of data within an organization rather than the specific design and interaction of applications.

Question 17

Because of the time it takes to plan, develop and implement new storage, applications and/or databases, it is advised that managers do not add these components to the Information System on an "as needed" basis. Instead, changes should be part of a long-range planning process.

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It is advised to not add components on an "as needed" basis and instead include them in a long-range planning process.

Question 18

A company's application architecture describes the hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and their interactions.

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Question 19

IT managers need to be forward thinking when it comes to planning for the organizations IT needs in the future. The future IT architecture that evolves in advance of it being achieved is referred to as the "target IT architecture".

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IT managers do need to be forward thinking and plan for the future IT needs of the organization, and the architecture that is planned in advance is known as the "target IT architecture".

Question 20

Your textbook differentiates the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge". With regard to a customer satisfaction application for the automobile industry, an example of data would be records containing numerical ratings from customer surveys.

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This statement is true. The records containing numerical ratings from customer surveys are considered as data in the customer satisfaction application for the automobile industry.

Quiz 2: Information Management and It Architecture