2. Understanding IT Fundamentals

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Project+ (PK0-005) Chapter 02. Understanding IT Fundamentals

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Why is negotiation a vital skill in project management?

A. It is necessary to convince stakeholders to accept decisions without questioning them

B. It allows a project manager to dictate the terms of a project’s schedule and budget

C. It is used to obtain mutually acceptable agreements with individuals or groups involved in the project

D. It is only used when dealing with vendors and external suppliers

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What best describes the characteristics of Anything as a Service (XaaS)?

A. It is a model limited to only providing software applications.

B. It can be any IT function offered as a cloud model, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

C. It solely focuses on providing database as a service.

D. It is exclusive to hardware infrastructure on-premises.

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What best describes Governance Factors in the context of ESG in project management?

A. Impacts the project may have on the physical environment.

B. Social interactions and relationships among the stakeholders.

C. Refers to the way the project itself will be governed within an organization.

D. It is understanding of company’s vision, mission statement and values.

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What type of storage does a Central Programming Unit (CPU) rely on for temporary storage?

A. Read-only memory (ROM)

B. Secondary storage

C. Hard drives

D. Random access memory (RAM)

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What does Governance Factors refer to in the context of project management?

A. They refer to the social interactions and relationships among stakeholders.

B. They refer to the environmental impacts your project may have.

C. They refer to how the project will be governed and governance within the organization.

D. They refer to employees’ daily work life as a result of the project.

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What do social factors in project management primarily include?

A. The interactions and relationships among stakeholders and potential customers

B. The impact of the project on the local and global environment

C. The company’s mission, vision, and values

D. The adherence to industry regulations and standards

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What is the primary purpose of a data warehouse in a business?

A. To assist with the physical storage of data

B. To provide a space for data to be organized, analyzed and used for decision making

C. To safeguard data from cyber threats

D. To display data in visual formats only

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Which of the following features is NOT typically associated with ERP systems as described in the text?

A. Consolidates back-office activities

B. Offers modular components

C. Manages interactions with customers

D. Has dedicated staff who are highly trained

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Which cloud model allows the consumer to provision servers, storage, networking, operating systems, and other computing resources on demand?

A. Software as a Service (SaaS)

B. Platform as a Service (PaaS)

C. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

D. Anything as a Service (XaaS)

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What is the difference between primary and secondary storages in a computer system?

A. Primary storage is volatile while secondary storage is nonvolatile.

B. Primary storage is used for long term storage while secondary storage is for short term storage.

C. Primary storage is used for running applications while the secondary storage is used for storing data

D. Primary storage is external memory while secondary storage is internal memory.

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How does The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) define Personally Identifiable Information (PII)?

A. Information about an individual maintained by an agency that relates to medical, educational, financial, and employment information only.

B. Sensitive data which on its own can define an individual’s identity.

C. Any information about an individual that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, and any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual.

D. Sensitive data elements that are associated with financial account or credit card numbers.

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What is one of the key responsibilities of a project manager in terms of meetings?

A. Ensuring team members always arrive on time

B. Setting a rigid agenda that cannot be deviated from

C. Arranging as many meetings as possible

D. Defining the purpose of the meeting and developing an agenda with time limits

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Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a role of the project manager?

A. Managing the team

B. Organisational skills

C. Delegating work to other team members

D. Negotiating

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Which cloud deployment model is used exclusively by a single organization and may consist of a group of organizations that are legally associated with one another?

A. Public Cloud

B. Hybrid Cloud

C. Community Cloud

D. Private Cloud

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What is the difference between financial accounting and budgeting in business systems?

A. Financial accounting predicts future transactions while budgeting records past transactions.

B. Financial accounting concerns recording and interpreting past monetary transactions while budgeting is a planning tool for the future.

C. Both financial accounting and budgeting are responsible for generating income statements.

D. Financial accounting and budgeting are the same thing.

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Which of the following are considered ’Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors’ in project management?

A. Environmental factors, stakeholders’ interactions, regulations and standards

B. Company’s mission and vision, project impact on brand value, impact on local and global environment

C. Awareness of company’s vision, project impact on company brand value, and project impact on local and global environment

D. All of the above

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What does multitiered architecture refer to in the context of IT fundamentals?

A. A type of cloud model

B. Separation of technology functions into their own modules

C. The use of networking devices in infrastructure

D. The process of storing and processing information on different devices

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What is the purpose of a multitiered architecture in IT?

A. To enable faster processing times for software applications

B. To separate technology functions into their own modules

C. To ensure that all IT employees have separate responsibilities

D. To provide stronger security for network and data protection

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Which cloud service model allows the consumer to provision servers, storage, networking, operating systems, and other computing resources on demand?

A. Anything as a Service (XaaS)

B. Platform as a Service (PaaS)

C. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

D. Software as a Service (SaaS)

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What skills are important for a project manager to possess?

A. Technical skills and leadership skills

B. Only technical skills

C. Only soft skills

D. Only leadership skills

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What does a multitiered architecture refer to?

A. The hierarchy within an organization’s IT department

B. Physically separating technology functions into their own modules.

C. The process of turning a physical server into multiple virtual servers.

D. The installation of various networking devices in a multiple layer system.

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What is one possible consequence of not properly considering ESG factors in your project?

A. The project may see increased efficiency.

B. The project could negatively impact the company’s brand value.

C. More employees may be hired.

D. There will be fewer regulations to consider.

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What should a project manager ensure in a project’s life cycle, when the organization is developing a new drug?

A. Ensure that FDA regulations and policies are strictly adhered to

B. Ensure that the drug receives immediate approval from the FDA

C. Ignore FDA regulations as they are not that important

D. Oversee the production of the drug and ignore approval processes

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What are the primary functions that almost all ERP providers offer?

A. Sales and marketing

B. HR and sales

C. Production and inventory

D. Financial and human resources

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Which of the following accurately describes aspect of control in an IaaS model?

A. The provider controls the applications.

B. The consumer controls the underlying infrastructure.

C. The consumer controls the operating system.

D. The provider controls data.

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What kind of details should be included in the documentation of IT infrastructure?

A. The color and size of the hardware

B. The personal use software installed by users

C. The personal belongings of the IT technicians

D. Inventory of hardware and software, their ID tags, location, serial numbers, deployment dates, and other pertinent information.

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What are the two components that most content management systems (CMS) are made up of?

A. The content management application and the user interface

B. The content delivery application and the database

C. The content management application and the content delivery application

D. The content delivery application and the user interface

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What functions can software applications perform in organizations as mentioned in the text?

A. Accounting and human resources

B. Inventory and order fulfillment

C. Developing interfaces between systems

D. All of the above

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Which of the following best describes the role of infrastructure in an IT organization according to the text?

A. It is the software programs used to complete tasks.

B. It consists of all the hardware, software, servers, networks, and data centers that support IT activities.

C. It is the collection of devices connected to each other using cables or wireless communication.

D. It is the process of separating technology functions into their own modules.

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What is Personally Identifiable Information (PII) as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)?

A. Any information about an individual kept by a certain company.

B. Any information that can distinguish or trace an individual’s identity and any other information linked or linkable to an individual.

C. Any personal health information of an individual.

D. Any secret business-related information a certain individual possesses.

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What steps should a Project Manager take to manage legal and regulatory impacts on an IT project?

A. Ignore the regulations until a problem arises

B. Abide by a set regulations defined in a handbook

C. Ensure the project adheres to appropriate regulations and legal implications

D. Make all decisions without considering regulatory and legal impacts

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What is the difference between primary and secondary storage?

A. Primary storage is nonvolatile while secondary storage is volatile.

B. Primary storage is used by the CPU and secondary storage can be an external device.

C. Primary storage is also known as external memory and secondary storage is also known as internal memory.

D. There is no difference between primary and secondary storage. They are just different names for the same thing.

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What type of health-related data is defined as a nested subset of PII data?

A. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

B. Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI)

C. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards

D. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)

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What social factor should the project manager consider during the project planning phase?

A: The impact on the local and global environment

B: The potential need for changes to employee’s daily work life

C: Compliance with governance and accountability

D: The effect of the project on the company’s mission and vision

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What are the two types of data confidentiality discussed in this extract?

A. Publicly Identifiable Information (PII) and Private Health Information (PHI)

B. Personal Identification Information (PII) and Personal Health Information (PHI)

C. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Personal Health Information (PHI)

D. Personal Input Information (PII) and Private Health Information (PHI)

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In the context of IT architecture, what is the definition of ’Multitiered Architecture’?

A. A structure that refers to the physical separation of various technology functions into their independent modules.

B. A model referring to an arrangement of computers within a network, separated based on their roles.

C. A specific set-up involving one server and multiple client computers.

D. A hierarchical information system where functions are segmented into their individual units.

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What is the main difference between financial accounting and budgeting in an organization as discussed in the text?

A. Financial accounting is about predicting future earnings, while budgeting concerns recording monetary transactions.

B. Financial accounting concerns recording and interpreting the monetary transactions that have already transpired, whereas budgeting is a planning tool for future.

C. Budgeting concerns the recording and interpretation of monetary transactions, while accounting is about planning the income and expenses.

D. Budgeting is usually part of an ERP while financial accounting is a standalone system.

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Why is it important for a project manager to be aware of privacy regulations during a project?

A. Because it might help to drive the need for a new project

B. To avoid failure of the project due to lack of understanding

C. To avoid punitive, reputational, and significant financial penalties

D. All of the above

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What are some of the functions of an Electronic Document and Record Management System (EDRMS)?

A. It stores organization’s documents electronically and easily accessible by appropriate users.

B. It allows for unlimited access to all documents by all users within an organization.

C. It makes physical storage spaces obsolete.

D. It only tracks and monitors who created the documents.

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What is the main difference between structured and unstructured data?

A. Structured data can be stored while unstructured data cannot.

B. Structured data adheres to a data model while unstructured data does not.

C. Structured data consists of numbers while unstructured data consists of letters.

D. Structured data can only be accessed by humans while unstructured data can be accessed by both humans and computers.

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What is an advisable action to take when an organization handles Personal Identifiable Information (PII)?

A. Ignore all regulations with the marketplaces where they conduct business

B. Develop policies and procedures for handling PII and ignore the need for employee training

C. Randomly assign testing scenarios to project team members

D. Develop policies and procedures for handling PII and provide mandatory education and training for employees handling this data

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What is negotiation in the context of project management?

A. The process of resolving internal conflicts within the project team

B. The process of managing project risk

C. The process of obtaining mutually acceptable agreements with individuals or groups

D. The process of approving project changes

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Which of the following statements about Platform as a Service (PaaS) is not true?

A. PaaS allows application developers to build applications in the cloud

B. PaaS solutions are always difficult to scale and are not user friendly

C. The cloud consumer only controls the application, not the underlying infrastructure such as the network, servers, or storage in a PaaS model

D. Examples of PaaS providers include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google App Engine, and Microsoft Azure.

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What is the advantage of using cloud models over having a large data center on-site for an organization?

A. An organization can only store limited data on cloud

B. Cloud models cannot offer the same resources as an on-site data center

C. Cloud models are incapable of adjusting based on the needs of the customer

D. Cloud models eliminate the need for an organization to have a large data center on-site processing programming code, serving up software and providing other services

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According to the text, what percentage of their average day do project managers spend on communicating?

A. 50%

B. 70%

C. 90%

D. 100%

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What is a key difference between financial accounting and budgeting as per the concepts explained in the text?

A. Financial accounting looks to the past, while budgeting looks to the future

B. Financial accounting and budgeting both refer to recording of financial transactions

C. Budgeting is concerned with the financial reports

D. Financial accounting is less accurate compared to budgeting

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Why IT Fundamentals Matter

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In today’s digital era, IT knowledge is the cornerstone of successful project management. The concepts you’ll learn in this chapter will set you apart in your career.

– Fact: 78% of project managers report that IT knowledge is crucial for career success (PMI Survey, 2023)

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2. Database fundamentals

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