FINALTERM EXAMINATION

Fall 2008 CS507- Information Systems (Session - 2)

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In which of the following category information is presented in its original form,

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neither interpreted nor condensed nor evaluated by other writers ?

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► Tertiary Information

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► Secondary Information

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► All of above

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Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Ethical issues may be categorized into which of the following types?
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► Privacy
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►Accuracy
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►All of above PAGE 196

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Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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This firm specializes in :

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►Ergonomics

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Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A person or a team who leads a change project or business-wide initiative by

defining, researching, planning, building business support and carefully

selecting volunteers to b of a change team

►True PAGE 194

►False

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Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Leading ERP software vendors include SAP (SAP R/3), Oracle and PeopleSoft

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►True

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ERP software systems may include application modulesfor supporting marketing,

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finance, accounting and human resources.
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Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
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What are the steps and their order in EC order fulfillm

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purchasing & warehousing, contacts with customers a

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purchasing & warehousing, and contacts with customers

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services, purchasing & warehousing, and contact

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production, plant services, purchasing & warehousing, contacts with

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customers and returns

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

With a decision environment, there is the possibility of having very quick and

very accurate feedback on the decision process.

► Closed-loop PAGE 25

► Open-loop

► Closed System

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The major purpose of enhancing web security is to protect web ser the use of

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internet.

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► False

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Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Which of the following usually contain records describing system events, or user

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events?

► An event-oriented log PAGE 149

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► A record of every keystroke

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Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Which of the following is the science and art of transforming messages to make
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them secure and immune to attacks?

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► Crypto analysis
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In literal terms, cryptography means science of coded writing.

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Crypto Analysis is the science and art of transforming messages to make them
secure and immune to attacks.

► False

► True

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following focus on detecting potentially abnormal behavior in

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function of operating system or request made by application software?

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► Scanners

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► Anti virus

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► Behavior blockers PAGE 143

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► Active Monitors

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Which of the following is the primary method for keeping a computer secure
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from intruders?
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► Anti virus
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► Scanners
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► Firewall PAGE 145

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► Password
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Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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In case of logical intrusion, the intruder might be trying to have an unauthorized

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access to the system.

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► True PAGE 139

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► False

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A denial-of-service attack floods a Web site with so many requests for services

that it slows down or crashes

► True

► False

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The main source of bugs in computer programs is the complexity of decisionmaking

code.

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► True

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► False

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Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Which of the following is some action or event that can lead to a loss?

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►Damage

► Accident
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►None of above
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Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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The damage caused by the intrusion is referred as the :

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► Damages
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►Physical Threats PAGE 133

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► Logical Threats
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Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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objects?

► Entity 113

► Attribute

► Object
► Instance

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The emerging class of applications focuses on Personalized decision support

► TRUE

► FALSE

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Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Decision making is the cognitive process of selecting a course of action from

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among alternatives.

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► Multiple59

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► Double

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► Triple
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Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
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MIS is the primary source for the managers to be aware of red-alerts.

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► TRUE PAGE 61
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► FALSE
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Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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In final product is intangible

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► Service sector PAGE 8

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► Manufacturing Sector
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► Trading sector
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Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Which of the following model combines the elements of the waterfall model with

the philosophy of prototyping?

► Iterative

► Incremental PAGE 84
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Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Operations are usually called via

► Functions

► Signatures

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► Methods

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Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Control Trial can be used together with access controls to identify and provide

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information about users suspected of improper modification of data.

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► True

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AUDIT trails can be used together with access controls to identify and provide
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information
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Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Risk Management includes assessment of controls already been implemented or

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planned probability that they can be broken, assessment of potential loss despite
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such controls existing.

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CONTROL ANALYSIS includes assessment of controls already been

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implemented or planned probability that they can be broken, assessment of

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potential loss despite such controls

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A______is the possibility of a problem, where a occurred.

► Risk
► Threat

► Intrusion

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A Protocol is an agreed-upon set of conventions that defines the rules of

communication.

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► True page 128

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Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Benefits to ERP systems are that they can be extra time-consuming to implement.

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► True

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► False

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 )

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Define Risk Mitigation.

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Question No: 32 ( Marks: 1 )

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Identify types of change management.

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Question No: 33 ( Marks: 2 )

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Identify what information is needed bef

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Question No: 34 ( Marks: 2 )

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Question No: 35 ( Marks: 3 )

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Question No: 36 ( Marks: 3 )

What are hackers?

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 3 )

Identify draw backs to ERP systems.

Question No: 38 ( Marks: 5 )

How will you differentiate CSF from K

Question No: 39 ( Marks: 5 )

Identify and define the types of active att

Question No: 40 ( Marks: 10)

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The concept of security applies to all information. Discuss what is the objective

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and scope of Security? What may be the security issues regarding information

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and what will be the management responsibility to resolve these issues?

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Question No: 41 ( Marks: 10 )

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What is polymorphism? Define with example.

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