Test Prep CLEP-BUSINESS Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Test Prep CLEP-BUSINESS Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  The Internet has its roots in _____, a network that became functional in 1969, linking scientific and academic researchers across the United States.

  A. ARPANET
  B. LISTSERV
  C. NSFnet
  D. MPEG
  E. W3C
  A. ARPANET

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  Explanation

  ARPANET was built by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense.

• Question 2:

  A program that stores and distributes newsgroup messages is called a _____.

  A. news client
  B. newsreader
  C. news server
  D. newsmonger
  E. news host
  B. newsreader

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  Explanation

  To participate in a newsgroup, typically you use a program called a newsreader. Most browsers have newsreaders.

• Question 3:

  Which of the following is not true of a data warehouse?

  A. It consists of data required for decisionmaking.
  B. It may contain internal or external data sources.
  C. It may use click streams as a source of information.
  D. It contains current and historical transactions.
  E. It only contains transaction information and does not include summarizations of data in the warehouse.
  E. It only contains transaction information and does not include summarizations of data in the warehouse.

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  Explanation

  In addition to storing current and historical transactions, a data warehouse contains summarizations of this data.

• Question 4:

  Standard CRT monitors today usually display up to a maximum of _____ pixels.

  A. 80 × 60
  B. 800 × 600
  C. 160 × 120
  D. 1600 × 1200
  E. 16,000 × 12,000
  D. 1600 × 1200

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  Explanation

  Most monitors support a variety of screen resolutions. The norm is usually 800 × 600 pixels, while the maximum resolution for a standard monitor is typically 1600 × 1200 pixels.

• Question 5:

  It would take a computer ____ to discover a password with 10 characters (assuming 1 million tries per second).

  A. .000018 second
  B. .02 second
  C. 1 second
  D. 30 seconds
  E. 59 years
  E. 59 years

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  Explanation

  The longer the password, the more effort required to discover it.

• Question 6:

  A _____ is an icon on the desktop that provides a user with immediate access to a program or file.

  A. kernel
  B. buffer
  C. spooler
  D. shortcut
  E. menu
  D. shortcut

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  Explanation

  A shortcut icon is a small image displayed on the screen that represents a program, a document, or some other object.

• Question 7:

  A(n) _____ shows actors, which are drawn as stick figures, that connect to each function the actors can perform with an arrow.

  A. data flow diagram
  B. use case diagram
  C. class diagram
  D. entity-relationship diagram
  E. sequence flow diagram
  B. use case diagram

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  Explanation

  A use case diagram describes the functionality of a system with actors that the system interacts with and use cases, or services, that the system knows how to perform.

• Question 8:

  _____ is a set of technologies by Sun Microsystems that allows programmers to develop and deploy Web services for an enterprise.

  A. JIT (Java Instruction Technology)
  B. JavaScript
  C. JAD (Java Application Development)
  D. JavaBuilder
  E. J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition)
  E. J2EE (Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition)

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  Explanation

  J2EE and .NET are two popular platforms for building and running Web services.

• Question 9:

  A(n) _____ tests the data in two or more associated fields to ensure that the relationship is logical.

  A. range check
  B. completeness check
  C. consistency check
  D. alphabetic/numeric check
  E. value check
  C. consistency check

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  Explanation

  The consistency check verifies that the relationship between two associated fields is logical. For example, the value in a Withdrawal Date field cannot occur earlier in time that the value in the Account Activated Date field.

• Question 10:

  A _____ is a separate area of a hard disk that holds an infected file until the infection can be removed.

  A. quarantine
  B. firewall
  C. payload
  D. honeypot
  E. worm
  A. quarantine

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  Explanation

  If an antivirus program cannot remove an infection, it often quarantines the infected file so that other files will not become infected.