Test Prep CLEP-BUSINESS Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Test Prep CLEP-BUSINESS Online Questions & Answers

• Question 61:

  _____, which allows users to choose an encryption scheme that passes between a client and a server, requires that both the client and server have digital certificates.

  A. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  B. Secure HTTP (S-HTTP)
  C. Secure Electronics Transactions (SET) Specifications
  D. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
  E. Certificate authority (CA)
  B. Secure HTTP (S-HTTP)

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  Explanation

  Applications that must verify the authenticity of a client, such as online banking, use S-HTTP.

• Question 62:

  _____ is the most widely used coding scheme used to represent data.

  A. American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
  B. Unicode
  C. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC)
  D. Multicode
  E. Bytecode
  A. American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)

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  Explanation

  Most personal computers and midrange servers use the ASCII coding scheme. Mainframe computers and highend servers use EBCDIC.

• Question 63:

  _____ typically consists of self-directed, selfpaced instruction on a topic.

  A. CBT
  B. DTP
  C. CAD
  D. FAQ
  E. CIM
  A. CBT

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  Explanation

  Computer-based training (CBT) is a type of education in which students learn by using and completing exercises with instructional software.

• Question 64:

  A voice mailbox is a(n) _____ in a voice mail system.

  A. storage location on a hard disk
  B. processor
  C. input device
  D. output device
  E. program
  A. storage location on a hard disk

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  Explanation

  A voice mailbox stores voice mail messages on a hard disk once they have been digitized.

• Question 65:

  ____ are often integrated with transaction processing systems to generate accurate and timely reports for analysis.

  A. OIS
  B. CIM
  C. CAE
  D. CAD
  E. MIS
  E. MIS

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  Explanation

  The TPS processes the transaction and updates customer and inventory information. The related MIS produces customer and inventory reports.

• Question 66:

  A _____ is a malicious-logic program that hides within or looks like a legitimate program and usually is triggered by a certain condition or action.

  A. computer virus
  B. worm
  C. Trojan horse
  D. honeypot
  E. All of the above
  C. Trojan horse

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  Explanation

  A Trojan horse is named after the Greek myth. An example of a program a Trojan horse may use is a screen saver.

• Question 67:

  A CMS _____.

  A. facilitates communication between human resources personnel and employees
  B. includes information about the files and data, called metadata
  C. focuses on issues related to inventory of parts and forecasting future demand
  D. assists support personnel in providing the best solutions for customers
  E. delivers products to customers
  B. includes information about the files and data, called metadata

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  Explanation

  A content management system (CMS) is a combination of databases, software, and procedures that organizes and allows access to various forms of documents and other forms.

• Question 68:

  An enterprise ASP _____.

  A. customizes and delivers high-end business applications
  B. provides applications for a particular industry
  C. delivers applications to meet a specific business need
  D. supplies prepackaged, standard entertainment applications
  E. manages integrated applications within a business
  A. customizes and delivers high-end business applications

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  Explanation

  An enterprise application-service provider is a third party that deploys, manages, and remotely hosts packaged software applications through a rental arrangement.

• Question 69:

  The _____ for a project begins when the steering committee receives a project request.

  A. support phase
  B. implementation phase
  C. design phase
  D. planning phase
  E. analysis phase
  D. planning phase

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  Explanation

  The planning phase is the first phase in the system development cycle. In the planning phase, the committee reviews project requests, prioritizes project requests, allocates resources, and forms the project development team.

• Question 70:

  _____ is designed for workstations that use an Itanium 2 processor.

  A. Windows XP Home Edition
  B. Windows XP Professional
  C. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
  D. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
  E. Windows XP Media Center Edition
  D. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition

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  Explanation

  Windows XP 64-Bit Edition is designed to address the needs of technical workstation users who require large amounts of memory and floating point performance.