Question 1 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
The CIA triad in information security stands for:
AConfidentiality, Integrity, Availability
BControl, Identification, Authentication
CConfidentiality, Integration, Access
DCompliance, Integrity, Auditing
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Question 2 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
Which type of IS control detects incidents after or during they occur?
APreventive control
BDetective control
CCorrective control
DDeterrent control
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Question 3 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
Authentication and authorization differ in that:
AAuthentication grants permissions; authorization verifies identity
BAuthorization comes before authentication
CAuthentication verifies identity; authorization determines what a user can do
DThey are synonymous terms
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Question 4 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
Multi-factor authentication requires at least:
AOne factor (password)
BTwo factors from different categories
CThree biometric factors
DA hardware token only
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Question 5 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
Which protocol is the current standard for encrypting web traffic?
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Question 6 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
A Certificate Authority (CA) is responsible for:
AEncrypting all web traffic
BIssuing digital certificates that bind a public key to an identity
CStoring private keys for all users
DManaging user passwords
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Question 7 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
An IS Audit primarily evaluates:
ASoftware code quality
BEmployee performance
CIS controls, security measures, and regulatory compliance
DHardware procurement costs
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Question 8 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
Which risk response strategy involves purchasing insurance?
ARisk avoidance
BRisk mitigation
CRisk acceptance
DRisk transfer
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Question 9 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
Which hash function produces a 256-bit digest and is widely used for data integrity?
AMD5
BSHA-256
CCRC32
DBase64
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Question 10 of 84Fundamentals of Information System
Confidentiality in the CIA triad means:
AData is accurate and complete
BData is accessible whenever needed
CData is accessible only to authorized parties
DData is backed up regularly
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Question 11 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
Which enterprise system integrates internal processes like finance, HR, and manufacturing?
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Question 12 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
AHigh-frequency short INSERT/UPDATE transactions
BComplex analytical queries across large datasets
CReal-time payment processing
DManaging customer records one at a time
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Question 13 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
According to Inmon's definition, a Data Warehouse is NOT:
ASubject-oriented
BIntegrated
CUpdated frequently in real-time (volatile)
DTime-variant
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Question 14 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
Data Mining is best described as:
AStoring large volumes of historical data
BExtracting hidden patterns and knowledge from large datasets
CBacking up operational databases
DConverting tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge
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Question 15 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
Tacit knowledge differs from explicit knowledge in that tacit knowledge is:
AStored in manuals and databases
BEasily transferable and documented
CPersonal, experiential, and hard to articulate
DOnly available to top management
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Question 16 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
SCM manages the flow from:
ACustomer to manufacturer
BSupplier to end customer
CEmployee to manager
DDatabase to application
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Question 17 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
A Decision Support System (DSS) is designed to support:
ARoutine structured operational decisions
BSemi-structured and unstructured management decisions
CHardware procurement only
DEmployee payroll processing
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Question 18 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
CRM systems primarily focus on:
AManaging supplier relationships
BInternal HR processes
CCustomer interactions, sales, and service
DManufacturing workflows
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Question 19 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
Which property of a Data Warehouse means data is organized around major subjects like 'Sales' or 'Inventory'?
AIntegrated
BTime-variant
CNon-volatile
DSubject-oriented
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Question 20 of 84Enterprise Management Systems and Knowledge Management
OLTP is characterized by:
AComplex multi-table analytical joins
BHigh volume of short, atomic transactions with ACID properties
CStoring historical snapshots for trend analysis
DRead-only access to data cubes
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Question 21 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
The Balanced Scorecard has how many perspectives?
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Question 22 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
In cloud computing, SaaS refers to:
ARenting virtual machines and storage
BA deployment platform where developers push code
CDelivering complete software applications over the internet
DStoring data in the cloud
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Question 23 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
In MapReduce, the Reduce phase:
ASplits input data into smaller chunks
BGroups key-value pairs by key
CAggregates values for each unique key
DDistributes tasks to worker nodes
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Question 24 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
Hadoop's HDFS stores data with a default replication factor of:
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Question 25 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
Collaborative filtering recommends items based on:
AThe features and attributes of items
BWhat similar users have liked
CRandom suggestions from the catalog
DThe most recently added items
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Question 26 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
Which cloud service model gives the user the most control over the infrastructure?
ASaaS
BPaaS
CIaaS
DAll provide equal control
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Question 27 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
The 'V' in Big Data that refers to the speed of data generation is:
AVolume
BVariety
CVelocity
DVeracity
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Question 28 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
In SDLC, which model follows a strictly sequential phase-by-phase approach?
AAgile
BScrum
CWaterfall
DSpiral
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Question 29 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
A private cloud deployment is best described as:
AShared cloud infrastructure owned by a public provider
BCloud resources dedicated to a single organization
CMixing on-premises and public cloud resources
DCloud shared among organizations in the same industry
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Question 30 of 84Implementation and Applications of Information Systems
Content-based filtering recommends items based on:
AWhat friends and similar users prefer
BThe attributes and features of items previously liked by the user
CTrending items across all users
DA hybrid of user preferences and item features
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Question 31 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
In A* search, the evaluation function f(n) is:
Af(n) = h(n) only
Bf(n) = g(n) + h(n)
Cf(n) = g(n) - h(n)
Df(n) = h(n) / g(n)
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Question 32 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
A* search is guaranteed to find the optimal solution when the heuristic is:
AConsistent (monotone)
BAdmissible (never overestimates)
CAlways equal to zero
DGreater than the actual cost
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Question 33 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
Alpha-Beta pruning improves Minimax by:
AFinding a better solution than Minimax
BEliminating branches that cannot affect the final decision
CUsing heuristics to estimate utility values
DExpanding nodes in breadth-first order
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Question 34 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
Which type of machine learning uses labeled training data?
AUnsupervised learning
BReinforcement learning
CSupervised learning
DSelf-supervised learning
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Question 35 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
A model that performs well on training data but poorly on new data is said to be:
AUnderfitting
BWell-generalized
COverfitting
DRegularized
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Question 36 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
kNN is called a 'lazy learner' because:
AIt requires very little memory
BIt performs no explicit training; all computation is at prediction time
CIt converges slowly during training
DIt uses random initialization
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Question 37 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
An intelligent agent's actuators are responsible for:
APerceiving the environment
BStoring learned knowledge
CActing upon the environment
DEvaluating the utility of states
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Question 38 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
Reinforcement learning differs from supervised learning in that:
AIt uses labeled input-output pairs
BThe agent learns by receiving rewards or penalties from its environment
CIt requires a larger dataset
DIt only handles classification tasks
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Question 39 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
Which search algorithm is complete and optimal for unit step costs?
ADFS
BGreedy Best-First
CBFS
DHill Climbing
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Question 40 of 84Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
In the Minimax algorithm, the MAX player always:
AMinimizes the utility value
BMaximizes the utility value
CPrunes branches with low utility
DChooses moves randomly
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Question 41 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
A single-layer perceptron cannot solve which of the following problems?
AAND gate
BOR gate
CXOR gate
DNAND gate
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Question 42 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
Backpropagation computes gradients using:
AForward pass only
BRandom weight initialization
CThe chain rule of calculus applied backward through the network
DGenetic algorithm evolution
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Question 43 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
Which activation function is most commonly used in hidden layers of deep networks due to its resistance to the vanishing gradient problem?
ASigmoid
BTanh
CReLU
DSoftmax
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Question 44 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
A Bayesian Network is represented as:
AAn undirected cyclic graph
BA directed acyclic graph (DAG)
CA fully connected undirected graph
DA binary tree
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Question 45 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
In a Genetic Algorithm, crossover is used to:
AEvaluate the quality of a solution
BRandomly alter individual genes
CCombine genetic material from two parent solutions
DSelect the best individuals
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Question 46 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
Hidden Markov Models are used in speech recognition because:
AThe acoustic signals are directly observable states
BThe underlying phonemes (states) are hidden while sounds are observed
CThey use directed acyclic graphs
DThey require no training data
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Question 47 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
The vanishing gradient problem in deep networks is primarily caused by:
AToo many training examples
BGradients becoming exponentially small as they propagate through many sigmoid/tanh layers
CUsing ReLU activation
DLearning rate being too high
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Question 48 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
Softmax activation is typically used in the output layer for:
ABinary classification
BRegression tasks
CMulti-class classification
DHidden layer feature extraction
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Question 49 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
A Markov Network differs from a Bayesian Network in that it uses:
ADirected edges
BA DAG structure
CUndirected edges
DConditional probability tables only
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Question 50 of 84Neural Networks and Probabilistic Models
In a Genetic Algorithm, the fitness function is used to:
AMutate genes randomly
BEvaluate how well an individual solution solves the problem
CCombine two parent solutions
DInitialize the population
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Question 51 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
The inference engine of an expert system:
AStores domain facts and rules
BProvides the user interface
CApplies rules to facts to derive conclusions
DExplains the reasoning to users
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Question 52 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
Forward chaining in an expert system is called data-driven because:
AIt starts with a goal and searches for supporting facts
BIt starts with available facts and fires rules to derive new facts
CIt only uses numeric data
DIt requires a database connection
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Question 53 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
MYCIN is an expert system designed for:
AStock market prediction
BChess playing
CDiagnosing bacterial blood infections and recommending antibiotics
DWeather forecasting
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Question 54 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
In Ant Colony Optimization, pheromone trails serve to:
ARepresent the ants' current position
BCommunicate good paths to other ants through positive feedback
CPenalize ants that take wrong paths
DInitialize the ant population
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Question 55 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
In Particle Swarm Optimization, each particle's velocity is influenced by:
ARandom mutations and crossover
BIts personal best (pbest) and the swarm's global best (gbest)
CPheromone levels on the path
DThe distance to the nearest particle
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Question 56 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
Fuzzy logic differs from classical Boolean logic in that:
AIt uses only true/false values
BIt assigns degrees of truth between 0 and 1
CIt requires exact numeric inputs
DIt cannot be used in control systems
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Question 57 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
Backward chaining in an expert system starts with:
AAll available facts in the knowledge base
BA hypothesis (goal) and works backward to find supporting evidence
CRandom rule selection
DUser input data
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Question 58 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
The explanation facility in an expert system is responsible for:
AStoring domain rules
BProviding the GUI
CExplaining the reasoning and conclusions to users
DConnecting to external databases
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Question 59 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
Swarm intelligence algorithms are characterized by:
AA central controller directing all agents
BDecentralized control with emergent collective behavior
CIndividual agents working in complete isolation
DExact mathematical optimization only
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Question 60 of 84Expert Systems and Swarm Intelligence
The knowledge acquisition bottleneck in expert systems refers to:
ASlow database query performance
BLimited CPU processing speed
CDifficulty in extracting and encoding expert knowledge, especially tacit knowledge
DNetwork bandwidth limitations
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Question 61 of 84Computer Networks
Which feature of IPv6 is NOT supported (unlike IPv4)?
AUnicast
BMulticast
CBroadcast
DAnycast
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Question 62 of 84Computer Networks
What is the maximum length of a hostname?
A255 characters
B128 characters
C64 characters
D512 characters
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Question 63 of 84Computer Networks
Which OSI layer is responsible for process-to-process (end-to-end) communication?
ANetwork Layer
BTransport Layer
CSession Layer
DApplication Layer
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Question 64 of 84Computer Networks
Which cable type is used to directly connect two routers without a switch?
ACrossover cable
BStraight-through cable
CRollover cable
DCoaxial cable
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Question 65 of 84Computer Networks
In hierarchical routing, each autonomous domain (cluster) is called a:
AGateway
BRegion
CNode
DZone
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Question 66 of 84Computer Networks
FTP uses how many TCP connections?
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Question 67 of 84Computer Networks
Heavy network traffic that slows down response time is called:
ACongestion
BCollision
CDeadlock
DLatency
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Question 68 of 84Computer Networks
The default port number for HTTP is:
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Question 69 of 84Computer Networks
Which protocol is used for sending email from a client to a mail server?
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Question 70 of 84Computer Networks
What is the loopback address in IPv4?
A127.0.0.1
B192.168.0.1
C255.255.255.255
D0.0.0.0
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Question 71 of 84Computer Networks
What is the network address of 192.10.16.32 with subnet mask /25?
A192.10.16.32
B192.10.16.0
C192.10.16.128
D192.10.0.0
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Question 72 of 84Computer Networks
What is the Network ID of 203.17.10.7 with a /24 subnet mask?
A203.17.0.0
B203.17.10.0
C203.17.10.7
D203.0.0.0
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Question 73 of 84Computer Networks
Which function is NOT performed at the Transport Layer?
ASegmentation and reassembly
BFlow control
CRouting
DError detection
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Question 74 of 84Computer Networks
CDMA technology allows multiple users to:
AUse different frequency bands
BShare the same channel simultaneously using unique codes
CTake turns in time slots
DOperate on wired networks only
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Question 75 of 84Computer Networks
A packet filter firewall operates at which OSI layer?
ALayer 2 (Data Link)
BLayer 3 (Network)
CLayer 4 (Transport)
DLayer 7 (Application)
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Question 76 of 84Computer Networks
The most time-critical real-time network application is:
AEmail
BFile transfer
CInternet telephone (VoIP)
DWeb browsing
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Question 77 of 84Computer Networks
A proxy server is implemented at which OSI layer?
AApplication Layer
BTransport Layer
CNetwork Layer
DData Link Layer
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Question 78 of 84Computer Networks
The correct order of network types from smallest to largest geographic scope is:
ALAN < PAN < MAN < WAN
BPAN < LAN < MAN < WAN
CLAN < MAN < PAN < WAN
DPAN < WAN < LAN < MAN
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Question 79 of 84Computer Networks
The RIP routing protocol uses which metric to determine the best path?
ABandwidth
BDelay
CHop count
DCost
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Question 80 of 84Computer Networks
In RIP, a hop count of 16 means:
A16 routers away
BNetwork is unreachable
CMaximum allowed path
DDirect connection
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Question 81 of 84Computer Networks
The IEEE standard for Ethernet is:
AIEEE 802.11
BIEEE 802.3
CIEEE 802.15
DIEEE 802.1
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Question 82 of 84Computer Networks
Distance vector routing protocols use which algorithm to compute shortest paths?
ADijkstra's algorithm
BBellman-Ford algorithm
CFloyd-Warshall algorithm
DA* algorithm
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Question 83 of 84Computer Networks
10Base5 Ethernet supports a maximum segment length of:
A100 m
B185 m
C500 m
D1000 m
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Question 84 of 84Computer Networks
A typical LAN covers a geographic scope of up to:
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