C724 WGU INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
UPDATED 2026 LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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Rapid application development (RAD) - ✔✔software development focuses on the
development's process, with limited emphasis on the planning process and uses
prototypes.
critical path method (CPM) - ✔✔step-by-step process planning technique that defines
the critical and noncritical tasks within a project in order to reduce or minimize process
delays and time-related problems.
Modular Design - ✔✔a design approach that subdivides a system into smaller parts
called modules or skids, that can be independently created and then used in different
systems.
data-flow model - ✔✔describes how data moves and is processed by the proposed
system under development.
system-oriented (system evaluation) - ✔✔which is the ability of an information system to
discriminate between files or data that are relevant to a user query, and those which are
not relevant.
function-oriented (system evaluation) - ✔✔determine of the success of the information
system in examining he performance of data, hardware, software, networks, and human
resources
Strategy-Oriented (system evaluation) - ✔✔the determination of whether the information
system outputs enable management to execute the plan.
Structured decisions - ✔✔involve an established procedure, are repetitive and routine,
and therefore can be handled in the same manner each time. Line-level managers and
non-management employees typically make... decisions.
four phases of the decision-making process - ✔✔intelligence, design, choice, and
implementation
Decision analysis - ✔✔method of assisting decision makers with making simple choices
and using mathematical formulas to infer from these choices whether the decision
maker is making the best decision.
Scope - ✔✔Elements of a project that include cost, time, quality, and risk.
, Risks - ✔✔the potential for loss, commonly associated with the monetary and non-
monetary impact to such a risk, as well as the probability of occurrence.
Risk Management (system security) - ✔✔Investment in risk aversion preparedness.
Vulnerabilities - ✔✔weakness in the technology, process, and procedure, or people
involved with any given information asset
Threats - ✔✔identified and unidentified actors that have the potential for attacking the
information assets. (Internal, External)
Attacks - ✔✔damaging or potentially damaging acts that are the product of an attacker's
process, which may include: reconnaissance, scanning, gaining and maintaining
access, escalating privileges, building backdoors, and destroying evidence
Social engineering - ✔✔normally low tech attacks used to trick individuals into
disclosing information, providing access, or changing their patterns. Examples include
phishing, spear-phishing (i.e. targeted phishing), dumpster diving, baiting, tailgating, and
quid pro quo.
Organizational risk factors - ✔✔Risks that stem from hierarchies, policies, and
procedures. These factors naturally allow organizations to operate as successful
businesses, but also help to define categories risks, vulnerabilities, and threats, and
create targets for criminals
Cold sites - ✔✔Offsite office space awaiting occupancy, equipment, personnel, and
utility service, allowing recovery within days.
Warm sites - ✔✔Offsite office space with available systems and service connections,
requiring staffing and updates allowing recovery within hours to days.
Hot sites - ✔✔Offsite office space with available and up-to-date systems and service
connections, requiring only adequate or prioritized staffing, allowing recovery within
minutes to hours.
PERT Chart - ✔✔A chart that represents tasks using an activity-on-arrow diagram; not a
process description tool
System on a Chip (SoC) - ✔✔A modern microprocessor that contain the CPU, memory,
and peripheral interfaces; a miniature computer; an example is the Raspberry Pi.
Moore's Law - ✔✔Moore's Law says that computing power and storage capacity will
continue to increase or double approximately every two years.
UPDATED 2026 LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
Rapid application development (RAD) - ✔✔software development focuses on the
development's process, with limited emphasis on the planning process and uses
prototypes.
critical path method (CPM) - ✔✔step-by-step process planning technique that defines
the critical and noncritical tasks within a project in order to reduce or minimize process
delays and time-related problems.
Modular Design - ✔✔a design approach that subdivides a system into smaller parts
called modules or skids, that can be independently created and then used in different
systems.
data-flow model - ✔✔describes how data moves and is processed by the proposed
system under development.
system-oriented (system evaluation) - ✔✔which is the ability of an information system to
discriminate between files or data that are relevant to a user query, and those which are
not relevant.
function-oriented (system evaluation) - ✔✔determine of the success of the information
system in examining he performance of data, hardware, software, networks, and human
resources
Strategy-Oriented (system evaluation) - ✔✔the determination of whether the information
system outputs enable management to execute the plan.
Structured decisions - ✔✔involve an established procedure, are repetitive and routine,
and therefore can be handled in the same manner each time. Line-level managers and
non-management employees typically make... decisions.
four phases of the decision-making process - ✔✔intelligence, design, choice, and
implementation
Decision analysis - ✔✔method of assisting decision makers with making simple choices
and using mathematical formulas to infer from these choices whether the decision
maker is making the best decision.
Scope - ✔✔Elements of a project that include cost, time, quality, and risk.
, Risks - ✔✔the potential for loss, commonly associated with the monetary and non-
monetary impact to such a risk, as well as the probability of occurrence.
Risk Management (system security) - ✔✔Investment in risk aversion preparedness.
Vulnerabilities - ✔✔weakness in the technology, process, and procedure, or people
involved with any given information asset
Threats - ✔✔identified and unidentified actors that have the potential for attacking the
information assets. (Internal, External)
Attacks - ✔✔damaging or potentially damaging acts that are the product of an attacker's
process, which may include: reconnaissance, scanning, gaining and maintaining
access, escalating privileges, building backdoors, and destroying evidence
Social engineering - ✔✔normally low tech attacks used to trick individuals into
disclosing information, providing access, or changing their patterns. Examples include
phishing, spear-phishing (i.e. targeted phishing), dumpster diving, baiting, tailgating, and
quid pro quo.
Organizational risk factors - ✔✔Risks that stem from hierarchies, policies, and
procedures. These factors naturally allow organizations to operate as successful
businesses, but also help to define categories risks, vulnerabilities, and threats, and
create targets for criminals
Cold sites - ✔✔Offsite office space awaiting occupancy, equipment, personnel, and
utility service, allowing recovery within days.
Warm sites - ✔✔Offsite office space with available systems and service connections,
requiring staffing and updates allowing recovery within hours to days.
Hot sites - ✔✔Offsite office space with available and up-to-date systems and service
connections, requiring only adequate or prioritized staffing, allowing recovery within
minutes to hours.
PERT Chart - ✔✔A chart that represents tasks using an activity-on-arrow diagram; not a
process description tool
System on a Chip (SoC) - ✔✔A modern microprocessor that contain the CPU, memory,
and peripheral interfaces; a miniature computer; an example is the Raspberry Pi.
Moore's Law - ✔✔Moore's Law says that computing power and storage capacity will
continue to increase or double approximately every two years.
