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Nothing more than 1-3 sentencbes answer for each part of the questions. Make your answer yourself

1) What is an operating system? How does it perform memory swapping and why is this important for business?

2) What is the difference between a personal DBMS and an enterprise DBMS? Your answer should provide an example of each.

3) What is symmetric and asymmetric encryption? How are they used to protect data transmissions?

4) Explain why there is a need for standard notation when documenting business processes.

5) What is meant by a three-tiered architecture? Explain what comprises each of the tiers.

6) What is a data warehouse and what are it's major components?

7) Why is system testing so difficult and time-consuming? Why is it often neglected?

8) Describe the major functions of the IT/IS department.

9) Unauthorized data disclosure is a major type of security problem. How do the different sources of threats exploit this problem?

10) Describe three different viruses and how they work.

11) What is the difference between a key (primary key) and a foreign key in relational databases?

12) What is a VPN and how does it work? Provide an example of how it can be used in business.

13) Outline the components of the BPM cycle with a description of each

14) What are the three types of e-commerce companies? Give an example of each.

15) What is the purpose of business intelligence? Outline the different types of BI systems.