When the reward for an improvement proposal concerning business operations is determined based on the decision table below, how much is the reward for an improvement proposal for an improvement of $20,000 and a turnaround time reduction of three days? Here, “Y” in the table means that each condition holds “true”, and “N” means “not true”. In addition, “√” indicates the reward that applies to a specific combination of these conditions.
As shown in the figure below, decimal numbers 2, 5, 10, and 21 are represented using five (5) squares that are black or white.
A white square indicates 0, and a black square indicates a positive value that is different depending on the position of the square. When the sum total of the values of the five (5) squares shows a numeric value, which of the following decimal numbers is represented by ■■□□□?
When a chairperson and a secretary are selected from three (3) candidates with a method that allows dual roles, from the three (3) candidates, there are three (3) combinations for the selection of a single chairperson and three (3) combinations for the selection of a secretary, so in total, there are nine (9) combinations for the selection of a chairperson and a secretary. When a chairperson and a secretary are selected from five (5) candidates with a method that allows dual roles, how many combinations for the selection are there?
Which of the following is always true for two (2) sets A and B? Here, (X ∩ Y) represents the part that belongs to both X and Y (intersection set), and (X ∪ Y) represents the part that belongs to at least one of X or Y (union set).
In a queue, three elements 33, 27, and 12 are enqueued in this order. After the element 45 is enqueued to this queue, two (2) elements are retrieved (or dequeued). Which of the following is the second element to be retrieved?
There exist four (4) states numbered 1 through 4. The four (4) states are connected as shown in the figure below, and the state transition occurs in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.
If the current state is 1, which of the following states is reached after the procedure below is performed twice?
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The number of the current state is multiplied by 11, and the result is divided by 3. The process below is performed based on the remainder of the division.
Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning HTML?
Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning the Java language?
Which of the following is an appropriate way for extracting data from a stack that stores multiple data?
Which of the following is the appropriate description concerning a device driver that enables the use of peripheral equipment with a PC?
Which of the following is an appropriate description of the cache memory of a CPU?
A list of PC hardware contains the items that are shown in the Table. Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning these items?
Which of the following is appropriate as a description concerning Plug and Play?
Which of the following is an explanation of the reliability index that is calculated by the expression below?
When a computer system operates for 1,200 hours, the status of the normal operation time and the repair time is shown in the table below. What is the value of MTTR of the system?
The system configurations A through C are made up by connecting multiple identical devices. Which of the following is a list where A through C are sorted in descending order of availability? Here, ─▭─ represents a device. The parallel connection requires only one (1) of the devices to be functional, while the series connection requires all devices to be functional.
When the types of programs that are executed when a PC is started are broadly classified into three categories, namely BIOS (Basic Input Output System), OS, and resident application program, which of the following is the order of execution of the programs?
Spreadsheet software is used to predict sales according to the weather. The table is a worksheet into which the probability for the weather type (sunny, cloudy, rainy) on the day to be predicted and the predicted sales amount by weather type for each product is entered. An expression is entered in cell E4 to calculate the predicted sales amount on the day for Product A, and this is copied to cells E5 through E6 and used. Under these conditions, which of the following is an appropriate expression to be entered in cell E4? Here, to obtain the predicted sales amount on the day for each product, the probability for each weather type is multiplied by the predicted sales amount for each of weather type, and then these values are added up.
Which of the following is an advantage of using OSS (Open Source Software)?
Multiple files stored on a hard disk are used in work, from Monday to Friday. In order to handle failure of the hard disk, the data is backed up to another hard disk after the end of each day’s work. When the backup has following conditions, what is the total time required (in minutes) to perform backups of data from Monday to Friday?
Which of the following is an appropriate combination of software that includes only OSS (Open Source Software)?
Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning the OS for PCs?
Which of the following is the appropriate merit of server virtualization?
Which of the following is an input method where a touch panel is operated by touching it in two or more locations simultaneously?
On a display screen, various colors are created through additive color mixing with three colors, namely red, green, and blue. When the red, green, and blue are mixed evenly, which of the following colors is formed?
In a relational database, which of the following is the reason for a primary key being specified?
Sales data is to be managed with tables in a relational database. When the tables for sales data are designed, which of the following activities analyzes the relationship between the fields of the tables and decompose the tables so that there are no duplications or inconsistencies in the data?
Which of the following is an appropriate description about association of records for a relational database?
A “Sales Details” table and a “Products” table are managed in a relational database. What is the total number of notebooks sold?
Sales Details
Products
Which of the following is the appropriate combination of terms or phrases to be inserted into blanks A and B in the description below concerning NAT?
NAT is often used in order to connect an office or a household LAN to the Internet, and it converts between A and B.
Mr. A sent an e-mail to the three (3) people Mr. P, Mr. Q, and Mr. R. He entered Mr. P’s e-mail address in the To field, Mr. Q’s e-mail address in the CC field, and Mr. R’s e-mail address in the BCC field. Among the recipients of the e-mail Mr. P, Mr. Q, and Mr. R, which of the following lists contains all and only the people who can know that the e-mail with the same content is sent to all three (3) people?
In phone numbers that have the format below, eight billion numbers are to be created. What is the minimum number of digits required for the phone numbers? Here, “020” is included in the digits.
Which of the following is not an appropriate description of online storage?
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of tethering?
Which of the following lists contains all appropriate descriptions concerning an e-mail sent as a chain letter?
There is a room that stores important information. Which of the following is the most appropriate countermeasure for unauthorized entry to this room and unauthorized access to the important information in the room?
Which of the following is the appropriate description concerning a wireless LAN?
There is an electronic file that needs to be made confidential. Which of the following is the appropriate security technology to use in order to ensure the confidentiality of this file?
One of the methods of cracking a password is a brute force attack that attempts all character combinations. When the number of characters of a password that is composed of 26 letters from A through Z is increased from four (4) to six (6) characters, by what factor is the maximum number of attempts to successfully crack the password with the brute force attack increased?
Which of the following is used to confirm that there is no falsification of the content of an e-mail?
When risk treatment in risk management for information security is divided into the four (4) categories of risk transfer, avoidance, acceptance, and mitigation, which of the following is an appropriate example of risk mitigation?
Which of the following is an appropriate example of biometric authentication?
Which of the following is the aim of an attacker who infects someone else’s PC with ransomware?
An IoT device with a vulnerability was used in large numbers by several companies. One (1) of the devices was infected with malware, and the infection spreads to many other IoT devices. On a certain date at a certain time, the many IoT devices that were infected with the malware attempted many connections to a certain website simultaneously, and this forced the service of the website to stop. Which of the following attacks was made against the website?
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of phishing?
A company contracted to develop an accounting system held meetings with the customer and clarified the types of required financial statements and the target value of the processing time from confirmation of accounting data to the output of the documents of settlement of accounts. Which of the following is the appropriate process for implementing this activity?
What is the term for revising and changing programs after system development?
The processes of system development include software requirements definition, software architecture design, software integration test, software installation, and software acceptance. Which of the following activities is implemented during software acceptance? Here, the persons concerned with system development are divided into developers and users.
When the test for system development is conducted in the order of unit test, integration test, system test, and operational test, which of the following is appropriate as an activity in the system test?
Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning the water fall model known as one of software development models?
When a system development project is started, it is foreseen that the progress of the project may be affected by a large number of requests for specification change that come from users during the course of development. Which of the following is the most appropriate measure for ensuring that there will be no deterioration in quality nor delay in delivery?
Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning risk management in a project?
Which of the following is a diagram where bugs detected during the testing of a system are accumulated by their cause and arranged in the order of higher frequency of cause, and a cumulative curve is inserted?
When the outsourced development project of a system has passed beyond its halfway mark, there is a request from the outsourcer for function addition to the system . Which of the following is the most appropriate action of the project manager?
The development of 50 programs is outsourced either to Company A or Company B. Which of the following is the combination of a company with a short development period and a company with a low development cost?
Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of a master schedule in a system development project where processes from requirements definition to installation are performed?
Which of the following items must be clarified in order to determine the appropriate assignment of the project members?
Which of the following is the most appropriate example concerning a chatbot that uses AI?
In the PDCA cycle of service level management, which of the following is implemented as C (Check)?
Which of the following is the appropriate characteristic of agile development?
Which of the following is an appropriate activity for planning and implementing the points described below in order to maintain and preserve the project room and equipment used for system development?
A chamber to ensure confidentiality of test data is set up within a project room, and entrance and exit is controlled. The server that is set up for testing is connected to an uninterruptible power supply in order to prevent data loss due to a power outage.
In IT service management, which of the following is appropriate as a process for resolving the root causes of incidents and preventing their recurrence?
Which of the following is the purpose of systems audit?
Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of monitoring in internal control?
Which of the following persons are responsible for building and promoting IT governance in a company?
When the purchase and sales of a product in April are as in the table below, what is the inventory value in yen for the product at the end of April according to the moving average method? The moving average method calculates the average unit price of products in the inventory each time a purchase is made, and uses the average unit price for products in the inventory immediately beforehand for the calculation of the inventory value.
When the planned production quantity of Product A and the total required quantity and the inventory quantity of Component B are as shown in the table below, what is the minimum order placement quantity I of Component B required in Week 2?
A restaurant has the total sales, the variable cost, the fixed cost, and the business days per year shown below. In order for the restaurant to make at least 4 million yen in annual profit, what is the minimum number of customers required per business day?
Retail company A is teaching the general distribution process for food products in an easily understandable manner at elementary schools that are near the company’s distribution center. Which of the following is an idea behind these activities by company A?
One (1) piece of Product P consists of two (2) pieces of Part Q, and Part Q consists of four (4) pieces of Part R. When there is one (1) piece of Part Q and there are three (3) pieces of Part R in the inventory, how many more pieces of Part R are needed to produce six (6) pieces of Product P?
When income statements for the previous term and the current term are compared, which of the following is an appropriate description of a change from the previous term to the current term?
Unit: million yen
Product X is manufactured under the conditions described below. When the yield of Component Y and Component Z is as shown in the table below, what is the required raw material input amount A of Component Y in kilograms for manufacturing 300 units of Product X? Here, the yield of Product X is 100%, and all components are newly manufactured.
Which of the following is free software that can be copied or modified freely without permission from the author?
Among actions concerning the creation of software, which of the following is a copyright violation?
Which of the following codes stores information in a vertical and horizontal two-dimensional pattern?
Which of the following is the purpose of strengthening compliance in corporate management?
Which of the following is an international standard for environmental management systems developed by ISO?
Which of the following examples of the sending of e-mail is inappropriate from the standpoint of the protection of personal information?
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of SWOT analysis?
Which of the following is a system that centrally manages the processes from materials procurement to product sales, and aims for the optimization of supply?
Among the business alliance strategies, which of the following is the appropriate explanation of a joint venture?
When the market development strategy, market penetration strategy, product development strategy, and diversification strategy that represent the growth strategy of a company are positioned in four (4) cells of a matrix formed by existing markets and new markets, and existing products and new products, in which cell is the market penetration strategy positioned?
Which of the following techniques is used to set specific targets and evaluate the result from the four (4) viewpoints of “finance,” “customer,” “internal business processes,” and “learning and growth” in order to implement the vision and strategy of the company?
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of blue ocean strategy?
Which of the following is an approach among two (2) or more companies, where each of them is granted the right to use the technologies patented by the other parties?
Which of the following terminologies refers to an initiative to develop unprecedented and innovative services by utilizing IT in the field of finance, such as a service provided by a bank where AI manages depositors’ assets automatically?
Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning deep learning?
Which of the following is the most appropriate example of the utilization of artificial intelligence?
Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning SEO?
Which of the following examples of e-business sales methods is based on the concept of the long tail?
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of CAD?
Which of the following is an appropriate example of a function that uses an IC tag?
Which of the following is the most appropriate example of IoT?
Against a background of issues such as population decline and aging, attempts are being made to use ICT in order to streamline the functions and services of cities and regions and make them more advanced in order to solve regional problems, and rejuvenate regions. Which of the following is the most appropriate term or phrase to describe such a solution for community development?
The task of using statistics, machine learning, and other such methods to analyze large volumes of data and gain hints and ideas for the creation of new services and value is now very important. Which of the following is the most appropriate human resource to perform this task?
Which of the following corresponds to information literacy?
Which of the following is the most appropriate description of IoT?
A company planning the development of a business information system decided to present an RFP to SI vendors. Which of the following must be described in the RFP at a minimum?
The table below shows the evaluated scores of the proposals of four (4) vendors from the viewpoints of management, technology, and price. When each score of the management viewpoint, technology viewpoint, and price viewpoint is weighted, and the vendor with the highest total score is selected as the supplier, which of the following vendors is selected?
Which of the following items is determined when computerization plan is created on the basis of a company’s information system strategy?
