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 the condition holds, and “N” means that the condition does not hold. In addition, “√” indicates the reward that applies to a specific combination of these conditions.
Which of the following is the logical operation that is equivalent to the truth table below?
When a chairperson and a secretary are selected from three (3) candidates with a method that allows dual roles, there are three (3) ways for the selection of a chairperson and three (3) ways 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 represents the decimal number 155 in binary?
There is a series of numbered boxes stacked as shown in the figure below. The operations described in the table below are performed in the sequence of operations 1 through 4. When the operation 4 is completed, which of the following shows the status of the stacked boxes?
Fig.
Table
The data is exchanged between variable A and variable B. When variable TMP is used to temporarily store data, which of the following is the procedure for exchanging data correctly? Here, “x ← y” represents that the data of “x” is replaced with the data of “y”.
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 is the state that is reached after the procedure below is performed twice?
[Procedure]
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.
The procedure findBanknotes outputs the number of 10,000 and 1,000 banknotes required to represent a specified amount of money, in that order, ensuring the minimum number of banknotes is used. The argument amount passed to the procedure must be a non-negative multiple of 1,000. If it is not, the procedure outputs an error message. Which of the following is the correct combination of answers to be inserted into A and B in the program?
A hollow square is an n × n matrix whose first and last rows along with the first and last columns are filled with stars (“*”), where n denotes an integer. All other positions inside the matrix other than the borders are filled with spaces. If n is 5, the hollow square is shown as below.
The procedure printHollowSquare prints a hollow square based on the value of n. Which of the following is the correct answer to be inserted into blank in the program? Here, the value n is at least 3 and is passed as an argument to the procedure.
Which of the following is software that mediates between a device connected to a PC and an OS or an application software, and that controls and operates the device?
Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning the cache memory of a CPU?
Concerning a processor, which of the following is the appropriate combination of terms or phrases to be inserted into blanks A and B in the description below?
A A is a processor that was developed for B. It is often embedded in a CPU, but in the case of more advanced B processing, an extension board equipped with a high-performance A is sometimes used.
Which of the following is the most appropriate technology that is used in deep learning, an AI-related technology?
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of parallel processing?
Which of the following includes all the appropriate measures to enable the normal execution of processing even in the event of a failure in part of a system?
In the specification of the capacity of a battery that is embedded in a device such as an IoT device or a smartphone, which of the following is the appropriate meaning of “100mAh”?
When a record in a file is modified, which of the following is an appropriate way of identifying the modified contents?
Which of the following is an OS function that executes multiple application programs concurrently on a single PC by alternating between them, such as data is processed with spreadsheet software while a file is being downloaded from a website ?
Which of the following is an appropriate description about the function keys of a PC?
When directories d1 and d2 are placed on a web server as shown in the figure, which of the following descriptions specifies the reference of the web page file f2.html on directory d2 from the web page file f1.html on directory d1 (current directory)? Here, the reference method of files is shown as below.
Which of the following is a technology that is also used in measures against tampering of software in IoT devices and verifies the digital signature of the OS, firmware, or other such software when it is started, and only executes the software if the verification is successful?
Among the descriptions below concerning Open Source Software (OSS), which of the following lists all and only the appropriate descriptions?
Which of the following is the description of a 3D printer?
Which of the following is an appropriate description of AR (Augmented Reality)?
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?
Which of the following is an appropriate effect obtained through the normalization of data in a relational database?
Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning foreign keys in a relational database?
When conditions (i) through (iv) are all fulfilled, which of the following is the E-R diagram that indicates the relationship between publishing companies, authors, and books? Here, the notation for the E-R diagram is as below.
[Notation]
This indicates that A and B have a one-to-many relationship.
Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of commit in transaction processing?
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of the routing function of a router, which is a device constituting a network?
Which of the following is not an appropriate description of online storage?
Which of the following is used for communication in activities such as the gathering of data from IoT devices, and has wide range and power saving characteristics that enable wireless communication over a distance of tens of kilometers?
On computers on the Internet, a range of application programs such as web and e-mail run, and a communications protocol in the application layer that corresponds to each application program is used. Which of the following is a communications protocol that is in a lower layer than these communications protocols, and is commonly used to implement basic communications functions?
Mr. A specified destination addresses as below and sent an e-mail. Among the descriptions concerning recipients of the e-mail, which of the following lists all and only the appropriate descriptions?
[Destination addresses]
To: Mr. B’s e-mail address
Cc: Mr. C’s e-mail address
Bcc: Mr. D’s e-mail address, Mr. E’s e-mail address
Among the descriptions A through C concerning PKI, which of the following is the list that contains all and only the appropriate descriptions concerning a digital signature in e-mail?
In the description below concerning risk management in information security, which of the following is an appropriate combination of words or phrases to be inserted into the blanks A through C?
In information security, a A in an information asset of an organization can be exploited by a B. The potential for damage is called a C.
Among the following attacks against an information system, which attack can be prevented by stopping the use of a given ID when mistakes are made during the entry of a password for the ID more than the preset number of times, ?
Which of the following is an authentication method where a user uses information that differs each time and is generated with a device called a token or other such devices?
Which of the following is an explanation of spyware?
When a PC is connected directly to the Internet during a business trip, which of the following is appropriate to use in order to prevent unauthorized access from the Internet?
Which of the following is appropriate as the characteristic of single sign-on?
Which of the following is an appropriate description concerning the characteristics of the authentication method below?
[Example of authentication by using a matrix]
Note: The shaded portions indicate memorized positions, and the arrows indicate the memorized order.
Which of the following is a security standard that is used in a wireless LAN?
Among the descriptions from A through C, which of the following is the list that contains all and only appropriate features of VPN?
A user who specifies a correct URL and attempts to access the website on the Internet is connected to a fake website. When the cause was investigated, it was found that there was a vulnerability on the server that matches a domain name with an IP address, and the information on the server was overwritten by an attacker. Which of the following is the attack against this server?
Among the requirements for the design of screens A through D below, which of the following is the list that contains all the items that are to be considered for easy-to-use for system users?
Among a series of tests of software, which of the following is conducted mainly by the user who orders the development of the software?
A system migration plan was created for the migration from an existing system to a new system. Which of the following is an appropriate item to be described in the system migration plan?
Which of the following is an activity that is performed in software maintenance?
Which of the following is the most appropriate activity of improving the internal structure of an existing program without changing the external behavior of the software?
Which of the following is an appropriate characteristic of a project?
There are negative and positive risks in a project. Among the treatment of risks in scheduling, which of the following corresponds to a treatment of a positive risk?
In a development project for a system, there is a plan to create 36 programs with the same size. It was first planned to assign only Mr. A who can create six (6) programs per week, but the plan was changed and it was decided to assign two (2) people: Mr. A, and Mr. B who has half the productivity of Mr. A. When the cost per week for Mr. A and Mr. B is 300 thousand yen and 200 thousand yen respectively, how much is the change in the cost as compared to the original plan? Here, Mr. A and Mr. B perform activities in parallel, and the efficiency of Mr. A and Mr. B are always fixed.
When the management of a project is divided into progress management, quality management, and cost management, which of the following is most appropriate to be checked in progress management?
Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of a master schedule in a system development project where processes from requirements definition to implementation are performed?
Which of the following is the appropriate description concerning WBS created in a project?
Company A orders the development of a system to Company B and starts a system development project. Among (i) through (iv) below who are concerned with the project, which of the following lists all and only the stakeholders of the project?
When the operation of an information system is outsourced, which of the following is created in order to agree on the quality level for the service to be provided between the outsourcing party and the contractor?
In order to automatically respond to queries from users of an IT service, it was decided to install a chatbot. Which of the following is the most appropriate management process where such automation by a chatbot is effective?
A satellite office is constructed in a company that promotes telework. Measures to prevent overcurrent caused by lightning strikes were examined for network devices and PCs used in the satellite office. Which of the following is the most appropriate effective measure?
In IT service management, which of the following is the case where a person in charge of the service desk entrusts the resolution of a high-difficulty incident reported to the service desk to secondary support with specialized skills?
Which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning business improvement for a service desk?
Which of the following is the most appropriate explanation of IT governance?
It was decided to conduct a system audit and an audit team was formed accordingly. Which of the following is a common requirement for all auditors who participate in the team?
Among the descriptions A through D concerning the concept of internal control, which of the following is the list that contains all appropriate descriptions?
Among the phases of the PDCA cycle in corporate business operations, which of the following measures and evaluates the status of operations on the basis of KPI?
There are activities A, B, and C that use machines X and Y, and it is required in each activity that the machines are used in the sequence of machine X, machine Y. When the use times of machines X and Y in each activity are as shown in the table below, which of the following is the sequence of the activities where the total time required to complete the three (3) activities becomes minimum? Here, machines X and Y can be used in parallel as shown in the figure below, but two (2) or more tasks cannot be performed simultaneously with any machine.
Table Use times of machines X and Y in each activity
Figure Schedule of using the machines (Example of when activities are performed in the sequence A → B → C)
Which of the following represents the “E” in ROE that is an index for the measurement of a company’s profitability?
Company A is a large company with multiple offices nationwide, and it created BCP that envisaged the total destruction of the head office building in a large natural disaster. In consideration of the purpose of the BCP, which of the following is Company A’s most appropriate BCP?
Which of the following is the most appropriate terminology for referring to a method that uses AI, IoT, and other such IT for personnel-related work such as personnel evaluations and recruitment with aims including the improvement of a company’s personnel functions and the achievement of work style reforms?
Which of the following is an appropriate example of ABC analysis?
The table is an excerpt from an income statement at the end of a year for Company A. When the net income for the year is 800 million yen, how much are the selling, general, and administrative expenses in millions of yen?
Unit: Million yen
Which of the following is an appropriate example of an initiative based on the Green IT concept?
Which of the following is an example of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)?
From the viewpoint of corporate governance, which of the following is the most appropriate method of strengthening the functions of monitoring and supervising the decision-making process of the management?
Which of the following is appropriate as an expected advantage of the adoption of ISO 9001 by companies?
Which of the following is the most appropriate as an example of an enhancement activity for compliance?
Which of the following is standardized by ISO (International Organization for Standardization)?
Which of the following is a technique that analyzes the value of a product or service through the relationship between functionality and cost, and enhances that value through reduction in cost and improvement in functionality and quality?
Company A performs analysis of its positioning against competitors. In order for Company A to obtain the best evaluation of all three (3) companies, what is the minimum number of points required in the brand evaluation item?
The minimum value of each evaluation item is one (1) point and the maximum value is ten points, and each company is evaluated by using the total value of each weighted evaluation item.
Which of the following techniques is used to set specific targets and evaluate the results from the four (4) viewpoints of “finance,” “customer,” “internal business processes,” and “learning and growth” in order to realize the vision and strategy of a company?
Which of the following is the appropriate explanation of benchmarking used for corporate management?
Which of the following is the most appropriate explanation of user experience (UX)?
Which of the following is the purpose of constructing an SCM system?
Which of the following is the most appropriate term that is sometimes used to mean the creation of an epoch-making business model or a reform in technology?
Which of the following is an appropriate case example that corresponds to traceability?
Which of the following is a business objective that becomes possible to achieve with “the introduction of a POS system”?
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of CAD?
Which of the following is an appropriate description of concurrent engineering?
Which of the following corresponds to the lean production system of efficiently performing high-mix, high-volume production by incorporating production activities such as “just in time” and “kanban.”?
The fields of utilization of AI include voice recognition, image recognition, and natural language processing. Which of the following is the most appropriate example of a system that uses both voice recognition and natural language processing?
Conventional financial information systems were highly robust, but they lacked flexibility and it was difficult to swiftly provide services that keep up with mobile technology and other such innovations in information. Based on this, which of the following is the most appropriate term for the trend of providing new value and innovative services through the incorporation of Internet-related technologies, the collaboration with venture companies that utilize them, and other such actions?
Which of the following is an item that must be considered when information systems strategy is drafted?
Which of the following is an appropriate example part of DFD?
Which of the following is the most appropriate purpose of implementing gamification that takes full advantage of the game elements such as points and badges?
Which of the following analysis techniques is used in Enterprise Architecture (EA) to clarify the issues by comparing the ideal situation with the current situation?
Which of the following is a document that is presented by a user to vendors upon procurement of an information system for requesting their proposals and that describes the overview and procurement conditions for the information system?
Which of the following is the most appropriate description of IoT?
Which of the following are international development objectives that are composed of 17 goals set by the United Nations in order to achieve a sustainable world?
Company A is investigating the investment of 10 million yen in the rebuilding of a sales support system. When the current operation costs for the system are 5 million yen per year, the operation costs for the system after the rebuilding are 4 million per year, and new profit from the reconstruction is 2 million yen per year, how many years is the payback period for investment? Here, no other effects or costs are considered, and the result of calculation is rounded off to one (1) decimal place.
