GIAC GSNA Exam Questions & Answers

Correct Answer: B

To apply the same style consistently throughout your Web site you should use external style sheet. Cascading style sheets (CSS) are used so that the Web site authors can exercise greater control on the appearance and presentation of their

Web pages. And also because they increase the ability to precisely point to the location and look of elements on a Web page and help in creating special effects. Cascading Style Sheets have codes, which are interpreted and applied by the

browser on to the Web pages and their elements.

There are three types of cascading style sheets.

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External Style Sheets

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Embedded Style Sheets

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Inline Style Sheets External Style Sheets are used whenever consistency in style is required throughout a Web site. A typical external style sheet uses a .css file extension, which can be edited using a text editor such as a Notepad. Embedded Style Sheets are used for defining styles for an active page. Inline Style Sheets are used for defining individual elements of a page. Reference: TechNet, Contents: Microsoft Knowledgebase, February 2000 issue PSS ID Number: Q179628

Correct Answer: BCD

A data mart is a repository of data gathered from operational data and other sources that is designed to serve a particular community of knowledge workers. In scope, the data may derive from an enterprise-wide database or data warehouse or be more specialized. The emphasis of a data mart is on meeting the specific demands of a particular group of knowledge users in terms of analysis, content, presentation, and ease-of-use. Users of a data mart can expect to have data presented in terms that are familiar. In practice, the terms data mart and data warehouse each tend to imply the presence of the other in some form. However, most writers using the term seem to agree that the design of a data mart tends to start from an analysis of user needs and that a data warehouse tends to start from an analysis of what data already exists and how it can be collected in such a way that the data can later be used. A data warehouse is a central aggregation of data (which can be distributed physically); a data mart is a data repository that may derive from a data warehouse or not and that emphasizes ease of access and usability for a particular designed purpose. In general, a data warehouse tends to be a strategic but somewhat unfinished concept; a data mart tends to be tactical and aimed at meeting an immediate need. Answer: A is incorrect. Writers using a data mart believe that the design of a data mart tends to start from an analysis of user needs.

Correct Answer: B

Various authorities have created differing taxonomies to distinguish the various types of IT audits. Goodman and Lawless state that there are three specific systematic approaches to carry out an IT audit:

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Technological innovation process audit: This audit constructs a risk profile for existing and new projects. The audit will assess the length and depth of the company's experience in its chosen technologies, as well as its presence in relevant markets, the organization of each project, and the structure of the portion of the industry that deals with this project or product, organization and industry structure.

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Innovative comparison audit: This audit is an analysis of the innovative abilities of the company being audited in comparison to its competitors. This requires examination of company's research and development facilities, as well as its track record in actually producing new products.

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Technological position audit: This audit reviews the technologies that the business currently has and that it needs to add. Technologies are characterized as being either "base", "key", "pacing", or "emerging". Answer: D is incorrect. These are the audits to verify that controls are in place on the client (computer receiving services), server, and on the network connecting the clients and servers.