IntroInformaticsBook-Degoulet

Question	Answer
What does OSI stand for?	Open Systems Intereconnection
What does ISO stand for?	International Standard Organization
What is CCITT stand for?	Consultative Committee on International Telegraphy and Telephony
What does CCITT do?	Studying and developing recommendations concerning telecomunication protocols, data transmission, etc..NOW CALLED INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
What is ASTM stand for	American Society for Testing Materials
What does IEEE stand for?	Institute for Electrical And Electronics Engineers
What does CEN stand for and what do they do?	Comite European de Normalisation - Responsible for standardization efforts in Europe
What is information	increase in knowledge that me be deduced from set of data from the raw material that facts represent
Knowledge	Result of successive additions of information to the initial data, information, that itself is considered as a data for the inferences of higher levels
What are the major components of computer based modeling?	1) identify the environment, players, and reasons for model 2) identify the objects of the model, granularity , and structural/compartmental props 3) validate the model and adapt it so that it better represents the problem at hand
List examples of Simple object?	integer, real #, Y/N, pixel
What is a compound object?	date, character string, non-exclusive, vector, table, aggregate
What is a complex object ?	Image, graphics, sound, physiological signal
What is a composite object?	aggregate, record, file
Database	Defined as a structured non-redundant collection of data and the relationships that associate that data, stored on computer-readable media and designed to serve several applications.
What is a database management system ?	set of programs that allows a user to interact with the database?
What is conceptual model ?	describes a global model of reality
What is the oldest type of DBMS?	Hierarchical model and the network model
Which type of data do Relational databases have trouble of you?	RDMS are not good for Temporal DAta
What is Semiology ?	Study of Signs/Symptoms
What is Precision?	refers to the fidelity of the measurement
What is accuracy ?	Refers to the tendency of measured values to be symmetrically grouped around the variable's true value
What is quantitative semiology?	uses tools to evaluate the informational value of medical signs and data?
What is deductive Reasoning ?	based on logical rules or absolute knowledge that lets us relate propositions
What is Deduction?	Premise/Pre-existing fact--> logical rules--> conclusion resulting fact
What is induction?	use the Premise/Pre-existing fact and conclusion/resulting fact to development rules/law?
What is abduction?	Use resulting fact plus rule/Law to determine the pre-existing fact/premises
What does Causal REasoning depend upon?	Uses abductive or deductive reasoning, depending on the case
What is the model that represents physician judgement ?	The Brunswick Lens Model
What are structural /Fixed costs?	Costs related to existing as a company?
What is an operating expenses/Variable expenses?	Variable expenses are related to production volumes
What are direct costs?	Incurred when providing services, Usually includes committed costs and operating expenses?
What are Marginal Costs?	increase of overall costs related to the production of an additional unit
What is Average costs?	Total costs divided by the number of service units produced
What is a cost-benefit analyses ?	compare 2 procedures by evaluating their costs and their results expressed in monetary units
What is the cost-efficiency analyses?	compare two procedures by evaluating their costs in monetary units and their results in physical units
What are cost-utility analyses?	compare two or several procedures by evaluating their costs in monetary units and their results expressed qualitatively such as improvement in the quality of life?

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