Digital certificates are issued by a. individual merchants. b. Certificate Authorities. c. credit ...

Digital certificates are issued by
 a. individual merchants.
  b. Certificate Authorities.
  c. credit card companies.
  d. notary publics.
  e. Digital Authorities.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true concerning value analysis?
 a. It is a technique for lowering quality of a product or service
 b. It involves purchasing finding more offshore sources
 c. It is a way to achieve continuous performance improvement in an item
 d. It lowers performance attributes of a product or service

Question 3

____________________ authenticate the identity and/or status of a person in a verifiable way.
 a. Notary publics
  b. Digital certificates
  c. Personal certificates
  d. FCC certificates
  e. DMV certificate

Question 4

In equation form, value is the relationship between the ________ and its ________.
 a. Service; Cost
 b. Price; Service
 c. Cost; Function
 d. Function; Cost

Question 5

Authentication, the most essential of all security efforts, is the basis of all of the following except
 a. permissions and authorizations.
  b. achieving non-repudiation.
  c. access control.
  d. financial viability.
  e. enforcing accountability.

Question 6

Value engineering techniques are primarily applied to existing products and services.
 
 Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 7

________________________is the process of verifying that people or entities are who they claim to be.
 a. Spot checking
  b. Validation
  c. Indoctrination
  d. Investigation
  e. authentication

Question 8

Offering a supplier a longer-term contract with guaranteed volumes, would encourage investment in equipment that results in lower production costs.
 
 Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 9

The one key used in symmetric cryptosystems must be usually be delivered by
 a. private keys.
  b. RSA algorithms.
  c. trusted couriers.
  d. key-agreement algorithms.
  e. parcel post.

Question 10

According to the sourcing snapshot on learning curves, all of the following are true regarding learning for supply managers when evaluating service providers include all the following EXCEPT:
 a. Services providers exhibit great depreciation of knowledge
 b. The rate of learning accelerates with experience
 c. Professional services exhibit learning curves
 d. Service providers generate learning through various projects