Information Systems Chapter 1

________ skills determine the ability to conceive information from data.

Cognitive

________ is the activity of two or more people working together to achieve a common goal, result, or work product.

Collaboration

Identify a statement that differentiates information technology from information systems.

One can buy information technology, but not information systems.

Which of the following is an example of a low-tech information system?

a file of email addresses stored in an email program

Which of the following is an example of computer hardware?

a monitor

Which of the following is a critical characteristic of good information?

abundance of details

Which of the following types of skills is most likely to be outsourced to the lowest bidder?

accounting skills

The ________ component in the five-component model of information systems is considered a bridge that connects the computer side and the human side.

data

In the five-component model of information systems, which of the following components is considered as an actor?

hardware

Which of the following pairs of components constitutes the computer side of information systems?

hardware and software

The CEO of an organization asks the human resources manager to send information about the rate of employee turnover in the organization for the last quarter. The manager sends the salary details of new hires during this period. This information is likely to be of little use to the CEO because it is ________.

irrelevant

Which of the following best describes data?

recorded facts or figures

In the five-component model, the process of automation is a process of moving work from ________.

the human side to the computer side

In the context of information systems, which of the following statements is true of data characteristics?

An appropriate relationship should exist between the cost of data and its value.

Which of the following is a major implication of Moore's Law?

Costs of communications and storage have become very low.

________ is defined as making a reasoned analysis of an opportunity, envisioning potential solutions, evaluating those possibilities, and developing the most promising ones, consistent with the resources one has.

Experimentation

Which of the following statements is true about the quality of information?

Information should be just barely sufficient for its purpose.

________ is the ability to model the components of a system, to connect the inputs and outputs among those components into a sensible whole that reflects the structure and dynamics of the phenomenon observed.

Systems thinking

Which of the following is a common description of information?

knowledge derived from data

Abstract reasoning is the ability to

make and manipulate models

According to Moore's Law, the

number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months

Which of the following is a component of an information system, but not of information technology?

people

Which of the following pairs of components constitutes the human side of information systems?

people and procedures

According to the five-component model of information systems, the ________ component provides instructions for the people who use information systems.

procedure

It is generally more difficult to make changes to the ________ of an information system than to the database itself.

procedures