Concept 1 test (Info. Systems)

______is specialized business information systems in which the computer takes on the characteristics of human intelligence.

AI

The use of computer to keep class attendance is an example of ________

CBIS

A process for testing skills and knowledge

Certification

Provides significant and ideally long-term benefit to a company over its competition

Competitive Advantage

A(n) _____ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that support problem-specific decision making.

DSS

Upper level management uses _____drawn from historical date, for example, sales over 5 years to make effective decision.

DSS

CISM test grades is an example of _______

Data

A theory developed by E.M. Rogers explains how a new idea or product gains acceptance and diffuses (or spreads) through a specific population or subset of an organization

Diffusion of Innovation Theory

An _____ is a network based on Web technologies that allows only selected outsiders, such as business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a company's intranet.

Extranet

A decision support system (DSS) is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that provides routine information to managers and decision makers.

False

Information and data are essentially the same thing.

False

Information is simply a collection of raw facts such as an employee number or the total hours worked in a week.

False

In information systems, _____ is used to make changes to input or processing activities.

Feedback

Data that can be used for a variety of purposes is said to be ______.

Flexible

Cultural challenges and language, Time and distance challenges, State, regional, and national laws

Global Challenges in Information Systems

CISM Test 1 average is an example of __________

Information

A catalyst for the growth and success of an organization

Innovation

The systems that capture and use experts knowledge that avoids "re-inventing the wheel" to solve similar problems for different clients is achieved by the use of ______

KMS

The process of defining relationships among data to create useful information requires ______

Knowledge

______ are people who create, use, and disseminate knowledge and are usually professionals in science, engineering, business, and other areas.

Knowledge workers

A theory that proposes that every organizational system is made up of four main components—people, tasks, structure, and technology—with an interaction among the four components

Leavitt's Diamond

The use of paper and pencil to keep class attendance is an example of _______

MBIS

----- gets its input from transaction processing system.

MIS

_____ is a branch of artificial intelligence that allows computers to recognize and act on patterns or trends.

Neural networks

A group of people that is structured and managed to meet its mission or set of group goals

Organization

_____ is (are) considered to be the most important element in a computer-based information system.

People

_____is a traditional process or activity of creating or modifying information systems.

SDLC

_____ consists of computer programs that govern the operation of the computer.

Software

key value chain in a manufacturing organization

Supply chain

Systems development involves several well-defined stages

Systems Development Life Cycle

Data collected at point of sales, for example, at Home Depot is an example of

TPS

A management information system (MIS) typically provides standard reports generated with data and information from a transaction processing system (TPS) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

True

Both system software and application software are needed for all types of computers, from small handheld computers to large supercomputers.

True

Global opportunities introduce numerous obstacles and issues, including challenges involving culture and language.

True

Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is the use of mobile, wireless devices to place orders and conduct business.

True

Software is needed for computers of all sizes from cell phones and small hand held devices to the largest supercomputers.

True

The World Wide Web is a network of links on the Internet to documents containing text, graphics, video, and sound.

True

The technology infrastructure is a set of shared IS resources that form the foundation of each computer-based information system.

True

While all types of personal computers have their own advantages and disadvantages, many people favor the mobility, functionality, and cost associated with tablet computers.

True

A series (chain) of activities that an organization performs to transform inputs into outputs

Value chain

_____ involves using information systems and the Internet to acquire parts and supplies.

e-procurement

A set of integrated programs that manages vital business operations for an entire multisite, global organization.

enterprise resource planning system

The ______ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices to create, store, share, and use the organization's knowledge and experience.

knowledge management system

Hiring an outside company to perform some or all of a systems development project is called _____

outsourcing

The goal of the _____ phase of systems development is to gain a clear understanding of the problem to be solved or opportunity to be addressed.

systems investigation

An organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices used to perform and record business transactions.

transaction processing system

Information about the documents on the Web and access to these documents are controlled and provided by tens of thousands of special computers called Web servers.

true