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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






2. Enterprise systems






3. Utilizes a large base of resources that allows organization to outlast competitors by practicing a differentiation strategy






4. Business strategy should not be affected because it is at a more abstract level






5. Description of goals of an organization - how these goals are realized by business processes - and how these business processes can be better served through technology






6. Processes make services possible; processes have inputs and outputs - while service is a cycle (ongoing)






7. Self- contained functional units






8. Mainframe - client/server - SOA - P2P - WOA






9. Assets or capabilities






10. ERPs make information available to...






11. R/3 (made by SAP)






12. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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13. The situation in which a company's current and emerging business strategy is enabled - supported - and unconstrained by technology






14. Includes organization's design and the choices it makes to define - set up - coordinate - and control its work processes






15. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






16. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






17. Tries to minimize risks and maximize benefits of change in an organization






18. Holds that the timing of the use of specialized knowledge can create a differentiation advantage as long as the knowledge remains unique






19. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net






20. Finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration (functions or silos in a business)






21. Highlights how IS add value to the primary and support activities of a firm's internal operations - customers - and supply chain






22. ERP II makes information available to...






23. Activities designed to learn more about customers' needs and behaviors to develop stronger relationships with them and enhance their value chains






24. Something learned over time for the firm to create - produce - or offer its products






25. Includes a company - its competitors - complementors - customers - suppliers






26. Data in context (i.e. with relevance and purpose)






27. Clear and compelling statement of organization's purpose and what makes it unique






28. Customer relationship management






29. Coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives - purposes - and goals






30. Supply chain management






31. Peer- to- peer






32. Technology - people - and processes that an organization uses to manage information






33. Threat of new entrants - bargaining power of buyers - threat of substitute products or services - bargaining power of suppliers - rivalry among existing competitors

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34. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






35. Service- oriented architecture






36. Class of IT applications used to enable information flow within and between business processes






37. Maintains that competitive advantage comes from the information resources of the firm; resources enable a firm to attain and sustain competitive advantage






38. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products






39. Because they are complex and usually need continual modification to meet the organizations needs






40. Building components of software in a modular way; an architecture where business processes are built on a network - different parts of business functionality reside on different parts of the network - the parts can be combined and reused to create ap






41. Radical way of transforming business processes






42. Information and organizational strategy must also change






43. Enterprise systems usually require...






44. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






45. Translates strategy into infrastructure - creating plans for the implementation






46. Strategy to goals to business requirements to architecture requirements to architecture to functional specifications to infrastructure specifications (hardware - software - data...)






47. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






48. Everything that supports the flow and processing of information in an organization - including hardware - software - data and network components






49. Fewer steps - fewer branches - fewer loops - and fewer decisions






50. Plan of where a business seeks to go and how it plans to get there