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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Data in context (i.e. with relevance and purpose)






2. Service- oriented architecture






3. Software used to connect processes in one or more computers across a network






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






5. The open group architectural framework; designed to translate strategy into architecture and then into a detailed infrastructure using standardized Architecture Development Methodology






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






7. Framework for understanding the design of an organization; links together business processes - values & beliefs - management control systems - and tasks & structures






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






9. 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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10. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs






11. ERP II makes information available to...






12. The unique set of features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to the competition






13. Enterprise systems






14. Architecture where one software program (the client) requests and receives data and instructions from another software program (the server); computers running client programs usually require less computing resources






15. On a process flow diagram - a circle represents a...






16. Software systems developed in the mid-90s which were not integrated across organizations and could not interface well with each other






17. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'






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






19. When all the activities are in a predetermined order (not when steps vary in a process)






20. Enterprise systems usually require...






21. Web- oriented architecture






22. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






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






25. Suggests that speed and aggressiveness of the moves and countermoves create an environment in which advantages are rapidly created and eroded






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






27. 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






28. On a process flow diagram - a diamond represents a...






29. Total quality management






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






31. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






32. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






33. Organizations restructure common business processes to consolidate services like IT - human resources - finance






34. Enterprise resource planning






35. An organization's hardware - operating systems - databases - telecommunications - legacy systems






36. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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






38. The value of a network node to a person or organization in a network increases when others join the network






39. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






40. Inputs/outputs and tasks






41. Processes are horizontal across a corporation - many functional areas of the business will be involved in a process; functions are vertical silos in an organization (e.g. finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration)






42. Strategy where organization limits its scope to a market segment and tailors its offerings to that group of customers using either cost or differentiation






43. R/3 (made by SAP)






44. Strategy where organization qualifies its product or service in a way that allows it to appear unique in the marketplace






45. Inter- organizational relationship that affords one or more companies in the relationship a strategic advantage






46. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






47. Information and organizational strategy must also change






48. On a process flow diagram - a square represents a...






49. Organizational - control - and cultural variables used by decision makers to effect changes in their organization






50. Includes business - organizational - and information strategy; business strategy is at the top of the triangle because it guides the others