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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'






2. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Incremental way of transforming business processes






8. Hardware - software - professional services - internal staff costs






9. ERPs make information available to...






10. 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






11. Enterprise resource planning






12. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






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






14. Business process re- engineering






15. Businesses have to conform to the system - sometimes have to redesign processes to fit system






16. Awaking a sleeping giant - bad timing - poor implementation - failing to deliver what customers want - breaking the law






17. The basic human tendency to make specific inferences on the basis of a general impression (EX: assuming that because a business is successful - it has good management-- ignoring other forces at work)






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






19. Total quality management






20. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






22. Self- contained functional units






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






24. Supply chain management






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






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






27. 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






28. Incremental approach to changing business processes (a management program that seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and variation in the various processes.)






29. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






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






31. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes






32. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Enterprise systems usually require...






40. Enterprise systems






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






42. Relates business strategy with IS and organizational strategy; business strategy at the top - organizational and information strategy at the base






43. Improves the way a company finds raw components it needs to make a product or service - manufactures that product or service - and delivers it to customers






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






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






46. Allows functional areas of an organization to share information easily






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






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


49. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






50. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy