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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Translates strategy into infrastructure - creating plans for the implementation






2. 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)






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






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






5. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______






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






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






8. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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9. Information and organizational strategy must also change






10. Web- oriented architecture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. An IT capability makes it possible for the firm to use its IT assets effectively






19. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus

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20. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






21. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






23. Enterprise resource planning






24. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages

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






26. Uses a large central computer that handles all the functionality of the system; common in legacy systems






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






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






29. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving






30. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Incremental way of transforming business processes






39. Says competition stems from lowering the cost to perform activities and adding value so buyers will pay more






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






41. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






42. Total quality management






43. Peer- to- peer






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






45. Inputs/outputs and tasks






46. 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)






47. 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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48. 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






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






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