Test your basic knowledge |

Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






4. Supply chain management






5. Incremental way of transforming business processes






6. Strategy where organization aims to be the lowest- cost producer in the marketplace






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






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






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






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






14. Peer- to- peer






15. Self- contained functional units






16. 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






17. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






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






27. Customer relationship management






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






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


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






31. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


32. Total quality management






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


34. 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






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






36. Assets or capabilities






37. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






47. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






49. Enterprise resource planning






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