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






2. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






3. Peer- to- peer






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






5. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






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






9. Enterprise systems






10. Company who offers a complementary product (e.g. milk complements cereal)






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






18. Business process management






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






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






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






22. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






24. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






25. Service- oriented architecture






26. Supply chain management






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






28. 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






29. Enterprise systems usually require...






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






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






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






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






34. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






36. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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






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






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






41. Resource- based focuses on internal factors in an organization - focused on external factors in the industry


42. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






45. ERPs make information available to...






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






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






48. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of a business






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






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