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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






2. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






3. Peer- to- peer






4. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






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






7. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






8. R/3 (made by SAP)






9. Customer relationship management






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






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






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






13. Information and organizational strategy must also change






14. Enterprise resource planning






15. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






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






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






20. Self- contained functional units






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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)






28. Business strategy should not be affected because it is at a more abstract level






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Assets or capabilities






34. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






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






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






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






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






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






40. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






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






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






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


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






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






47. Web- oriented architecture






48. 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






49. Service- oriented architecture






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