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






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






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






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






5. Customer relationship management






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






7. Business process management






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






9. Enterprise resource planning






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






11. Inputs/outputs and tasks






12. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






13. 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






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


15. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






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






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






19. Incremental way of transforming business processes






20. 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.)






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






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






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






24. Self- contained functional units






25. Utilizes a large base of resources that allows organization to outlast competitors by practicing a differentiation strategy






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






27. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






28. Can have coopetition w/o strategic alliance - can have strategic alliance w/o coopetition






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






30. 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






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






32. Total quality management






33. Systems that handle automated processes within and across organizations






34. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. ERPs make information available to...






42. 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)






43. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






45. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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






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






48. Inter- organizational relationship that affords one or more companies in the relationship a strategic advantage






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






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