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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. Allows functional areas of an organization to share information easily






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






3. 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






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


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






6. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






7. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






13. Coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives - purposes - and goals






14. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






16. Enterprise systems






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






18. ERPs make information available to...






19. Enterprise resource planning






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






21. ERP II makes information available to...






22. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






23. R/3 (made by SAP)






24. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






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






26. Supply chain management






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






28. Enterprise systems usually require...






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






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






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






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






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


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






35. Inputs/outputs and tasks






36. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






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






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






39. Radical way of transforming business processes






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Business process management






45. Centralization (because they focus on integration)






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






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






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






49. Assets or capabilities






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