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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Strategy to goals to business requirements to architecture requirements to architecture to functional specifications to infrastructure specifications (hardware - software - data...)






2. Service- oriented architecture






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






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






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






6. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






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

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8. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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






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






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






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






14. Business process re- engineering






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






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






17. 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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Total quality management






27. Web- oriented architecture






28. R/3 (made by SAP)






29. Incremental way of transforming business processes






30. Enterprise systems






31. ERP II makes information available to...






32. 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






33. Radical way of transforming business processes






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






35. Supply chain management






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






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






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






39. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






40. 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)






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






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






43. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






46. Peer- to- peer






47. ERPs make information available to...






48. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






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