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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. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


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






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






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






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






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






7. Customer relationship management






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






9. 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






10. Enterprise systems






11. Processes are horizontal across a corporation - many functional areas of the business will be involved in a process; functions are vertical silos in an organization (e.g. finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration)






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






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






14. Self- contained functional units






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Web- oriented architecture






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






24. R/3 (made by SAP)






25. Holds that the timing of the use of specialized knowledge can create a differentiation advantage as long as the knowledge remains unique






26. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






27. Peer- to- peer






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. The plan an organization uses in providing information services






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






31. When all the activities are in a predetermined order (not when steps vary in a process)






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






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






34. Processes make services possible; processes have inputs and outputs - while service is a cycle (ongoing)






35. 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






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






37. Service- oriented architecture






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


39. Business process management






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


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






42. Supply chain management






43. ERP II makes information available to...






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






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






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






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






48. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






50. 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)