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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. Businesses have to conform to the system - sometimes have to redesign processes to fit system






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






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






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

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






6. R/3 (made by SAP)






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






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






9. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






10. Resource- based focuses on internal factors in an organization - focused on external factors in the industry

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






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






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






14. Inputs/outputs and tasks






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






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






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






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






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






20. Enterprise resource planning






21. Total quality management






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






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






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






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






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

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27. Business process management






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






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






30. 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)






31. 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






32. Service- oriented architecture






33. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






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






35. 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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36. ERPs make information available to...






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






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






39. Self- contained functional units






40. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Business process re- engineering






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






47. Assets or capabilities






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






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






50. Enterprise systems usually require...