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MIS: Management Information Systems

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The electronic transmission of signals for communications which enables organizations to carry out their processes and tasks






2. The steps an organization takes to protect information sought by 'hostile' intelligence gatherers






3. Specifies the factors that can lead to higher acceptance and usage of technology in an organization






4. Personal Productivity Applications - Workgroup Applications - Enterprise Applications






5. The activity of creating new business systems or modifying existing business systems using internal or external resources






6. Collection of fields and group of related records






7. The most important element in most CBIS; includes those who manage - run - program - and maintain the system






8. Input devices - Output devices - Processing hardware - Storage devices






9. It is directly linked to how it helps deciison makers achieve their organization's goals






10. What are the two most important components of personal computer hardware?






11. Monitors - Printers - Plotters - Speakers






12. The extent to which technology permeates an area or department






13. Productivity= (Output/Input) * 100 OI - Return on Investment (ROI) - Earnings growth - Market Share - Customer Awareness and satisfaction - Total Cost of Ownership






14. The instructions and data that direct the computer to accomplish the task. It can refer to a single program or a package






15. A continuous process involving the legal and ethical collection of information about competitors - its analysis - and controlled dissemination of information to decision makers






16. Field value is not necessarily unique - field value is required






17. Major understandings and assumptions of a business or other organization






18. One billion bytes






19. Collection of related tables and other objects






20. One million bytes






21. How organizations plan for - implement - and handle change






22. A formal collection of people and other resources established to accomplish a set of goals






23. Temporary memory that is constantly changing while the computer is on.






24. A subset of a data warehouse






25. An information analysis tool that involves the automated discovery of patterns and relationships in a data warehouse. Bottom-up approach






26. Describes the entity; an attribute or characteristic of the entity (equals column)






27. A method of storing data that generates extra bits of data from existing data - allowing the system to create a 'reconstruction map' so that if a hard drive fails - the system can rebuild lost data.






28. A set of interrelated components that collect - manipulate - store - and disseminate data and information and provide feedback to meet an objective (THIS PROCESS COULD BE MANUAL OR COMPUTERIZED)






29. One trillion bytes






30. Computer equipment used to perform input - processing - and output activities






31. Helps the user carry out a variety of tasks.






32. Size - Cost - Number of Users - Performance - Integration - Vendor






33. Used to evaluate the contributions (value & cost) of the IS






34. The design of the computer (what the computer consists of)






35. Description of each entity; set of related field values (equals row in a database)






36. Screen Size - Resolution - Dot Pitch






37. Rivalry among existing competitors - threats of new entrants - threat of substitute produts and services - bargaining power of customers - bargaining power of suppliers (cost efficiency is generally not a motive for seeking competitive advantage)






38. Hand-held - Portable (Laptop - Notebook - Tablet) - Thin Client - Desktop - Workstation - Servers - Mainframes - Supercomputers






39. Collection of facts organized in such a way that they have value beyond the facts themselves






40. A group of programs that manipulate the database and provide an interface between the database and its users and other application programs.






41. The technology that provides high-speed connections between data-storage devices and computers over a network






42. Keyboard - Mouse - other pointing devices - wireless pointer - touch pad - track ball - microphone - digital camera - scanner - touch sensitive screens - bar-code sanners - optical data readers - Point-of-Sale (POS) Devices - Magnetic Ink Character R






43. Includes the strategies - policies - methods and rules for using the CBIS; procedures for operations - maintenance - security






44. Includes hardware (the physical components) - software (the programs or lists of instructions)






45. The technical detail about each component (how fast is the printer)






46. An integrated circuit or chip on the main circuit board inside the computer. It is made up of: Arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) - Control unit - Its speed is determined by: Clock Speed/Machine cycle - Word size or Wordlength






47. The process of capturing a company's collective expertise wherever it resides - and distributing it wherever it can help produce the biggest payoff






48. Software that allows users to explore data from a number of different perspectives. Top-down approach.






49. A measure of how widely technology is spread throughout an organization






50. Laser - Ink-jet - Dot Matrix