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MIS: Management Information Systems

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Investigation - Analysis - Design - Implementation - Maintenance & review IADIM






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






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






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






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






6. Content:What data should be collected and at what cost? - Access: What data should be provided to which users and when? - Logical structure: How should data be arranged so it makes sense to a given user? - Physical organization: Where should data be






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






8. One billion bytes






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






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






11. Collection of related tables and other objects






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






13. Computer programs that govern the operation of the computer






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






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






16. Multicore microprocessor: combines two or more independent processors into a single computer so they can share the workload - Parallel processing: A form of multiprocessing that speeds processing by linking several processors to operate at the same






17. Screen Size - Resolution - Dot Pitch






18. Helps the computer carry out it s basic operating tasks.






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






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






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






22. Raw facts






23. An organized collection of facts and information - typically consisting of two or more related data files






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






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






26. Cost reduction and productivity - competitive advantage - and performance based management


27. Gathering enough of the right information in a timely manner and usable form and analyzing it to have a positive impact on business strategy - tactics - or operations






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






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






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






31. Personal Productivity Applications - Workgroup Applications - Enterprise Applications






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






33. Monitors - Printers - Plotters - Speakers






34. 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.






35. A significant and (ideally) long-term benefit to a company over its competition






36. A database that collects business information from many sources in the enterprise - covering all aspects of the company's processes - products - and customers.






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






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






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






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






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






42. Eight bits is a byte. Each byte represents a unique character.






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






44. 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)






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






46. Alignment - Indentations: Left - Double - First - or hanging indent - Tabs - Line Spacing






47. One trillion bytes






48. Laser - Ink-jet - Dot Matrix






49. Collection of fields and group of related records






50. Permanent storage location for a set of instructions the computer uses.