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MIS: Management Information Systems

Subject : business-skills
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1. How organizations plan for - implement - and handle change






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






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






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






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






6. Sequential Access:The retrieval method in which data must be accessed in the order in which it is stored. (tape drives) - Direct Access: The retrieval method in which data can be retrieved without the need to read and discard other data.






7. Investigation - Analysis - Design - Implementation - Maintenance & review IADIM






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






9. One thousand bytes






10. A series of activities that includes inbound logistics - warehouse & storage - production - finished product storage - outboun logistics - marketing & sales - and customer service






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






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

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






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






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






16. Collection of related tables and other objects






17. Database - files - records - fields - character






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The role of the database administrator (DBA) is to plan - design - create - operate - secure - monitor - and maintain databases






25. Field value must be unique - field value is required






26. The electronic transmission of signals for communications which enables organizations to carry out their processes and tasks






27. Collection of fields and group of related records






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






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






30. Selecting: data manipulation that eliminates rows according to certain criteria - Projecting: data manipulation that eliminates columns in a table - Joining: data manipulation that combines two or more tables






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






32. Raw facts






33. Laser - Ink-jet - Dot Matrix






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






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






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






37. Executive management - Operationss - Systems Development - Support

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38. A device that accepts input - Processes data - Stores data - Produces output






39. Perform common computer hardware functions - Provide a user interface - Manage system memory - Manage processing tasks - Provide networking capability - Control access to system resources - Manage files






40. 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






41. 1) Structure 2) Data






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






43. One million bytes






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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)






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