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






2. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






8. Computer programs that govern the operation of the computer






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Collection of fields and group of related records






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. One billion bytes






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






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






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






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






25. One million bytes






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






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

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






33. 1) Structure 2) Data






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






35. One trillion bytes






36. 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)






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






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






39. One thousand bytes






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Executive management - Operationss - Systems Development - Support

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49. Raw facts






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