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MIS: Management Information Systems

Subject : business-skills
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1. An organized collection of facts and information - typically consisting of two or more related data files






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

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3. Personal Productivity Applications - Workgroup Applications - Enterprise Applications






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






5. Monitors - Printers - Plotters - Speakers






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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)






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






14. Laser - Ink-jet - Dot Matrix






15. 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.






16. Executive management - Operationss - Systems Development - Support

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






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






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






20. A subset of a data warehouse






21. One thousand bytes






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






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






24. 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)






25. One billion bytes






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






27. Collection of fields and group of related records






28. Computer programs that govern the operation of the computer






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Database - files - records - fields - character






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






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






44. Collection of related tables and other objects






45. Raw facts






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






47. Screen Size - Resolution - Dot Pitch






48. One million bytes






49. 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






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






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