Cis 370 Midterm

Front 1

The value of information is directly linked to how it helps decision makers achieve their organization's _____

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goals

Front 2

A(n) _____ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that support problem-specific decision making.

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DSS

Front 3

Electronic business goes beyond e-commerce and e-procurement by using information systems and the Internet to perform all business-related tasks and functions.

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True

Front 4

While technologically advanced, unfortunately, e-commerce offers few advantages for streamlining work activities.

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False

Front 5

An organization is a system, which means that it has inputs, processing, outputs, and feedback

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True

Front 6

______ consists of computer equipment used to perform input, processing, and output activities.

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Hardware

Front 7

_____ connect computers and equipment in a building, around the country, or around the world to enable electronic communications.

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Networks

Front 8

Hiring an outside company to perform some or all of a systems development project is called _____

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outsourcing

Front 9

A common type of information system used in business organizations are those designed for _____

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____

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A Computer Based Information System is a single set of hardware, software, databases, telecommunications, people, and procedures configured to collect, manipulate, store, and process data into information.

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True

Front 11

____ consists of computer programs that govern the operation of the computer.

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Software

Front 12

The goal of the _____ phase of systems development is to gain a clear understanding of the problem to be solved or opportunity to be addressed.

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System investigation

Front 13

C2C stands for computer-to-computer e-commerce.

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False

Front 14

____ is (are) considered to be the most important element in a computer-based information systems.

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People

Front 15

Information and data are essentially the same thing.

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False

Front 16

Systems analysis defines the problems and opportunities of the existing system.

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True

Front 17

A Decision Support System can include a collection of models to support a decision maker, a collection of facts, and procedures that help decision makers to interact with the DSS.

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True

Front 18

The unique value of learning systems is that they allow organizations to capture and use the wisdom of experts and specialists.

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False

Front 19

Software is needed for computers of all sizes from cell phones and small hand held devices to the largest supercomputers.

Back 19

True

Front 20

Keyboards, automatic scanning devices, and equipment that can read magnetic ink characters are examples of _____ hardware.

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Input

Front 21

Organizational culture consists of the major understandings and assumptions for a business or other organization.

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True

Front 22

An organization must understand its culture before it can implement information systems

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True

Front 23

Non-technical skills such as communication skills and knowledge of the organization are not important to information systems personnel.

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False

Front 24

When the class presented on the culture, mission, and values of an organization, one of the groups chose to speak about "Trader Joe's."

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False

Front 25

An organization is a formal collection of people and other resources established to accomplish a set of goals.

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True

Front 26

Re engineering and continuous improvement mean the same thing.

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False

Front 27

Quality means the ability of a product or service to meet or exceed customer expectations.

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True

Front 28

Michael Porter proposed a widely accepted competitive forces model, called the five-forces model.

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True

Front 29

The CEO is the chief information officer within an organization.

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False

Front 30

The role of a systems analyst is narrowly defined and seldom involves communication with others.

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False

Front 31

The ability of an organization to achieve its goals is often a function of the organization's _____.

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______

Front 32

____ involves reducing the number of employees to cut costs.

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Downsizing

Front 33

____ is a competitive advantage strategy that Walmart and other retailers have followed for years and focuses on becoming more efficient and reducing costs.

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Cost leadership

Front 34

Cirque de Soleil is an example of a company with a _____ strategy for gaining competitive advantage, producing a high-performance circus for adults.

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niche

Front 35

_____ investigates the additional profits or benefits that are generated as a percentage of the investment in IS technology.

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Return on investment

Front 36

Primary memory, which holds program instructions and data, is not associated with the CPU.

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False

Front 37

RAM stands for random access memory, a form of memory that holds its contents even if the current is turned off or disrupted.

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False

Front 38

Parallel processing is a form of multiprocessing, and speeds processing by linking several processors to operate at the same time.

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True

Front 39

Sequential access storage devices allow data to be accessed more quickly than direct access storage devices.

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False

Front 40

Business needs and their importance are roughly the same for all companies, so the IS solutions they choose are quite similar.

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False

Front 41

The faster the clock speed of the CPU, the more heat the processor generates.

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True

Front 42

Multiprocessing involves the simultaneous execution of two or more instructions as the same time.

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True

Front 43

A "thin client" is a centrally managed computer with essential but limited capabilities.

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True

Front 44

Green computing is about saving the environment; there are no real business benefits associated with this program.

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False

Front 45

_____ is/are used to temporarily hold small units of program instructions and data immediately before, during, and after execution by the CPU.

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Register

Front 46

_____ is/are used to temporarily hold small units of program instructions and data immediately before, during, and after execution by the CPU.

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control

Front 47

The CPU and memory of a computer are housed in the same box called the _____ unit.

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system

Front 48

The type of memory whose contents are not lost if the power is turned off is said to be ____

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nonvolatile

Front 49

Secondary storage is also called _____.

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permanent storage

Front 50

____ means that data must be accessed in the order in which it is stored.

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sequential data

Front 51

____ are the most powerful computers with the fastest processing speed and highest performance.

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supercomputers

Front 52

_____ is the ability to increase the processing capability of a computer system so that it can handle more users, more data, or more transactions in a given period.

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scalability

Front 53

Which of the following CPU components provides a high-speed storage area to temporarily hold small units of program instruction and data immediately before, during, and after execution by the CPU?

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register

Front 54

Which represents the largest amount of data?

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exabyte

Front 55

___ allows businesses to subscribe to Web-delivered business application software by paying a monthly service charge or a per-use fee.

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Software as a Service (SaaS)

Front 56

Programming languages are sets of keywords, symbols, and rules for constructing statements that people can use to communicate instructions to a computer.

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True

Front 57

__ refers to the use of computing resources, including software and data storage, on the internet rather than on local computers.

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cloud computing

Front 58

Proprietary software is mass-produced by software vendors to address needs that are common across business; an example is Payroll.

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False

Front 59

A software suite is a collection of single programs packaged together as a bundle and typically include word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, and more.

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True

Front 60

Software as a service allows businesses to subscribe to Web-delivered business application software by paying a monthly service charge or a per use fee.

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True

Front 61

An operating system is a set of programs that controls the computer hardware and acts as interface with appplications.

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True

Front 62

The ability of a computer to handle an increasing number of concurrent users smoothly is called scalability.

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true

Front 63

Single-user license is software license that permits you to install the software on one or more computers, used by one person.

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True

Front 64

The smallest piece of data used by a computer is the ____

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bit

Front 65

The _____ is the heart of the operating system and controls the most critical processes.

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kernel

Front 66

An example of "application software" is:

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word processing

Front 67

Financial management software helps plan, schedule, allocate, and control people and resources needed to complete a project according to schedule.

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False

Front 68

Application programs interact with systems software, and the systems software directs computer hardware to perform the necessary tasks.

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True

Front 69

Most software purchased to run on a personal computer uses a _____ license.

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single-user

Front 70

A special software program called a _____ converts the programmer's source code into machine-language instructions.

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compiler

Front 71

___ is a form of software that includes a wide range of built-in functions for statistical, financial, logical, database, graphics, and date and time calculations.

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spreadsheet

Front 72

____ allows users to tweak the software to their own needs.

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open-source software

Front 73

The API links application software to the operating system, providing hardware independence for software developers.

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True

Front 74

Programming languages used to create artificial intelligence or expert system applications are often called _____.

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fifth- generation languages

Front 75

A collection of fields about a specific object is a record

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True

Front 76

A database, a database management system, and the application programs that use the data to make up a database environment.

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True

Front 77

Today, few organizations use the database approach to data management, where multiple information systems share a pool of related data.

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False

Front 78

In the relational model, each row of a table represents a data entity or row and each column of the table represents an attribute or field

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True

Front 79

Selecting involves combining two or more tables

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False

Front 80

The relational database modes is by far the most widely used.

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True

Front 81

A rational database model is by far the most widely used.

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True

Front 82

A database administrator (DBA) is a skilled and trained IS professional who directs all activities related to an organization's database.

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True

Front 83

The traditional approach to data management is the database approach.

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False

Front 84

A data center is a climate-controlled building that houses database servers.

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True

Front 85

Data mining is an information-analysis tool that involves the automated discovery of patterns and relationships in a data warehouse.

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True

Front 86

A group of programs that manipulate and provide an interface between the database and the user of the database and other application programs is called a(n)____.

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DBMS

Front 87

What database model places data in two-dimensional tables?

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relational

Front 88

______ involves combining two or more database tables?

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joining

Front 89

Access is a popular DBMS for _______.

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personal computers

Front 90

An information-analysis tool that involves the automated discovery of patterns and relationships in a data warehouse is called _____.

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Data mining

Front 91

A _______ is a field or set of fields in a record that uniquely defines the record.

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Primary key

Front 92

_____ is a standardized data manipulation language developed in the 1970s that allows programmers to use one powerful language and use it on a variety of systems

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SQL

Front 93

____ is a form of database that supports top-down, query-driven data analysis.

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Online analytical processing (OLAP)

Front 94

Data warehouses allow managers to ____ to get increasing levels of detail about business conditions.

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drill down

Front 95

The smallest piece of data used by a computer is the ______.

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bit