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Why do we consider technology invasive?
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Technology is an integral part of our personal, as well as our professional, lives.
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What is management information systems (MIS)?
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A business discipline that deals with the use of information technology (IT).
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Which of the following is the overarching function of management information systems?
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To create and sustain a competitive advantage
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If you wanted to ensure that your business maintains a desirable return on your investment with technology, what should be one of your main concerns?
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Your technology helps streamline costs without sacrificing quality
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After you understand your competition and its affect on your industry, what should you do next?
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Align your strategies, processes, and technology with your understanding of your industry.
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Which of the following is not a key resource of MIS?
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Methods
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What is data?
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Raw fact that describe some phenomenon
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What is business intelligence of BI?
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Collective information about a business' customer, competitors, partners, environment, and operations
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The compilation of average SAT scores for students enrolled in your college, along with an analysis of enrollment information and a statistical analysis of these score compared to competitive schools, is and example of?
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Business intelligence
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On which group of people does business intelligence collect knowledge?
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-Customers and business partners
-Competition and competitive environment -Internal operations |
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What is another name for a database that supports OLTP?
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Operational database
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A senior manager who analyzes internal and external information to analyze marketing campaigns and their affect on customer buying habits is using which type of application?
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Online analytical processing (OLAP)
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Which part of relational database contains the logical structure for the information?
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Data dictionary
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If your phone number was used in a clothing store to uniquely identify you as a customer, the phone number would be considered a(n)?
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Primary key
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A database management system contains five important software components. Which components accept and processes requests from other to the other four database components?
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DBMS engine
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A database management system contains five important software components. Which of the following components allows you to add, change, and delete information in a relational database?
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Data manipulation subsystem
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Which database management subsystem is responsible for backup and recover, security management, query optimization, concurrency control, and change management?
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Data administration
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What is a hypercube?
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Multidimensional representation of information
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What contains a subset of a data warehouse in which only a focused portion of the data is kept?
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Data mart
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A key consideration in today's business environment is _______ or the assigning of responsibility for ensuring the quality of information.
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Information ownership
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