Mis Exam 1

Front 1

What are examples of why a company would use a transaction processing system?

Back 1

Tracking purchases, Inventory control, Payroll

Front 2

What is the term used to describe the use of information to provide a company with predictive view of its operations and environments?

Back 2

Business Intelligence

Front 3

_________ is not a major component of an information system

Back 3

Networks

Front 4

(T/F) Data are raw facts that have processed in a meaningful way.

Back 4

False

Front 5

To be useful, information must have the following characteristics

Back 5

Accurate, Relevant, Consistent, Timely

Front 6

The most important resource in any organization is ________.

Back 6

People

Front 7

A private network between a company and its suppliers that uses Internet technology is called_______.

Back 7

Extranet

Front 8

(T/F) Forecasting models are part of an information system's process component.

Back 8

True

Front 9

Apple's unique products are an example of a company using what type of strategy?

Back 9

Differentiated

Front 10

What are Porter's Five Forces?

Back 10

Buyer power, threat of new entrants, threat of substitute products, competitive rivalry, supplier power

Front 11

The most important resource in any organization is ________.

Back 11

People

Front 12

A private network between a company and its suppliers that uses Internet technology is called_______.

Back 12

Extranet

Front 13

(T/F) Forecasting models are part of an information system's process component.

Back 13

True

Front 14

Apple's unique products are an example of a company using what type of strategy?

Back 14

Differentiated

Front 15

What are Porter's Five Forces?

Back 15

Buyer power, threat of new entrants, threat of substitute products, competitive rivalry, supplier power

Front 16

_____ is a 4th generation, non-procedural language used to develop database structures and write queries.

Back 16

SQL

Front 17

________ devices, such as the hard drive, are the equipment designed to store large volumes of data for long-term storage; and are considered non-volatile.

Back 17

Secondary memory

Front 18

____________ is the type of software used for specific information processing needs such as payroll and project management.

Back 18

Application software

Front 19

(T/F) The two components of the CPU are the arithmetic unit and the control unit.

Back 19

True

Front 20

(T/F) A bit is equivalent to 8 bytes

Back 20

False - 8 bits is equivalent to 1 byte

Front 21

(T/F) In the binary system, a "1" represents "on" and "0" represents "off".

Back 21

True

Front 22

Examples of input devices

Back 22

Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Trackball, Barcode Reader, mouse, ect.

Front 23

(T/F) RAM is a type of main memory that is considered "volatile" because data stored in RAM is lost when the computer is turned off.

Back 23

True

Front 24

A large financial company might use a(n) _______ when storing vast amounts of digital data in an off site location for backup.

Back 24

Storage area network

Front 25

The ________ is the set of programs that control and manage computer hardware and other software applicatoins.

Back 25

Operating System

Front 26

Natural language processing is considered a _____ generation language because codes are automatically generated and designed to make the computer solve a given problem without a programmer, or with minimum programming efforts.

Back 26

Natural language processing is a 5th generation language

Front 27

A ________ is a column or group of columns that uniquely identifies a given row in a table. For example, a SSN uniquely identifies an individual.

Back 27

Primary key

Front 28

The process known as _________ is used on database tables to eliminate redundant data and ensures that only related data is stored in a table.

Back 28

Normalization

Front 29

The most popular computer language used to add, delete, modify, and retrieve data in a database is __________.

Back 29

SQL

Front 30

A _______ stores historical data used for strategic decision making, whereas a _______ provides focused information to a given business unit such as a finance department.

Back 30

data warehouse, data mart

Front 31

The first step in database design is defining a(n) ___________ which determines how data is created, represented, organized, and maintained. The Entity-Relationship Diagram is one example.

Back 31

Data model

Front 32

Items stored in a data dictionary include:

Back 32

Field names, default values, data types, summary data NOT validation rules

Front 33

____________ is the computer program responsible for data storage, manipulation, and retrieval.

Back 33

Database Management System

Front 34

________ is the database model that uses two-dimensional tables of rows and columns and is currently the most commonly used database model today.

Back 34

Relational model

Front 35

Which is not stored in a database:
A. Metadata
B. Information
C. Summary data
D. Raw data

Back 35

Information is not stored in a database - only data is stored

Front 36

The column in a table that establishes the relationships between other tables is called the __________.

Back 36

Linking key

Front 37

(T/F) The basic format of an SQL query is: SELECT table FROM field

Back 37

False

Front 38

(T/F) Cookies cause harm to your computer by erasing files on your hard drive

Back 38

False

Front 39

_________ is one way individuals can gain unauthorized personal information by sending fraudulent emails that appear legitimate.

Back 39

Phishing

Front 40

_________ is one way individuals can capture and record network traffic.

Back 40

Sniffing

Front 41

A(n) _________ is a type of computer crime that floods a website or network with so much traffic that it overloads the system and prevents users from accessing its resources

Back 41

denial-of-service attack

Front 42

___________ is the set of rules all organizations should develop to specify the legal and ethical uses of its system and the possible consequences for noncompliance

Back 42

Acceptable use policy

Front 43

A banker selling the data supplied by its customers to another firm without the customers' consent is considered

Back 43

neither ethical nor legal

Front 44

__________ provides a legal umbrella covering copyrights, trademarks, and patents.

Back 44

Intellectual property

Front 45

The separation of people who can afford and have access to computers and the internet versus those who cannot is called the ________.

Back 45

Social divide