Information Systems in Organizations
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Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental role of information systems (IS) within modern organizations, examining how such systems support business processes, decision-making, and strategic objectives. Students will learn about the components and types of information systems, including their design, implementation, and management within a variety of organizational settings. Key topics include the alignment of IS with organizational goals, ethical and social considerations, data management, system security, and the impact of emerging technologies. Through case studies and real-world examples, the course emphasizes the value of IS in enhancing organizational efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage.
Recommended Textbook Management Information Systems 2nd Edition by Paige Baltzan
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Chapter 1: Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS
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Q1) Michael Porter identified pressures that can hurt potential sales.Knowledgeable customers can force __________ prices by pitting rivals against each other.
Answer: Down
Q2) A __________ advantage features a product or service on which customers place a greater value than they do on similar offerings from competitors.
A)Competitive advantage
B)Competitor advantage
C)Power advantage
D)First-mover advantage
Answer: A
Q3) What is information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making?
A)Supplier's intelligence.
B)Social intelligence.
C)Employee intelligence.
D)Business intelligence.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Decision and Processes: Value Driven Business
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Q1) CSFs and KPIs are two core metrics used to evaluate results and measure the progress of a project for a business.Which of the following represents the acronyms for CSF and KPI?
A)Continual success factors and key performance indicators
B)Critical success factors and key project ideas
C)Customer success findings and key project ideas
D)Critical success factors and key performance indicators
Answer: D
Q2) Redundancy occurs when a task or activity is never repeated.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following should a business follow for success?
A)Technology choices should drive business processes.
B)Business processes should drive technology choices.
C)Technology choices should drive business strategies and goals.
D)All of these, depending on the industry.
Answer: B
Q4) A(n) ___________ is a simplified representation or abstraction of reality.
Answer: Model
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Chapter 3: Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value
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Q1) What is an ISP?
A)Instant service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet for a monthly fee.
B)Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet for a monthly fee.
C)Internet sales provider is a company that provides access to the Internet for a monthly fee.
D)Instant sales provider is a company that provides access to the Internet for a monthly fee
Answer: B
Q2) Netflix creates a unique recommendation listing for each customer that revisits its website.How would you classify Netflix's ebusiness strategy?
A)Information richness
B)Mass customization
C)Personalization
D)Interactivity
Answer: C
Q3) Google is an example of a _________-play business.
Answer: Pure
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Chapter 4: Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business
Concerns
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Q1) A(n) _______ is a program or device that can monitor data traveling over a network.
Q2) Provide an example of each of the three primary information security areas: (1) authentication and authorization, (2) prevention and resistance, and (3) detection and response.
Q3) Working at a ski resort in the mountains has its own unique security issues.Kenny is the chief information officer for Sundance Ski Resort, and he is faced with both physical and information security threats every month.Since the resort implemented a new software system, there have been a much larger number of threats and breaches of company information.He suspects that this may be the result of an internal employee.He needs to clarify and establish what type of plan to help reduce further problems?
A)An information security plan
B)An ethical information policy
C)An anti-virus plan
D)None of these
Q4) ___________-hat hackers break into other people's computer systems and may just look around or may steal and destroy information.
Q5) Describe the relationships and differences between hackers and viruses.
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Chapter 5: Infrastructure: Sustainable Technologies
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Q1) What is the difference between unavailable and high availability?
A)High availability is when the system is not operating and can't be used, whereas unavailable is when a system is continuously operating at all times.
B)Unavailable only refers to clients, whereas high availability refers to servers.
C)Unavailable is when the system is not operating and can't be used, whereas high availability is when a system is continuously operating at all times.
D)High availability only refers to clients, whereas unavailable refers to servers.
Q2) To combat disasters a company can create a _________ that would detail the process for recovering information or a system in the event of a catastrophic disaster.
A)Disaster recovery plan
B)Database lookup initiative
C)Management recovery plan
D)Tornado threat plan
Q3) __________ computing offers a pay-per-use revenue model similar to a metered service such as gas or electricity.
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Chapter 6: Data: Business Intelligence
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Q1) Text mining analyzes structured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The primary purpose of a data warehouse is to _____________.
A)Combine strategic information
B)Organize departments
C)Interface between the computer and employees
D)All of these
Q3) Which of the following does not describe Zappos' database?
A)Zappos' database was high scalable.
B)Zappos' database was highly flexible.
C)Zappos' database was highly secure.
D)Zappos' database was highly redundant.
Q4) A data-driven website can help limit the amount of information displayed to customers based on unique search requirements.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A ___________ database model stores information in the form of logically related two-dimensional tables.
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Chapter 7: Networks: Mobile Business
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Q1) What does the wireless technology WiMAX stand for?
A)Worldwide interoperability for microwave access
B)World interconnected through mobile awareness
C)World interorganizations for mobile access
D)Wide international for misinformation access
Q2) Which domain is reserved for the U.S.military?
A).mil
B).gov
C).org
D).age
Q3) One of the main benefits of business mobility is enhancing mobility, which gives a company the power to place the right resources in the right place at the right
Q4) What is a disadvantage of networking or performing business in a connected world?
A)Reduces travel and expenses
B)Provides opportunities
C)Shares resources
D)Increases resource threats
Q5) Explain the different networking elements creating a connected world.
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Chapter 8: Enterprise Applications: Business Communications
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Q1) In which industry area will CRM remain a major strategic focus for years to come?
A)Product is unique
B)Product is in limited supply
C)Product is difficult to differentiate
D)None of these
Q2) Which of the following metrics represents the time it takes to manufacture a product and deliver it to the retailer?
A)Back order
B)Inventory cycle time
C)Customer order cycle time
D)Inventory turnover
Q3) An organization can find its most valuable customers by using a formula that industry insiders call recency, ______________, and monetary value.
Q4) Supply chain management involves the management of ___________ flows between and among stages in a supply chain to maximize total supply chain effectiveness and profitability.
Q5) The three phases of CRM include (1) reporting, (2) ____________, and (3) predicting.
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Chapter 9: Systems Development and Project
Management: Corporate Responsibility
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Q1) Offshore outsourcing is using organizations from developing countries to write code and develop systems.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is a project charter?
A)Specific factors that can limit options
B)Factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration
C)Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success
D)A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities
Q3) The ___________ phase involves performing changes, corrections, additions, and upgrades to ensure the system continues to meet the business goals.
Q4) The rapid application development methodology emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working __________ of a system to accelerate the systems development process.
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Chapter 10: Hardware and Software
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Q1) A field is composed of rows and columns that represent an entity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is a statement that defines an aspect of a business?
A)Attribute
B)Entity
C)Business relational diagram
D)Business rule
Q3) Which of the following statements is accurate?
A)A correct business rule for one organization may not be correct for another organization.
B)Each business rule will have entities and sometimes even attributes.
C)A typical business may have hundreds of business rules.
D)All of these.
Q4) What is a collection of related data elements?
A)Field
B)Table
C)Record
D)Key
Q5) ____________ expresses the specific number of instances in an entity.
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Chapter 11: Networks and Telecommunications
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Q1) Which of the following is not a commonly used type of guided media?
A)Twisted-pair wiring
B)Coaxial cable
C)Fiber-optic cable
D)Transmission control protocol/internet protocol
Q2) What is a large computer network usually spanning a city?
A)Client/server network
B)Corporate network
C)Metropolitan area network
D)Peer-to-peer network
Q3) List and describe the four components that differentiate networks.
Q4) What allows files containing text, programs, graphics, numerical data, and so on to be downloaded off or uploaded onto a network?
A)File transfer protocol (FTP)
B)Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)
C)Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
D)Simple network management protocol (SNMP)
Q5) A (An) ____________ network topology has groups of star-configured workstations connected to a linear bus backbone cable.
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Chapter 12: Designing Databases
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Q1) Define the relationship between operating system software and utility software.
Q2) Describe the eight categories of computers by size.
Q3) Which of the following represents megahertz?
A)The number of millions of CPU cycles per second
B)The number of billions of CPU cycles per second
C)A type of CPU that can recognize as many as 100 or more instructions, enough to carry out most computations directly
D)A limit on the number of instructions the CPU can execute to increase processing speed
Q4) A tablet is a pen-based computer that provides the screen capabilities of a PDA with the functional capabilities of a laptop or desktop computer.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ____________ access memory is the computer's primary working memory, in which program instructions and data are stored so that they can be accessed directly by the CPU via the processor's high-speed external data bus.
Q6) Explain the difference between primary and secondary storage.
Q7) List the common input, output, storage, and communication devices.
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