Information Systems Management Exam Review
Course Introduction
Information Systems Management explores the strategic role of information systems in organizations, focusing on how technology supports business operations, decision-making, and competitive advantage. The course covers key concepts such as systems development, data management, IT infrastructure, security, and ethical considerations. Students will analyze real-world cases to understand how managers use information systems to solve business problems, streamline processes, and implement innovative solutions. Emphasis is placed on aligning IT with organizational goals, managing risks, and leveraging emerging technologies to drive business success.
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Business Intelligence 2nd Edition by Efraim
Turban Ramesh Sharda
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Chapter 1: Business Intelligence
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Q1) Today's computerized systems possess capabilities that can facilitate decision support in a number of ways, including each of the following except:
A) increased productivity of group members
B) improved communication and collaboration
C) agility support
D) reduced environmental pressures
Answer: D
Q2) Which BI analytic application provides the following business value: Interact with customers based on their preference and your need to manage cost?
A) customer segmentation
B) fraud detection
C) customer attrition
D) channel optimization
Answer: D
Q3) One example of ADS is an ________ alert, which is a warning or action that is activated when a predefined or unusual event occurs.
Answer: event-driven
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Chapter 2: Data Warehousing
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Q1) The high cost of data warehouses limits their use to large companies. As an alternative, many firms use a lower-cost, scaled-down version of a data warehouse referred to as (an) ________.
A) data mart
B) operational data store
C) dependent data mart
D) independent data mart
Answer: D
Q2) A star schema contains a central ________ surrounded by several dimension tables.
A) database
B) fact table
C) data tree
D) data table
Answer: B
Q3) ________ is a small data warehouse designed for a strategic business unit (SBU) or a department.
Answer: Independent data mart
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Chapter 3: Business Performance Management
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Q1) ________ refers to both the logical and physical design of a system.
Answer: System architecture
Q2) Sigma, , is a Greek alphabet letter used by statisticians to measure the ________ in a process.
A) variance
B) mean
C) inconsistency
D) variability
Answer: D
Q3) Characteristics of all well-designed dashboards and scorecards include all of the following except:
A) they present a static, real-world view of the data
B) they use visual components to highlight, at a glance, the data and exceptions that require action
C) they are transparent to the user and extremely easy to use
D) they enable drill-down or drill-through to underlying data sources or reports
Answer: A
Q4) In recent years, there has been a focus on combining the Six Sigma methodology with the ________.
Answer: Lean strategy
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Chapter 4: Data Mining for Business Intelligence
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Q1) Why has data mining gained the attention of the business world?
A) More intense competition at the global scale driven by customers' ever-changing needs and wants in an increasingly saturated marketplace.
B) Consolidation and integration of database records, which enables a single view of customers and vendors.
C) Significant reduction in the cost of hardware and software for data storage and processing.
D) All of the above
Q2) The variable marital status can be categorized using the codes (1) single, (2) married, and (3) divorced. These codes are examples of ordinal data.
A)True
B)False
Q3) On the commercial side, the most common use of data mining has been in ________ sectors.
A) manufacturing and heath care
B) finance, retail, and health care
C) online retail and government
D) R&D and scientific
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Chapter 5: Text and Web Mining
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Q1) The two main approaches to text classification are ________ and ________.
A) knowledge engineering; machine learning
B) categorization; clustering
C) association; trend analysis
D) knowledge extraction; association
Q2) What is the primary purpose of text mining within the context of knowledge discovery?
Q3) ________ words or noise words are words that are filtered out prior to or after processing of natural language data.
Q4) Why will computers probably not be able to understand natural language the same way and with the same accuracy that humans do?
A) A true understanding of meaning requires extensive knowledge of a topic beyond what is in the words, sentences, and paragraphs.
B) The natural human language is too specific.
C) The part of speech depends only on the definition and not on the context within which it is used.
D) All of the above.
Q5) Define the three main areas of Web mining and each area's source of information.
Q6) Describe a marketing application of text mining.
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Chapter 6: Business Intelligence Implementation: Integration and Emerging Trends
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Q1) ________ is the popular term for describing advanced Web technologies and applications, including blogs, wikis, RSS, mashups, user-generated content, and social networks.
Q2) Describe three representative characteristics of the Web 2.0 environment.
Q3) Which is not a major advantage of using Second Life for decision support?
A) easy access and low cost
B) pranksters and spam are filtered out
C) experienced and dedicated designer/builders
D) encourages active participation and experiential learning
Q4) Virtual worlds are well-developed, interesting tools for businesses and consumers and have gained widespread acceptance.
A)True
B)False
Q5) By analyzing and learning from these large-scale patterns of movement, it is possible to identify distinct classes of behaviors in specific contexts, called ________.
Q6) How are real-world institutions, such as businesses and government agencies, incorporating virtual worlds into their strategic marketing initiatives?
Q7) What is the main function of middleware?
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