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Chap 1 AIS Questions and Answers What are the two major functions of an information system? -Assists management with daily operations -supports all activities undertaken by management What factors distinguish data from information? Data is bare form of fact and figures. Information take...

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Chap 1 AIS Questions and Answers
What are the two major functions of an information system? - answer -Assists
management with daily operations
-supports all activities undertaken by management

What factors distinguish data from information? - answer Data is bare form of fact
and figures.
Information takes data and puts it into relevant terms that can be used to make
decisions.

What are the qualities of information presented in this chapter? Explain each quality in
your own words and give an example of each. - answer Effectiveness - deals with
information being relevant and pertinent to the business process as well as timely,
consistent, and correct.

Understandability - enables users to perceive the information's significance

Comparability - enables users to perceive the information's significance

Accuracy - the correspondence or agreement between the information and the actual
events or objects that the info represents

Completeness - the degree to which information data about every relevant object or
event necessary to make a decision and includes information only once

What are the three steps in decision making? - answer Intelligence, Design, Choice

Refer to Figure 1.9. Characterize the horizontal information flows and the vertical
information flows. - answer Horizontal info flows consist of detailed and concise
information relating to business events. This sets the basis for vertical information flow.
The upper managers don't need to know as much detail when it comes to numbers and
are more forward/future looking. The more vertical we go the broader the information
provided.

What factors distinguish the types of information required by strategic managers, by
tactical managers, and by operational managers? - answer tactical - info based on
relevant operation units and can be broader in scope. accuracy over timeliness.

strategic - assesses the external environment to forecast business events and potential
conditions. Broader scope, longer time period, and long term effectiveness.

operations - contains collection of data that is related to multiple business event.

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