CS 1032 UWO Exam With 100% Correct
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System - Correct Answer-a group of components that interact to
achieve some purpose
Information System - Correct Answer--a group of components that
interact to produce information
-system of hardware, software, data, procedures and people to
product info
5 Components of Information Systems - Correct Answer-
hardware, software, data, procedures, people
Management Information Systems (MIS) - Correct Answer-the
development and use of information systems that help
organizations achieve their goals
MIS in use: Mabel's Label social media usage - Correct Answer-
Mabel's Labels has a bunch of social media channels that help the
company connect with customers, increasing size of network
Information Technology (IT) - Correct Answer--represents raw
technology components of IS (hardware, software, data)
-refers to methods, inventions, standards, products
True or False: IT alone can help an organization achieve goals. -
Correct Answer-False. IT must be embedded into an IS to help
accomplish
objectives (tech must be combined with people and procedure)
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,Difference between IS and IT? - Correct Answer-IT is just
hardware, software and data. IS includes IT as well as people and
procedure.
What is the ICT sector? - Correct Answer-Information and
Communications Technology sector
What type of companies are involved in ICT sector? (4) - Correct
Answer--software and computer services
-communications services
-ICT Manufacturing
-ICT Wholesaling
Moore's Law - Correct Answer-Law stated that the density of
circuits on an integrated chip was doubling approximately every
two years, and had been generally accurate for almost 5 decades
network effects/externalities - Correct Answer-increases in the
value of a product to each user, including existing users, as the
total number of users rises
What did Hal Varian suggest in regards to IS and IT? - Correct
Answer-Business is changing due to advances in IS and IT,
mobility devices will change what it means to go to work
What did David Ticoll suggest would happen
within the next decade in regards to IS and
IT? - Correct Answer--unlimited storage will
be almost free
-analytical software will reveal hidden info
-WAN will become cheap, reliable and
available
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, -tech trends will enable performance-
enhancing innovations in almost every industry
MIS in use: Google - Correct Answer--Gmail launched 10
years ago, supported entirely by advertising
-when email is sent/received, fresh column of ads appear
Model - Correct Answer-representation of reality that
retains only selected details
Entity Relationship Diagram (model) - Correct Answer-a
technique for visualizing the entities and relationships in a
database environment
Entity - Correct Answer-represents a discrete object (i.e.
student, course, program at Western)
True or False: Entities are shown as rectangles, and their
titles are capitalized - Correct Answer-True
Relationship - Correct Answer-Association between entities,
represented by lines and written in lowercase
Attributes - Correct Answer-describe characteristics of the
entity
Primary Key - Correct Answer-field that uniquely identifies
instance of each entity (i.e. SIN, student number), underlined
on E-R diagram
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