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ITSS 3300 Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers What is the purpose of an information system? - ANSWER-To automate/execute a process that spans across multiple functional units in a seamless and integrated fashion. Information systems are used to make the functions within a business more effici...

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ITSS 3300 Exam 1 Practice Questions and

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What is the purpose of an information system? - ANSWER✔✔-To automate/execute a process that

spans across multiple functional units in a seamless and integrated fashion.


Information systems are used to make the functions within a business more efficient.


What is an enterprise system? - ANSWER✔✔-Large-scale applications that support complex business

processes, informational flows, data analytics, and reports in a simplified manner


Benefits of an enterprise system: - ANSWER✔✔-- Integrated


- Data is always up to date


- Data is easy to access and easy to share


- Informational needs can be more effectively met


Downsides of an enterprise system: - ANSWER✔✔-- If the whole system crashes then everyone is offline


- Initial implementation of the system would be difficult to introduce because it would require people to

change the way they work

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Benefits of a functional system approach: - ANSWER✔✔-- Allows a functional department to specialize in

a system that best suits their own needs


Examples of organizational data: - ANSWER✔✔-Plant layout, organizational chart


Examples of master data: - ANSWER✔✔-Customer list, list of products


Transaction data: - ANSWER✔✔-Day-to-day transactions that occur as a result of the business'

operations; generates the most amount of data


Purpose of Porter's Five Forces: - ANSWER✔✔-You're trying to predict the intensity of competitive rivalry

in an industry


Highly competitive industry: - ANSWER✔✔-Has low profits


Low competitive industry: - ANSWER✔✔-Has high profits


What are the four forces that shape the intensity of the competitive rivalry (rivalry is the fifth force)? -

ANSWER✔✔-- Breadth of new entrance


- Bargaining power of buyers


- Breadth of substitutes


- Bargaining power of suppliers




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Three core business processes: - ANSWER✔✔-- Procurement


- Fullfillment


- Production


Threat of new entry: - ANSWER✔✔-- Time and cost of entry


- Specialist knowledge


- Economies of scale


- Cost advantages


- Technology


- Barriers to entry


Competitive rivalry: - ANSWER✔✔-- Number of competitors


- Quality of differences


- Switching costs


- Customer loyalty


- Costs of leaving market



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