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ISA 235 Final Exam Questions with complete solution ISA 235 Final Exam: McGuire procedures/software - correct answer in terms of the five components of an information system described in the book, __________ is/are to people as __________ is/are to hardware? less efficient - correct answ...

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ISA 235 Final Exam: McGuire
procedures/software - correct answer ✔in terms of the five components of an
information system described in the book, __________ is/are to people as
__________ is/are to hardware?


less efficient - correct answer ✔process quality can be measured in two
dimensions. If two versions of a business process create the same outcome,
the higher cost version is __________


context - correct answer ✔data becomes information as it is given
__________


MIS - correct answer ✔the development and use of information systems to
help achieve business goals and objectives. MIS is a field of study. MIS is
functional area of business (like accounting, marketing etc.) It plays the role of
a support activity according to Porter's value chain model


What is true about business processes? - correct answer ✔the processes
implementing a value chain must create sufficient value to cover their costs


What are non-routine cognitive skills? - correct answer ✔abstract reasoning,
collaboration, ability to experiment, systems thinking


drawing a process diagram using BPMN would require which non-routine
cognitive skill? - correct answer ✔abstract reasoning


the set of activities done by a single person or type of person in the process -
correct answer ✔in a business process model which contains swim lanes,
the purpose of the lanes is to illustrate __________

,launching a unique product targeted at a section of consumers - correct
answer ✔what is an example of a competitive strategy employed by a firm?


linux - correct answer ✔which operating system was developed by the open
source community?


what is true about native apps? - correct answer ✔they only run on the
operation system for which they are programmed


all the above - correct answer ✔Which of the following is not true of IT driven
competitive advantage? A. Technical innovation through information
technology is a common source of competitive advantage B. IT driven
changes to Value and Supply chains are common focus areas for competitive
improvements C. Commoditization is mostly unavoidable D. Customer
focused IT driven advantages generally are harder to sustain than internal
ones E. All of the above are true


What is true about client server applications? - correct answer ✔there are
typically more clients than servers, thin clients are generally preferable to thick
clients, the web browser is a thin client when considering web based
applications


native, desktop applications such as Microsoft office can also be called
__________ - correct answer ✔thick client applications


if the operating system on my laptop allows me to install a second operating
system on top of it and run whichever OS i want, which type of virtualization
am i using? - correct answer ✔pc virtualization

,data model - correct answer ✔this is a graphical map or diagram that
illustrates data tables and their relationships


name some valid sql operations - correct answer ✔select, insert, update,
delete


they are currently much less prevalent in companies than relations DBMSs -
correct answer ✔what is true bout NoSQL DBMSs


true - correct answer ✔supply chains are sets of interlinked value chains.
true or false


true - correct answer ✔a repository can be printed records stored in a
shoebox or a collection of files in the cloud. true or false.


true - correct answer ✔Googles search engine is an example of a database
application which is also a client server application. true or false.


true - correct answer ✔in a relational database, one too many relationships
are created by storing the primary key from the table on the one side of the
relationship as a foreign key in the table on the many side. true or false.


false - correct answer ✔smart phones cannot serve as thick clients in client
server applications. true or false.


false - correct answer ✔application programs must be processed by both
clients and servers. true or false.

, true - correct answer ✔value chains exist in service-oriented companies. true
or false.


false - correct answer ✔each stage of the generic value chain accumulates
costs and reduces the value of the product. true or false.


false - correct answer ✔NoSQL databases are easier to use by business
professionals than relational because they do not use SQL to query data. true
or false.


false - correct answer ✔Native apps run within a web browser. true or false


false - correct answer ✔hadoop is a relational DBMS. true or false.


false - correct answer ✔when activities formerly done by people following
procedures are moved to computers that perform the work by following
instructions in software, the activities are said to be systematized. true or
false.


one of the differences between human and computer communication is that
human communication consists of words, whereas computer communications
consist of __________, the fundamental information units of computers -
correct answer ✔bits


the book defined the cloud as "the elastic of pooled computer resources that
are accessed via Internet protocols", the term elastic refers to __________ -
correct answer ✔the ability to add or remove resources leased as needed


ethernet is a(n) __________ technology? - correct answer ✔local area
network

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