BCIS 3610 Exam 1 Chapter 1-4 Question and answers 100% correct
What is Bell's Law? - correct answers Every decade a new class of technology will form, establishing a new industry
Metcalfe's Law - correct answers the value of a network is equal to the square of the number of users connected...
BCIS 3610 Exam 1 Chapter 1-4 Question
and answers 100% correct
What is Bell's Law? - correct answers Every decade a new class of
technology will form, establishing a new industry
Metcalfe's Law - correct answers the value of a network is equal to the
square of the number of users connected to it ; value of social networks is
increasing exponential
Moore's Law - correct answers the number of transistors per square inch on
an integrated chip doubles every 18 months; the affect is a rapid decrease in
the cost of processing power
What is Google's "Project Loon?" - correct answers a major effort to bring
internet to access to everyone of the planet by setting up a network of
balloons
Nielsen's Law - correct answers network connect speeds for high-end users
will increase by 50% every year; as networks become faster new
companies/products will emerge
Kryder's Law - correct answers the storage density of magnetic disks is
increasing at an exponential rate; cost of storing date is decreasing
What is a business users role in information systems? - correct answers need
to be able to gather, evaluate, and apply emerging information technology; job
security by marketable skills; MIS jobs in high demand
, Any __________ skill can and will be outsourced to the lowest bidder.
Typically outside the US. - correct answers routine
Non-routine skills include... - correct answers abstract reasoning
(make/manipulate models)
systems thinking (showing how in/outputs relate)
collaboration
ability to experiment
what is an information system? - correct answers an assembly of hardware,
software, data, procedures, and people that produce information
what is MIS? - correct answers management of information systems:
managing IS to help companies achieve their strategies
what is information technology? - correct answers the products, methods,
inventions, and standards used for producing informations
What are the five components of the IS model? - correct answers hardware,
software, data, procedures, & people
Give examples for each component of the IS model - correct answers
hardware- physical computer, disk, keyboard, etc
software- applications used on a computer like Microsoft Word
Data- letters, words, numbers, etc
Procedure- methods used
people...
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