CIS MIS

Social Media (SM) Answer: the use of information technology (IT) to support the sharing of content among networks of users Social Media Information System (SMIS) Answer: The information system that supports SM What are the 3 SMIS roles? Answer: providers, users, communities What are the 5 components of social media? Answer: Hardware, software, data, procedures, people What is the role of hardware for social media providers? Answer: Elastic, clo...

Bell's law Answer: New class of computers establishes a new industry each decade Today's highly successful business could be bankrupt quickly because technology changed in didn't EX. Blockbuster Moore's law (life cycle) Answer: The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months Metcalf's law (value of a network) Answer: The value of a net work is equal to the square of the number of users connected to it Nielsen's law...

In data communication, convergence refers to integrating voice, video, and data so that multimedia information can be used for decision making. True or False? Answer: True To improve the efficiency and quality of digital communications, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) divides each channel into two time slots. True or False? Answer: False In the two-tier architecture of the client/server model, a client (tier one) communicates directly with the server (tier two). True o...

Computer literacy is understanding the role of information in generating and using business intelligence. True or False? Answer: False Data consists of raw facts and is a component of an information system. True or False? Answer: True Michael Porter's Five Forces Model analyzes an organization, its position in the marketplace, and how information systems could be used to make it more competitive. True or False? Answer: True All of the following are among the fut...

All of the following are advantages of database-stored information, except: A) Increased information redundancy B) Increased information integrity C) Increased flexibility D) Increased performance Answer: Increased information redundancy Which of the following describes ETL? A) All choices listed B) A process that loads information into a data warehouse C) A process that extracts information from internal and external databases D) A process that transforms information us...

What addresses the timeframes when systems can be accessed by employees, customers, and partners? A) Flexibility B) Availability C) Performance D) Reliability Answer: Availability What includes the plans for how an organization will build, deploy, use and share, its data, processes, and IT assets? A) No Choices listed B) Enterprise architect C) Infrastructure architecture D) Information architecture Answer: Enterprise architect What is a backup? A) All choice...