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MIS 301 Chapter 1 Question and answers 100% correct 2024 Information System (IS) - correct answer Collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose. Supports business operations, managerial decisions, and strategic organizational advantage. Information ...

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MIS 301 Chapter 1
Information System (IS) - correct answer ✔Collects, processes, stores,
analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose. Supports
business operations, managerial decisions, and strategic organizational
advantage.


Information Technology (IT) - correct answer ✔Any computer-based tool that
people use to work with information and to support the information and
information-processing needs of an organization.


Informed User - correct answer ✔A person knowledgeable about information
systems and information technology


CIO - correct answer ✔The executive who is in charge of the IS function


Traditional Functions of the MIS Department - correct answer ✔• Managing
systems development and systems project management
• Managing computer operations, including the computer center
• Staffing, training, and developing IS skills
• Providing technical services
• Infrastructure planning, development, and control


New (Consultative) Functions of the MIS Department - correct answer ✔•
Initiating and designing specific strategic information systems
• Incorporating the Internet and electronic commerce into the business
• Managing system integration including the Internet, intranets, and extranets
• Educating the non-MIS managers about IT

, • Educating the MIS staff about the business
• Partnering with business-unit executives
• Managing outsourcing
• Proactively using business and technical knowledge to seed innovative ideas
about IT
• Creating business alliances with business partners


Computer-Based Information Systems (CBIS) - correct answer ✔An
information system that uses computer technology to perform some or all of
the its intended tasks.


Data Items - correct answer ✔An elementary description of things, events,
activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not
organized to convey any specific meaning.


Information - correct answer ✔Refers to data that have been organized so
that they have meaning and value to the recipient.


Knowledge - correct answer ✔Consists of data and/or information that have
been organized and processed to convey understanding, experience,
accumulated learning, and expertise as they apply to a current business
problem.


Hardware - correct answer ✔Consists of devices such as the processor,
monitor, keyboard, and printer.


Software - correct answer ✔A program or collection of programs that enable
the hardware to process data.

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