MIS 2201 Exam 1 Questions with All Correct Answers
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MIS 2201 Exam 1 Questions with All Correct Answers
What is a database? - Answer-a self-describing collection of related records
Explain the structure of the database table - Answer-1. Table or file2. Record or row3. Field or column4. Bytes or characters
What is metadata? - Answer-data that ...
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What is a database? - Answer-a self-describing collection of related records
Explain the structure of the database table - Answer-1. Table or file2. Record or row3.
Field or column4. Bytes or characters
What is metadata? - Answer-data that describes data
What are the components of a database application system? - Answer--User-Data
Application (forms, reports, queries, application programs)-DMBS (Database
Management System)- Database (tables, relationships, metadata)
What is a database management system (DBMS)? - Answer-a program used to create,
process, and administer a database
What is virtualization? - Answer-Technology used to host one or more operating
systems within the memory of a single host computer. This mechanism allows virtually
any OS to operate on any hardware. It also allows multiple operating systems to work
simultaneously on the same hardware.
What does Moore's Law state? - Answer-Number of transistors on integrated circuit
doubles every two years
Price of computers is dropping but performance is increasing
What are some of the benefits of Moore's Law? - Answer-- allows modern economy to
achieve imaginable levels of productivity
- each generation of chips is more powerful and requires less power
What is MIS? - Answer-Interrelated components that interact with each other in order to
achieve specific goals
Information System - Answer-collects, stores, and processes data to provide useful,
accurate, and timely information typically within the context of an organization
Name of the first electronic airline reservation system? - Answer-American Airlines:
system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to
airfare, hotel, and car rental
Sabre
, Why develop systems? - Answer-capture opportunities and solve problems
SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) - Answer-Planning- define the
systemAnalysis- determine requirementsDesign- design system
componentsImplementation- create and test componentsMaintenance- maintain and
enhance the system
Explain how scrum can overcome the problems of SDLC - Answer-Stop and evaluate
your problems at every point
What are the principles of agile development methodologies - Answer-Expect, even
welcome, changes in requirementsFrequently deliver working version of the
productWork closely with customer for the durationDesign as you goTest as you
goTeam knows best how its doing/how to changeCan be used to business processes,
information systems, and applications development
History of Computers & first IT programmer - Answer-1822, Charles Babbage,
mechanical computer
Ada Byron
What is the goal of the information system in an organization? - Answer-asses and
evaluates business problems and suggest solutions to help company achieve goals
CPU (Central Processing Unit) - Answer-The internal operating unit or "brain" of a
computer
Works in conjunction with RAM, reads data and instructions from memory, and stores
results of computation in memory, loading and processing programs
Measured in hertz, 32-bit vs 64-bit
Motherboard - Answer-A circuit board that contains all of the computer system's main
components
Holds CPU, RAM, OS
- allows all parts of your computer to receive power and communicate with one another
Cards - Answer-removable circuit boards that are inserted into slots in the motherboard
to expand its capabilities
USB Drives - Answer-a removable data storage devices that includes flash memory
RAM (Random Access Memory) - Answer-- a temporary holding area for data,
application program instructions, and the operating system
- Most RAM is volatile, meaning it needs electrical power to hold data
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