CIS 2010 Exam #1 (MIS Chapters 1-4) WELL-ENLIGHTENED WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
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Moore's Law & what does it mean? correct answers "The number of transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months"
- this means hardware costs have come down A LOT.
Why is Moore's Law important? correct answers Technology is is the hands of more people and more busines...
CIS 2010 Exam #1 (MIS Chapters 1-4) WELL-
ENLIGHTENED WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
Moore's Law & what does it mean? correct answers "The number of transistors per square
inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months"
- this means hardware costs have come down A LOT.
Why is Moore's Law important? correct answers Technology is is the hands of more people
and more businesses. it may allow for new opportunities for your business.
*it allows new entrants into the market. it allows new products and services that could
threaten old products and services.
What does outsourcing mean? correct answers When a company hires people outside of the
company or country for lower wages to perform a task or do a job rather than hiring someone
from within their company or country at a higher wage.
what is abstract reasoning? correct answers the ability to make and manipulate models
What is systems thinking? correct answers -Ability to model system components, connect
inputs and outputs among components to reflect structure and dynamics.
- Ability to discuss, illustrate, critique systems, compare alternative systems, apply different
systems to different situations
what does it mean to collaborate? correct answers Collaboration is the activity of two or more
people working together to achieve a common goal, result, or work product.
*the single most important skill for effective collaboration is to give and receive critical
feedback
What are the five components of an information system? correct answers 1.)Hardware
2.) Software
3.) Data
4.) Procedures
5.) People
Hardware - including mobile devices
• Software - email, text messaging, collaborative support tools.
• Data - Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive, project data and metadata.
• Procedures for using - Microsoft Office Online (Lync).
• People - know when and how to use.
, Ex: We have High -tech and low -tech information systems. Information systems differ in the
amount of work moved from the human side (people and procedures) to the computer side
(hardware and programs). When considering different information systems alternatives, it's
helpful to consider low -tech versus high -tech alternatives in light of the amount of work
being moved from people to computers.
Hardware devices correct answers hardware (the computer, storage disk, keyboard, and
monitor),
software types correct answers software (Word, WordPerfect, or some other word-
processing program
What is data? What are the characteristics? correct answers - Data are recorded facts or
figures. For example - Mary Jones earns $50.00 per hour are data.
- data (the words, sentences, and paragraphs in your report)
Characteristics
- accurate
- timely
- relevant (to context to subject)
-Worth its costs
- just sufficient
what is information? correct answers When we begin adding computations to data, it
becomes information.
Also
knowledge derived from data
- ex: when we compute the average hourly wage of all the graphic designers is $60.00 per
hour, we now have information
What are the 5 characteristics of good data? correct answers - accurate
- timely
- relevant
- just sufficient
- worth its cost
ex: (Use building a highway near a small town as an example.) What kind of accurate
information do we need? How must it be timely and why? What is relevant and irrelevant
data? What is just sufficient data? What does it mean to be worth its cost?
what is MIS? correct answers management information systems
the management and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their
strategies
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