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CNT3604_Ch_ 1 Q&A
Alphanumeric data is represented by numbers, letters, and other characters. | TRUE |
The process of defining relationships among data to create useful information requires knowledge. | TRUE |
Forecasting is used to predict the strength of hurricanes and possible landing sites, future stock-market values, and who will win a political election. | TRUE |
Processing devices include computer chips that contain the central processing unit and main memory. | TRUE |
Procedures are the most important element in most computer-based information systems. | FALSE – PEOPLE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT |
Business information systems are often integrated in one product and can be delivered by the same software package. | TRUE |
E-commerce is reserved mainly for consumers visiting Web sites for online shopping. | FALSE – MAJOR VOLUME OF E-COMMERCE COMES FROM B2B |
The primary benefits of implementing an ERP system include easing the adoption of improved work processes and increasing access to timely data for decision making. | TRUE |
A TPS can speed business activities and reduce clerical costs. | TRUE |
MISs typically provide standard reports generated with data and information from the TPS. | TRUE |
An executive support system helps top-level managers, including a firm's president, vice presidents, and members of the board of directors, make better decisions. | TRUE |
An executive support system can assist with strategic planning, top-level organizing and staffing,strategic control, and crisis management. | TRUE |
Expert systems allow robots and other devices to "see," store, and process visual images. | FALSE |
Natural language processing involves computers understanding and acting on verbal or written commands in English, Spanish, or other human languages. | TRUE |
Outsourcing allows a company to focus on what it does best and delegate other functions to companies with expertise in systems development. | TRUE |
The first two steps of systems development are systems analysis and design. | FALSE – FIRST TWO ARE SYSTEMS INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS |
The goal of systems implementation is to gain a clear understanding of the problem to be solvedor opportunity to be addressed. | FALSE |
The purpose of systems analysis and design is to check and modify the system so that itcontinues to meet changing business needs. | FALSE – THIS IS THE GOAL OF SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE AND REVIEW |
The term natural language refers to a knowledge of computer systems and equipment and the ways in which they function. | FALSE |
Autonomics is the study of designing and positioning workplace equipment. | FALSE – THIS IS ERGONOMICS |
A(n) ____ is a set of interrelated components that collect, manipulate, store, and disseminate data and information and provide a feedback mechanism to meet an objective. | INFORMATION SYSTEM |
____ consists of raw facts, such as an employee number, number of hours worked in a week,inventory part numbers, or sales orders. | DATA |
___ is a collection of facts organized so that they have additional value beyond the value of the facts themselves. | INFORMATION |
____ is the awareness and understanding of a set of information and the ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or reach a decision. | KNOWLEDGE |
A ____ is any business-related exchange such as payments to employees, sales to customers, or payments to suppliers. | TRANSACTION |
A(n) ____ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices used to record completed business transactions. | TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM |
A(n) ____ is a set of integrated programs that manages the vital business operations for an entire multi-site, global organization. | ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM |
A(n) ____ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that provides routine information to managers and decision makers. | MIS – MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM |
A ____ is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices that support problem-specific decision making. | DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM |
The term ____ is used to describe a field in which the computer system takes on the characteristics of human intelligence. | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
____ give the computer the ability to make suggestions and function like an expert in a particular field. | EXPERT SYSTEMS |
The expert system's ____ is the collection of data, rules, procedures, and relationships that must be followed to achieve value or the proper outcome. | KNOWLEDGE BASE |
____ is the simulation of a real or imagined environment that can be experienced visually in three dimensions. | VIRTUAL REALITY |
____ is the activity of creating or modifying business systems. | SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT |
____ determines how the new system will work to meet the business needs defined during systems analysis. | SYSTEMS DESIGN |
____ involves creating or acquiring the various system components (hardware, software,databases, etc.) defined in the design step, assembling them, and putting the new system intooperation. | SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION |
A(n) ____ is software or hardware that protects the computer system or network from outside attacks. | FIREWALL |
____ is the knowledge of how data and information are used by individuals, groups, and organizations. | INFORMATION SYSTEMS LITERACY |
What is the relationship between data and information quizlet?
Data are the raw bits and pieces of facts and statistics with no context. Data can be quantitative or qualitative. Information is data that has been given context.
Is information from a system that is used to make changes to input or processing activities?
Finally, feedback 'is output that is used to make changes to input or processing activities' (Stair and Reynolds, 2003). In this way of thinking, a system that includes the interrelated components that perform these tasks is perceived as an information system.
Is considered to be the most important element in a computer based information system?
People. People are the most often overlooked and most important part of a computer-based information system. It is people who design and operate the software, input the data, build the hardware and keep it running, write the procedures and it is ultimately people who determine the success or failure of a CBIS.
Is a measure of the extent to which a system achieves its goals?
Effectiveness measures the extent to which the system meets its objectives. Efficiency is a measure of resources consumed to produce given outputs.