13 Jan Question 2 When an individual buys

Unit 1 assessment

Question 1 A group of components that interact to produce information is called:

Question 2 When presenting an idea to his colleagues, Marcus failed to consider others’ views and got defensive when people asked him questions. This situation indicates that Marcus lacks ____________ skills.

Question 3 According to Moore’s Law, the:

Question 4 Mark follows certain steps to access the supplementary readings for a course when using his organization’s library management system. These steps that he follows are examples of the ____________ component of an information system.

Question 5 The storage disk in a computer is an example of the ____________ component of information systems.

Question 6 Name the five data characteristics, and provide a short explanation for each of the data characteristics.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 State Moore’s Law. What is the implication of Moore’s Law for managers?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 2 assessment

Question 1 According to Porter’s model of business activities, interactions across value chain activities are called ____________ .

Question 2 Which of the following is NOT a part of the five components of an information system for collaboration?

Question 3 Which of the following value chain activities involves inducing buyers to purchase a product and providing a means for them to do so?

Question 4 What are the four primary purposes of collaboration?

Question 5 Which of the following value chain activities involves receiving and handling of raw materials and other inputs to the product?

Question 6 Discuss the concepts of value, margin, and value chain as defined by Porter.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Explain the differences between cooperation and collaboration, and then discuss the criteria for successful collaboration. Use examples as needed.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 3 assessment

Question 1 A ____________ is a small, lightweight, power-conserving, computing device that is capable of wireless access.

Question 2 When an individual buys a program for his or her personal computer, they are actually buying a software:

Question 3 Which of the following statements is true of closed source projects?

Question 4 Which of the following refers to a small, portable storage device that can be used to back up data and to transfer it from one computer to another?

Question 5 A(n) ____________ is a program used to create, process, and administer a database.

Question 6 Explain what mobile devices are and why mobile systems are important. Give examples of mobile devices, and, if applicable, name a mobile device you use and why you use it.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Describe a DBMS and its functions. List, at minimum, three of the popular DBMS products and give a brief description of each.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 4 assessment

Question 1 A private internet that is used exclusively within an organization is called a(n) ____________ .

Question 2 Computers that reside in different geographic locations are connected using a(n) ____________ .

Question 3 ____________ is the activity of altering existing and designing new business processes to take advantage of new information systems.

Question 4 The IEEE 802.3 protocol standard is also known as ____________ .

Question 5 Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting ____________ .

Question 6 Explain what is meant by CRM and explain the primary purpose of a CRM system. Use examples to support your answer.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Explain what is meant by SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Support your answer with an example of each.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 5 assessment

Question 1 Because of the various problems with operational data, large organizations choose to extract operational data and typically create and staff a group of people who manage and run a(n) ____________.

Question 2 Which of the following statements is true of social CRM?

Question 3 ____________ is the process of obtaining, cleaning, organizing, relating, and cataloging source data.

Question 4 ____________ is defined as information containing patterns, relationships, and trends of various forms of data.

Question 5 Which of the following statements is true about data marts?

Question 6 How should organizations respond to social networking problems? Which one of them is a dangerous approach, and why?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Define business intelligence and BI systems.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 6 assessment

Question 1 The traditional process for developing information systems is ____________ .

Question 2 The SDLC process follows a linear sequence from requirements to design to implementation. Therefore, the SDLC process is also known as the ____________ .

Question 3 Which of the following statements is true of information systems?

Question 4 In business process management (BPM), an as-is model ____________ .

Question 5 The first step in the system definition phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) is to ____________ .

Question 6 Name the four stages of the business process management cycle and summarize the activities in each.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Define business processes, roles, resources, and data flows.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 7 assessment

Question 1 The purpose of the ____________ group is to protect data and information assets by establishing data standards and data management practices and policies.

Question 2 ____________ is the process of hiring another organization to perform a service.

Question 3 The responsibilities of a ____________ include advising the chief information officer, executive group, and project managers on emerging technologies.

Question 4 The ____________ is the representative for IS and IT issues within the executive staff who provides the IS perspective during discussions of problem solutions, proposals, and new initiatives.

Question 5 Which of the following is a limitation of aligning information systems with organizational strategy?

Question 6 Describe the major functions of the IS department.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Describe a steering committee and explain the CIO’s role with regard to it.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit 8 assessment

Question 1 A(n) ____________ is a computer program that senses when another computer is attempting to scan the disk or otherwise access a computer.

Question 2 ____________ occurs when a person breaks into a network to steal data such as customer lists, product inventory data, employee data, and other proprietary and confidential data.

Question 3 ____________ is the term used to denote viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

Question 4 Which of the following is classified as a technical safeguard?

Question 5 ____________ refers to an organization-wide function that is in charge of developing data policies and enforcing data standards.

Question 6 Explain what is meant by security policy and describe the basic information that a security policy must stipulate.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 7 Explain the term virus and explain the differences between Trojan horses and worms. Support your answers with examples.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.