Business 4: Systems Design and Other Elements

Question 1

What does TPS stand for?

Answer 1

Transaction Processing Systems

Question 2

What do you call the systems that process and record the routine daily transactions necessary to conduct business?

Answer 2

TPS (Transaction Processing Systems)

Question 3

What do you call the systems that provide users predefined reports that support effective business decisions?

Answer 3

MIS (Management Information Systems)

Question 4

What does MIS stand for?

Answer 4

Management Information Systems

Question 5

What does MIS stand for?

Answer 5

Management Information Systems

Question 6

What does DSS stand for?

Answer 6

Decision Support Systems

Question 7

What do you call a system that is an extension of an MIS that provides interactive tools to support decision making?

Answer 7

DSS (Decision Support Systems)

Question 8

What does EIS stand for?

Answer 8

Executive Information Systems

Question 9

What do you call systems that provide senior executives with immediate and easy access to internal and external info to assist in strategic decision making?

Answer 9

EIS (Executive Info Systems)

Question 10

Give an example of a transaction processing system

Answer 10

• sales order entry and tracker systems
• hotel and airline reservation systems
• payroll and HR systems
• accounting systems

Question 11

Give an example of a transaction processing system

Answer 11

• sales order entry and tracker systems
• hotel and airline reservation systems
• payroll and HR systems
• accounting systems

Question 12

What type of business information system would you use to facilitate the preparation of forecasts?

Answer 12

DSS (Decision Support Systems)

Question 13

What is sometimes called an exert system?

Answer 13

DSS (Decision Support Systems)

Question 14

What is sometimes called an exert system?

Answer 14

DSS (Decision Support Systems)

Question 15

Give an example of a DSS.

Answer 15

• production planning
• inventory control
• bid preparation
• revenue optimization
• traffic planning
• capital investment planning systems

Question 16

What type of system consolidates info internal and external to the enterprise and reports it in a format and level of detail appropriate to senior executives?

Answer 16

EIS (Executive Information Systems)

Question 17

Give an example of an executive information system.

Answer 17

• Sales forecasting
• Profit planning
• Key performance indicators
• Macroeconomic data
• Financial reports

Question 18

Give an example of an executive information system.

Answer 18

• Sales forecasting
• Profit planning
• Key performance indicators
• Macroeconomic data
• Financial reports

Question 19

What does SDLC stand for?

Answer 19

Systems Development Life Cycle

Question 20

What is the most popular SDLC approach used today?

Answer 20

Waterfall approach

Question 21

What does the waterfall approach consist of?

Answer 21

• Sequential steps of analysis, planning, design and implementation which flow in a single “downward” direction like a waterfall

Question 22

What does the waterfall approach consist of?

Answer 22

• Sequential steps of analysis, planning, design and implementation which flow in a single “downward” direction like a waterfall

Question 23

What do you call the framework for planning and controlling the detailed activities associated with systems development?

Answer 23

SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle)

Question 24

What do you call the framework for planning and controlling the detailed activities associated with systems development?

Answer 24

SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle)

Question 25

True or false. In the prototyping model, an approximation of a final system is built, tested, and reworked as necessary until an acceptable prototype is finally achieved. Next, the complete system is developed from the prototype.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or false. In the prototyping model, an approximation of a final system is built, tested, and reworked as necessary until an acceptable prototype is finally achieved. Next, the complete system is developed from the prototype.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

True or false. In the prototyping model, an approximation of a final system is built, tested, and reworked as necessary until an acceptable prototype is finally achieved. Next, the complete system is developed from the prototype.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

True or false. In the prototyping model, an approximation of a final system is built, tested, and reworked as necessary until an acceptable prototype is finally achieved. Next, the complete system is developed from the prototype.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

What is the first step in systems development?

Answer 29

Systems analysis

Question 30

True or false. The duties of system analysts and application programmers should never be combined

Answer 30

False

Question 31

True or false. The duties of system analysts and application programmers should never be combined

Answer 31

False (can be, and often are, combined)

Question 32

True or false. The duties of system analysts and application programmers should never be combined

Answer 32

False (can be, and often are, combined)

Question 33

True or false. The duties of system programmers and application programmers should not be combined.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

True or false. The duties of system programmers and application programmers should not be combined.

Answer 34

True (for segregation of duties)

Question 35

True or false. The duties of system programmers and application programmers should not be combined.

Answer 35

True (for segregation of duties)

Question 36

True or false. A DSS is a management reporting system.

Answer 36

False (interactive system)

Question 37

True or false. A DSS is a management reporting system.

Answer 37

False (interactive system)

Question 38

What should always be included in the system specification document for a financial report?

Answer 38

Data elements (which define the building blocks of the info provided in a financial report)

Question 39

What should always be included in the system specification document for a financial report?

Answer 39

Data elements (which define the building blocks of the info provided in a financial report)

Question 40

COBIT defines the enterprise architecture for IT as a what?

Answer 40

Combo of IT resources and defined processes

Question 41

Is e-commerce a type of e-business?

Answer 41

YES