Chapter 1

Question 1

what is information age?

Answer 1

the present time during which infinite quantities of facts are widely available to anyone who can use a computer

Question 2

what are the core drivers of information age ?

Answer 2

data, information, business intelligence and knowledge

Question 3

what is the definition of data?

Answer 3

raw facts that describe characteristics of an event or object

Question 4

structured data

Answer 4

stored in a traditional system such as a relational database or spreadsheet

Question 5

machine generated data

Answer 5

created by a machine

Question 6

human generated data

Answer 6

data that humans in interaction with computers generate (structured data)

Question 7

unstructured data

Answer 7

not defined and does not follow a specified format

Question 8

machine generated data (unstructured)

Answer 8

includes satellite images, social media data and radar data

Question 9

human generated data(unstructured)

Answer 9

included text messages, social media data, and emails

Question 10

big data

Answer 10

large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools

Question 11

snapchot

Answer 11

a view of data at a particular point in time

Question 12

information

Answer 12

data converted into a meaningful and useful text

Question 13

information system

Answer 13

theres data and information

Question 14

business intelligence

Answer 14

information collected from multiple sources such as suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making

Question 15

analytics (business intelligence)

Answer 15

the science of fact- based decison making

Question 16

predictive analytics (business intelligence)

Answer 16

extracts information from data and uses it to predict future trends and identify behavioral patterns

Question 17

behavioral analytics (business intelligence)

Answer 17

uses data about people’s behaviors to understand intent and predict future actions

Question 18

knowledge

Answer 18

skills, experience, and expertise coupled with information and intelligence that creates a person’s intellectual resources

Question 19

knowledge worker

Answer 19

individual valued for their ability to interpret and analyze information

Question 20

systems thinking

Answer 20

a way of monitoring the entire system by viewing multiple inputs being processed or transformed to produce outputs while continusouly gathering feedback on each part

Question 21

systems thinking example

Answer 21

input (chesse, lettuce)

process (cook the patty, put ingredients together)

output (hamburger)

feedback

Question 22

goods

Answer 22

material items or products that customers will buy to satisfy a want or need (cars, groceries)

Question 23

services

Answer 23

tasks performed by people that customers will buy to satisy a want or need (teaching, cutting hair)

Question 24

a business function, like accounting and human resources, which moves information about people, products, and processes across the company to facilitate decision-making and problem-solving

Answer 24

management information systems (mis)