Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
Q

People who spend most of their workday creating, using, and distributing information

A

Knowledge workers

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2
Q

Information systems support an organization’s business processes, operations, decision-making,
and strategies for competitive advantage

A

Roles of IS in business

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3
Q

Using IT to reengineer business processes to
support e-business operations.

A

Support of business processes
and operations

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4
Q

Using Web-based decision support systems to support sales managers.

A

Support of business decision
making

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5
Q

Using information technology for e-commerce to gain a strategic advantage over competitors.

A

Support of strategies for
competitive advantage

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6
Q

A system that uses people, hardware, software, and network resources to collect, transform, and disseminate information within an organization.

A

Information Systek

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7
Q

An information system that uses computers and their hardware and software.

A

Computer-based information system

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8
Q

Anyone who uses an information system or the information it produces

A

End-users

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9
Q

Applications using the Internet, corporate
intranets, and inter-organizational extranets for e-business operations, e-commerce, and enterprise
collaboration.

A

E-business applications

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10
Q

The buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products over the Internet and other networks.

A

E-commerce

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11
Q

Groupware tools to support collaboration among networked teams.

A

Enterprise collaboration
systems

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12
Q

A group of interrelated components with a clearly defined boundary working together toward the attainment of a common goal.

A

Systems

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13
Q

Data about a system’s performance.

A

Feedback

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13
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  1. Making adjustments to a system’s components so that it operates properly.
A

Control

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14
Q

Facts or observations.

A

Data

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15
Q

Data that have been placed into a meaningful
context for an end user.

A

Information

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16
Q

Converting data into information is a type of this kind of activity

A

Information system
activities

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17
Q

An information system uses people, hardware, software, network, and data resources to perform input, processing, output, storage, and control activities that transform data resources into information products.

A

Information system model

18
Q

Machines and media

A

Hardware resources

19
Q

Computers, disk drives, video monitors, and
printers are examples

A

Machines

20
Q

Magnetic disks, optical disks, and paper forms are examples.

A

Media

21
Q

Programs and procedures

A

Software resources

22
Q

A set of instructions for a computer.

A

Programs

23
Q

A set of instructions for people.

A

Procedures

24
Q

End users and information systems professionals.

A

People Resources

25
Q

Using the keyboard of a computer to enter data

A

Input

26
Q

Computing loan payments.

A

Processing

27
Q

Printing a letter you wrote using a computer.

A

Output

27
Q

Saving a copy of the letter on a magnetic disk.

A

Storage

28
Q

Having a sales receipt as proof of a purchase.

A

Control

29
Q

Information systems can be classified into
operations, management, and other categories.

A

Types of information systems

30
Q

Includes transaction processing, process control, and end-user collaboration systems.

A

Operations support systems

31
Q

Includes management information, decision
support, and executive information systems

A

Management support
systems

32
Q

Information systems that perform transaction processing and provide information to managers across the boundaries of functional business
areas

A

Cross-functional informational
system

33
Q

Internet-like networks and Web sites inside a
company.

A

Intranet

34
Q

Interorganizational Internet-like networks among
trading partners.

A

Extranet

35
Q

Using the Internet, intranets, and extranets to empower internal business operations, e-commerce, and enterprise collaboration

A

E-business

36
Q

Information systems that focus on operational and managerial applications in support of basic business functions such as accounting or
marketing.

A

Functional business systems

37
Q

Data should be viewed the same way as any
organizational resource that must be managed
effectively to benefit all stakeholders in an
organization.

A

Data resources

38
Q

A major challenge for business managers and professionals today in solving business problems.

A

Developing successful information
system solutions

39
Q

Examples include messages, reports, forms, and graphic images, which may be provided by video displays, audio responses, paper products, and multimedia

A

Information products

40
Q

These include communications media and
network infrastructure.

A

Network resources

41
Q

People who develop and operate information
systems.

A

IS specialists

42
Q

The execution of a set of activities in order to
convert data into information.

A

Data or information
processing