Chapter 1 Terms Flashcards
Stored information, regardless of media or characteristics, made or received by an organization, that is evidence of its operations and has value requiring its retention for a specific period of time.
Record
A short message posted on Twitter social network website is called a
Tweet
External documents are for use ____ of the organization.
Outside
The life span of a record that follows a set of phases from creation to final disposition is called the
Records and information cycle
An ____ record is used to assist in performing a firm’s business operations and, if destroyed, is replaceable only at a great cost.
Important
A permanent storage place for records is called the
archives
_______ is the systematic control of all records from their creation or receipt, through their processing, distribution, organization, storage, and retrieval, to their ultimate disposition.
Records Management
Business and other organizations can use _____ websites to promote and advertise their products and services.
Social Media
_____ is a system that enables users to compose, transmit, receive, and manage electronic documents and images across networks.
Electronic mail
_____ is an automated system for scanning, storing, retrieving and managing images of physical records in an electronic format.
Document imaging
A ____ is a page or collection of web pages that allows people who access the site to contribute or modify content.
wiki
A record that is helpful in conducting business operations and that may, if destroyed, be replaced at slight cost is a _____ record.
useful
A _____ contains information needed to carry on the operations of a firm over long periods of time.
reference record
A ___ is a broadcast sent over the Internet to receivers who hear and/or view the information via computers or other electronic devices.
podcast
Even though they may be received from an outside source, ____ documents contain information needed for the operation of the organization.
internal
