Chapter 10 Flashcards

1
Q

Decision-making procedures cannot be specified
in advance for some complex decision situations.

A

Decision structure

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2
Q

Information systems for the strategic information
needs of top and middle managers.

A

Executive information
system (EIS) (

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3
Q

Systems that produce predefined reports for
management.

A

Management information
system

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4
Q

Provide an interactive modeling capability tailored to the specific information needs of managers.

A

Decision support system

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5
Q

Provides business information and analytical tools for managers, business professionals, and business
stakeholders

A

Business intelligence (BI)

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6
Q

A collection of mathematical models and analytical techniques.

A

Model Base

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7
Q

Analyzing the effect of changing variables and
relationships and manipulating a mathematical
model.

A

Analytical modeling

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8
Q

. Changing revenues and tax rates to see the effect on net profit after taxes.

A

Analytical modeling - What-if analysis

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9
Q

Changing revenues in many small increments to
see revenue’s effect on net profit after taxes.

A

Analytical modeling - Sensitivity Analysis

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10
Q

Changing revenues and expenses to find how
you could achieve a specific amount of net profit
after taxes.

A

Analytical modeling - Goal seeking analysis

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11
Q

Real-time analysis of complex business data.

A

Online analytical
processing (OLAP)

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11
Q

Changing revenues and expenses subject to
certain constraints to achieve the highest profit
after taxes

A

Optimization analysis

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12
Q

Attempts to find patterns hidden in business data in a data warehouse.

A

Data mining

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13
Q

Using intranets to gather, store, and share a
company’s best practices among employees.

A

Knowledge management system

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13
Q

Represents complex data using three-dimensional graphical forms

A

Data visualization system (DVS)

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14
Q

A customized and personalized Web interface to
internal and external information resources available through a corporate intranet.

A

Enterprise information portal
(EIP)

15
Q

An enterprise information portal that can access
knowledge management functions and company knowledge bases.

A

Enterprise knowledge portal

16
Q

Information technology that focuses on the development of computer functions normally associated
with human physical and mental capabilities.

A

Artificial intelligence (AI)

17
Q

Development of computer-based machines that
possess capabilities such as sight, hearing, dexterity, and movement.

A

Robotics

18
Q

Computers that can provide you with computer simulated experiences.

A

Virtual reality (VR)

19
Q

An information system that integrates computer graphics, geographic databases, and DSS
capabilities.

A

Geographic information system
(GIS)

20
Q

A knowledge-based information system that acts
as an expert consultant to users in a specific application area.

A

Expert system (ES)

21
Q

A collection of facts and reasoning procedures in a specific subject area.

A

Knowledge base

22
Q

A software package that manipulates a knowledge base and makes associations and inferences leading to a recommended course of action.

A

Inference engine (

23
Q

A software package consisting of an inference engine and user interface programs used as an expert system development tool.

A

Expert system shell

24
Q

An analyst who interviews experts to develop a
knowledge base about a specific application area.

A

. Knowledge engineer

25
Q

AI systems that use neuron structures to recognize patterns in data

A

Neural network

26
Q

AI systems that use approximate reasoning to process ambiguous data.

A

Fuzzy logic

27
Q

Knowledge-based software surrogates that do
things for you

A

Intelligent agent

28
Q

Software that uses mathematical functions to simulate an evolutionary process

A

. Genetic algorithms