Chapter 15 - Managing Information & Technology

Question 1

What are the 2 roles of the IT department?

Answer 1

Strategic – makes key decisions about technologies

Operational – making decisions that functional groups support

Question 2

What are the characteristics of good information?

Answer 2

• Accurate
• Relevant
• Timely
• Understandable
• Secure

Question 3

What are Decision Support Systems (DSS)?

Answer 3

They provide access to data and the processing power to convert the data into information.

Question 4

What is intellectual property?

Answer 4

Products resulted from creative and intellectual efforts.

Question 5

What is a Patent?

Answer 5

A patent is a right given by the federal government to an inventor that prevents others from making, selling, or using the invention for a period of time.

Question 6

What 3 criteria must be met to get a patent?

Answer 6

Novelty
Utility / Usefulness
Non-obviousness

Question 7

Why is cloud computing gaining popularity?

Answer 7

• Financial benefit
• Flexibility
• Encourage collaboration
• Processing speed

Question 8

How does data become information?

Answer 8

When it becomes accurate, relevant, timely, understandable, and secure.