exam 1 in class info

Question 1

What is an information system

Answer 1

a set of interrelated components that collect (or retrieve), process, store, and distribute information to support decision manking and control in an organization

Question 2

Software ex

Answer 2

COTS (commercial off-the-shelf)

GOTS (government off-the-shelf)

Question 3

people

Answer 3

most overlooked part of an is

Question 4

newer IS models

Answer 4

data replaces infrastructure

Question 5

IS components

Answer 5

hardware, software, data or infrastructure, people

Question 6

data

Answer 6

streams of raw facts representing events such as business transactions

one persons data can be another persons information

Question 7

information

Answer 7

clusters of facts that are meaningful and useful to human beings in the processes such as making decisions

Question 8

heiarchy of data

Answer 8

field (smallest unity of an entity)
record (collection of related fields)
file (collection of related records)
DataBase (collection of related files) - knowledge

Question 9

possible data types

Answer 9

integer (no decimals)
real
character
alphanumeric
object (fingerprint)
boolean (T/F)