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Introduction to Information Systems Flashcards

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What is Information?

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Information is the result (Output) of the information process that gets displayed on an information system.

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What is an Environment?

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The actions that are taking place around an information system

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What is a Boundary?

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The space that separates the system from the environment.

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What does a Boundary do?

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The boundary decides what is part of the system and what is part of the environment.

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How does an Environment work?

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Environment influences or gets influenced by the system.

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What are 3 ways to find out the purpose of an Information System?

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  1. What kind of people would use the Information System?
  2. What kind of needs does the Information System need to address?
  3. How would the needs be transformed into goals that the Information System would have purpose in accomplishing?
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What are Information Processes?

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They’re the way to collect and transform the data into useful information.

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What would these Information Systems typically do?

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They would coordinate and direct the system’s resources to achieve the system’s purpose.

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What is an User?

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A person who would use the information output from an information system.

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What is a Participant?

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A Participant is a different sort of person who would work to start the initiation process in an information system.

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What is Data?

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The raw material used by information processes.

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What is hardware technology?

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The hardware and software used by an information system to carry out its information processes.

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What is a System?

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An interaction of many different units united to accomplish a goal.

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What is the concept of Social?

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Working together to achieve happiness and success

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What is the concept of Ethical?

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The moral or right thing to do in a situation

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What are the 10 National Privacy Principles?

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Collection

Use and Disclosure

Data Quality and Data Security

Openness

Access and Correction

Identifiers

Anonymity

Transborder Data Flows

Sensitive Information

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What would Collection of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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The basics of what an organisation should do when they are collecting your personal information.

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What would Use and Disclosure of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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How the organisations can use and willingly disclose your personal information.

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What would Data Quality and Data Security of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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The accuracy, currency, completeness and security of anyone’s account that any organisation has to meet in order to be trusted with personal information.

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What would Openness of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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The requirement that the organisations has to be open about how they would handle your personal information.

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What would Access and Correction of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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The freedom that you can have to access your personal information if there is anything currently wrong with your information.

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What does Identifiers of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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They can identify what purpose does a system have?

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What does Anonymity of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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The idea that you can talk to any organisation without revealing your secret identity.

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What does Transborder Data Flows of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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Debriefing the customer on what protocols happen if their personal information gets carried over national borders.

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What does Secret Information of the National Privacy Principles entail?

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The personal information about your life, any type of organisation. Will have to ask for permission to access.

26
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What are some possible issues that an information system go up against?

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Hackers

Virus Attacks

Hardware Faults

Software faults

27
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What are some strategies that an Information System would use to address problems?

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Firewall

Backup Copies

Physical Barriers

Anti-Virus Software

28
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What are 3 perspectives that should be considered when accessing data quality.

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Accuracy

Timeliness

Accessibility

29
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How does Timeliness work?

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Timeliness relates to the least amount of time possible to make changes to the currently existing data.

30
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How does Accessibility of Data work?

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Accessibility of Data refers to the availability and suitability of Data.

31
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What is Ergonomics?

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The study of the relationship between human workers and their work environment.

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