Overview of Information Systems

Question 1

Which term is defined as a collection of information used to Suppourt management of an organization?

Answer 1

Information Technology (IT)

Question 2

A website logs the timestamp, location, and browser of every visitor. It then aggregates this content into peak traffic times and days, minimum and maximum hits for each country and region, and popularity of a certain browser among visitors.

What is the timestamp considered in this scenario?

Answer 2

Data

Question 3

A departmental manager is creating a budget estimate for the upcoming year. The manager would like to determine whether the data will be available when the decisions for next year have been made.

Which characteristics of valuable data is the manager considering.

1.Accurate
2.Thorough
3.Reliable
4. Timely

Answer 3

Timely

Question 4

Which two are parts of an information system? (Choose 2 answers)

1.Oscilloscope
2.Customers
3.Networks
4.Databases

Answer 4

1. Networks
   2.Databases

Question 5

What is the difference between processing and storage?

Answer 5

Processing collects and translates data into useful information, while storage places the translated data in specific locations.

Question 6

Which is a benefit of multiple interconnected computers (distributed) versus mainframes or large computers?

Answer 6

Costs for hardware resources are decreased.

Question 7

Match descriptions:
1. A software emulator program that permits a computer to user to use multiple computers and multiple platforms without the expense of purchasing multiple computers?
2. Each computer is roughly equal to every other computer?
3. One computer will request information from another computer which responds with requested information?

Choices:
A) Virtual machines
B) Peer-to-Peer
C) Client-server

Answer 7

1. Virtual machine
   2.Peer-to-Peer
   3.Client-Server