Unit 6 to Unit 7

Question 1

These are purchased systems from outside vendors.

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Software packages

Question 1

This is a step-by-step process for developing high-quality information systems.

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System Analysis and Design

Question 1

This is someone who plans, develops, and maintains information systems.

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System Analyst

Question 1

What are the 3 business and information systems?

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Brick-and-mortar
Click-and-mortar
Click

Question 2

This refers to a traditional street-side business that offers products and services to its customers face-to-face in an office or store that the business owns or rents.

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Brick-and-mortar

Question 3

This is a type of business model that has both online and offline operations which typically includes a website and a physical store.

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Click-and-mortar

Question 4

These are companies who have a website/online presence without a physical store.

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Click

Question 5

What does e-commerce stand for?

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Electronic commerce

Question 6

What does I-commerce stand for?

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Internet-commerce

Question 7

What are the two sectors of e-commerce?

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Business-to-consumer and Business-to-business

Question 8

Differentiate b2c and b2b e-commerce.

Answer 8

Business to consumer involves consumers purchasing from a business through online shopping while business to business involves a business purchasing from another business.

Question 9

This user strategizes plans.

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Top manager

Question 10

These users provide direction, necessary resources, and performance feedback to supervisors and team leaders.

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Middle managers and knowledge workers

Question 11

These users oversee employees and carry out day-to-day functions.

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Supervisors and Team leaders

Question 12

These uses include those who rely on TP systems to enter and receive data they need to perform their jobs.

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Operational Employees

Question 13

This is the process of defining, designing, testing and implementing a software application.

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System development

Question 14

What are the phases in the system development life cycle?

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Planning
Analysis
Design
Implementation
Maintenance

Question 15

This is the initial stage in the systems development life cycle (SDLC). It is the fundamental process of understanding why an information system should be built and determine how the project team will go about building it.

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Planning

Question 16

This stage involves analysis activities.

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Analysis

Question 17

This requires fact-finding to describe the current system.

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Requirements modeling

Question 18

This refer to necessary data that enters the system.

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Input

Question 19

This refer to system characteristics such as speed, volume, capacity, availability, and reliability.

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Process

Question 20

This refer to electronic or printed information produced by the system.

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Output

Question 21

This refers to the logical rules that are applied to transform the data into meaningful information.

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Performance

Question 22

This refers to hardware, software, and procedural controls that safeguard and protect the system and its data from internal or external threats.

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Security

Question 23

This shows the steps that make up a business process, along with who's responsible for each step.

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Business flowchart

Question 24

What does an oval represent in a flowchart?

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Start or end point

Question 25

What does an arrow represent in a flowchart?

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connector that shows relationships between the shapes

Question 26

What does a parallelogram represent in a flowchart?

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Input or output

Question 27

What does a rectangle represent in a flowchart?

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Process

Question 28

What does a diamond represent in a flowchart?

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Decision

Question 29

What are the 3 types of flowchart?

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Document, system, program

Question 30

This type of flowchart illustrates the flow of documents and information between areas of responsibility within an organization. It is particularly useful in analyzing the adequacy of control procedures.

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Document flowchart

Question 31

This flowchart depict the relationship among the input, processing, and output of an AIS

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System flowchart

Question 32

This flowchart describes the specific logic to perform a process shown on a systems flowchart.

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Program flowchart

Question 33

These are statements that describe what the system should do or possess to meet the needs of its users and stakeholders.

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System requirements

Question 34

What are the two types of system requirements?

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Functional and non-functional requirements

Question 35

These requirements describe what the system does.

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Functional requirements

Question 36

These requirements define the qualities that describe how the system should perform. It answers the question, "how well does the system perform?"

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Non-functional requirements

Question 37

This stage is the making of the physical design of the system that will meet the specifications described in the system requirements document. It include output and user interface design, data design, and system architecture.

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Design

Question 38

This is the method by which a prototype is developed. It involves a repetitive sequence of analysis, design, modeling, and testing. It is a common technique that can be used to design anything from a new home to a computer network.

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Prototyping

Question 39

This produces a full-featured, working model of the information system. Because the model is “on track” for implementation, it is especially important to obtain user feedback, and to be sure that the prototype meets all requirements of users and management.

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System prototyping

Question 40

This is the method of development that employs technical mechanisms for reducing risk in a project, when the project needs are vaguely and poorly laid out. The end product of design prototyping is a user-approved model that documents and benchmarks the features of the finished system.

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Design prototyping

Question 41

This is a functioning system but it is less efficient than a fully developed system.

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Prototype

Question 42

This describes how users interact with a computer system, and consists of all the hardware, software, screens, menus, functions, output, and features that affect two-way communications between the user and the computer.

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User interface

Question 43

This uses visual objects and techniques that allow users to communicate effectively with the system.

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Graphical User Interface

Question 44

This allows users to send commands to the system.

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Process-control system

Question 45

This is how users communicate with the information system, and how the system supports the firm's business operations.

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User-centered systems

Question 46

This describes the relationship between computers and people who use them to perform their jobs

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Human-Computer Interaction

Question 47

This phase begins once the client has tested and approved the system. The system is installed at this phase to support the specified business functions. The performance of the system is compared to the performance targets defined during the planning phase.

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Systems Implementation

Question 48

This is a continuous operation that includes eliminating program and design flaws, updating documentation and test data, and updating user support.

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Systems Maintenance