INF1505 2019

An intranet is a network based on Web technologies that allows selected outsiders such as business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a company's extranet

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT an element of AI

• graphics

• visions systems

• robotics

• learning systems

A system that provides monthly production figures for a manager at manufacturing facility is considered a(n)

• decision support system (DSS)

• management information system(MIS)

• enterprise resource planning (ERP) system

• transaction processing system (TPS)

Soweto Publishing Company has created a system for storing every piece of data about every one of its books, both those that have already published and those that are still in production. The production team can input and access information about each book's format, editors can specify which procedures are in use, salespeople can input and access information about each book's sales history and availability , and even some external partners are allowed to access some data. This is an example of a(n)

• database

• knowledge management system

• management information system

• group information system

A clothing store chain tracks the sale of each product at each location. Managers use this information to calculate the organisation's profits, to track inventory needs, and to determine which styles and fabrics are the most popular among its customers. This is an example of quality information that is...

• flexible

• economical

• relevant

• verifiable

All of the following are functions of a knowledge management system EXCEPT

• storing and retrieving knowledge

• improving collaboration

• locating knowledge sources

• designing information systems

... involves reducing the number of employees to cut costs.

• Outsourcing

• Offshoring

• Utility computing

• Downsizing

... is not part of the application portfolio

• strategic

• support

• key operational

• service

Contracting for computer resources is usually called

• Cloud coputing

• On-demand computing

• Organisational learning

• Outsourcing

Completing an instruction involves two phases- instruction and execution - which are each broken down into two steps for a total of four steps. Which of the following is NOT one of the four steps?

• fetch instruction

• store results

• execute instruction

• process data