BP Ch. 11.2 Business Applications of Technology

A ________ is a coordinated system of processing and reporting information in an organization.

• Management Information System

• Computer Aided Instruction

• Computer System

• Consumer 2 Business E-Commerce Model

Place the operation steps of the MIS in the correct order:

• Update data files as needed

• Process, analyze, and organize data in a useful manner

• Identify the information needs

• Obtain facts, figures and other data

• Distribute information reports to decision-makers

Which of the following is NOT a main category of information needed for a Management Information System?

• Financial Information

• Production & Inventory

• Marketing & Sales

• Human Resources

• Weather

True or False. Computer networks are often used in an MIS to distribute information to managers, employees and others.

• True

• False

True or False. The largest industry in the US is the manufacturing industry and the use of computers in this industry is extensive.

• True

• False

_____ is the use of computers to help people learn or improve skills at their own place.

• Google Classroom

• CAI

• MIS

• CAD

What does the "E" in e-commerce refer to?

Match the following

• using videoconferencing equipment with medical professionals to expand healthcare to remote areas

• video conferencing

• allowing people in different geographic locations to meet "face-to-face"

• e-commerce

• provide input from within an organization (accounting records, sales figures, & inventory)

• smart cards

• plastic cards with a chip used to store info such as account balances & credit history

• telemedicine

• conducting business transactions using the internet or other technology

• Internal data sources

Match the following

• salaries, employee benefit data, and employee evaluations

• Marketing & Sales Information

• data on customer needs and actions of competitors

• Production & Inventory

• lists of tools & supplies

• Human Resources

• budgets and sales reports

• Financial Information

Match the following components of Management Information Systems

• computer hardware

  computer software

  data mining

  spreadsheets

• Reporting Data

• hard drives

  cd/dvd

  flash drives

  the cloud

• Gathering Data

• narrative reports

  presentations

  email messages

• Analyzing Data

• accounting

  inventory

  sales

• Storing Data