CIS303-Midterm review

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What is Digital Density?

• The process of integrating external stakeholders into innovation.

• The increasing interconnectedness of devices and exponential data growth, enabling new interactions and services

• The discrepancy between those with and without access to information systems.

An Information System (IS) is a system composed of interrelated components that collect, process, store, and disseminate information. Which of the following are the correct components?

• Hardware, software, data, people, and organizations

• Hardware, software, capital, labor, and knowledge.

• Networks, data centers, applications, and security.

In the context of information systems, data refers to:

• Processed information that has been given context and meaning.

• The ability to understand and interpret information for decision-making.

• Raw facts that are unformatted and lack inherent meaning on their own.

What is the definition of Information in an IS context?

• Raw facts that are unformatted and lack inherent meaning.

• Processed data that has been given context and meaning, making it useful.

• The ability to understand and interpret data for informed decisions.

What best describes Knowledge in relation to information systems?

• Processed facts that are context-independent.

• Raw, unprocessed observations without context.

• The ability to understand and interpret information to make informed decisions and predictions.

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to:

• A global network of computer servers and clients.

• A network of physical objects embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies that connect and exchange data.

• A private, secure internal network used for organizational communication.

Cloud Computing is best described as:

• A system where all computing resources are physically located within the organization's own premises.

• A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources, typically rented on an as-needed basis.

• A method for storing long-term copies of organizational data for compliance.

A Transaction Processing System (TPS) is primarily used at which organizational level?

• Managerial/Tactical level.

• Executive/Strategic level.

• Operational level to automate routine, day-to-day business processes.32...

A Management Information System (MIS) is designed to:

• Produce detailed information that helps functional managers monitor and control operational-level activities and make semistructured decisions.32...

• Automate routine, day-to-day business processes.

• Support top managers in making complex, unstructured decisions for long-term strategy.