WGU C724 EXAMS 601 EXAM PREP 2026
PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
◉ Hard Data Network System Security Ecommerce (IS elements)
Answer: Hardware and Software, Data Resource Mgmt, Network,
Systems and Decisions, Security and Ethics, Ecommerce and Social
Meida
◉ System that accepts input data and processes it into information
as output Answer: Information System
◉ Information that have been organized to provide value to an
organization Answer: Data
◉ Information systems accept _____ as input and process it into ______
as output. Answer: data,information
◉ The primary component categories that make up a Computer-
based Information System (CBIS) Answer: (PPHSND) people,
processes, hardware, software, networks, and data
◉ Utility Software Answer: Programs perform periodic system
maintenance activities, such as virus detection, storage space
,consolidation, backup and recovery, intrusion detection, and access
authentication monitoring
◉ Information systems specialists Answer: People who develop,
operate, and maintain the systems. Specialists include programmers,
systems analysts, testers, computer operators, and other managerial
IS personnel
◉ Transaction processing systems (TPS) Answer: This system tracks
the flow of daily routine transactions that are necessary to conduct
business, such as payroll or order processing
◉ Management information systems (MIS) Answer: This system
provides first level managers with reports on current performance
and historical records to help keep an organization running
smoothly
◉ Decision-support systems (DSS) Answer: This system provides
modeling and analytical tools that support middle to senior
managers in all aspects of the decision making process, when
problems are unique, unstructured, and not easily specified in
advance, to project potential future trends
◉ Executive information systems (EIS) Answer: This system
supports senior executives by providing important data in the form
of graphs and charts to analyze and identify long-term trends
, ◉ IS 4 pyramid Answer: TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS
◉ The IS function is _____ in structure and its success depends on its
cooperation and relationship with the other functions in an
organization Answer: Horizontal
◉ About one third of the IS management agenda is expected to
change every _____ ______ , confirming the highly dynamic nature of
the IS management function. Answer: Three years
◉ Example of IS helping HR Answer: Monthly payroll
◉ Playboys Produced Hotdogs Since Nutritionists Died (IS) Answer:
People, processes, hardware, software, networks, and data
◉ Hotdogs Since Nutritionists Died (IT = Sub of IS) Answer:
Hardware, software, networks and data
◉ Information Technology is a subset of ______ Answer: Information
Systems
PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
◉ Hard Data Network System Security Ecommerce (IS elements)
Answer: Hardware and Software, Data Resource Mgmt, Network,
Systems and Decisions, Security and Ethics, Ecommerce and Social
Meida
◉ System that accepts input data and processes it into information
as output Answer: Information System
◉ Information that have been organized to provide value to an
organization Answer: Data
◉ Information systems accept _____ as input and process it into ______
as output. Answer: data,information
◉ The primary component categories that make up a Computer-
based Information System (CBIS) Answer: (PPHSND) people,
processes, hardware, software, networks, and data
◉ Utility Software Answer: Programs perform periodic system
maintenance activities, such as virus detection, storage space
,consolidation, backup and recovery, intrusion detection, and access
authentication monitoring
◉ Information systems specialists Answer: People who develop,
operate, and maintain the systems. Specialists include programmers,
systems analysts, testers, computer operators, and other managerial
IS personnel
◉ Transaction processing systems (TPS) Answer: This system tracks
the flow of daily routine transactions that are necessary to conduct
business, such as payroll or order processing
◉ Management information systems (MIS) Answer: This system
provides first level managers with reports on current performance
and historical records to help keep an organization running
smoothly
◉ Decision-support systems (DSS) Answer: This system provides
modeling and analytical tools that support middle to senior
managers in all aspects of the decision making process, when
problems are unique, unstructured, and not easily specified in
advance, to project potential future trends
◉ Executive information systems (EIS) Answer: This system
supports senior executives by providing important data in the form
of graphs and charts to analyze and identify long-term trends
, ◉ IS 4 pyramid Answer: TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS
◉ The IS function is _____ in structure and its success depends on its
cooperation and relationship with the other functions in an
organization Answer: Horizontal
◉ About one third of the IS management agenda is expected to
change every _____ ______ , confirming the highly dynamic nature of
the IS management function. Answer: Three years
◉ Example of IS helping HR Answer: Monthly payroll
◉ Playboys Produced Hotdogs Since Nutritionists Died (IS) Answer:
People, processes, hardware, software, networks, and data
◉ Hotdogs Since Nutritionists Died (IT = Sub of IS) Answer:
Hardware, software, networks and data
◉ Information Technology is a subset of ______ Answer: Information
Systems
