CIS 200 Exam with 100% Correct
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Management Information Systems (MIS) - ANS-the management and use of Information
Systems (IS) that help organizations achieve their strategies
Information Technology (IT) - ANS-refers to the products, methods, inventions, and
standards that are used for the purpose of producing information (ex: hardware,
software and data components)
Horizontal-market application - ANS-software provides capabilities common across
many organizations and industries
Vertical-market application - ANS-software that serves the need of a specific industry
Native client applications (thick client) - ANS-programs that are written to use a
particular operating system
Thin client application - ANS-designed to run within a computer browser (Chrome,
Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari)
the capabilities of the browser - ANS-Thin client applications are limited by
thin client, vertical market application - ANS-Canvas is a
Open source - ANS-the source code of the program is available to the public
Source code - ANS-computer code as written by humans and understandable by
humans; it is compiled into machine code that is processed by a computer
Machine code - ANS-in general is not understandable by humans and cannot be
modified
Closed source software - ANS-the source code is highly protected and only available to
trusted employees and carefully vetted contractors; only trusted programmers can make
changes to a closed source project
Open source software - ANS-anyone can obtain the source code from the website;
programmers can alter or add to this code depending on their interests and goals
, Cloud computing - ANS-defined by the elastic leasing of pooled computer resources
over the Internet
Hardware - ANS-the device; ex: phone, laptop, tablet
Software - ANS-applications; ex: IOS, Windows, Canvas, etc.
Dataware - ANS-Content; ex: homework, quizzes, assignments
Procedure - ANS-how you go about access the data
People - ANS-the student who takes the quiz, the professor who uploads the grades,
etc
Software as a Service (SaaS) - ANS-A form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes
to a third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online; comes as is, can
be based on number of users
Platform as a Service (PaaS) - ANS-A cloud service in which consumers can install and
run their own specialized applications on the cloud computing network; design customer
interface- build your own based on your needs
Information as a service (IaaS) - ANS-fee is assessed by time (only charged for
resources used), ex: Amazon Website services
Elastic - ANS-the amount of leased resources can grow or shrink in response to needs
seamlessly and quickly
In-house computing - ANS-retains control over its physical computing resources and
knows exactly how its computing resources are secured and protected
Advantages of cloud computing - ANS-lower costs, known cost structure, scalability or
resources to meet varying demand, access to skilled resource management, and no
worry about technological obsolescence
Computer network - ANS-a collection of computers that communicate with one another
over wired and wireless transmission media
Local Area Network (LAN) - ANS-connects computers that reside in a single geographic
location on the premises of the company that operates it
Wide Area Network (WAN) - ANS-connects computers at different geographic locations
Intranet - ANS-is an internal set of web pages that provide information about the
organization to the employees
Answers
Management Information Systems (MIS) - ANS-the management and use of Information
Systems (IS) that help organizations achieve their strategies
Information Technology (IT) - ANS-refers to the products, methods, inventions, and
standards that are used for the purpose of producing information (ex: hardware,
software and data components)
Horizontal-market application - ANS-software provides capabilities common across
many organizations and industries
Vertical-market application - ANS-software that serves the need of a specific industry
Native client applications (thick client) - ANS-programs that are written to use a
particular operating system
Thin client application - ANS-designed to run within a computer browser (Chrome,
Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari)
the capabilities of the browser - ANS-Thin client applications are limited by
thin client, vertical market application - ANS-Canvas is a
Open source - ANS-the source code of the program is available to the public
Source code - ANS-computer code as written by humans and understandable by
humans; it is compiled into machine code that is processed by a computer
Machine code - ANS-in general is not understandable by humans and cannot be
modified
Closed source software - ANS-the source code is highly protected and only available to
trusted employees and carefully vetted contractors; only trusted programmers can make
changes to a closed source project
Open source software - ANS-anyone can obtain the source code from the website;
programmers can alter or add to this code depending on their interests and goals
, Cloud computing - ANS-defined by the elastic leasing of pooled computer resources
over the Internet
Hardware - ANS-the device; ex: phone, laptop, tablet
Software - ANS-applications; ex: IOS, Windows, Canvas, etc.
Dataware - ANS-Content; ex: homework, quizzes, assignments
Procedure - ANS-how you go about access the data
People - ANS-the student who takes the quiz, the professor who uploads the grades,
etc
Software as a Service (SaaS) - ANS-A form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes
to a third-party software and receives a service that is delivered online; comes as is, can
be based on number of users
Platform as a Service (PaaS) - ANS-A cloud service in which consumers can install and
run their own specialized applications on the cloud computing network; design customer
interface- build your own based on your needs
Information as a service (IaaS) - ANS-fee is assessed by time (only charged for
resources used), ex: Amazon Website services
Elastic - ANS-the amount of leased resources can grow or shrink in response to needs
seamlessly and quickly
In-house computing - ANS-retains control over its physical computing resources and
knows exactly how its computing resources are secured and protected
Advantages of cloud computing - ANS-lower costs, known cost structure, scalability or
resources to meet varying demand, access to skilled resource management, and no
worry about technological obsolescence
Computer network - ANS-a collection of computers that communicate with one another
over wired and wireless transmission media
Local Area Network (LAN) - ANS-connects computers that reside in a single geographic
location on the premises of the company that operates it
Wide Area Network (WAN) - ANS-connects computers at different geographic locations
Intranet - ANS-is an internal set of web pages that provide information about the
organization to the employees
