BADM 101 EXAM 4 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What was business technology called in the 1970s?
Answer:
Electronic Data Processing (EDP).
Question:
2. What is data?
Answer:
Raw facts.
Question:
3. What is information?
Answer:
Processed data useful for decisions.
Question:
4. Data vs. information?
Answer:
Data are raw; information is meaningful.
Question:
5. What is a database?
Answer:
An organized collection of related data.
Question:
6. What is IT?
Answer:
Hardware, software, and networks.
Question:
7. What is an Information System?
Answer:
IT plus people, procedures, and data.
, Question:
8. IT vs. IS?
Answer:
IT is technology; IS includes people/processes.
Question:
9. Business Intelligence?
Answer:
Using analytics for decisions.
Question:
10. Business process information?
Answer:
Data from daily operations.
Question:
11. Physical-world observations?
Answer:
Sensor/GPS/camera data.
Question:
12. Biological data?
Answer:
Health/genetic data.
Question:
13. Public data?
Answer:
Publicly available information.
Question:
14. Personal preference data?
Answer:
Consumer behavior/interests.
Question:
15. Four components of managing information?
Answer:
Collect, store, analyze, distribute/protect.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What was business technology called in the 1970s?
Answer:
Electronic Data Processing (EDP).
Question:
2. What is data?
Answer:
Raw facts.
Question:
3. What is information?
Answer:
Processed data useful for decisions.
Question:
4. Data vs. information?
Answer:
Data are raw; information is meaningful.
Question:
5. What is a database?
Answer:
An organized collection of related data.
Question:
6. What is IT?
Answer:
Hardware, software, and networks.
Question:
7. What is an Information System?
Answer:
IT plus people, procedures, and data.
, Question:
8. IT vs. IS?
Answer:
IT is technology; IS includes people/processes.
Question:
9. Business Intelligence?
Answer:
Using analytics for decisions.
Question:
10. Business process information?
Answer:
Data from daily operations.
Question:
11. Physical-world observations?
Answer:
Sensor/GPS/camera data.
Question:
12. Biological data?
Answer:
Health/genetic data.
Question:
13. Public data?
Answer:
Publicly available information.
Question:
14. Personal preference data?
Answer:
Consumer behavior/interests.
Question:
15. Four components of managing information?
Answer:
Collect, store, analyze, distribute/protect.