IIMT 2601 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
Information Technology (IT) - ✔✔- shortened virtual distance between people
- enabled globalisation
✔✔Digital Economy - ✔✔economy based on digital technologies
✔✔E-Commerce - ✔✔- digitally enabled commercial transactions
- between organisations, among individuals
✔✔E-Commerce - ✔✔online shopping, mobile banking, procurement of raw materials
✔✔E-Business - ✔✔- digital enabling of transactions and processes
- within a firm
- involves information systems
- no commercial transactions / exchange of value across organisations
✔✔E-Business - ✔✔production, tenure and promotion, hiring
✔✔Information System - ✔✔- combination of people, hardware, software, data,
telecommunications network
- IT + people + data
- managerial
✔✔Information Technology - ✔✔- hardware, software, telecommunications network
components of IS
- technical
✔✔Organisations - ✔✔composed of different levels and functions
✔✔Organisation Levels - ✔✔- positions
- operational > managerial > executive
- each level has unique activities and business processes
, ✔✔Organisational Functions - ✔✔- roles / departments
✔✔Business Processes - ✔✔- the activities organisations perform in order to reach their
business goals
- broad range of information required for support
✔✔Moore's Law (1965) - ✔✔- an observation that the number of transistors on a chip
doubles every 18 months
- fast paced technology progress (any point in time)
- as power of PC increases (>10k times), price decreases significantly
✔✔Globe of Internet - ✔✔- connected by fibre optic cables (in the sea bed)
- may be affected by natural disasters
✔✔Internet Service Provider (ISP) - ✔✔- allows individual users to access to the
internet for a fee
- users are connected to ISP through POTS, ISDN, DSL, optic fibre, cable modems,
satellite, etc.
- connects to the internet through NAPs
✔✔ISPs in Hong Kong - ✔✔PCCW-HKT, Broadband Network, China Telecom Global,
Orange Business Services
✔✔Network Access Point (NAP) / Major Point of Presence - ✔✔- high speed routers
that form pillars of the internet
- makes up the internet backbone together with fibre optic trunk lines
✔✔Internet Speed - ✔✔- the speed at which data or content travels from the WWW to
individual devices
- measured in megabits (1m bits) per second - Mbps
✔✔Download Speed - ✔✔the rate that digital data is transferred from the internet to
your device
✔✔Upload Speed - ✔✔the rate that online data is transferred from your device to the
internet
✔✔Download Speed > Upload Speed - ✔✔because a short request to the website
(upload) results in a much larger download of web pages, images, and videos
✔✔Fluctuations in Internet Speed (never fixed / stable) - ✔✔- router stabilisation /
capacity
- traffic
- weather
SET A+
Information Technology (IT) - ✔✔- shortened virtual distance between people
- enabled globalisation
✔✔Digital Economy - ✔✔economy based on digital technologies
✔✔E-Commerce - ✔✔- digitally enabled commercial transactions
- between organisations, among individuals
✔✔E-Commerce - ✔✔online shopping, mobile banking, procurement of raw materials
✔✔E-Business - ✔✔- digital enabling of transactions and processes
- within a firm
- involves information systems
- no commercial transactions / exchange of value across organisations
✔✔E-Business - ✔✔production, tenure and promotion, hiring
✔✔Information System - ✔✔- combination of people, hardware, software, data,
telecommunications network
- IT + people + data
- managerial
✔✔Information Technology - ✔✔- hardware, software, telecommunications network
components of IS
- technical
✔✔Organisations - ✔✔composed of different levels and functions
✔✔Organisation Levels - ✔✔- positions
- operational > managerial > executive
- each level has unique activities and business processes
, ✔✔Organisational Functions - ✔✔- roles / departments
✔✔Business Processes - ✔✔- the activities organisations perform in order to reach their
business goals
- broad range of information required for support
✔✔Moore's Law (1965) - ✔✔- an observation that the number of transistors on a chip
doubles every 18 months
- fast paced technology progress (any point in time)
- as power of PC increases (>10k times), price decreases significantly
✔✔Globe of Internet - ✔✔- connected by fibre optic cables (in the sea bed)
- may be affected by natural disasters
✔✔Internet Service Provider (ISP) - ✔✔- allows individual users to access to the
internet for a fee
- users are connected to ISP through POTS, ISDN, DSL, optic fibre, cable modems,
satellite, etc.
- connects to the internet through NAPs
✔✔ISPs in Hong Kong - ✔✔PCCW-HKT, Broadband Network, China Telecom Global,
Orange Business Services
✔✔Network Access Point (NAP) / Major Point of Presence - ✔✔- high speed routers
that form pillars of the internet
- makes up the internet backbone together with fibre optic trunk lines
✔✔Internet Speed - ✔✔- the speed at which data or content travels from the WWW to
individual devices
- measured in megabits (1m bits) per second - Mbps
✔✔Download Speed - ✔✔the rate that digital data is transferred from the internet to
your device
✔✔Upload Speed - ✔✔the rate that online data is transferred from your device to the
internet
✔✔Download Speed > Upload Speed - ✔✔because a short request to the website
(upload) results in a much larger download of web pages, images, and videos
✔✔Fluctuations in Internet Speed (never fixed / stable) - ✔✔- router stabilisation /
capacity
- traffic
- weather
