WGU C724 COMPLETE STUDY SET

WGU C724 COMPLETE STUDY SET 1. Imagine a Cat Going To School In (ICGTSI - Decision Making Process (6): - Prob ID, Data Collection, Solution Generation, Solutions Test, Solution Selection, Solution Implementation 2. Hard Data Network System Security Ecommerce (IS elements): Hardware and Software, Data Resource Mgmt, Network, Systems and Decisions, Security and Ethics, Ecommerce and Social Meida 3. System that accepts input data and processes it into information as out- put: Information System 4. Information that have been organized to provide value to an organization- : Data 5. Information systems accept as input and process it into as output.: data,information 6. The primary component categories that make up a Computer-based In- formation System (CBIS): (PPHSND) people, processes, hardware, software, networks, and data 7. Utility Software: Programs perform periodic system maintenance activities, such as virus detection, storage space consolidation, backup and recovery, intru- sion detection, and access authentication monitoring 8. Information systems specialists: People who develop, operate, and maintain the systems. Specialists include programmers, systems analysts, testers, comput- er operators, and other managerial IS personnel 9. Transaction processing systems (TPS): This system tracks the flow of daily routine transactions that are necessary to conduct business, such as payroll or order processing 10. Management information systems (MIS): This system provides first level managers with reports on current performance and historical records to help keep an organization running smoothly 11. Decision-support systems (DSS): This system provides modeling and ana- lytical 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 12. Executive information systems (EIS): This system supports senior execu- tives by providing important data in the form of graphs and charts to analyze and identify long-term trends 13. IS 4 pyramid: TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS 14. The IS function is in structure and its success depends on its cooperation and relationship with the other functions in an organization: - Horizontal 15. About one third of the IS management agenda is expected to change every , confirming the highly dynamic nature of the IS man- agement function.: Three years 16. Example of IS helping HR: Monthly payroll 17. Playboys