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IS 3003 Exam 1 Ch. 1,2,3 UTSA Exam
Study Guide Solutions
New Tech in IS - ANSWER✔✔-Cloud Computing, software as a service, big data, mobile digital
technologies
Management - ANSWER✔✔-Managers use social networks, Business intelligence applications accelerate
decision making, Virtual Meetings
Organizations - ANSWER✔✔-Social Business, telework gains momentum, co-creation of value,
collaboration across firm
Business invest in IT to achieve 6 objectives - ANSWER✔✔-operational excellence, new products,
services, business models, customer and supplier intimacy, improved decision making, competitive
advantages, survival
IT Advantage - ANSWER✔✔-Reduces cost, improves productivity
Information System - ANSWER✔✔-interrelated set of components or resources that collect (or retrieve)
process, store, and distribute information
Information Technology - ANSWER✔✔-the hardware and software a business uses to achieve objectives
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Activities in an IS that produce information - ANSWER✔✔-input (data), processing (using data), output
(information), feedback (information about how well its done)
Data - ANSWER✔✔-raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event; the raw input for entry into
an IS
Information - ANSWER✔✔-data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context
4 Characteristics of Quality Information - ANSWER✔✔-accurate, complete, relevant, timely
3 Dimensions of IS - ANSWER✔✔-technology, people, organizational
IT Infrastructure - ANSWER✔✔-foundation or platform that information is built on
Technology Dimension - ANSWER✔✔-computer hardware, computer software, data management
technology, networking and telecommunications technology
Hardware - ANSWER✔✔-physical components of an information system
Software - ANSWER✔✔-the instructions that operate the information systenm
Data Management Technology - ANSWER✔✔-HW components for storage, SW governing the
organization and access of data on physical storage media
Networking and Telecommunications - ANSWER✔✔-combination of HW and SW needed for the
electronic transmission of signals for data transfer and communications
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
IS 3003 Exam 1 Ch. 1,2,3 UTSA Exam
Study Guide Solutions
New Tech in IS - ANSWER✔✔-Cloud Computing, software as a service, big data, mobile digital
technologies
Management - ANSWER✔✔-Managers use social networks, Business intelligence applications accelerate
decision making, Virtual Meetings
Organizations - ANSWER✔✔-Social Business, telework gains momentum, co-creation of value,
collaboration across firm
Business invest in IT to achieve 6 objectives - ANSWER✔✔-operational excellence, new products,
services, business models, customer and supplier intimacy, improved decision making, competitive
advantages, survival
IT Advantage - ANSWER✔✔-Reduces cost, improves productivity
Information System - ANSWER✔✔-interrelated set of components or resources that collect (or retrieve)
process, store, and distribute information
Information Technology - ANSWER✔✔-the hardware and software a business uses to achieve objectives
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Activities in an IS that produce information - ANSWER✔✔-input (data), processing (using data), output
(information), feedback (information about how well its done)
Data - ANSWER✔✔-raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event; the raw input for entry into
an IS
Information - ANSWER✔✔-data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context
4 Characteristics of Quality Information - ANSWER✔✔-accurate, complete, relevant, timely
3 Dimensions of IS - ANSWER✔✔-technology, people, organizational
IT Infrastructure - ANSWER✔✔-foundation or platform that information is built on
Technology Dimension - ANSWER✔✔-computer hardware, computer software, data management
technology, networking and telecommunications technology
Hardware - ANSWER✔✔-physical components of an information system
Software - ANSWER✔✔-the instructions that operate the information systenm
Data Management Technology - ANSWER✔✔-HW components for storage, SW governing the
organization and access of data on physical storage media
Networking and Telecommunications - ANSWER✔✔-combination of HW and SW needed for the
electronic transmission of signals for data transfer and communications
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