WGU C724
Imagine a Cat Going To School In (ICGTSI - Decision Making Process (6) - ✔✔ correct answer Prob ID,
Data Collection, Solution Generation, Solutions Test, Solution Selection, Solution Implementation
Hard Data Network System Security Ecommerce (IS elements) - ✔✔ correct answer Hardware and
Software, Data Resource Mgmt, Network, Systems and Decisions, Security and Ethics, Ecommerce and
Social Meida
System that accepts input data and processes it into information as output - ✔✔ correct answer
Information System
Information that have been organized to provide value to an organization - ✔✔ correct answer Data
Information systems accept _____ as input and process it into ______ as output. - ✔✔ correct answer
data,information
The primary component categories that make up a Computer-based Information System (CBIS) - ✔✔
correct answer (PPHSND) people, processes, hardware, software, networks, and data
Utility Software - ✔✔ correct answer Programs perform periodic system maintenance activities, such as
virus detection, storage space consolidation, backup and recovery, intrusion detection, and access
authentication monitoring
Information systems specialists - ✔✔ correct answer People who develop, operate, and maintain the
systems. Specialists include programmers, systems analysts, testers, computer operators, and other
managerial IS personnel
Transaction processing systems (TPS) - ✔✔ correct answer This system tracks the flow of daily routine
transactions that are necessary to conduct business, such as payroll or order processing
Management information systems (MIS) - ✔✔ correct answer This system provides first level managers
with reports on current performance and historical records to help keep an organization running
smoothly
, WGU C724
Decision-support systems (DSS) - ✔✔ correct answer This system provides modeling and analytical 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
Executive information systems (EIS) - ✔✔ correct answer This system supports senior executives by
providing important data in the form of graphs and charts to analyze and identify long-term trends
IS 4 pyramid - ✔✔ correct answer TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS
The IS function is _____ in structure and its success depends on its cooperation and relationship with the
other functions in an organization - ✔✔ correct answer Horizontal
About one third of the IS management agenda is expected to change every _____ ______ , confirming
the highly dynamic nature of the IS management function. - ✔✔ correct answer Three years
Example of IS helping HR - ✔✔ correct answer Monthly payroll
Playboys Produced Hotdogs Since Nutritionists Died (IS) - ✔✔ correct answer People, processes,
hardware, software, networks, and data
Hotdogs Since Nutritionists Died (IT = Sub of IS) - ✔✔ correct answer Hardware, software, networks and
data
Information Technology is a subset of ______ - ✔✔ correct answer Information Systems
HTTP - ✔✔ correct answer Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the communications protocol at the foundation
of all communication of the World Wide Web
HTTPS - ✔✔ correct answer Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, which uses HTTP as well as technologies
such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt and decrypt data
between the user and Web server
Imagine a Cat Going To School In (ICGTSI - Decision Making Process (6) - ✔✔ correct answer Prob ID,
Data Collection, Solution Generation, Solutions Test, Solution Selection, Solution Implementation
Hard Data Network System Security Ecommerce (IS elements) - ✔✔ correct answer Hardware and
Software, Data Resource Mgmt, Network, Systems and Decisions, Security and Ethics, Ecommerce and
Social Meida
System that accepts input data and processes it into information as output - ✔✔ correct answer
Information System
Information that have been organized to provide value to an organization - ✔✔ correct answer Data
Information systems accept _____ as input and process it into ______ as output. - ✔✔ correct answer
data,information
The primary component categories that make up a Computer-based Information System (CBIS) - ✔✔
correct answer (PPHSND) people, processes, hardware, software, networks, and data
Utility Software - ✔✔ correct answer Programs perform periodic system maintenance activities, such as
virus detection, storage space consolidation, backup and recovery, intrusion detection, and access
authentication monitoring
Information systems specialists - ✔✔ correct answer People who develop, operate, and maintain the
systems. Specialists include programmers, systems analysts, testers, computer operators, and other
managerial IS personnel
Transaction processing systems (TPS) - ✔✔ correct answer This system tracks the flow of daily routine
transactions that are necessary to conduct business, such as payroll or order processing
Management information systems (MIS) - ✔✔ correct answer This system provides first level managers
with reports on current performance and historical records to help keep an organization running
smoothly
, WGU C724
Decision-support systems (DSS) - ✔✔ correct answer This system provides modeling and analytical 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
Executive information systems (EIS) - ✔✔ correct answer This system supports senior executives by
providing important data in the form of graphs and charts to analyze and identify long-term trends
IS 4 pyramid - ✔✔ correct answer TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS
The IS function is _____ in structure and its success depends on its cooperation and relationship with the
other functions in an organization - ✔✔ correct answer Horizontal
About one third of the IS management agenda is expected to change every _____ ______ , confirming
the highly dynamic nature of the IS management function. - ✔✔ correct answer Three years
Example of IS helping HR - ✔✔ correct answer Monthly payroll
Playboys Produced Hotdogs Since Nutritionists Died (IS) - ✔✔ correct answer People, processes,
hardware, software, networks, and data
Hotdogs Since Nutritionists Died (IT = Sub of IS) - ✔✔ correct answer Hardware, software, networks and
data
Information Technology is a subset of ______ - ✔✔ correct answer Information Systems
HTTP - ✔✔ correct answer Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the communications protocol at the foundation
of all communication of the World Wide Web
HTTPS - ✔✔ correct answer Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, which uses HTTP as well as technologies
such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt and decrypt data
between the user and Web server
