MIS 180 Exam 1 Study Guide 2024/2025
1. Be able to explain how Wittgenstein's Forms of Life and Language Games are useful in
conducting a successful search. -- Correct Answer --Form of Life = the set of
interpretations an individual has as a result of their profession or personal experience
Language Games = the way people use words based on the situation (car crash v. accident
v. etc)
2. Be able to tell me what these fields mean: "exact word or phrase", "all of these words",
"none of these words", "site or domain", "last update". In Google's Advanced Search. --
Correct Answer --"last update" = posted in time you specify
"site or domain" = .org, .edu, etc
3. Clock Speed/GHz -- Correct Answer --how many pulses per second it takes to complete 1
cpu command
4. Entropy / Obsolescence -- Correct Answer --all systems fall apart overtime if they don't
adapt
5. For data communication, what is the protocol for wifi & LAN? -- Correct Answer --wifi
= 802.11
LAN (local area network) = Ethernet
6. How do humans create applications? 4 types. -- Correct Answer --all software is created
w/ programming languages like Java, Python, C# and VisualBasic
7. How does a search engine populate its database? -- Correct Answer --the spider/bot does
, 8. How would you evaluate information in terms of its "usefulness" and "believability"? --
Correct Answer --how useful the piece of info is to what you personally are doing or
trying to figure out, believability is quite self explanatory
9. Input/Output Devices -- Correct Answer --input devices bring info into computer:
camera, microphone, track ball output devices take stuff out of computer: headphones,
speakers, printer
10. Interdependence -- Correct Answer --parts depend on each other
11. Know an example of "triangulation" and "corroboration" when you see it. -- Correct
Answer --triangulation: taking a "read" from different sources corroboration: checking
one's sources story against another
12. Know how a search engine works with these parts: spider/bot, database, user. -- Correct
Answer --spider/bot searches the web for information, puts it into the database, and we
(as users) only see the database that a certain company creates for us to see and search on
13. Know how the following relate to each other: supersystem, system, subsystem. -- Correct
Answer --(supersystem (system (subsystem) ) )
14. Know the 9 qualities dimensions of high-quality information. -- Correct Answer --
accurate, believable, complete, consistent, current, objective, relevant, timely,
understandable -ABC3ORTU
15. Know the difference between a business strategy and a business tactic. -- Correct Answer
--strategy = goal, planning to do it, large scaletactic = how are we going to actually do it,
ways to complete a strategy
16. Know the difference between bit and byte. -- Correct Answer --BInary digiT = smallest
element of data
1. Be able to explain how Wittgenstein's Forms of Life and Language Games are useful in
conducting a successful search. -- Correct Answer --Form of Life = the set of
interpretations an individual has as a result of their profession or personal experience
Language Games = the way people use words based on the situation (car crash v. accident
v. etc)
2. Be able to tell me what these fields mean: "exact word or phrase", "all of these words",
"none of these words", "site or domain", "last update". In Google's Advanced Search. --
Correct Answer --"last update" = posted in time you specify
"site or domain" = .org, .edu, etc
3. Clock Speed/GHz -- Correct Answer --how many pulses per second it takes to complete 1
cpu command
4. Entropy / Obsolescence -- Correct Answer --all systems fall apart overtime if they don't
adapt
5. For data communication, what is the protocol for wifi & LAN? -- Correct Answer --wifi
= 802.11
LAN (local area network) = Ethernet
6. How do humans create applications? 4 types. -- Correct Answer --all software is created
w/ programming languages like Java, Python, C# and VisualBasic
7. How does a search engine populate its database? -- Correct Answer --the spider/bot does
, 8. How would you evaluate information in terms of its "usefulness" and "believability"? --
Correct Answer --how useful the piece of info is to what you personally are doing or
trying to figure out, believability is quite self explanatory
9. Input/Output Devices -- Correct Answer --input devices bring info into computer:
camera, microphone, track ball output devices take stuff out of computer: headphones,
speakers, printer
10. Interdependence -- Correct Answer --parts depend on each other
11. Know an example of "triangulation" and "corroboration" when you see it. -- Correct
Answer --triangulation: taking a "read" from different sources corroboration: checking
one's sources story against another
12. Know how a search engine works with these parts: spider/bot, database, user. -- Correct
Answer --spider/bot searches the web for information, puts it into the database, and we
(as users) only see the database that a certain company creates for us to see and search on
13. Know how the following relate to each other: supersystem, system, subsystem. -- Correct
Answer --(supersystem (system (subsystem) ) )
14. Know the 9 qualities dimensions of high-quality information. -- Correct Answer --
accurate, believable, complete, consistent, current, objective, relevant, timely,
understandable -ABC3ORTU
15. Know the difference between a business strategy and a business tactic. -- Correct Answer
--strategy = goal, planning to do it, large scaletactic = how are we going to actually do it,
ways to complete a strategy
16. Know the difference between bit and byte. -- Correct Answer --BInary digiT = smallest
element of data
