BMGT 403 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Information system - CORRECT ANSWER - arrangement of people, data, processes and
information technology that interact to collect process and store an output of information needed
to support an organization
(broader term to describe every firms information system)
information technology - CORRECT ANSWER - refers to the specific computer
technology hardware and software along with the telecommunications technology such as data
and images
Systems analysts role - CORRECT ANSWER - apply information technology to an
information system to solve organizational needs and business problems
agent of change to show system owners and systems users how this IT in the IS would benefit
their business
the system must be "right" and developed in an "effective" way
skills of system analyst - CORRECT ANSWER - must know the existing and emerging
information technologies and implementation techniques to provide "right" solution
need to be proficient in one or more high-level programming languages (SQL)
need to have general business knowledge (bottom-line profit) -
communicate with business experts (single biggest determinate of success) - interpersonal skills
to deal with people of dramatically different levels of education
, flexibility and adaptability - adapt to special challenges, all projects are unique
acquire through college courses. professional seminar, corporate training
IT topic: data storage - CORRECT ANSWER - relational DBMS (ERD), the cloud
IT topic: Data and information dissemination - CORRECT ANSWER -
telecommunications networking (data flow in between processes)
IT topic: Data processing - CORRECT ANSWER - Client/server computing architecture
IT topic: computer programming - CORRECT ANSWER - object oriented technology
systems analysts link the business users (needs) and the computer programmers (information
technology)
visual programming and object oriented programming dominate
IT topic: Systems development technologies - CORRECT ANSWER - RAD
IT topic: User Interface - CORRECT ANSWER - GUI
Systems Analyst problem-solver - CORRECT ANSWER - problems - real or anticipated
require corrective action
opportunities - improve situation
Directives - changes imposed by government or major customer/ supplier
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Information system - CORRECT ANSWER - arrangement of people, data, processes and
information technology that interact to collect process and store an output of information needed
to support an organization
(broader term to describe every firms information system)
information technology - CORRECT ANSWER - refers to the specific computer
technology hardware and software along with the telecommunications technology such as data
and images
Systems analysts role - CORRECT ANSWER - apply information technology to an
information system to solve organizational needs and business problems
agent of change to show system owners and systems users how this IT in the IS would benefit
their business
the system must be "right" and developed in an "effective" way
skills of system analyst - CORRECT ANSWER - must know the existing and emerging
information technologies and implementation techniques to provide "right" solution
need to be proficient in one or more high-level programming languages (SQL)
need to have general business knowledge (bottom-line profit) -
communicate with business experts (single biggest determinate of success) - interpersonal skills
to deal with people of dramatically different levels of education
, flexibility and adaptability - adapt to special challenges, all projects are unique
acquire through college courses. professional seminar, corporate training
IT topic: data storage - CORRECT ANSWER - relational DBMS (ERD), the cloud
IT topic: Data and information dissemination - CORRECT ANSWER -
telecommunications networking (data flow in between processes)
IT topic: Data processing - CORRECT ANSWER - Client/server computing architecture
IT topic: computer programming - CORRECT ANSWER - object oriented technology
systems analysts link the business users (needs) and the computer programmers (information
technology)
visual programming and object oriented programming dominate
IT topic: Systems development technologies - CORRECT ANSWER - RAD
IT topic: User Interface - CORRECT ANSWER - GUI
Systems Analyst problem-solver - CORRECT ANSWER - problems - real or anticipated
require corrective action
opportunities - improve situation
Directives - changes imposed by government or major customer/ supplier
