MSIS 2103 CORE EXAM SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔the language of the computer - ✔✔binary, 0 and 1, which is called a bit
✔✔byte - ✔✔8 bits
✔✔the size of data is measured in - ✔✔bytes
✔✔Kilobyte - ✔✔1024 bytes (2^10)
✔✔megabyte - ✔✔1024 kilobytes (2^20)
✔✔gigabyte - ✔✔1024 megabytes (2^30)
✔✔terabyte - ✔✔1024 gigabytes (20^40)
✔✔petabyte - ✔✔1024 terabytes (20^50)
✔✔Computers consist of - ✔✔hardware and software
✔✔Hardware - ✔✔consists of input devices, computing devices (chips), and out put
devices.
✔✔application software - ✔✔end user programs such as a browser, word processing
software and spread sheet software.
✔✔Most smart phones have more computing power than was on - ✔✔the first nasa
shuttle
✔✔software - ✔✔computer coded application
✔✔Operating system - ✔✔software that supports a computer's basic functions such as
scheduling tasks, executing applications and controlling peripherals
✔✔Most businesses use - ✔✔windows
✔✔Windows and iOS - ✔✔closed source operating systems
✔✔closed source operating system - ✔✔only the company that made the software can
see the program source code and change it
✔✔Open source operating system - ✔✔anyone can see the program code and modify it
, ✔✔examples of open source - ✔✔Linux
R
Android
chromium
firefox
apache
apache cassandra
✔✔Advantages of open source - ✔✔free
you can add new or different functions
many different programmers work on open source projects and share their
improvements
✔✔google supports - ✔✔R
✔✔Facebook developed - ✔✔Cassandra
✔✔IBM supports - ✔✔Apache
✔✔Most businesses use what system - ✔✔enterprise system
✔✔enterprise system - ✔✔single system that supports all of the business applications
on a single database
✔✔3 main types of enterprise systems - ✔✔SCM (supply chain management)
ERP (enterprise resource planning)
CRM (customer relationship management)
✔✔Because businesses rely on computer systems - ✔✔MIS graduates are in high
demand and command the highest average starting salaries of any business school
graduate
✔✔loT - ✔✔internet of things
these smart devices include: thermostats, fridges, door locks, voice activated speakers,
and security systems
✔✔a computer network - ✔✔system of interconnected devices
✔✔The network carries data from one point to another - ✔✔from the beginning device
to the end device.
✔✔The data is routed through - ✔✔switches and routers
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔the language of the computer - ✔✔binary, 0 and 1, which is called a bit
✔✔byte - ✔✔8 bits
✔✔the size of data is measured in - ✔✔bytes
✔✔Kilobyte - ✔✔1024 bytes (2^10)
✔✔megabyte - ✔✔1024 kilobytes (2^20)
✔✔gigabyte - ✔✔1024 megabytes (2^30)
✔✔terabyte - ✔✔1024 gigabytes (20^40)
✔✔petabyte - ✔✔1024 terabytes (20^50)
✔✔Computers consist of - ✔✔hardware and software
✔✔Hardware - ✔✔consists of input devices, computing devices (chips), and out put
devices.
✔✔application software - ✔✔end user programs such as a browser, word processing
software and spread sheet software.
✔✔Most smart phones have more computing power than was on - ✔✔the first nasa
shuttle
✔✔software - ✔✔computer coded application
✔✔Operating system - ✔✔software that supports a computer's basic functions such as
scheduling tasks, executing applications and controlling peripherals
✔✔Most businesses use - ✔✔windows
✔✔Windows and iOS - ✔✔closed source operating systems
✔✔closed source operating system - ✔✔only the company that made the software can
see the program source code and change it
✔✔Open source operating system - ✔✔anyone can see the program code and modify it
, ✔✔examples of open source - ✔✔Linux
R
Android
chromium
firefox
apache
apache cassandra
✔✔Advantages of open source - ✔✔free
you can add new or different functions
many different programmers work on open source projects and share their
improvements
✔✔google supports - ✔✔R
✔✔Facebook developed - ✔✔Cassandra
✔✔IBM supports - ✔✔Apache
✔✔Most businesses use what system - ✔✔enterprise system
✔✔enterprise system - ✔✔single system that supports all of the business applications
on a single database
✔✔3 main types of enterprise systems - ✔✔SCM (supply chain management)
ERP (enterprise resource planning)
CRM (customer relationship management)
✔✔Because businesses rely on computer systems - ✔✔MIS graduates are in high
demand and command the highest average starting salaries of any business school
graduate
✔✔loT - ✔✔internet of things
these smart devices include: thermostats, fridges, door locks, voice activated speakers,
and security systems
✔✔a computer network - ✔✔system of interconnected devices
✔✔The network carries data from one point to another - ✔✔from the beginning device
to the end device.
✔✔The data is routed through - ✔✔switches and routers
