Northeastern University MIS Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
IT?
What is the purpose of IT? - (ANSWER)Information Technology
IS? - (ANSWER)Information Systems
Automation moves from...? - (ANSWER)Human side to computer side
Increasing degree of difficulty of change moves from...? - (ANSWER)Computer side to human side
Humans resist what? - (ANSWER)Change
MIS lives in the space that intersects...? - (ANSWER)Business and technology
MIS?
What is it? - (ANSWER)Management Information Systems
The oversight and control of procedures, people and all of your assets
Actors - (ANSWER)Hardware and People
Instructions - (ANSWER)Programs and Procedures
Bridge between the actor and instructions - (ANSWER)Data
Hardware and Programs - (ANSWER)Physical structure (microchip)
Software that functions within the hardware
Work together to collect data to solve problems
People - (ANSWER)Resist change
Habitual
, Northeastern University MIS Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
Data - (ANSWER)Recorded facts and figures
Must be valid and reliable
Collect data to solve problems
Problem - (ANSWER)A perceived difference between whats going on and what should be going on
knowledge - (ANSWER)The accumulation of all the facts and truths that stand the test of time
Procedure - (ANSWER)A way of doing something
Process - (ANSWER)Series of actions done in a specific order
Informative Side (Augmented Side) - (ANSWER)People use procedures to use the data to solve a
problem
Automated Side - (ANSWER)What the computer (hardware/programs) does is 99.999% accurate and
reliable
Cuts down human error
Computers don't have feelings or react emotionally
Info-technology - (ANSWER)Computer tech + Satellite Communication --> SATCOM
Important for global businesses
Nothing happens in space so no possibility for natural disaster
Moore's Law (Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel) - (ANSWER)Observation made by intel co-founder
Gorden Moore
Because of technology improvements in electric chip design and manufacturing the number of
transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months.
Things get smaller and faster
IT?
What is the purpose of IT? - (ANSWER)Information Technology
IS? - (ANSWER)Information Systems
Automation moves from...? - (ANSWER)Human side to computer side
Increasing degree of difficulty of change moves from...? - (ANSWER)Computer side to human side
Humans resist what? - (ANSWER)Change
MIS lives in the space that intersects...? - (ANSWER)Business and technology
MIS?
What is it? - (ANSWER)Management Information Systems
The oversight and control of procedures, people and all of your assets
Actors - (ANSWER)Hardware and People
Instructions - (ANSWER)Programs and Procedures
Bridge between the actor and instructions - (ANSWER)Data
Hardware and Programs - (ANSWER)Physical structure (microchip)
Software that functions within the hardware
Work together to collect data to solve problems
People - (ANSWER)Resist change
Habitual
, Northeastern University MIS Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
Data - (ANSWER)Recorded facts and figures
Must be valid and reliable
Collect data to solve problems
Problem - (ANSWER)A perceived difference between whats going on and what should be going on
knowledge - (ANSWER)The accumulation of all the facts and truths that stand the test of time
Procedure - (ANSWER)A way of doing something
Process - (ANSWER)Series of actions done in a specific order
Informative Side (Augmented Side) - (ANSWER)People use procedures to use the data to solve a
problem
Automated Side - (ANSWER)What the computer (hardware/programs) does is 99.999% accurate and
reliable
Cuts down human error
Computers don't have feelings or react emotionally
Info-technology - (ANSWER)Computer tech + Satellite Communication --> SATCOM
Important for global businesses
Nothing happens in space so no possibility for natural disaster
Moore's Law (Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel) - (ANSWER)Observation made by intel co-founder
Gorden Moore
Because of technology improvements in electric chip design and manufacturing the number of
transistors per square inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months.
Things get smaller and faster
