MSIS 2103 ACTUAL 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Japan, South Korea, and the UK. THEY LOVE NEW TECHNOLOGY which means
more purchases with technology - ✔✔M-commerce highest in...
✔✔1. Amazon
2. Etsy
3. Walmart
4. Alibaba and AliExpress
5. Lush
6. Showpo
7. Nike
8. Hobbycraft
9. Gifts.com - ✔✔Top 9 M-commerce websites in 2024
✔✔Customer Reach - ✔✔advantage of e-commerce. company can reach new
customers in new markets. Physical stores = limited, online stores/websites= unlimited.
Mobile technologies create opportunities for start-ups.
✔✔Search engine optimization - ✔✔leverages social media, provides fresh content, and
uses targeted advertising to draw customers to a site. reach target audience. social
media presence.
✔✔authentication technologies - ✔✔used by many organizations to confirm the identity
of a user requesting access
✔✔digital certificate - ✔✔attachment to an e-mail message or data embedded in a Web
site that verifies the identity of a sender or Web site
✔✔Certificate authority (CA) - ✔✔trusted third-party organization or company that
issues digital certificates
✔✔public cloud computing environment - ✔✔A computing environment in which a
service provider organization owns and manages the infrastructure (including
computing, networking, storage devices, and support personnel) with cloud user
organizations (called tenants) accessing slices of shared resources via the internet.
✔✔reduced costs, flexible computing capacity, and increased redundancy in the event
of a disaster - ✔✔benefits of public cloud computing
✔✔elasticity - ✔✔The ability to quickly increase or decrease available cloud resources
, ✔✔cloud service provider (CSP) market - ✔✔amazon, microsoft, and google are the big
ones
✔✔complex pricing arrangements, wide variations in performance over time,
inadequate data security, vendor lock-in - ✔✔Issues with public cloud computing
✔✔Multicloud - ✔✔The use of more than one cloud service provider to support
applications.
✔✔private cloud computing environment - ✔✔A single tenant cloud. resources not
shared with other tenants. don't want data in public cloud. Can be on-prem (managed
by organization of CSP) and virtual private cloud types.
✔✔Internet of Things (IoT) - ✔✔network of physical objects embedded with sensors,
processors, software, and network connectivity capability to enable them to exchange
data. Essentially, computers attached to noncomputer devices.
✔✔Wearable devices, automated homes, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities
(doorbells, fitness monitors, digital assistants, refrigerators, clocks, cameras, baby
monitors, lights , A/C and Heat, etc.) - ✔✔examples of IoT
✔✔smart city - ✔✔uses data from smart devices combined with artificial intelligence to
improve its infrastructure
✔✔1. reduce costs to achieve a competitive advantage- monitor production
2. deepen the organization's understanding of consumer preferences and behaviors-
collect, monitor, and analyze data
3. improve customer service and experience- mobile card readers makes it easy
4. improve workplace safety- wristband monitors - ✔✔business benefits of IoT
✔✔Potential issues with IoT applications - ✔✔many issues with the receipt and usability
of sensor data.
Security is a very major issue. Bad network connection.
✔✔innovation - ✔✔The application of new ideas to the products, processes, and
activities of a firm, leading to increased value.
✔✔most innovative products today - ✔✔generative AI, blockchain and digital ledgers,
no-code and low-code environments, 6G cellular networks, quantum computing, and
metaverse (VR and AR)
✔✔sustaining innovation - ✔✔Enhancements to existing products, services, and ways
of operating.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Japan, South Korea, and the UK. THEY LOVE NEW TECHNOLOGY which means
more purchases with technology - ✔✔M-commerce highest in...
✔✔1. Amazon
2. Etsy
3. Walmart
4. Alibaba and AliExpress
5. Lush
6. Showpo
7. Nike
8. Hobbycraft
9. Gifts.com - ✔✔Top 9 M-commerce websites in 2024
✔✔Customer Reach - ✔✔advantage of e-commerce. company can reach new
customers in new markets. Physical stores = limited, online stores/websites= unlimited.
Mobile technologies create opportunities for start-ups.
✔✔Search engine optimization - ✔✔leverages social media, provides fresh content, and
uses targeted advertising to draw customers to a site. reach target audience. social
media presence.
✔✔authentication technologies - ✔✔used by many organizations to confirm the identity
of a user requesting access
✔✔digital certificate - ✔✔attachment to an e-mail message or data embedded in a Web
site that verifies the identity of a sender or Web site
✔✔Certificate authority (CA) - ✔✔trusted third-party organization or company that
issues digital certificates
✔✔public cloud computing environment - ✔✔A computing environment in which a
service provider organization owns and manages the infrastructure (including
computing, networking, storage devices, and support personnel) with cloud user
organizations (called tenants) accessing slices of shared resources via the internet.
✔✔reduced costs, flexible computing capacity, and increased redundancy in the event
of a disaster - ✔✔benefits of public cloud computing
✔✔elasticity - ✔✔The ability to quickly increase or decrease available cloud resources
, ✔✔cloud service provider (CSP) market - ✔✔amazon, microsoft, and google are the big
ones
✔✔complex pricing arrangements, wide variations in performance over time,
inadequate data security, vendor lock-in - ✔✔Issues with public cloud computing
✔✔Multicloud - ✔✔The use of more than one cloud service provider to support
applications.
✔✔private cloud computing environment - ✔✔A single tenant cloud. resources not
shared with other tenants. don't want data in public cloud. Can be on-prem (managed
by organization of CSP) and virtual private cloud types.
✔✔Internet of Things (IoT) - ✔✔network of physical objects embedded with sensors,
processors, software, and network connectivity capability to enable them to exchange
data. Essentially, computers attached to noncomputer devices.
✔✔Wearable devices, automated homes, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities
(doorbells, fitness monitors, digital assistants, refrigerators, clocks, cameras, baby
monitors, lights , A/C and Heat, etc.) - ✔✔examples of IoT
✔✔smart city - ✔✔uses data from smart devices combined with artificial intelligence to
improve its infrastructure
✔✔1. reduce costs to achieve a competitive advantage- monitor production
2. deepen the organization's understanding of consumer preferences and behaviors-
collect, monitor, and analyze data
3. improve customer service and experience- mobile card readers makes it easy
4. improve workplace safety- wristband monitors - ✔✔business benefits of IoT
✔✔Potential issues with IoT applications - ✔✔many issues with the receipt and usability
of sensor data.
Security is a very major issue. Bad network connection.
✔✔innovation - ✔✔The application of new ideas to the products, processes, and
activities of a firm, leading to increased value.
✔✔most innovative products today - ✔✔generative AI, blockchain and digital ledgers,
no-code and low-code environments, 6G cellular networks, quantum computing, and
metaverse (VR and AR)
✔✔sustaining innovation - ✔✔Enhancements to existing products, services, and ways
of operating.
