CIS 304 MODULE 1 CIS 304 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY
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What is a system? - (ANSWER)A set of interacting or interdependent component parts forming a
complex, intricate whole
What is data? - (ANSWER)Unprocessed information
What is information? - (ANSWER)Processed data that is useful
What is knowledge? - (ANSWER)Information in the context that can be acted upon
DIKW Model - (ANSWER)refers loosely to a class of models for representing purported structural and/or
functional relationships between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom
What is an information system? - (ANSWER)A system designed and used to collect, store, process, and
distribute data
5 components of information systems? - (ANSWER)Hardware, Software, Data, Procedures, People
What is an organization? - (ANSWER)A group of people that coordinate their work to accomplish a goal
and have the ability to communicate when completing their goal
What is the primary objective of any business organization? - (ANSWER)To maximize value for the
shareholders
What is a project? - (ANSWER)A business project is a temporary, unique set of interrelated activities
planned and executed to achieve a goal
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What is a process? - (ANSWER)A stable combination of recurring cross-functional sets of tasks that
converts into outputs
What is a business model? - (ANSWER)A way by an organization creates, delivers, and captures value.
Describes how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value, in economic, social, cultural or
other contexts
What 2 fundamental ways can business organizations use information systems to transform themselves
and gain competitive advantage? - (ANSWER)1. Find opportunities to improve, 2. Keep better track of
data
Efficiency - (ANSWER)How much planned input per unit of actual input
PI / AI
Effectiveness - (ANSWER)How much actual output produced per unit of expected output.
AO / PO
Productivity - (ANSWER)The amount of actual output per unit of actual input.
AO / AI
What is a strategy? - (ANSWER)A general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under
conditions of uncertainty
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What is business infrastructure? - (ANSWER)The basic physical systems of an organization (business).
The actual objects of the architecture.
What is enterprise architecture? - (ANSWER)Analytical discipline that provides methods to
comprehensively define, organize, standardize, and document an organization's structure and
interrelationships in terms of certain critical business domains characterizing the entity under analysis.
The blueprint of the infrastructure we want to create.
What is the relationship between strategy, architecture, and infrastructure? - (ANSWER)Strategy is the
plan to complete a task.
Architecture is the blueprint for completing those strategies.
Infrastructure is the actual physical system for completing those strategies.
What is enterprise architecture framework? - (ANSWER)Defines how to create and use an enterprise
architecture. Provides principles and practices for creating and using the architecture description of a
system.
What is a platform? - (ANSWER)???
What are components of IT infrastructure? - (ANSWER)???
What are layers of architecture? - (ANSWER)???
Presentation, business, persistence, database
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What are types of architecture? - (ANSWER)???
business, application, data, technology architectures
???
What is centralized architecture? - (ANSWER)the traditional database system where all database
functionality, data, application program and user interface processing are located on one central
machine.
Think of a skyscraper.
What is decentralized architecture? - (ANSWER)A database where functionality, data, application
program and user interface processing is connected through multiple machines.
What is service-oriented architecture (SOA)? - (ANSWER)When a company rents the infrastructure that
they already own to people who don't own but want to use.
What is an architectural principle? - (ANSWER)???
What are the key properties of enterprise architecture? What do they mean? - (ANSWER)???
What is the functional structure of an enterprise? - (ANSWER)???
What are four essential business functions necessary for EVERY business organization? -
(ANSWER)Procurement, Production, Sales/Marketing/Fulfillment, Accouting/Finance
GRADED A+
What is a system? - (ANSWER)A set of interacting or interdependent component parts forming a
complex, intricate whole
What is data? - (ANSWER)Unprocessed information
What is information? - (ANSWER)Processed data that is useful
What is knowledge? - (ANSWER)Information in the context that can be acted upon
DIKW Model - (ANSWER)refers loosely to a class of models for representing purported structural and/or
functional relationships between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom
What is an information system? - (ANSWER)A system designed and used to collect, store, process, and
distribute data
5 components of information systems? - (ANSWER)Hardware, Software, Data, Procedures, People
What is an organization? - (ANSWER)A group of people that coordinate their work to accomplish a goal
and have the ability to communicate when completing their goal
What is the primary objective of any business organization? - (ANSWER)To maximize value for the
shareholders
What is a project? - (ANSWER)A business project is a temporary, unique set of interrelated activities
planned and executed to achieve a goal
,CIS 304 MODULE 1 CIS 304 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
What is a process? - (ANSWER)A stable combination of recurring cross-functional sets of tasks that
converts into outputs
What is a business model? - (ANSWER)A way by an organization creates, delivers, and captures value.
Describes how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value, in economic, social, cultural or
other contexts
What 2 fundamental ways can business organizations use information systems to transform themselves
and gain competitive advantage? - (ANSWER)1. Find opportunities to improve, 2. Keep better track of
data
Efficiency - (ANSWER)How much planned input per unit of actual input
PI / AI
Effectiveness - (ANSWER)How much actual output produced per unit of expected output.
AO / PO
Productivity - (ANSWER)The amount of actual output per unit of actual input.
AO / AI
What is a strategy? - (ANSWER)A general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under
conditions of uncertainty
,CIS 304 MODULE 1 CIS 304 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
What is business infrastructure? - (ANSWER)The basic physical systems of an organization (business).
The actual objects of the architecture.
What is enterprise architecture? - (ANSWER)Analytical discipline that provides methods to
comprehensively define, organize, standardize, and document an organization's structure and
interrelationships in terms of certain critical business domains characterizing the entity under analysis.
The blueprint of the infrastructure we want to create.
What is the relationship between strategy, architecture, and infrastructure? - (ANSWER)Strategy is the
plan to complete a task.
Architecture is the blueprint for completing those strategies.
Infrastructure is the actual physical system for completing those strategies.
What is enterprise architecture framework? - (ANSWER)Defines how to create and use an enterprise
architecture. Provides principles and practices for creating and using the architecture description of a
system.
What is a platform? - (ANSWER)???
What are components of IT infrastructure? - (ANSWER)???
What are layers of architecture? - (ANSWER)???
Presentation, business, persistence, database
, CIS 304 MODULE 1 CIS 304 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
???
What are types of architecture? - (ANSWER)???
business, application, data, technology architectures
???
What is centralized architecture? - (ANSWER)the traditional database system where all database
functionality, data, application program and user interface processing are located on one central
machine.
Think of a skyscraper.
What is decentralized architecture? - (ANSWER)A database where functionality, data, application
program and user interface processing is connected through multiple machines.
What is service-oriented architecture (SOA)? - (ANSWER)When a company rents the infrastructure that
they already own to people who don't own but want to use.
What is an architectural principle? - (ANSWER)???
What are the key properties of enterprise architecture? What do they mean? - (ANSWER)???
What is the functional structure of an enterprise? - (ANSWER)???
What are four essential business functions necessary for EVERY business organization? -
(ANSWER)Procurement, Production, Sales/Marketing/Fulfillment, Accouting/Finance
