WGU C724 PRACTICE TEST QUESTION BANK
WITH ANSWER KEY
◉ Hard Data Network System Security Ecommerce (IS elements)
Answer: Hardware and Software, Data Resource Mgmt, Network,
Systems and Decisions, Security and Ethics, Ecommerce and Social
Meida
◉ System that accepts input data and processes it into information
as output
Answer: Information System
◉ Information that have been organized to provide value to an
organization
Answer: Data
◉ Information systems accept _____ as input and process it into ______
as output.
Answer: data,information
◉ The primary component categories that make up a Computer-
based Information System (CBIS)
,Answer: (PPHSND) people, processes, hardware, software,
networks, and data
◉ Utility Software
Answer: Programs perform periodic system maintenance activities,
such as virus detection, storage space consolidation, backup and
recovery, intrusion detection, and access authentication monitoring
◉ Information systems specialists
Answer: People who develop, operate, and maintain the systems.
Specialists include programmers, systems analysts, testers,
computer operators, and other managerial IS personnel
◉ Transaction processing systems (TPS)
Answer: This system tracks the flow of daily routine transactions
that are necessary to conduct business, such as payroll or order
processing
◉ Management information systems (MIS)
Answer: This system provides first level managers with reports on
current performance and historical records to help keep an
organization running smoothly
◉ Decision-support systems (DSS)
, Answer: This system provides modeling and analytical tools that
support middle to senior managers in all aspects of the decision
making process, when problems are unique, unstructured, and not
easily specified in advance, to project potential future trends
◉ Executive information systems (EIS)
Answer: This system supports senior executives by providing
important data in the form of graphs and charts to analyze and
identify long-term trends
◉ IS 4 pyramid
Answer: TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS
◉ The IS function is _____ in structure and its success depends on its
cooperation and relationship with the other functions in an
organization
Answer: Horizontal
◉ About one third of the IS management agenda is expected to
change every _____ ______ , confirming the highly dynamic nature of
the IS management function.
Answer: Three years
◉ Example of IS helping HR
WITH ANSWER KEY
◉ Hard Data Network System Security Ecommerce (IS elements)
Answer: Hardware and Software, Data Resource Mgmt, Network,
Systems and Decisions, Security and Ethics, Ecommerce and Social
Meida
◉ System that accepts input data and processes it into information
as output
Answer: Information System
◉ Information that have been organized to provide value to an
organization
Answer: Data
◉ Information systems accept _____ as input and process it into ______
as output.
Answer: data,information
◉ The primary component categories that make up a Computer-
based Information System (CBIS)
,Answer: (PPHSND) people, processes, hardware, software,
networks, and data
◉ Utility Software
Answer: Programs perform periodic system maintenance activities,
such as virus detection, storage space consolidation, backup and
recovery, intrusion detection, and access authentication monitoring
◉ Information systems specialists
Answer: People who develop, operate, and maintain the systems.
Specialists include programmers, systems analysts, testers,
computer operators, and other managerial IS personnel
◉ Transaction processing systems (TPS)
Answer: This system tracks the flow of daily routine transactions
that are necessary to conduct business, such as payroll or order
processing
◉ Management information systems (MIS)
Answer: This system provides first level managers with reports on
current performance and historical records to help keep an
organization running smoothly
◉ Decision-support systems (DSS)
, Answer: This system provides modeling and analytical tools that
support middle to senior managers in all aspects of the decision
making process, when problems are unique, unstructured, and not
easily specified in advance, to project potential future trends
◉ Executive information systems (EIS)
Answer: This system supports senior executives by providing
important data in the form of graphs and charts to analyze and
identify long-term trends
◉ IS 4 pyramid
Answer: TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS
◉ The IS function is _____ in structure and its success depends on its
cooperation and relationship with the other functions in an
organization
Answer: Horizontal
◉ About one third of the IS management agenda is expected to
change every _____ ______ , confirming the highly dynamic nature of
the IS management function.
Answer: Three years
◉ Example of IS helping HR
