ISTM 210 TAMU EXAM 1 (PROF.
PHINNEY)
ISTM 210 TAMU EXAM 1 (PROF. PHINNEY) WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
1837 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Year telegraphs were invented
Paul Reuters - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Used homing pigeons in
the 1840s to quickly get accurate business information
People - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The most important factor of
Business Information Technology
People, tools, best practice, and critical thinking - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ The four factors of successful implementation of
business technology
,Gordon Moore - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Founder of Intel
Moore's Law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ "Computer processing
power doubles every 18 months"
Leader/First Adapter - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ First person
(business) to adopt new technology; might give them a temporary edge
continue - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Amazon is so successful
because they _________________ to lead and adapt
Follower - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Person or business that waits to
see what works before investing in new technology
Super-Computer - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Large computing
hardware; mostly used for large-scale research, not really used in
business
End-users - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ People that use computers
Competency - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The knowledge that enables
a person to understand something
Attitude - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Plays a pivotal role toward
gaining computer competency; it should be thought of as a tool with
boundaries that are only limited by the user's imagination and ingenuity
, critical thinking - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ "Individuals with the
capacity for ______________________ have the humility to understand
that a task can always be done better"
Best Practice - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A management process,
technique, or method that is most effective at arriving at a desired
outcome
Application - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A program with a practical
use and an expected outcome
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Law that
attempts to protect investors from accounting and reporting fraud
Midrange Computers - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Smaller in physical
size than mainframes, but essentially perform the same function; used by
companies that can't afford large mainframes
Personal Digital Assistant - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Handheld
computers; compact but far less powerful than desktops or laptops
Hardware - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The physical part of the
computer
PHINNEY)
ISTM 210 TAMU EXAM 1 (PROF. PHINNEY) WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
1837 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Year telegraphs were invented
Paul Reuters - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Used homing pigeons in
the 1840s to quickly get accurate business information
People - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The most important factor of
Business Information Technology
People, tools, best practice, and critical thinking - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ The four factors of successful implementation of
business technology
,Gordon Moore - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Founder of Intel
Moore's Law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ "Computer processing
power doubles every 18 months"
Leader/First Adapter - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ First person
(business) to adopt new technology; might give them a temporary edge
continue - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Amazon is so successful
because they _________________ to lead and adapt
Follower - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Person or business that waits to
see what works before investing in new technology
Super-Computer - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Large computing
hardware; mostly used for large-scale research, not really used in
business
End-users - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ People that use computers
Competency - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The knowledge that enables
a person to understand something
Attitude - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Plays a pivotal role toward
gaining computer competency; it should be thought of as a tool with
boundaries that are only limited by the user's imagination and ingenuity
, critical thinking - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ "Individuals with the
capacity for ______________________ have the humility to understand
that a task can always be done better"
Best Practice - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A management process,
technique, or method that is most effective at arriving at a desired
outcome
Application - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A program with a practical
use and an expected outcome
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Law that
attempts to protect investors from accounting and reporting fraud
Midrange Computers - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Smaller in physical
size than mainframes, but essentially perform the same function; used by
companies that can't afford large mainframes
Personal Digital Assistant - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Handheld
computers; compact but far less powerful than desktops or laptops
Hardware - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The physical part of the
computer
