Mis 200 Exam 1 (UA) |Questions and
Answers
What is Information age? - -production, distribution, control of information
are the primary economic drivers
- What is Digital revolution? - -conversion from mechanical/ analog devices
to digital services
- Bell's Law - -new class of computers establishes a new industry each
decade
- Moore's law - -the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated
chip doubles every 18 months.
- Metcalfe's Law - -The value of a network is equal to the square of the
number of users connected to it
- Nielsen's Law - -Network connection speeds for high-end users will
increase by 50% per year.
- Kryder's Law - -the storage density on magnetic disks is increasing at an
exponential rate
- what are the four non routine skills - -abstract reasoning, systems
thinking, collaboration, and ability to experiment
- Technology skills gap - -High level of tech skills demanded by employers
and low level of tech skills held by employees
- what are the five components of information systems? (short answer) - -
hardware, software, data, procedures, and people. computer side =
hardware and software. Actors = Hardware and people. Instructions =
software and procedures. Human side = Procedures and people. Data =
bridge. Automation moves work from human side to computer side.
- organizational strategy determines information systems: - -Industry
structure - competitive strategy - value chains - business processes -
information systems
- One of the Industry structure five forces: bargaining power of customers
(short answer and multiple choice) - -example: your power over the
procedures and policies of your university
Answers
What is Information age? - -production, distribution, control of information
are the primary economic drivers
- What is Digital revolution? - -conversion from mechanical/ analog devices
to digital services
- Bell's Law - -new class of computers establishes a new industry each
decade
- Moore's law - -the number of transistors per square inch on an integrated
chip doubles every 18 months.
- Metcalfe's Law - -The value of a network is equal to the square of the
number of users connected to it
- Nielsen's Law - -Network connection speeds for high-end users will
increase by 50% per year.
- Kryder's Law - -the storage density on magnetic disks is increasing at an
exponential rate
- what are the four non routine skills - -abstract reasoning, systems
thinking, collaboration, and ability to experiment
- Technology skills gap - -High level of tech skills demanded by employers
and low level of tech skills held by employees
- what are the five components of information systems? (short answer) - -
hardware, software, data, procedures, and people. computer side =
hardware and software. Actors = Hardware and people. Instructions =
software and procedures. Human side = Procedures and people. Data =
bridge. Automation moves work from human side to computer side.
- organizational strategy determines information systems: - -Industry
structure - competitive strategy - value chains - business processes -
information systems
- One of the Industry structure five forces: bargaining power of customers
(short answer and multiple choice) - -example: your power over the
procedures and policies of your university
