CIS 2200 FINAL EXAM CORRECT 100%
Metadata - ANSWER Details about data.
Primary key - ANSWER A field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given entity
in a table.
Entity - ANSWER A person, place, thing, transaction, or event about which information
is stored.
Attribute - ANSWER The data elements associated with an entity.
Disruptive technology - ANSWER A new way of doing things that initially does not meet
the needs of existing customers.
Sustaining technology - ANSWER Produces an improved product customers are
eager to buy, such as a faster car or larger hard drive.
Data - ANSWER Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event or object.
Information - ANSWER Data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
Knowledge - ANSWER Skills, experience, and expertise coupled with information and
intelligence that creates a person's intellectual resources.
Systems thinking - ANSWER A way of monitoring the entire system by viewing multiple
inputs being processed or transformed to produce outputs while continuously gathering
feedback on each part.
Buyer power - ANSWER The ability of buyers to affect the price of an item.
Supplier power - ANSWER The suppliers' ability to influence the prices they charge for
supplies.
Value chain analysis - ANSWER Views a firm as a series of business processes that
each add value to the product or service.
Foreign key - ANSWER A primary key of one table that appears an attribute in another
table and acts to provide a logical relationship among the two tables.
Data element - ANSWER The smallest or basic unit of information.
Systems development life cycle (SDLC) - ANSWER The overall process for developing
information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and
maintenance.
Metadata - ANSWER Details about data.
Primary key - ANSWER A field (or group of fields) that uniquely identifies a given entity
in a table.
Entity - ANSWER A person, place, thing, transaction, or event about which information
is stored.
Attribute - ANSWER The data elements associated with an entity.
Disruptive technology - ANSWER A new way of doing things that initially does not meet
the needs of existing customers.
Sustaining technology - ANSWER Produces an improved product customers are
eager to buy, such as a faster car or larger hard drive.
Data - ANSWER Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event or object.
Information - ANSWER Data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
Knowledge - ANSWER Skills, experience, and expertise coupled with information and
intelligence that creates a person's intellectual resources.
Systems thinking - ANSWER A way of monitoring the entire system by viewing multiple
inputs being processed or transformed to produce outputs while continuously gathering
feedback on each part.
Buyer power - ANSWER The ability of buyers to affect the price of an item.
Supplier power - ANSWER The suppliers' ability to influence the prices they charge for
supplies.
Value chain analysis - ANSWER Views a firm as a series of business processes that
each add value to the product or service.
Foreign key - ANSWER A primary key of one table that appears an attribute in another
table and acts to provide a logical relationship among the two tables.
Data element - ANSWER The smallest or basic unit of information.
Systems development life cycle (SDLC) - ANSWER The overall process for developing
information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and
maintenance.
