COMPLETE MIS 180 FINAL STUDY
GUIDE (MEADER SDSU)EXAM 2025
,internet of things - ANSWERa world where interconnected, internet-enabled
devices/"things" can collect and share data without human interaction (machine to
machine)
data - ANSWERraw facts that describe characteristics of an event or object. ex: order
date, amounts sold, phone numbers of customers
knowledge - ANSWERskills, experience, and expertise, coupled with information and
intelligence that creates a person's intellectual resources. (knowing what to do with
data/info)
functional business areas - ANSWER- sales
- marketing
- accounting
- finance
- operations
- human resources
sales - ANSWERdeals with customer data, sales report, commission data
marketing - ANSWERdeals with promotional data, sales data, advertising data
accounting - ANSWERdeals with transactional data, purchasing data, payroll data,
taxation data
finance - ANSWERdeals with investment data, monetary data, reporting data
operations - ANSWERdeals with manufacturing data, distribution data, production data
human resources - ANSWERdeals with employee data, promotion data, vacation data
parts of a business information system - ANSWER- people
- hardware
- software
- data
- networks
stakeholders - ANSWERa person or group that has an interest or concern in an
organization
interests of stakeholders - ANSWERpartners/suppliers - contracts/production
shareholders/investors - maximize profits, grow market share
, community - associations, ethical recycling, increase employment
employees - fair compensation, job security, ethical treatment
customers - exceptional customer service, high quality products, ethical dealing
government - coherence to laws/regulations, increase employment, ethical taxation
reporting
system - ANSWERan organized purposeful structure that consists of interrelated, and
interdependent elements
all _____ have a purpose or a goal
all _____ at their core, have processes
7 parts of a system - ANSWER1) inputs
2) processes (that transform inputs)
3) outputs
4) controls
5) feedback
6) purpose/function that guides controls
7) time
5 parts of a process - ANSWER1) inputs
2) processes
3) outputs
4) feedback
5) control
process - ANSWER- looks for a particular end goal
- performance can be measured
system - ANSWER- does not always produce a particular end
- performance can't always be measured
what computers are good at - ANSWER- high speed, high volume, numerical
computation
- fast, accurate, inexpensive communication within and between organizations
- storing huge amount of information in an easy to access, yet small space
- quick and inexpensive access to vast amounts of information, worldwide
what computers are bad at - ANSWER- asking novel questions
- thinking creatively
- seeing patterns across non-digital data
- handling poorly structured, and open ended tasks
GUIDE (MEADER SDSU)EXAM 2025
,internet of things - ANSWERa world where interconnected, internet-enabled
devices/"things" can collect and share data without human interaction (machine to
machine)
data - ANSWERraw facts that describe characteristics of an event or object. ex: order
date, amounts sold, phone numbers of customers
knowledge - ANSWERskills, experience, and expertise, coupled with information and
intelligence that creates a person's intellectual resources. (knowing what to do with
data/info)
functional business areas - ANSWER- sales
- marketing
- accounting
- finance
- operations
- human resources
sales - ANSWERdeals with customer data, sales report, commission data
marketing - ANSWERdeals with promotional data, sales data, advertising data
accounting - ANSWERdeals with transactional data, purchasing data, payroll data,
taxation data
finance - ANSWERdeals with investment data, monetary data, reporting data
operations - ANSWERdeals with manufacturing data, distribution data, production data
human resources - ANSWERdeals with employee data, promotion data, vacation data
parts of a business information system - ANSWER- people
- hardware
- software
- data
- networks
stakeholders - ANSWERa person or group that has an interest or concern in an
organization
interests of stakeholders - ANSWERpartners/suppliers - contracts/production
shareholders/investors - maximize profits, grow market share
, community - associations, ethical recycling, increase employment
employees - fair compensation, job security, ethical treatment
customers - exceptional customer service, high quality products, ethical dealing
government - coherence to laws/regulations, increase employment, ethical taxation
reporting
system - ANSWERan organized purposeful structure that consists of interrelated, and
interdependent elements
all _____ have a purpose or a goal
all _____ at their core, have processes
7 parts of a system - ANSWER1) inputs
2) processes (that transform inputs)
3) outputs
4) controls
5) feedback
6) purpose/function that guides controls
7) time
5 parts of a process - ANSWER1) inputs
2) processes
3) outputs
4) feedback
5) control
process - ANSWER- looks for a particular end goal
- performance can be measured
system - ANSWER- does not always produce a particular end
- performance can't always be measured
what computers are good at - ANSWER- high speed, high volume, numerical
computation
- fast, accurate, inexpensive communication within and between organizations
- storing huge amount of information in an easy to access, yet small space
- quick and inexpensive access to vast amounts of information, worldwide
what computers are bad at - ANSWER- asking novel questions
- thinking creatively
- seeing patterns across non-digital data
- handling poorly structured, and open ended tasks
