BIS 235 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Difference between IT and IS - Answers - Information technology: Hardware, Software
and media used to store, organize, retrieve and communicate information
Information System: organized combination of hardware, software, infrastructure, data
and people used to accomplish objective
DIK Hierarchy - Answers - DIK Hierarchy: data becomes information that you
understand, information becomes knowledge, knowledge becomes wisdom
Information Literacy - Answers - Know when information is needed. Be able to locate,
evaluate and effectively use that information. How do you use Info on a daily basis?
What would happen if you had bad info? What impact would that bad info have on your
decision-making?
Business uses of information - Answers - Communication, Support processes, Decision
making, Some businesses also use info as a product.
Business Process - Answers - set of coordinated activities that lead to a specific goal or
outcome
System - Answers - set of interacting components, working together to form a complex,
integrated whole in order to achieve some goal by taking inputs and processing then to
produce
Open system - Answers - interacts with its environment.
Equifinality: many different potential paths to the final outcome.
Fault tolerance: should some system fail, another system will take over
Components of IS - Answers - Input: collection of data and their conversation into a
form that allows processing
Processing: manipulation and transformation of data.
Storage: holding place for data so that they can be retrieved at a later time
Output: transformation of processed data into a form that can be understood by its
eventual user
Control: enforcement of of correct processing procedures
Elements of an IS: Data, hardware software, media, procedures, people
Difference between IT and IS - Answers - Information technology: Hardware, Software
and media used to store, organize, retrieve and communicate information
Information System: organized combination of hardware, software, infrastructure, data
and people used to accomplish objective
DIK Hierarchy - Answers - DIK Hierarchy: data becomes information that you
understand, information becomes knowledge, knowledge becomes wisdom
Information Literacy - Answers - Know when information is needed. Be able to locate,
evaluate and effectively use that information. How do you use Info on a daily basis?
What would happen if you had bad info? What impact would that bad info have on your
decision-making?
Business uses of information - Answers - Communication, Support processes, Decision
making, Some businesses also use info as a product.
Business Process - Answers - set of coordinated activities that lead to a specific goal or
outcome
System - Answers - set of interacting components, working together to form a complex,
integrated whole in order to achieve some goal by taking inputs and processing then to
produce
Open system - Answers - interacts with its environment.
Equifinality: many different potential paths to the final outcome.
Fault tolerance: should some system fail, another system will take over
Components of IS - Answers - Input: collection of data and their conversation into a
form that allows processing
Processing: manipulation and transformation of data.
Storage: holding place for data so that they can be retrieved at a later time
Output: transformation of processed data into a form that can be understood by its
eventual user
Control: enforcement of of correct processing procedures
Elements of an IS: Data, hardware software, media, procedures, people
