Exam 1
Information technology - correct answer ✔Relates to any computer-based
tool that people use to work with information and to support the information
and information-processing needs of an organization.
hardware, software, database, network
Information system - correct answer ✔Collects, processes, stores, analyzes,
and disseminates information for a specific purpose. The purpose of
information systems has been defined as getting the right information to the
right people at the right time in the right amount and in the right format.
people, processes, machines
Flow of data - correct answer ✔Data, information, knowledge, computer
based information system
Data - correct answer ✔Unorganized information
Numbers
Letters
Figures
Sounds
Images
Information - correct answer ✔Organized data so they have meaning and
value to the recipient
GPA
Money
,Language
Knowledge - correct answer ✔Data and/or information organized and
processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and
expertise as they apply to a current business problem
Job prospects
Computer based information system - correct answer ✔Is an information
system that uses computer technology to perform some or all of its intended
tasks.
Basic IT components - correct answer ✔1) Hardware- consists of devices
such as the processor, monitor, keyboard, and printer. Together, these
devices accept, process, and display data and information.
Software- is a program or collection of programs that enable the hardware to
process data.
Database- is a collection of related files or tables containing data.
Network- is a connecting system (wireline or wireless) that permits different
computers to share resources.
2) IT people
3) IT procedures- are the instructions for combining the preceding
components to process information and generate the desired output.
, Departmental information system - correct answer ✔The collection of
application programs in a single department
Summarize data and prepare reports
Accounting IS
Finance IS
Marketing IS
Production/Operation Management (POM) IS
Human Resources IS
Transaction processing system - correct answer ✔Supports the monitoring,
collection, storage, and processing of data from the organization's basic
business transactions, each of which generates data
Interorganizational Information Systems (IOS) - correct answer ✔IS that
connect 2 or more organizations
Supply chain
Electronic commerce (E-commerce) systems
Support for organizational workers - correct answer ✔Knowledge workers-
are professional employees such as financial and marketing analysts,
engineers, lawyers, and accountants. All knowledge workers are experts in a
particular subject area. They create information and knowledge, which they
integrate into the business.
Lower and middle level managers
Executives
Information technology - correct answer ✔Relates to any computer-based
tool that people use to work with information and to support the information
and information-processing needs of an organization.
hardware, software, database, network
Information system - correct answer ✔Collects, processes, stores, analyzes,
and disseminates information for a specific purpose. The purpose of
information systems has been defined as getting the right information to the
right people at the right time in the right amount and in the right format.
people, processes, machines
Flow of data - correct answer ✔Data, information, knowledge, computer
based information system
Data - correct answer ✔Unorganized information
Numbers
Letters
Figures
Sounds
Images
Information - correct answer ✔Organized data so they have meaning and
value to the recipient
GPA
Money
,Language
Knowledge - correct answer ✔Data and/or information organized and
processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and
expertise as they apply to a current business problem
Job prospects
Computer based information system - correct answer ✔Is an information
system that uses computer technology to perform some or all of its intended
tasks.
Basic IT components - correct answer ✔1) Hardware- consists of devices
such as the processor, monitor, keyboard, and printer. Together, these
devices accept, process, and display data and information.
Software- is a program or collection of programs that enable the hardware to
process data.
Database- is a collection of related files or tables containing data.
Network- is a connecting system (wireline or wireless) that permits different
computers to share resources.
2) IT people
3) IT procedures- are the instructions for combining the preceding
components to process information and generate the desired output.
, Departmental information system - correct answer ✔The collection of
application programs in a single department
Summarize data and prepare reports
Accounting IS
Finance IS
Marketing IS
Production/Operation Management (POM) IS
Human Resources IS
Transaction processing system - correct answer ✔Supports the monitoring,
collection, storage, and processing of data from the organization's basic
business transactions, each of which generates data
Interorganizational Information Systems (IOS) - correct answer ✔IS that
connect 2 or more organizations
Supply chain
Electronic commerce (E-commerce) systems
Support for organizational workers - correct answer ✔Knowledge workers-
are professional employees such as financial and marketing analysts,
engineers, lawyers, and accountants. All knowledge workers are experts in a
particular subject area. They create information and knowledge, which they
integrate into the business.
Lower and middle level managers
Executives
