MGT 2210 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅codified raw facts
information - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅data in context
ex: what does 42 mean to you?
information system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Formal, socio-technical, organizational system
designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information
Two major components of an info system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hard Side:
-hardware
-software
-data
Soft Side:
-people
-processes
-organization structure
Hardware - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅For data storage, transmission, and processing
Computers, smart phones, tablets, solid state storage, servers, routers, etc.
Software - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Systems software, applications, utilities
Microsoft Office, Windows, MySQL, Oracle 11g, OS X, Adobe Acrobat, mobile apps, TCP/IP,
implementations of SSL, block chain, etc.
, Information Systems - Processes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-series of steps needed to complete
business activities
-often involve choices and branches
-ex: registration for a class, check in at a hotel
Information Systems - People - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-those people directly involved in an info
system for it to work
-their needs are critical in designing a new info system
-end users, managers, IT Professionals
Information Systems - Organizational Structure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Organizational design
(Hierarchy, decentralized, loose coupling)
2. Reporting Configuration (Functional / divisional vs. matrix)
3. Organizational Relationships (Communication and reward mechanisms, Culture)
Information Systems - Data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. directs and supports operations
2. support decision making and planning
3. or both
How do firms differ from each other? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅firm strategy, firm culture, IT
infrastructure
Why do IS systems differ among firms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Organizations and markets are
dynamic-firms need tore-evaluate information systems often -market data and intelligence are critical
2. Firms leverage IT for strategic initiatives that lead to increased profitability, sustainability, expansion
of services, market share growth, competitive advantage, etc.
data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅codified raw facts
information - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅data in context
ex: what does 42 mean to you?
information system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Formal, socio-technical, organizational system
designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information
Two major components of an info system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hard Side:
-hardware
-software
-data
Soft Side:
-people
-processes
-organization structure
Hardware - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅For data storage, transmission, and processing
Computers, smart phones, tablets, solid state storage, servers, routers, etc.
Software - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Systems software, applications, utilities
Microsoft Office, Windows, MySQL, Oracle 11g, OS X, Adobe Acrobat, mobile apps, TCP/IP,
implementations of SSL, block chain, etc.
, Information Systems - Processes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-series of steps needed to complete
business activities
-often involve choices and branches
-ex: registration for a class, check in at a hotel
Information Systems - People - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-those people directly involved in an info
system for it to work
-their needs are critical in designing a new info system
-end users, managers, IT Professionals
Information Systems - Organizational Structure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Organizational design
(Hierarchy, decentralized, loose coupling)
2. Reporting Configuration (Functional / divisional vs. matrix)
3. Organizational Relationships (Communication and reward mechanisms, Culture)
Information Systems - Data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. directs and supports operations
2. support decision making and planning
3. or both
How do firms differ from each other? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅firm strategy, firm culture, IT
infrastructure
Why do IS systems differ among firms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Organizations and markets are
dynamic-firms need tore-evaluate information systems often -market data and intelligence are critical
2. Firms leverage IT for strategic initiatives that lead to increased profitability, sustainability, expansion
of services, market share growth, competitive advantage, etc.
