MIS 180 SDSU FINAL EXAM QUESTION
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
, information granularity - ANSWERthe extent of detail within the information (fine and
detailed or coarse and abstract)
real-time information - ANSWERimmediate, up-to-date information
real-time system - ANSWERprovides real-time information in response to requests
information inconsistency - ANSWERoccurs when the same data element has different
values
information integrity issue - ANSWERoccurs when a system produces incorrect,
inconsistent, or duplicate data
data gap analysis - ANSWERoccurs when a company examines its data to determine if
it can meet business expectations, while identifying possible data gaps or where
missing data might exist
data stewardship - ANSWERthe management and oversight of an organization's data
assets to help provide business users with high-quality data that is easily accessible in a
consistent manner
data steward - ANSWERresponsible for ensuring the policies and procedures are
implemented across the organization and acts as a liaison between the MIS department
and the business
data governance - ANSWERrefers to the overall management of the availability,
usability, integrity, and security of company data
master data management (MDM) - ANSWERthe practice of gathering data and
ensuring that it is uniform, acurate, consistent and complete
including such entities as customers, suppliers, products, sales, employees, and other
critical entities that are commonly integrated across organizational systems
data validation - ANSWERincludes the tests and evaluations used to determine
compliance with data governance policies to ensure correctness of data
database - ANSWERmaintains information about various types of object (inventory),
events (transactions), people (employees), and places (warehouses)
database management system (DBMS) - ANSWERcreates, reads, updates, and deletes
data in a database while controlling access and security
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
, information granularity - ANSWERthe extent of detail within the information (fine and
detailed or coarse and abstract)
real-time information - ANSWERimmediate, up-to-date information
real-time system - ANSWERprovides real-time information in response to requests
information inconsistency - ANSWERoccurs when the same data element has different
values
information integrity issue - ANSWERoccurs when a system produces incorrect,
inconsistent, or duplicate data
data gap analysis - ANSWERoccurs when a company examines its data to determine if
it can meet business expectations, while identifying possible data gaps or where
missing data might exist
data stewardship - ANSWERthe management and oversight of an organization's data
assets to help provide business users with high-quality data that is easily accessible in a
consistent manner
data steward - ANSWERresponsible for ensuring the policies and procedures are
implemented across the organization and acts as a liaison between the MIS department
and the business
data governance - ANSWERrefers to the overall management of the availability,
usability, integrity, and security of company data
master data management (MDM) - ANSWERthe practice of gathering data and
ensuring that it is uniform, acurate, consistent and complete
including such entities as customers, suppliers, products, sales, employees, and other
critical entities that are commonly integrated across organizational systems
data validation - ANSWERincludes the tests and evaluations used to determine
compliance with data governance policies to ensure correctness of data
database - ANSWERmaintains information about various types of object (inventory),
events (transactions), people (employees), and places (warehouses)
database management system (DBMS) - ANSWERcreates, reads, updates, and deletes
data in a database while controlling access and security
