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IFSN01E
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Information system | is a set of interrelated components that collect, manipulate, store data and disseminate information and provide a feedback mechanism to monitor performance |
| Information system | an organized combination of people, hardware, software, communications networks, and data resources that collects data, transforms it, and disseminates information |
| Data | raw unorganized facts |
| Information | a collection of facts organized in such a way that they have additional value beyond the value of the fact themselves |
| Process | a set of logically related tasks performed to achieve a defined outcome |
| Knowledge | an awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support specific task or reach a decision |
| value of information | is directly linked to how it helps decision makers achieve their organization's goals |
| value information | by knowing ___ and its foundation, information can be improved and can provide better support in decision making |
| System | is a set of elements or components that interact to accomplish goals |
| System | is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set rules to form a unified whole |
| System | surrounded and influence by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure, and purpose and expressed in its functioning |
| Hardware | the term refers to machinery, which is often referred to as the central processing unit and all of its support equipments |
| Software | the term refers to computer programs and the manuals that support them |
| Data | are facts that are used by program to produce useful information. Like programs, ____ are generally stored in machine-readable form on disk or tape until the computer needs them |
| Procedures | are the policies that govern the operation of a computer system. "_____ are to people what software is to hardware" is a common analogy that is used to illustrate the role of this in CBIS |
| People | every computer based information system (CBIS) needs ___ if it is to be useful. it is often the most overlooked element of the CBIS and probably the component that most influence the success or failure of information system |
| Networks | distant electronic communication |
| Internet | interconnected networks |
| Intranet | internal corporate network |
| Extranet | linked intranets |
| Perception | initial entry of data whether captured or generated, into organization |
| Recording | physical capture of data |
| Processing | transformation according to the "specific" needs of the organization |
| Transmission | the flows which occur in an information system |
| Storage | presupposes some expected future use |
| Retrieval | search for recorded data |
| Presentation | reporting, communicating and __ |
| Decision making | a controversial inclusion, except to the extent that the information system engages in decision making that concerns itself |
| Transaction processing system | can be defined as a comptuer based system that captures, classifies, stores, maintains, updates, and retrieves transaction data for record keeping and for input to other types of CBIS |
| Transaction processing system | are aimed at improving the routine business activities on which all organizations depend |
| Management information system | can be described as information system that can provide all levels of management with information essential to the running of smooth business. The information must be as relevant, timely, accurate, complete and concise and economically feasible |
| Decision support systems | it is an information system that offers the kind of information that may not be predictable, the kind that business professionals may need only once |
| Decision support systems | these systems do not produce regularly scheduled management reports. Instead, they are designed to respond to a wide range of requests |
| Decision support systems | assist managers who must make decisions that are not highly structured, often called unstrcutred or semi-structured decisions |
| Office automation system | they are being developed with the hopes and expectations that they will increase the efficiency and productivity of office workers-typists, secretaries, administrative assistants |
| Office automation system | can be described as a multi-function, intergrated computer based system that allows many office activities to be performed in an electronic mode |
| E-commerce | any business transaction executed electronically |
| M-commerce | transaction conducted anywhere, anytime |
| M-commerce | relies on wireless communications |
| Transaction | business related exchange |
| Transaction | a system which records completed business transaction |
| Enterprise resource planning | a set of integrated programs for managing the entire business operations |
| Artificial intelligence | a field in which the computer takes on the characteristics of human intelligence |
| Virtual reality | the simulation of a real or imagined environment that can be experienced visually in three dimensions |
| Expert system | a system that gives a computer the ability to make suggestions and act like an expert in a particular field |
| Knowledge base | the collection of data, rules, procedures, and relationships that must be followed to achieve value or the proper outcome |
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