Business Information Systems
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Business Information Systems explores the integration of information technology with business operations to improve organizational performance and decision-making. The course covers fundamental concepts of information systems, types of software and hardware used in businesses, databases, networking, and security. Students learn how information systems support business processes such as accounting, marketing, finance, and human resources, as well as how they enable strategic advantage and innovation. The course also examines challenges related to system implementation, management, and ethical considerations, preparing students to analyze and design effective information systems solutions in a business context.
Recommended Textbook Technology In Action Complete 12th Edition by
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Chapter 1: Using Technology to Change the World
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Q1) Cognitive surplus is the combination of leisure time and creativity tools.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The ________ is a collaboration of several museums that allows online visitors to explore over a thousand pieces of art through tools similar to Google Street View.
Answer: Art Project
Q3) Hardware refers to the programs that give instructions to the computer.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) Purpose is the simple understanding that you are working for something larger than yourself.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q5) ________ asks for small donations from a large number of people.
Answer: Crowdfunding Crowd-funding
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Chapter 2: Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts
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Q1) An SD card is an example of a(n)________ card. Answer: flash memory memory secure digital
Q2) A(n)________ device is a component, such as a keyboard, that connects to the computer.
Answer: peripheral
Q3) The "brains" of the computer is the ________. Answer: CPU Central Processing Unit processor microprocessor
Q4) The most common type of monitor is a(n)________.
A) liquid crystal display (LCD)
B) light-emitting diode (LED)
C) organic light-emitting diode (OLED)
D) cathode ray tube (CRT)
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Using the Internet: Making the Most of the Web's Resources
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Q1) To hear and view some multimedia files in a browser, you may need a special program called a(n)________.
Answer: plug-in player
Q2) Facebook and Twitter are popular examples of ________ networks.
Answer: social
Q3) The unique address for a particular website is the ________.
A) protocol
B) domain section
C) client
D) URL
Answer: D
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a social networking site?
A) Facebook
B) YouTube
C) LinkedIn
D) iTunes
Answer: D
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Q5) ________ is a popular collaborative online encyclopedia.
Answer: Wikipedia
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Chapter 4: Application Software: Programs That Let You
Work and Play
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Q1) The two main types of software are system software and ________ software.
Q2) ________ software is used to perform calculations and numerical analyses.
A) Presentation
B) Personal information manager
C) Database
D) Spreadsheet
Q3) ________ software helps run the computer and coordinates instructions between other software and the hardware devices.
A) Application
B) Recovery
C) Productivity
D) System
Q4) Software that manages "back office" functions such as billing, production, inventory management, and human resources management is called ________ software.
A) accounting
B) enterprise resource planning
C) project management
D) customer relationship management
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Q5) Microsoft Excel is a ________ software program.
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System
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Q1) There are ________ levels of cache memory.
A) five
B) eight
C) three
D) four
Q2) Some of the cache memory of a CPU is ________.
A) inside the CPU, itself
B) on the hard disk drive
C) on a nearby SSD
D) in cloud storage
Q3) RAID 0 automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.
A)True
B)False
Q4) To speed up the display of graphics, a(n)________ is installed on some video cards.
A) GPU
B) CPU
C) ALU
D) SSD
Q5) ________ drives are 100 times faster than mechanical hard drives.
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Chapter 7: Networking: Connecting Computing Devices
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Q1) WPA stands for ________.
Q2) The most popular transmission media option for wired home Ethernet networks is ________ cable.
A) fiber-optic
B) power-line
C) unshielded twisted-pair (UTP)
D) coaxial
Q3) Public places where you can wirelessly connect to the Internet are known as ________.
Q4) ________ is often referred to as "high-speed Internet."
Q5) WEP stands for ________.
Q6) A P2P network needs network operating system software installed on every node.
A)True
B)False
Q7) WEP is a stronger form of security than WPA.
A)True
B)False
Q8) A(n)________ network is one where each computer can communicate directly with the others, rather than having a separate device exercise central control over the entire network.
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Chapter 8: Digital Devices and Media: Managing a Digital Lifestyle
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Q1) SMS technology sends both text and pictures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ________ is a texting service that supports both text and multimedia content.
Q3) A main difference between the tablet and the smartphone is the ________.
A) operating system
B) touch-screen interface
C) screen size
D) Internet connectivity
Q4) Smartphones all use the Android operating system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) VoIP uses ________ technology similar to email to transmit voice over the internet.
A) digital
B) analog
C) binary
D) IP
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Q6) A specialized chip included in the cell phone that handles digital compression data is called the ________.
Chapter 9: Securing Your System: Protecting Your Digital
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Q1) A(n)________ takes advantage of file transport methods to spread on its own.
A) worm
B) script virus
C) encryption virus
D) macro virus
Q2) A time bomb virus can be triggered on a certain date.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The terms virus and worm actually mean the same thing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Currently, there are no antivirus programs for mobile devices.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Spyware programs that monitor keystrokes with the intent of stealing passwords, login IDs, or credit card information are referred to as ________.
Q6) Unwanted, unsolicited e-mail is referred to as ________.
Q7) A(n)________ can help block unwanted, unsolicited e-mail.
Q8) ________ is malware that tries to convince you that your computer is infected with a virus. Page 10
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Chapter 10: Behind the Scenes: Software Programming
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Q1) In the "Making a Plan" step of the PDLC, a(n)________ is written in natural, ordinary language describing exactly what the computer program is to do.
Q2) In object-oriented terms, a new, modified class is called the ________ class.
Q3) ________ is the instructions programmers have written in a higher-level language.
A) Executable code
B) Base code
C) Compiled code
D) Source code
Q4) The standard set of vocabulary for pseudocode is specific and detailed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Bottom-up design is a systematic approach in which a problem is broken into a series of high-level tasks.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Second-generation languages are also known as assembly languages.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Behind the Scenes: Databases and Information Systems
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Q1) A last name field is an example of a field that should have a default value.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n)________ report provides a consolidated picture of detailed data and usually includes some calculation or visual displays of information.
Q3) A field ________ is a property that must be met before an entry can be accepted into the field.
Q4) Data mining analyzes and investigates large amounts of data with the intention of discovering significant patterns or trends.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A ________ check compares the values of data in two or more fields to see whether those values are reasonable.
A) correctness
B) range
C) consistency
D) numeric
Q6) A data dictionary is also referred to as a(n)________.
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Q7) In a database, another term for a table is a(n)________.
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Chapter 12: Behind the Scenes: Networking and Security in the Business World
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Q1) ________ technology places data packets inside other data packets.
Q2) A(n)________ is used exclusively by a select group of employees, customers, suppliers, volunteers, or supporters.
Q3) A(n)________ server is a heavily secured server located between a company's secure internal network and its firewall.
A) transitional
B) armored
C) bastion host
D) proxy
Q4) In a ________ network, data collisions can occur fairly easily because the network is essentially composed of a single cable.
A) Star
B) Bus
C) Hierarchical
D) Cluster
Q5) NIC stands for ________.
Q6) A(n)________ is made up of two or more LANs that are miles apart.
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Q7) A(n)________ provides wireless devices with a sending and receiving connection point to the network.
Chapter 13: Behind the Scenes: How the Internet Works
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Q1) ________ is the process of encoding e-mail so that only the person with a corresponding key can decode and read the message.
Q2) When using ________-key encryption, only the message sender and recipient have the code.
Q3) A(n)________ address is a unique number that identifies a computer, server, or device connected to the Internet.
A) TCP
B) IP
C) SMTP
D) NetBIOS
Q4) ________ is a method of communication in which a dedicated connection is formed between two points and the connection remains active during the transmission.
Q5) An IP address in the form 197.169.100.1 is called a(n)________.
A) sequential access number
B) dotted quad
C) encryption key
D) random number
Q6) .com and .edu are examples of a(n)________.
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Chapter 14: The History of the Personal Computer
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Q1) Within a year of its introduction in 1981, the ________ dominated the personal computer market.
Q2) The Alto computer, built by ________, was the first to use a graphical user interface (GUI).
A) Apple
B) Microsoft
C) Xerox
D) IBM
Q3) One of the reasons the Apple II computer was popular was that ________.
A) it had a mouse input device
B) the operating system was stored in ROM
C) it had a hard drive
D) it was inexpensive
Q4) The Turing Machine was a computer that entered the commercial market.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Released in 1984, the Apple Macintosh was the first computer that used 3.5-inch floppy disks.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: System Software: The Operating System, Utility
Programs, and File Management
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Q1) Using hard disk space to temporarily store data or instructions from RAM is referred to as ________.
A) spooling
B) interrupting
C) compressing
D) virtual memory
Q2) The Windows utility program that removes unnecessary files from the hard drive is called ________.
Q3) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\protocol is an example of a file ________.
A) extension
B) type
C) path
D) list
Q4) All of the following can be used in an OS X file name EXCEPT ________.
A) :
B) #
C) %
D) $
Q6) Most supercomputers use the ________ operating system. Page 17
Q5) If your computer is thrashing, increase ________ to solve the problem.
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Chapter 15: Information Technology Ethics
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Q1) ________ behavior is behavior where a person has no sense of right and wrong and has no interest in the moral consequences of their actions.
Q2) Utilitarianism focuses on adherence to moral duties and rights.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following countries has a software piracy rate over 70%?
A) United States
B) China
C) Yemen
D) Sweden
Q4) Most states have enacted antibullying laws.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Relativism holds that moral principles are dictated by cultural tastes and customs.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Enacted in 2002, the ________ Act requires companies to provide an anonymous method for employees and third parties to report complaints, including ethics violations.
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Chapter 16: Under the Hood
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Q1) ________ is the final step of the CPU machine cycle.
Q2) The collection of commands that a CPU executes is called the instruction set.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Mainstreaming boosts CPU performance by enabling the CPU to work on more than one processing stage at a time.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The hexadecimal number C represents the decimal number ________.
A) 16
B) 13
C) 12
D) 10
Q5) ________ is the semiconductor material used to make transistors.
A) Silicon
B) Titanium oxide
C) Carbon
D) Strontium nitrate
Q6) Mathematical operations and comparisons are performed in the ________.
Q7) The Intel i7 Extreme Edition is a CPU that uses ________ processing.
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Chapter 17: Careers in IT
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Q1) When a business hires a third-party firm to provide services it once offered itself, it is called ________.
A) offshoring
B) project outing
C) telecommuting
D) outsourcing
Q2) Women in Technology International (WITI)is a global trade association for professional women knowledgeable in technology.
A)True
B)False
Q3) People skills are a valuable asset in any IT field.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which information technology job has the highest growth rate?
A) Computer systems analysts
B) Computer support specialists
C) Computer programmers
D) Database administrators
Q5) The percentage of this demographic group in the IT workforce is only 25%:
Q6) Network administrators are sometimes called network ________.
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