Fundamentals of Information Systems
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Course Introduction
The Fundamentals of Information Systems course introduces students to the essential concepts, principles, and technologies that underlie modern information systems in organizations. Topics covered include the roles and types of information systems, components such as hardware, software, databases, networks, and people, and how systems support business operations, decision-making, and strategic advantage. Students will also examine the systems development process, data management, cybersecurity, and the ethical and social implications of information technology. Through case studies and practical exercises, learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of how information systems are designed, implemented, and managed in real-world contexts.
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Technology In Action Complete 11th Edition by Alan Evans
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Chapter 1: Using Technology to Change the World
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Q1) Scanning a product's ________ code with a smartphone can take you to a website, a video, or a Facebook page for more information about the product.
Answer: QR, quick response
Q2) All of the following are examples of being computer literate, EXCEPT ________.
A) knowing how to avoid hackers and viruses
B) knowing how to diagnose and fix hardware and software problems
C) knowing how to use the web efficiently
D) knowing only how to use your computer for e-mails
Answer: D
Q3) All of the following factors lead to greater motivation EXCEPT ________.
A) consumption
B) purpose
C) autonomy
D) mastery
Answer: A
Q4) The gap in Internet and technical tools access around the world is known as the
Answer: digital divide
Q5) ________ computing relates to recognizing and simulating human emotions.
Answer: Affective
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Chapter 2: Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts
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Q1) An Apple iPad and a Samsung Galaxy Tab are examples of ________ computers.
A) tablet
B) netbook
C) desktop
D) laptop
Answer: A
Q2) ________ is a representation of a fact, a figure, or an idea and can be a number, a word, a picture, or even a recording of sound.
Answer: Data
Q3) All of the following are names for a flash drive EXCEPT ________ drive.
A) jump
B) USB
C) thumb
D) hard
Answer: D
Q4) A(n) ________ is a device that combines the functions of a printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine into one unit.
Answer: all-in-one printer all in one printer
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Chapter 3: Using the Internet: Making the Most of the Webs Resources
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a proprietary instant messaging (IM) service?
A) AIM
B) LinkedIn Messenger
C) Google Chat
D) Yahoo! Messenger
Answer: B
Q2) The Internet was developed to ensure faster delivery of communications such as mail.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A(n) ________ is usually a live broadcast of audio and video content over the Internet.
Answer: webcast
Q4) Internet Explorer's ________ feature makes it easy to return to a specific web page.
Answer: Favorites, Bookmark
Q5) Another term for social bookmarking is ________. Answer: tagging
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Chapter 4: Application Software: Programs That Let You
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Q1) ________ software helps run the computer and coordinates instructions between other software and the hardware devices.
A) Application
B) Recovery
C) Productivity
D) System
Q2) Spreadsheet equations that use addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division are called ________.
Q3) Which of the following is the most common audio compression format?
A) WAV
B) AU
C) MP3
D) WMA
Q4) All of the following are examples of software suites EXCEPT ________.
A) Microsoft Office 2013
B) Apache OpenOffice
C) Apple iWork
D) Microsoft OneNote
Q5) In a database, a group of related fields is a(n) ________.
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Chapter 5: System Software: the Operating System, Utility Programs,
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Q1) A personal computer can only have one operating system installed on it.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which utility removes redundancies in a file to reduce the file size?
A) Disk Cleanup
B) File Compression
C) Error-checking
D) Disk Defragmenter
Q3) Most supercomputers use the ________ operating system.
A) UNIX
B) Linux
C) Windows
D) iOS
Q4) Windows 8 uses a(n) ________ account for easy access and storage of online files.
A) iCloud
B) Chrome
C) OneDrive
D) eye OS
Q5) Linux download packages are called distributions or ________.
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Chapter 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware:
Evaluating Your System
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Q1) When referring to hard drives, access time is measured in ________.
A) megahertz
B) bps
C) milliseconds
D) kilobytes
Q2) Which of the following is the lightest computer?
A) Laptop
B) Ultrabook
C) Tablet
D) Desktop
Q3) The audio subsystem consists of the speakers and a(n) ________.
Q4) A ________ uses electronic memory and has no motors or moving parts.
A) mechanical hard drive
B) solid-state drive
C) Blu-ray disc
D) digital video disc
Q5) ________ is the type of RAM memory used most often in today's computers.
Q7) A video card can deliver output to multiple ________. Page 9
Q6) ________ is a feature of a CPU that allows it to begin to fetch the next instruction before it has finished executing the current one.
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Chapter 7: Networking: Connecting Computing Devices
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Q1) Client/server networks are controlled by a central server that runs specialized software called a(n) ________.
A) information management system (ISM)
B) network operating system (NOS)
C) digital subscriber line (DSL)
D) service set identifier (SSID)
Q2) A router acts like a traffic signal on a network.
A)True
B)False
Q3) All of the following are tasks for network administration of a large organization EXCEPT ________.
A) installing new computers and devices on the network
B) updating and installing new software on the network
C) monitoring network performance
D) purchasing initial equipment for the network
Q4) Data are sent through a network in bundles called ________.
A) packages
B) pouches
C) packets
D) nodes
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Chapter 8: Digital Devices and Media: Managing a Digital Lifestyle
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Q1) Every new cell/smartphone has to include a GPS chip.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Making sure the data on two devices are the same is referred to as ________.
Q3) The most common file types supported by digital cameras are raw uncompressed (RAW) data and ________.
Q4) A tablet uses a full traditional operating system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Cellular networks offer faster data-transfer speed than WiFi offers.
A)True
B)False
Q6) All of the following are advantages of VoIP EXCEPT ________.
A) low or free cost
B) portability
C) excellent reliability during Internet or power outages
D) the ability to make calls on a computer from any WiFi hotspot
Q8) Internet connectivity plans are usually known as ________. Page 12
Q7) Each cell in a cellular network is a geographic area centered on a(n) ________ station, which is a large communications tower.
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Chapter 9: Securing Your System: Protecting Your Digital
Data and Devices
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Q1) For security reasons, you should be extremely wary of opening e-mail ________ such as Word files.
Q2) A(n) ________ backup backs up only the files on a computer that have changed since the last time a backup was performed.
Q3) An encryption virus replicates itself onto a hard drive's master boot record.
A)True
B)False
Q4) With regard to computer protection, quarantining is defined as ________.
A) updating your antivirus software
B) placing a found virus in a secure area on the hard drive
C) repairing an infected file
D) deleting an infected file
Q5) The terms virus and worm actually mean the same thing. A)True
B)False
Q6) Another name for a sniffer is a(n) ________ analyzer.
Q7) A(n) ________ virus runs a program that searches for common data files, compresses them, and makes them unusable.
Q8) Unwanted, unsolicited e-mail is referred to as ________. Page 14
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Chapter 10: Behind the Scenes: Software Programming
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Q1) Second-generation languages are also known as assembly languages.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The final step of the system development life cycle (SDLC) is ________.
A) testing and installation
B) maintenance and evaluation
C) analysis
D) design
Q3) In object-oriented terms, an original class is called the ________ class.
Q4) Which of the following would NOT be used to build websites with interactive capabilities?
A) Active Server Pages
B) PHP (hypertext preprocessor)
C) Fortran
D) Java Server Pages
Q5) When a large project begins, a programmer can build a(n) ________, which is a small model of what the final program will look like when it is finished.
Q6) IDE stands for ________.
Q7) In a(n) ________ system, each step is dependent on the previous step.
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Chapter 11: Behind the Scenes: Databases and Information Systems
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Q1) A(n) ________ report provides a consolidated picture of detailed data and usually includes some calculation or visual displays of information.
Q2) A data dictionary is also referred to as a(n) ________.
Q3) A data ________ is a large-scale electronic repository of data that contains and organizes all of an organization's data in one place.
A) mart
B) chain
C) warehouse
D) storehouse
Q4) In a relational database, a(n) ________ relationship indicates that a record that appears only one time in a table, may appear multiple times in a related table.
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) 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) A(n) ________ server is used to host an Internet site.
Q2) A ________ sends data between two networks.
A) repeater
B) switch
C) hub
D) router
Q3) Crosstalk interference is the tendency of signals on one twisted-pair wire to interfere with signals on the wire next to it.
A)True
B)False
Q4) P2P networks become difficult to manage when they exceed five users.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A(n) ________ is a device that reads information from a magnetic strip on the back of a credit card-like identification card.
Q6) Retinal scanning is an example of ________ authentication.
Q7) A(n) ________ can often be equipped to act as a hardware firewall.
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Q8) A library book reservation service is a good example of a use for a(n) ________ server.
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Chapter 13: Behind the Scenes: How the Internet Works
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Q1) The tag <i> informs a browser that the text that follows the tag should be italicized.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following was created for the transfer of hypertext documents across the Internet?
A) SSL
B) HTTP
C) FTP
D) HTML
Q3) In http://example.gov, what is the second-level domain?
Q4) Most instant messaging services provide a high level of encryption for their messages.
A)True
B)False
Q5) SMTP stands for ________.
Q6) A typical ________ is made up of one or more network switches to which ISPs connect.
Q7) MIME stands for ________.
Q8) ________ combines HTML, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript.
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Chapter 14: Tif 1: the History of the Personal Computer
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Q1) What was the first word processing application to be used on personal computers?
A) WordPerfect
B) WordStar
C) Microsoft Word
D) Quattro-Pro
Q2) What programming language transformed the software industry because beginning students could learn it easily?
A) APL
B) FORTRAN
C) RPG
D) BASIC
Q3) ________ was the first electronic spreadsheet application.
Q4) The ________ was the first portable computer.
A) Osborne
B) IBM PC
C) Apple Macintosh
D) Intel
Q5) DOS stands for ________.
Q6) ________ was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Q7) Data on the earliest personal computers were stored on ________.
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Chapter 15: Tif 2: Information Technology Ethics
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Q1) All of the following are types of cyberbullying EXCEPT ________.
A) spreading rumors or lies on social networking sites
B) inundating a victim with harassing instant messages or text messages
C) physically stalking an individual
D) infecting the victim's computer with malware to spy on the victim
Q2) In the United States, there are several federal laws prohibiting cyberbullying.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices individuals make is called ________.
A) mores
B) ethics
C) customs
D) taboos
Q4) Global positioning system (GPS) chips in a smartphone allow your exact position to be determined.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________ is the intentional refusal to obey certain laws and is often used as a form of protest.
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Chapter 16: Tif 3: Under the Hood
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Q1) ________boosts a CPU's performance by working on more than one instruction at the same time.
Q2) A single byte is composed of ten bits.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The collection of commands that a CPU executes is called the instruction set.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Intel i7 Extreme Edition is a CPU that uses ________ processing.
Q5) Unicode is a system for representing ________.
A) integers
B) sounds
C) colors
D) characters
Q6) Level 1 cache is located farther away from the CPU than Level 3 cache.
A)True
B)False
Q7) IEEE's ________ standard describes how numbers containing fractional parts are represented in the binary number system.
Q8) ________ are the most expensive, fastest memory in a computer.
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Chapter 17: Tif 4: Careers in It
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Q1) Web social media directors need to understand HTML, Perl, and JavaScript.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Game development jobs typically are divided into two paths: designers and ________.
Q3) According to projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer-related jobs are expected to be among the slowest-growing occupations through 2020.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ________ install and configure servers, design and plan networks, and test new networking equipment.
Q5) The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an organization that provides leadership and determines engineering standards for network computing devices and protocols.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ provide feedback to a website's customers by answering e-mail, sending requested information, and directing questions to appropriate personnel.
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