Information Systems Fundamentals
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Course Introduction
Information Systems Fundamentals introduces students to the essential concepts and components of modern information systems within organizations. The course covers the role of information systems in supporting business operations, decision-making, and competitive advantage. Topics include hardware, software, data management, networking, information security, and e-commerce. Through case studies and practical exercises, students explore system development processes, ethical considerations, and the impact of emerging technologies on society and the business environment.
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MIS7 7th Edition by Hossein Bidgoli
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Chapter 1: Information Systems: an Overview
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Q1) Twitter is an example of a _____.
A) video calling system
B) short-message service
C) prototype generators
D) file-object compressor
Answer: B
Q2) In the context of the IT job market, the top information systems job belongs to the__________.
A) chief technology officer
B) systems analyst
C) webmaster
D) computer programmer
E) Select
Answer: A
Q3) The data component of an information system is:
A) the input to the information system.
B) a series of integrated files containing relevant facts.
C) a set of facts that have been analyzed by the process component.
D) the output of the information system.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Computers: the Machines Behind Computing
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Q1) __________are compatible with the IBM System/360 line introduced in 1965.
A) Minicomputers
B) Mainframe computers
C) Personal computers
D) Super computers
E) Select
Answer: B
Q2) A write once, read many (WORM) disc is a common type of _____.
A) magnetic storage
B) optical storage
C) random access memory
D) compact disc read-only memory
Answer: B
Q3) Corel Quattro Pro is an example of__________.
A) word-processing software
B) spreadsheet software
C) database software
D) desktop publishing software
E) Select Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Database Systems, Data Warehouses, and Data
Marts
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Q1) A _____ is usually a smaller version of a data warehouse, used by a single department or function.
A) data domain
B) data mine
C) data dictionary
D) data mart
Answer: D
Q2) A database is a critical component of information systems because any type of analysis that is done is based on data available in the database.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) In a relational database model, the rows are called _____.
A) tuples
B) attributes
C) branches
D) roots
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Personal, Legal, Ethical, and Organizational Issues of Information Systems
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Q1) With virtual organizations, _____.
A) each participating company can focus on its subpar products as well
B) products can be customized more to respond to customers' needs
C) the cost of hiring new employees increases
D) the time needed to develop new products increases
Q2) The cost of hiring additional employees in virtual organizations is reduced because:
A) there is less emphasis on hiring new talent.
B) skills are shared among the participating companies.
C) companies hire candidates with minimum experience.
D) training costs are reduced because of the absence of training programs.
Q3) Information technologies have decreased the ease of access to information for hackers as well as for legitimate organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Organizations can benefit from patents as they can use patents:
A) for an unlimited period of time.
B) for contents derived from other processes.
C) to upgrade a pre-existing patented process.
D) to keep competitors from entering certain market segments.
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Chapter 5: Protecting Information Resources
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Q1) _____ is a computer crime that involves destroying or disrupting computer services.
A) Sabotage
B) Dumpster diving
C) Bombing
D) Keystroke logging
Q2) In contrast to pharming, phishing involves hijacking an official Web site address by hacking a Domain Name System server.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____, a recent cryptographic protocol, ensures data security and integrity over public networks, such as the Internet.
A) Transport Layer Security
B) Terminal Resource Security
C) Transmission Control Security
D) User Datagram Security
Q4) Viruses can be transmitted through a network or through e-mail attachments.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Data Communication: Delivering Information
Anywhere and Anytime
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Q1) __________is a technique that combines the strongest features of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) techniques and helps improve the security of wireless networks.
A) Service Set Identifier
B) Media access control
C) Code Division Multiple Access
D) Wi-Fi Protected Access
E) Select
Q2) _____ refers to using a cellular phone outside of a carrier's limited service area.
A) Routing
B) Teleprocessing
C) Roaming
D) Surfing
Q3) The process of deciding which path data takes on a network is called _____.
A) converging
B) diverging
C) roaming
D) routing
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Chapter 7: The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
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Q1) _____ check to see what links are on the user's Web page and make sure they work; if a link is broken, they identify it and include this information as part of the data about that page.
A) Crawlers
B) Subscribers
C) Backdoors
D) Clients
Q2) In the context of Internet services, which of the following protocols is used for retrieving messages?
A) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
B) Post Office Protocol
C) User Datagram Protocol
D) File Transfer Protocol
Q3) _____, software used by search engines, can go through the other pages that are part of your Web site, as long as there are links to those pages.
A) Crawlers
B) Backdoors
C) Scores
D) PageRanks
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Chapter 8: E-Commerce
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Q1) In the context of e-government applications, e-training for government officials is categorized as a _____ application.
A) government-to-citizen
B) government-to-business
C) government-to-government
D) government-to-employee
Q2) Government and nonbusiness organizations are prohibited from using e-commerce applications.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Outbound logistics, a primary activity in Michael Porter's value chain, includes tasks associated with receiving, storing, and converting raw materials to finished goods.
A)True
B)False
Q4) E-commerce is a subset of social commerce.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Global Information Systems
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Q1) In the context of a GIS, which of the following is true of high coordination?
A) It enables a company's subsidiaries to function with complete autonomy.
B) It increases efficiency at the expense of the effectiveness in meeting customers' needs.
C) It increases operational costs by a large margin.
D) It gives flexibility in responding to competitors in different markets.
Q2) _____ are considered the first large-scale interactive global system.
A) Credit card services
B) Hotel reservation systems
C) Airline reservation systems
D) Car rental services
Q3) One of the issues with a _____ is that subsidiaries rely on headquarters for all process and control decisions as well as system design and implementation.
A) multinational structure
B) global structure
C) regional structure
D) transnational structure
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Chapter 10: Building Successful Information Systems
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Q1) In _____ of the implementation phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), as each module of a new system is converted, the corresponding part of an old system is retired.
A) parallel conversion
B) phased-in-phased-out conversion
C) plunge conversion
D) pilot conversion
Q2) Which of the following is a disadvantage of a request for proposal (RFP)?
A) A lengthy time frame makes an RFP less appealing.
B) The limited time allotted for the evaluation of an RFP makes the process tedious.
C) In an RFP, every vendor gets different information, resulting in unfair bids.
D) In an RFP, different vendors have different deadlines for submitting bids.
Q3) In the _____ of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), a problem is defined and alternatives are generated for solving it.
A) planning phase
B) requirements-gathering and analysis phase
C) designing and prototype-development phase
D) implementation phase
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Chapter 11: Enterprise Systems
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Q1) An__________is a third-party exchange that provides a platform for buyers and sellers to interact with each other and trade more efficiently online.
A) e-marketplace
B) e-host
C) e-exhibition
D) e-media
E) Select
Q2) __________is an executive position created for overseeing knowledge management within an organization.
A) Chief knowledge officer
B) Lead knowledge mobilizer
C) Lead knowledge worker
D) Chief knowledge programmer
E) Select
Q3) In the context of supply chain management technologies, using the Internet and Web protocols for electronic data interchange (EDI) increases the cost of transmitting documents.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Management Support Systems
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Q1) Criteria are goals and objectives that decision makers establish to achieve certain performance levels.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n)__________is an interactive information system consisting of hardware, software, data, and models (mathematical and statistical) designed to assist strategy makers in an organization.
A) decision support system
B) supply chain management system
C) employee monitoring system
D) logistics management system
E) Select
Q3) In the context of the features of a decision support system (DSS), _____ enables you to apply different variables in decision making.
A) what-if analysis
B) data analysis
C) sensitivity analysis
D) exception reporting analysis
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Chapter 13: Intelligent Information Systems
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Q1) __________mimic human expertise in a particular field to solve a problem in a well-defined area.
A) Expert systems
B) Finite-state machines
C) Turing machines
D) Fuzzy logic systems
E) Select
Q2) Explanation capabilities can be added to a decision support system (DSS) by integrating it with a(n) _____.
A) expert system
B) artificial neural network
C) database management library
D) natural-language processing system
Q3) Intelligent agents are used for virtual catalogs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An expert system is not a good choice when a lot of human expertise is needed to tackle a problem.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Applications
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Q1) A _____ cloud allows an organization to take advantage of the scalability and cost-effectiveness that a public cloud computing environment offers without exposing mission-critical applications and data to the outside world.
A) hybrid
B) private
C) point
D) community
Q2) __________provide access to software or services for a fee.
A) Web browsers
B) Business service providers
C) Web Sites
D) Application service providers
E) Select
Q3) Pull technology is adequate for marketing certain products and services and for providing customized information.
A)True
B)False
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