Management Information Systems
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Course Introduction
Management Information Systems (MIS) focuses on the design, implementation, and management of information systems that support business operations, decision-making, and strategic objectives. The course covers essential concepts such as information system components, data management, system development life cycles, cybersecurity, and the integration of technology into various business processes. Students will analyze case studies, explore current trends in digital innovation, and develop practical skills for managing IT resources, ensuring alignment between technological solutions and organizational goals.
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Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design 6th Edition by Joseph Valacich
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Chapter 1: The Systems Development Environment
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Q1) Which of the following is a direct result of decomposition?
A) Coupling
B) Open systems
C) Cohesion
D) Modularity
E) Interfaces
Answer: D
Q2) Logical design is tied to a specific hardware and software platform.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A system's capacity can be viewed as a(n):
A) system benefit.
B) on-going issue.
C) system constraint.
D) liability.
E) cost center.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Sources of Software
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Q1) Rework can be reduced by reusing object class libraries.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) By 2017 the outsourcing market is projected to be worth:
A) $1.2 million.
B) $178 billion.
C) $1.2 billion.
D) $178,000.
E) $9 million.
Answer: C
Q3) When an organization encourages and supports use with limited resources, infrastructure, and policies to make reuse easier, they are said to be engaged in:
A) ad hoc reuse.
B) managed reuse.
C) ex ante reuse.
D) facilitated reuse.
E) designed reuse.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Managing the Information Systems Project
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Q1) Which of the following project management activities is associated with project initiation?
A) Estimating resources and creating a detailed resource plan
B) Describing project scope, alternatives, and feasibility
C) Establishing a relationship with the customer
D) Identifying and assessing risks
E) Closing down the project
Answer: C
Q2) What is a project? Who is the project manager?
Answer: A project is a planned undertaking of a series of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end. Project management is a controlled process of initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project. The individual responsible for the project and project management is the project manager. The project manager is an individual with a diverse set of skills. Management, leadership, technical, conflict management, and customer relationship are necessary skills that the project manager should have. Also, the project manager is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project.
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Chapter 4: Systems Planning and Selection
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Q1) Proper and insightful project initiation and planning, including determining project scope and identifying project activities, can reduce the time needed to complete later project phases, including systems analysis.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The development group identifies projects based on the ease with which existing hardware and systems will integrate with the proposed project.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An assessment of the development group's understanding of the possible target hardware, software, and operating environments, system size, complexity, and the group's experience with similar systems should be included as part of:
A) technical feasibility.
B) political feasibility.
C) operational feasibility.
D) schedule feasibility.
E) construction feasibility.
Q4) Briefly identify and define the six major categories of feasibility.
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Chapter 5: Determining System Requirements
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Q1) The reframing characteristic of a good systems analyst is represented by which of the following statements?
A) You must challenge yourself to look at the organization in new ways.
B) Every fact must fit with every other fact.
C) Assume anything is possible, and eliminate the infeasible.
D) You should question everything.
E) Your role is to find the best solution to a business problem.
Q2) Decision support tools aiding nonmanagers is an example of a disruptive technology.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a True statement regarding JAD?
A) A working system is the end result of a JAD.
B) JAD sessions are usually conducted in the organization's conference room.
C) The primary purpose of using JAD in the analysis phase is to collect systems requirements simultaneously from the key people involved with the system.
D) A JAD session is inexpensive to conduct.
E) JADs benefit greatly from computer support.
Q4) Briefly identify and describe the participants of a JAD session.
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Chapter 6: Structuring System Requirements: Process
Modeling
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Q1) The decomposition of Process 1.1 would be shown on a level-1 diagram.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Graphically representing the processes that capture, manipulate, store, and distribute data between a system and its environment and among components within a system refers to:
A) data modeling.
B) structure modeling.
C) process modeling.
D) transition modeling.
E) logic modeling.
Q3) A square on a data-flow diagram represents a sink or a:
A) data flow.
B) data store.
C) process.
D) predecessor.
E) source.
Q4) Sources and sinks are internal to the system.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 7: Structuring System Requirements: Conceptual
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Q1) Use a verb or verb phrase to name an entity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A multivalued attribute is an attribute that may take on more than one value for each entity instance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The minimum number of instances of entity B that may be associated with each instance of entity A defines the:
A) degree of the relationship.
B) minimum cardinality of the relationship.
C) maximum cardinality of the relationship.
D) domain of the relationship.
E) join level.
Q4) A relationship must be turned into an associative entity when the associative entity has other relationships with entities besides the relationship that caused its creation.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Discuss unary, binary, and ternary relationships.
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Chapter 8: Designing the Human Interface
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Q1) A business document that contains some predefined data and may include some areas where additional data are to be filled in best describes a:
A) written procedure.
B) turn-around document.
C) form.
D) report.
E) coupon.
Q2) Often, the initial prototypes of forms and reports are mock screens that are not working modules or systems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The guidelines for displaying text include case, spacing, and justification guidelines.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Identify the three-step process for designing dialogues.
Q5) When structuring data entry fields, always have the user enter the current date.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Designing Databases
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Q1) Which of the following is the systems development era marked by a lack of documentation and development tools and by a high degree of dependence on the developer for the continued ongoing operation of the system he/she had created?
A) Developer-as-artist
B) Developer-as-integrator
C) Facilitator-as-developer
D) User-as-developer
E) Developer-as-engineer
Q2) An object diagram is a diagram that shows the static structure of an object-oriented model: the object classes, their internal structure, and the relationships in which they participate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) On a class diagram, an exclamation point represents a multiplicity with an infinite upper bound.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Outline the four key steps in logical database modeling and design.
Q5) What is the Unified Modeling Language?
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Chapter 10: Systems Implementation and Operation
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Q1) The systems planning and selection phase of the SDLC is analogous to the maintenance process of transforming requests into a specific system change.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The bringing together of all the programs that comprise a system for testing describes:
A) unity testing.
B) integration testing.
C) system testing.
D) implementation.
E) a project walkthrough.
Q3) The process whereby the physical design specifications created by the design team are turned into working computer code by the programming team is referred to as: A) coding.
B) testing.
C) implementation.
D) code conversion.
E) production.
Q4) Identify four types of installation.
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