Unit 1 assessment
Question 1 A group of components that interact to produce
information is called:
Question 2 When presenting an idea to his colleagues, Marcus
failed to consider others’ views and got defensive when people asked him
questions. This situation indicates that Marcus lacks ____________ skills.
Question 3 According to Moore’s Law, the:
Question 4 Mark follows certain steps to access the
supplementary readings for a course when using his organization’s library
management system. These steps that he follows are examples of the ____________
component of an information system.
Question 5 The storage disk in a computer is an example of
the ____________ component of information systems.
Question 6 Name the five data characteristics, and provide a
short explanation for each of the data characteristics.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 7 State Moore’s Law. What is the implication of
Moore’s Law for managers?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit 2 assessment
Question 1 According to Porter’s model of business
activities, interactions across value chain activities are called ____________
.
Question 2 Which of the following is NOT a part of the five
components of an information system for collaboration?
Question 3 Which of the following value chain activities
involves inducing buyers to purchase a product and providing a means for them
to do so?
Question 4 What are the four primary purposes of
collaboration?
Question 5 Which of the following value chain activities
involves receiving and handling of raw materials and other inputs to the
product?
Question 6 Discuss the concepts of value, margin, and value
chain as defined by Porter.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 7 Explain the differences between cooperation and
collaboration, and then discuss the criteria for successful collaboration. Use
examples as needed.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit 3 assessment
Question 1 A ____________ is a small, lightweight,
power-conserving, computing device that is capable of wireless access.
Question 2 When an individual buys a program for his or her
personal computer, they are actually buying a software:
Question 3 Which of the following statements is true of
closed source projects?
Question 4 Which of the following refers to a small,
portable storage device that can be used to back up data and to transfer it
from one computer to another?
Question 5 A(n) ____________ is a program used to create,
process, and administer a database.
Question 6 Explain what mobile devices are and why mobile
systems are important. Give examples of mobile devices, and, if applicable,
name a mobile device you use and why you use it.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 7 Describe a DBMS and its functions. List, at
minimum, three of the popular DBMS products and give a brief description of
each.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit 4 assessment
Question 1 A private internet that is used exclusively
within an organization is called a(n) ____________ .
Question 2 Computers that reside in different geographic
locations are connected using a(n) ____________ .
Question 3 ____________ is the activity of altering existing
and designing new business processes to take advantage of new information
systems.
Question 4 The IEEE 802.3 protocol standard is also known as
____________ .
Question 5 Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting
____________ .
Question 6 Explain what is meant by CRM and explain the
primary purpose of a CRM system. Use examples to support your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 7 Explain what is meant by SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
Support your answer with an example of each.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit 5 assessment
Question 1 Because of the various problems with operational
data, large organizations choose to extract operational data and typically
create and staff a group of people who manage and run a(n) ____________.
Question 2 Which of the following statements is true of social
CRM?
Question 3 ____________ is the process of obtaining,
cleaning, organizing, relating, and cataloging source data.
Question 4 ____________ is defined as information containing
patterns, relationships, and trends of various forms of data.
Question 5 Which of the following statements is true about
data marts?
Question 6 How should organizations respond to social
networking problems? Which one of them is a dangerous approach, and why?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 7 Define business intelligence and BI systems.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit 6 assessment
Question 1 The traditional process for developing
information systems is ____________ .
Question 2 The SDLC process follows a linear sequence from
requirements to design to implementation. Therefore, the SDLC process is also
known as the ____________ .
Question 3 Which of the following statements is true of
information systems?
Question 4 In business process management (BPM), an as-is
model ____________ .
Question 5 The first step in the system definition phase of
the systems development life cycle (SDLC) is to ____________ .
Question 6 Name the four stages of the business process
management cycle and summarize the activities in each.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 7 Define business processes, roles, resources, and
data flows.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit 7 assessment
Question 1 The purpose of the ____________ group is to
protect data and information assets by establishing data standards and data
management practices and policies.
Question 2 ____________ is the process of hiring another
organization to perform a service.
Question 3 The responsibilities of a ____________ include
advising the chief information officer, executive group, and project managers
on emerging technologies.
Question 4 The ____________ is the representative for IS and
IT issues within the executive staff who provides the IS perspective during
discussions of problem solutions, proposals, and new initiatives.
Question 5 Which of the following is a limitation of
aligning information systems with organizational strategy?
Question 6 Describe the major functions of the IS
department.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 7 Describe a steering committee and explain the
CIO’s role with regard to it.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Unit 8 assessment
Question 1 A(n) ____________ is a computer program that
senses when another computer is attempting to scan the disk or otherwise access
a computer.
Question 2 ____________ occurs when a person breaks into a
network to steal data such as customer lists, product inventory data, employee
data, and other proprietary and confidential data.
Question 3 ____________ is the term used to denote viruses,
worms, and Trojan horses.
Question 4 Which of the following is classified as a
technical safeguard?
Question 5
____________ refers to an organization-wide function that is in charge
of developing data policies and enforcing data standards.
Question 6 Explain what is meant by security policy and
describe the basic information that a security policy must stipulate.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 7 Explain the term virus and explain the
differences between Trojan horses and worms. Support your answers with
examples.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
