Exam 1: Introduction to Information Systems

The _________consists of the information resources that are used to represent the physical system.

The sales growth rates for enterprise resource planning (ERP)system software decreased in the early 1990s as companies began to prepare for the Y2K problem.

The three traditional business areas are marketing, manufacturing, and information services.

Managers on the_________ level place greater emphasis on environmental information than do managers on the other levels.

Information services as a business area does not do any strategic planning.

Problem solvers must have information for each of the activities in Simon's model of problem solving.

_________consists of facts and figures that are generally unusable because of their large volume and unrefined nature.

Report- writing software produces both periodic and special reports.

The ability of the office automation applications to be performed anywhere gave birth to the concept of a__________ ; that is, the performance of office activities independent of a particular physical location.

Explain why an information system is an open system.

Give an example of how computers and communications are converging.

What are the sources of information used by a decision support system?

For data communications, both the beginning and end of the journey require a connection to a modem.

Who uses information systems?

Which of the following involves the storage of data in a multidimensional form to facilitate the presentation of an almost infinite number of data views?

Explain the differences between mainframe computers, mini- computers, and microcomputers.

Explain the factors that lead to the growth of enterprise resource planning (ERP)systems.

Which of the following is not one of the tangible resources of the physical system of the firm?

Which of the following is not included when measuring the power of computers?

Why do strategic level managers need more environmental data than operational control level managers need?