Exam 1: Introduction to Information Systems

Opendoor uses _________ to determine which price to offer sellers.

MIT Technology Review refers to 18-22-year-olds as Homo ________.

When IT eliminates jobs, new jobs do not take their place. This means computers will replace us all eventually.

A ___ is a connecting system (wireline or wireless) that permits different computers to share resources.

End users are more frequently becoming part of the IT department. Since there is a possibility you could join the IT department in the future even if you don't plan to do so right now, which five IT positions are the most attractive to you and why?

___ refer to an elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning.

Which of the following is a negative consequence associated with John Deere's digital transformation?

California wineries are employing both technological and nontechnological methods to combat climate change.

The book provides several examples of how IT impacts entire industries. Discuss how IT has impacted the transportation and travel industry (think about taxis, travel websites, etc.).

A(n) ________ is an intraorganizational system.

Nearly all ERP systems are also TPSs.

Your professor hands you a piece of paper with the number 75 on it and tells you this is your current average in the class. Since this is your fourth year as a college student, you know you could work hard to bring that average up to a B by the end of the semester. This is ________.

Which of the following is TRUE?

Nearly all TPSs are ERP systems.

What is the difference between a technology user and an informed user? Why would someone want to be an informed user? How could being an informed user benefit you right now in your workplace or at your college/university?

Wineries use drones equipped with sensors to detect.

The purpose of ___ has been defined as getting the right information to the right people at the right time in the right amount and in the right format.

________ is a traditional function of the MIS department.

The top technology job is _________.

The IS function has become ________ strategic within organizations, so a growing number of CIOs are coming from _________.