Exam 10: Information Systems and System Development

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 12-1 Mary is entering her senior year of college. She has a meeting on Friday with her advisor to discuss her career plans. Mary is also interested in identifying the business needs of a system and ensuring the systems meet those needs. Her advisor will probably tell her to look into becoming a ____.

When a proposal for a new system or system modification is submitted, one of the first steps is to conduct a ____.

Robots of the future are expected to have a less humanoid form than the household robots currently on the market.

The various types of communications systems that are in place at many organizations include e-mail, messaging, videoconferencing, ____, and telecommuting.

____ is the process of gathering, storing, accessing, and analyzing data about a company in order to make better business decisions.

In 1950, Alan Turing-one of the first AI researchers-argued that if a machine could successfully appear to be human to a knowledgeable observer, then it should be considered intelligent.

Some expert systems are designed to take the place of human experts, while others are designed to assist them.

A system in which a computer performs actions that are characteristic of human intelligence is called a(n) ______________________________ sytsem.

Systems that are used by an entire enterprise are referred to as ____________________ systems.

A(n) ____ is used to describe the characteristics of all data used in a system.

The ____ Web is a predicted evolution of the current Web in which all Web content is stored in a manner similar to data in a database so that it can be retrieved easily when needed to fulfill user requests.

The ____________________ approach to system development allows the system to be developed incrementally, with a series of development steps being repeated until the system is finalized.

The purpose of the preliminary investigation is to define and evaluate the proposal for a new system or system modification relatively quickly, to see if it is worthy of further study. _________________________

The goal of business intelligence is to provide a detailed picture of an organization, its functions, and its systems, as well as the relationships among these items. _________________________

ERP refers to the transfer of data electronically between companies using networks, such as the Internet.

____ carry on written "conversations" with people in a natural language.

The SCM describes the development of a system from the time it is first studied until the time it is updated or replaced.

A company's ____ oversees routing transaction processing and information systems activities, as well as other computer-related areas.

Managers are usually classified into three categories: executive, ____, and operational.

Product lifecycle management  systems are designed to manage a product as it moves through the various stages of its life cycle, from design to manufacturing to retirement.. _________________________