Exam 2: Business Processes, information Systems, and Information

Which of the following is the most important component of information systems?

Which of the following statements is true of dynamic processes?

Dynamic processes have objectives that tend to emphasize effectiveness rather than efficiency.

Good information requires that data be timely.

Which of the following is a characteristic of structured processes?

Control is critical in structured processes.

A(n)________ is referred to as a task within a business process.

Decisions in the BPMN model are represented by ________.

Define information and explain its characteristics.

WordPerfect,a word-processing program,is an example of a ________.

The instructions of a dynamic process are more rigid when compared to a structured process.

Explain the role of procedures.

A company's information system discovers a customer's poor credit history only after certain goods have been shipped to him.The information produced,as a result,was not useful because the data was ________.

Procedures anchor an information system to a process.

A company's ________ serve as instructions for users to use and access data.

Information is data presented in a meaningful context.

In the BPMN model,a circle with a heavy border represents ________.

Data needs to be sufficient for the purpose for which it was generated.

Highly-standardized processes are done in different ways each time regardless of who is working on it.

Day-to-day operations,such as placing an order,are considered ________ processes.