Exam 1: Foundations of Information Systems in Business

A system that provides pre-specified reports for the managers of an organization would be classified as a _______________ system.

Calculating employees' pay, federal taxes, and other payroll deductions is a business example of a computerized processing activity.

Optical disks and plastic cards are examples of hardware resources, but paper forms are not.

In the Real World case, Megan Ducket identified Sew What? as a _____ centric company.

In its simplest form, a system consists of all the following except:

The source document is:

According to the Real World Case, the big problem facing the Bryan Cave law firm in 2002 was:

A functional business system supports all of the following types of applications except:

Integration of business systems allows greater flexibility and provides greater business support than any of the individual systems could provide alone.

Information processing consists of the system activities of input, processing, output, _______________, and control.

In order for something to be classified as a "system", a computerized environment must be involved.

According to the textbook case on responsibility and accountability, even if a project is not an IT project, who is held responsible for optimizing returns on IT-related investments?

When information system applications focus on providing information and support for effective decision making by managers, they are called _______________ support systems.

An information system that supports accounting is an example of a functional business system.

Developing information system solutions to business problems in an organization is the responsibility of _______________.

All of the following normally happens to data during a value-added process except:

The human body and an oil refinery can both be classified as systems.

When applying a systematic development process for computer-based information systems, _______________ would be part of the analysis phase.

When employees in a project team use email to send and receive messages and use video conferences to hold electronic meetings and coordinate their activities, they are using _______________.

Most retail stores now use computer-based information systems to keep track of inventory, but few use them to evaluate sales trends.