Exam 2: Information Management and It Architecture

Because of the time it takes to plan, develop and implement new storage, applications and/or databases, it is advised that managers do not add these components to the Information System on an "as needed" basis. Instead, changes should be part of a long-range planning process.

According to your text, what is the key factor that differentiates an MIS from a DSS?

A company's data architecture describes _____________________________.

Virtualization separates business applications and data from hardware resources. Which of the following was not a type of virtualization described in your text?

Which of the following is not considered part of an organization's IT infrastructure?

A general purpose Information System IS) designed to provide reports to managers for tracking operations, monitoring and control is called an):

The success of an organization's IT architecture can be measured, in part, by things like customer satisfaction and employee turnover.

A company's MIS is used to generate different kinds of reports to managers. What kind of reports are created or run only when something is outside the norm because some unusual event or deviation has occurred?

Which of the following was not cited in your text as a primary reason for information inefficiencies - situations where data is not available or being used to create competitive advantages for organizations?

Data architecture and technical architecture are considered key components of IT architecture.

The collection of computing systems used by an organization is called Information Technology IT) or an Information System IS).

When making decisions about how to acquire any of the components of the IT infrastructure, certain characteristics must be considered. One characteristic is affordability, which means:

According to your text, an Information System IS) is part of an organizational culture that consists of:

A company's application architecture describes the hardware and software infrastructure that supports applications and their interactions.

The mass migration of users from PCs to mobile devices has expanded ISs beyond the organization and made ________________ practically irrelevant.

__________________virtualization is the use of software to emulate hardware or a total computer environment other than the one the software is actually running in.

Which of the following is one of the 4 components of IT Architecture described in your text?

When transactions are typically processed all together for a defined time window e.g. end of a day, shift or other time period), it is called "batch processing".

Thanks to the wide availability of computers, mobile devices and ISs, information flowing through companies is almost always available to executives, managers, and workers throughout the organization who no longer have to struggle to find the information they need to make sound decisions or do their jobs.

Companies that outsource projects to the cloud should pay particular attention to the ___________________ which serves as the formal or informal contract or agreement defining the relationships between them and a vendor supplier of cloud services).