Exam 2: Information Management and It Architecture

The collection of computing systems used by an organization is called _______________.

The most potentially valuable and challenging type of information is _____________-the semi-structured or unstructured content generated by humans from social media, mobile devices, search engines, and sensors as well as texts, images, audio, and video.

According to your text, the number one reason for information inefficiencies is the prohibitive cost of high quality data.

When transactions are typically processed as each transaction occurs, it is called "instantaneous processing".

A key benefit of virtualization is energy efficiency - up to a 95% reduction in energy use per server.

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 ___________________.

Given the huge number of transactions, the data in databases are constantly in use and/or undergoing change. This characteristic of databases, referred to as ___________, makes it impossible to use them for complex decision making and problem-solving tasks.

Which of the following is not listed in your text as one of the benefits of virtualization?

A company's MIS is used to generate different kinds of reports to managers. What kind of reports are created or run according to a pre-set schedule

Data from sales orders, payroll, accounting, financial, marketing, purchasing, inventory control, and so forth are processed by a combination of hardware and software called ____________________________.

Companies or government agencies that need greater security and data confidentiality set up their own clouds on servers that they own. These are called ______________.

______________________ deals with how information is stored and organized; and the speed at which it is captured, analyzed, and reported.

Software as a service SaaS) apps are typically purchased and installed directly on an organization's computers or servers and maintained by the organization's IT personnel.

The software applications that convert a single physical machine into multiple virtual machines is referred to as ______________________.

Equipment suppliers and vendors, research analysts and mobile devices are all considered part of an organization's IT infrastructure.

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 ___________________.

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

According to your text, an Information System IS) is part of an organizational culture that consists of the IS, business processes, and _________________.

A company's MIS is used to generate different kinds of reports to managers. What kind of reports are unplanned reports and generated on request to learn more about a situation, problem, or opportunity? They are often generated to a screen or printed on an as needed basis

Many retailers have a page on their website that pulls address, store hours and graphical map information from different sources and combines it in one place to create an app that helps customers find directions to their store locations. Apps like the one in this example are called ______________.