Exam 1: Introduction to Information Systems

The biggest problem FanDuel and DraftKings has is to manage their IT infrastructure in order to keep costs down.

________ is an online grocery business that is considered the largest dotcom failure in history.

According to the IT's About Business case on delivery services,one of Uber's biggest challenges is increasing labor costs since California's labor commissioner ruled that a driver for Uber should be classified as a company employee rather than a contractor.

________ is an IT system that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of data.It has transformed many industries including healthcare and customer service.

If you grew up using IT,you are an informed user.

________ are the instructions for combining components to process information and generate the desired output.

Employees are more likely to work on vacation thanks to IT.

________ handle the day-to-day operations of the organization and make routine decisions.

The USPS has long recognized many of its problems and has tried to introduce cost-saving measures,but ________ has/have enormous power over it and has rejected many of these proposed measures.

When you go through the checkout line at your local grocery store,this is a(n)________ that could be processed by a(n)______________.

The ________ owns an equity stake in FanDuel.

The USPS has had 10 consecutive years of losses and cannot implement changes because of Congress.

IBM developed ________ to answer questions on the quiz show Jeopardy!

A(n)________ focuses on designing solutions for business problems and interfaces closely with users to demonstrate how IT can be used innovatively.

A ___ is a connecting system (wireline or wireless)that permits different computers to share resources.

________ is a collection of related files or tables containing data.

________ is the Craigslist of Cuba.

The IT components make up the IT platform.

___ consists of data and/or information that have been organized and processed to convey understanding,experience,accumulated learning,and expertise as they apply to a current business problem.

The traditional function of the MIS department centers on the idea that end users do not have the required technical expertise to address IT issues.