CIS 2010 Unit 1 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Input:Lettuce, tomatoes, patty,bun, ketchup. Process: Cook the patty, put ingriedients together. Output: Hamburger.
Input, Process, Output
a way of monitoring the entire system by viewing multiple inputs being processed or transformed to produce outputs while continuously gathering feedback on each part
Systems thinking
Reductionism is an approach to building descriptions of systems out of the descriptions of the subsystems that a system is composed of, and ignoring the relationships between them.
Analysis
An evaluation technique for technology that requires analyzing benefits and risks, understanding the trade-offs, and then determining the best action to take in order to ensure that the desired positive outcomes outweigh the negative consequences.
Techniques used to analyze accomplishments against specific goals and criteria. Examples of assessments include tests, surveys, observations, and self-assessment.
Assessment
Feedback is an event that occurs when the output of a system is used as input back into the system as part of a chain of cause and effect.
Feedback
Identify the learning objectives associated with Module 1a
Explain Systems Thinking and how management information systems enable business communication.
Explain Systems Thinking and how management information systems enable business communication.
Identify the learning objectives associated with Module 1b. (select all that apply)
Describe Computer Information Systems
e)
Identify the two main types of software
Systems thinking is a way of assessing a system such as a business system or a computer system. It involves the following elements
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Process
e)
Output
The Systems Thinking ideas of Input → Process → Output are fundamental to designing, developing and maintaining computer systems. In a Point-of-Sales (POS) system at a grocery store, which of the following is an output?
Purchase History Report
Sales Receipt
The Systems Thinking ideas of Input → Process → Output are fundamental to designing, developing and maintaining computer systems. In a Point-of-Sales (POS) system at a grocery store, which of the following is process?
Calculating total of tax
Choosing type of payment
The Systems Thinking ideas of Input → Process → Output are fundamental to designing, developing and maintaining computer systems. In a Point-of-Sales (POS) system at a grocery store, which of the following is process?
Calculating total of tax
Choosing type of payment
The Systems Thinking ideas of Input → Process → Output are fundamental to designing, developing and maintaining computer systems. In a Point-of-Sales (POS) system at a grocery store, which of the following is an input?
Scanning customer’s item
Receiving customer payment
Which of the following are types of System Software? (select all that apply, omit those that do not.)
Operating System Software
c)
Utility Software
Why do businesses use information systems?
to interact with their customers and suppliers
to carry out and manage their operations
A typical information system will have which of these?
user interface where commands can be issued and results received.
d)
somewhere to store data (often in the form of a database).
Identify the learning objectives associated with Module 2
Describe the Information age and the differences among data, information, business intelligence, and knowledge.
Define CSFs and KPIs and explain how managers use them to measure the success of MIS projects.
Describe how binary numbers work.
Describe how businesses use metrics, CSFs and KPIs.
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An asset of this type is also called intellectual capital.
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Includes skills, experience, and expertise
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A data characteristic (or container) that stands for (or holds) a value that changes over time.
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Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event or object.
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Has been converted into something meaningful with a useful context.
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Is used by computers and machines
- Data
- Information
- Knowledge
- Variable
Which of the following symbols is used in binary number systems?
1 and zero
Match the concept with its characteristics and examples.
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An example is: Return on Investment
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quantifiable metrics a company uses to valuate progress toward a goal
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Crucial steps companies perform
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An example is: number of new customers
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An example is: increase customer satisfaction
- CSF (Critical Success Factor)
- KPI (Key Performance Indicator)
Which of the following describe aspirational goals critical to an organization achieving its mission and purpose?
Critical Success Factors (CSF
Identify the learning objectives associated with Module 3.
Define CSFs and KPIs and explain how managers use them to measure the success of MIS projects
Demonstrate the value of business process modeling and compare As-Is and To-Be models
Competitive advantage?
is a feature of a product (or service) on which customers place greater value than similar offerings from competitors.
What improves business process efficiencies by simplifying or eliminating unnecessary steps?
streamlining
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A task in a business process.
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Anything that happens during the course of a business process.
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Used to handle the flow (forking, merging and joining of paths) of a process.
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Display the path in which a process flows.
- BPMN event
- BPMN activity
- BPMN gateway
- BPMN flows
