IS LEC (M5-M7)

Question 1

• Formal social structure that processes resources from environment to produce
  outputs
• A formal legal entity with internal rules and procedures, as well as a social structur

Answer 1

ORGANIZATION

Question 2

A collection of rights,
privileges, obligations, and
responsibilities that is
delicately balanced over a
period of time through
conflict and conflict
resolution

Answer 2

ORGANIZATION

Question 3

Collections of routines

Answer 3

BUSINESS PROCESSES

Question 4

Collection of business processes

Answer 4

Business firm

Question 5

Precise rules, procedures, and practices
developed to cope with virtually all
expected situations

Answer 5

Routines

Question 6

T OR F

Political resistance greatly hampers
organizational change.

Answer 6

T

Question 7

____ May be powerful unifying force as well as restraint on change

Answer 7

ORG CULTURE

Question 8

T OR F

Organizations and environments have a inverse relationship

Answer 8

F

Organizations and environments have a RECIPROCAL relationship

Question 9

T OR F

Organizations are open to, and
dependent on, the social and physical
environmen

Answer 9

T

Question 10

t or f

Organizations generally change faster
than environment

Answer 10

F

the other way around

Question 11

First movers or fast followers?

Inventors of disruptive technologies

Answer 11

First movers

Question 12

First movers or fast followers?

Firms with the size and resources to capitalize on that technology

Answer 12

Fast Followers

Question 13

Set of physical devices and software required to operate
an enterprise

Answer 13

IT Infrastructure

Question 14

More accurate view of value of infrastructure
investments

Answer 14

“Service platform” perspective

Question 15

5 MAJOR Evolution of IT Infrast?

For:
(1959 to present):
(1981 to present):
(1983 to present):
(1992 to present):
(2000 to present):

Answer 15

General-purpose mainframe and minicomputer
era (1959 to present):

Personal computer era (1981 to present):

Client/server era (1983 to present):

Enterprise computing era (1992 to present):

Cloud and mobile computing era (2000 to
present):

Question 16

What Law?

The amount of data being stored
each year doubles

Answer 16

• Law of Mass Digital Storage

Question 17

What law?

Computing power doubles every 2
years
– Nanotechnology

Answer 17

Moore’s law and microprocessing power

Question 18

What law?

Value or power of a network grows
exponentially as a function of the
number of network members.

Answer 18

Metcalfe’s Law and network economics

Question 19

uses
individual atoms and
molecules to create
computer chips and other
devices that are thousands
of times smaller than
current technologies permit.

Answer 19

Nanotechnology

Question 20

T or f

The Amount of Storage Per
Dollar Rises Exponentially

Answer 20

T

Question 21

t or f

there is a Exponential Decline in Internet Communications Costs

Answer 21

T

Question 22

What Are the Components of IT
Infrastructure

Answer 22

1. Computer hardware platforms
2. Operating system platforms
3. Enterprise software applications
4. Data management and storage
5. Networking/telecommunications platforms
6. Internet platforms
7. Consulting system integration services

Question 23

One of the Components of IT Infrastructure that include:

Client Machine, Servers and mainframes

Answer 23

Computer hardware platforms

Question 24

One of the Components of IT Infrastructure that include:

– Corporate servers, Client level

Answer 24

Operating System Platforms

Question 25

In 2016, firms spend $___ billion on software for enterprise applications. Largest providers: ___ and ____ Middleware providers: ___ and ___

Answer 25

$321 Large prov: SAP and Oracle Midleware: IBM and ORacle

Question 26

One of the Components of IT Infrastructure that include: * Database software providers * Physical data storage for large-scale systems

Answer 26

Data Management and Storage

Question 27

One of the Components of IT Infrastructure that include: * Network operating systems * Network hardware providers * Telecommunication services

Answer 27

Networking/Telecommunications Platforms

Question 28

t or f large firms do not have resources for full range of support for new, complex infrastructure

Answer 28

T

Question 29

T or F As firms shrink or grow, IT needs to be flexible and scalable

Answer 29

T

Question 30

Solution for * Disruptive technologies * Outdated technology

Answer 30

* Redesign bar coding * Intelligent Mail scanning devices * Hadoop * Optimization models

Question 31

Group of related files

Answer 31

Database

Question 32

Group of records of same type

Answer 32

File

Question 33

Group of related fields

Answer 33

Record

Question 34

Group of characters as word(s) or number(s)

Answer 34

Field

Question 35

Person, place, thing on which we store information

Answer 35

Entity

Question 36

Each characteristic, or quality, describing entity

Answer 36

Attribute

Question 37

Problems with the Traditional File Environment

Answer 37

- Files maintained separately by different departments * Data redundancy * Data inconsistency * Program-data dependence * Lack of flexibility * Poor security * Lack of data sharing and availability

Question 38

Serves many applications by centralizing data and controlling redundant data

Answer 38

Database

Question 39

– Interfaces between applications and physical data files – Separates logical and physical views of data – Solves problems of traditional file environment

Answer 39

* Database management system (DBMS)

Question 40

______: * Represent data as two-dimensional tables * Each table contains data on entity and attributes * Table: grid of columns and rows * Rows (tuples): Records for different entities * Fields (columns): Represents attribute for entity * Key field: Field used to uniquely identify each record * Primary key: Field in table used for key fields * Foreign key: Primary key used in second table as look-up field to identify records from original table

Answer 40

Relational DBMS

Question 41

* Three basic operations used to develop useful sets of data under Relational DBMS

Answer 41

- select - join - project

Question 42

___ * Creates subset of data of all records that meet stated criteria

Answer 42

SeLECT

Question 43

_____ * Combines relational tables to provide user with more information than available in individual tables

Answer 43

Join

Question 44

_____ * Creates subset of columns in table, creating tables with only the information specified

Answer 44

* PROJECT

Question 45

Capabilities of Database Management Systems

Answer 45

Data definition capability * Data dictionary * Querying and reporting * Data manipulation language * Structured Query Language (SQL) * Many DBMS have report generation capabilities for creating polished reports (Microsoft Access)