Unit 2 Information Systems

Organizations need networks to:

• A. Send emails

• B. Share files

• C. Stream videos

• D. All the above

To properly implement and develop new information systems, which area does an organization NOT need to evaluate and analyze?

• A. The organization's plans and goals

• B. The current information system in place

• C. Its current employees

• D. The rewards and risks of an information system's technology

An example of software is:

• A. Operating system

• B. Monitor

• C. Printer

• D. Keyboard

Well-trained information systems professionals are critical for everything except:

• A. Reducing workload

• B. Making sure businesses can communicate anytime, anywhere

• C. Reducing the amount of data in information systems

• D. Making better use of data for more profitable decisions

What is the strategic role of information systems?

• A. To support and enhance the goals and initiative of organizations

• B. To offer improved Internet access

• C. To create new jobs

• D. To use less technology in the workplace

Networks are the machine-readable instructions that direct the circuitry within a system's hardware to create, edit, organize, process, and analyze information

• A. True

• B. False

Today, information systems are primarily manual processes where people do not rely on computers to work with information,

• A. True

• B. False

The specific technology tools that organizations put in place to make business operations possible are referred to as information communication technology.

• A. True

• B. False

People are the most important part of information systems.

• A. True

• B. False

Information Systems Planning (ISP) is vital to an organization's success.

• A. True

• B. False