SA&D_020_Introduction2SA&D

___ are computerized information systems that were developed to process large amounts of data for routine business transactions such as payroll and inventory. A ___ eliminates the tedium of necessary operational transactions and reduces the time once required to perform them manually, although people must still input data to computerized systems.

• Transaction processing systems (TPS)

• Office automation systems

  (OAS)

• Management information systems (MIS)

• Decision support systems (DSS)

• Artificial intelligence (AI)

To access information, users of the ___ share a common database. The database stores both data and models that help the user interact with, interpret, and apply that data. ___ output information that is used in decision making. A ___ can also help integrate some of the computerized information functions of a business.

• Transaction processing systems (TPS)

• Office automation systems

  (OAS)

• Management information systems (MIS)

• Decision support systems (DSS)

• Artificial intelligence (AI)

___ support data workers, who do not usually create new knowledge but rather analyze information to transform data or manipulate it in some way before sharing it with, or formally disseminating it throughout, the organization and, sometimes, beyond.

• Transaction processing systems (TPS)

• Office automation systems

  (OAS)

• Management information systems (MIS)

• Decision support systems (DSS)

• Artificial intelligence (AI)

A ___ departs from the traditional MIS because it emphasizes the support of decision making in all its phases, although the actual decision is still the exclusive province of the decision maker. Sometimes ___ are discussed as systems that focus on business intelligence.

• Transaction processing systems (TPS)

• Office automation systems

  (OAS)

• Management information systems (MIS)

• Decision support systems (DSS)

• Artificial intelligence (AI)

Two avenues of ___ research are (1) understanding natural language and (2) analyzing the ability to reason through a problem to its logical conclusion. Expert systems use the approaches of ___ reasoning to solve the problems put to them by business (and other) users.

• Transaction processing systems (TPS)

• Office automation systems

  (OAS)

• Management information systems (MIS)

• Decision support systems (DSS)

• Artificial intelligence (AI)

___ help executives organize their interactions with the external environment by providing graphics and communications technologies in accessible places such as boardrooms or personal corporate offices.

• Transaction processing systems (TPS)

• Executive support systems (ESS)

• Management information systems (MIS)

• Decision support systems (DSS)

• Artificial intelligence (AI)

Which of these are "integrating technologies" affect all types of users and systems.

• Transaction processing systems (TPS)

• Ecommerce Applications and Web Systems

• Management information systems (MIS)

• Systems for Wireless and Mobile Devices

• Enterprise Systems

How many phases are there in SDLC?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

• Can be any of the above

According to "Systems analysis and design / Kenneth E. Kendall, Julie E. Kendall. — 8th ed.", how many phases are there in SDLC?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

• Can be any of the above

One of the phases in SDLC requires that the analyst look honestly at what is occurring in a business. Then, together with other organizational members, the analyst pinpoints problems. Often others will bring up these problems, and they are the reason the analyst was initially called in. Which phase is this?

• Identifying Problems, Opportunities, and Objectives

• Determining human

  information

  requirements

• Analyzing

  system needs

• Designing the

  recommended

  system

• Developing and

  documenting

  software