Introduction to Business Information Systems

What is an organized collection of people, procedures, software, databases, and devices used to create, store, share, and use the organization's experience and knowledge?

• KMS (knowledge management system)

• MIS (management information system)

• DSS (decision support system)

• TPS (transaction processing system)

What is the primary purpose of systems analysis?

• To define the problems and opportunities of the existing system

• To review the existing system

• To develop new systems

• To design new systems

What is a measure of the output achieved divided by the input required?

• Productivity

• Effectiveness

• Efficiency

• Return on investment

The smallest unit of memory storage in a computer is ___________.

• Bit

• Megabyte

• Byte

• Gigabyte

Random access memory (RAM) is ____________

• Volatile

• Nonvolatile

• Valentine

• None of the above

In electronic mobile manufacturing the following type of information is operational

• Scheduling production

• Assessing competitor car

• Computing sales tax collected

• Decision on introducing a new model

The three activities in an information system that produce the information organizations use to control operations are:

• Input, processing, and output.

• Input, output, and feedback.

• Data, information, and analysis.

• Data analysis, processing, and feedback.

Which of the following refers to a computing environment where software and storage are provided as an Internet service and accessed with a Web browser?

• Cloud computing

• Distributed computing

• Utility computing

• Grid computing

Maintaining the organization's financial records is a central purpose of which main business function?

• Finance and accounting

• Manufacturing and accounting

• Sales and manufacturing

• Human resources

Which of the following is a global network that uses universal standards to connect millions of different networks around the world?

• The Internet

• An extranet

• The World Wide Web

• An intranet