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IT EXAM 3
IT Exam 3 for UWM
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 3
12/13/2016

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A customer relationship management (CRM) system helps a company in managing
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Distribution and Accounting
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The use of software to assist in the creation, analysis, and modification of the design of a component or product.
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Computer-Aided Design
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Many business application software vendors are pushing the use of _____ for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) to help customers acquire, use, and benefit from new technology while avoiding much of the associated complexity and high start-up costs.
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Hosted Software Model
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Which of these is an advantage of the hosted software model?
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Faster System Start-Up
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_____ Are ones where the variables that comprise the decision are known and can be measured quantitatively.
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Structured Decisions
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___ is a development methodology system originally used for designing a computer-based system, but can be applied to any development process. It involves continuous interaction with the users and different designers of the system in development.
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Joint Application Development
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An ____ is a formal document that outlines an organization's hardware or software needs and requests vendors to develop a detailed plan of how they would meet those needs and at what cost.
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Request for Proposal
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The ____ is a sequential multistage process where work on the next stage cannot begin until the results of the previous stage are reviewed and approved or modified as necessary
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Traditional systems development life cycle
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___ determines whether the expected benefits associated with a project outweigh the expected costs sufficiently to make the project financially attractive
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Economic Feasibility
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DISADVANTAGE of a traditional system development life cycle (SDLC)
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Documentation is expensive and time consuming to create
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Creates a complete set of technical specifications that can be used to construct and information system
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Systems Design
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Testing that ideally forces an individual program to execute all of its various functions and user features
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Unit Testing
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Involves running a complete new system for one group of users rather than all users
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Pilot Start-Up
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Advantage of prototyping
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Users can try the system and provide constructive feedback during development
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This is not an ADVANTAGE of the buy option for acquiring IS applications?
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Few types of off-the shelf software are available, thus limiting confusion
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TPS (Transaction Processing System)
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keep records/transaction data for business transactions
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ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
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a set of integrated programs that manage a company's vital business operations for an entire organization
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Examples of TPS
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payroll, order processing, account payable…..
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Batch V.S Online Processing Systems
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Batch: Firm collects data from transactions as they occur but there could be a slight delay

Online: Each transaction is processed immediately. Avoids delays.
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Data Collection
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Capturing and gathering all data necessary to complete the processing of transactions
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Information Silo
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an information silo is the condition that data are isolated in separated information systems.
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Information Silo PROBLEMS
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Data duplication, data inconsistency, disjointed processes,
limited info and lack of integrated info, isolated decisions,
waste resource and expenses
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How to SOLVE information silo PROBLEMS
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use enterprise systems, in this case enterprise resource planning (ERP)
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SCM - Supply Chain Management
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The essential characteristic of an __________ is that there is delay between an event and the eventual processing of the related transaction to update an organizations records
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Batch Processing System
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Which of the following types of processing is essential for businesses that require access to current data such as airlines, ticket agencies, and stock investment firms?
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Online Transaction Processing
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In the context of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, the most efficient and effective ways to complete a business process are called?
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Best Practices
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A key feature of an enterprise system is that:
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It employs a database of key operational and planning data that can be shared by all
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Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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Enterprise information systems are only used by large organizations
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Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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Functional area information systems easily communicate with each other.
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