Term
| Reffering to data, what is drilling? |
|
Definition
| starting with broad information then looking at specific parts |
|
|
Term
| what is a business model? |
|
Definition
-simp. ex. thats reps a more complex object
-set of assumtions and relationships that describe the workings of a system
-a simulation that describes how a business process will respond in the real world
- a tool to evaluate whether a proposed solution will have the expected outcome |
|
|
Term
| which part of an organization commonly makes strategic decisions |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| When diagnosing uncommon or bioterrorism events, physician may utilize : |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| an important economic principle of the info security is that spending on info security should be: |
|
Definition
| proportional to the cost of the potential damage to the businesss |
|
|
Term
| a "fishbone" process analysis diagram is also know as: |
|
Definition
| A cause- and -effect diagram |
|
|
Term
| with respect to data mining, forecasting is defined as the process of: |
|
Definition
| analyzing data based on historical trends |
|
|
Term
| explicit knowledge describing the policies of an organization is also known as: |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| with respect to a business model, the value proportion describes what? |
|
Definition
| how a product or service fulfills the needs of a customer |
|
|
Term
| which of these symbols are typically NOT included in a data flow diagram? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| which phases of the SDLC (software development life cycle) would commonly use dataflow diagrams, unified modeling language (UML) and cross-fuctional flowcharts |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| which of the following would be a characteristic of a structured problem? |
|
Definition
| a solution that can be determined through a sequence of steps |
|
|
Term
| which type of decision deals with managing common, everyday issues relating to clerical and production business processes? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| which of the following are types of feasibility studies? |
|
Definition
-technical
-operational
-economic |
|
|
Term
| COPLINK can search for trends that meet multiple criteria specified using terms with the range of values relating to the person, the vehicle, and the location of the crime. this method of searching was helpful to a detective investigating a crime because: |
|
Definition
-COPLINK allows info that is not exact to be used in a search
-quickly finds suspects that match the known aspects of the crime |
|
|
Term
| which phase of the SDLC process typically is the longest phase in terms of time? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| In a vertical cross-functional diagram, what do the columns represent? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| In Data Mining, some of the commonly used analysis methods are: |
|
Definition
| classification, clustering, association, sequencing, forecasting |
|
|
Term
| In a Business Flowchart, what does the diamond symbol stand for? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The REDFLEX systems currently in use in Arizona is: |
|
Definition
| Uses road sensors and cameras to record cars running red traffic lights |
|
|
Term
| The information contained in a data warehouses should have what characteristics? |
|
Definition
A. The information should be in a consistent format B. The information should be non-volatile (invariant over time)
C. The information should be relevant and organized
D. The information should have know relationships and associations |
|
|
Term
| What concerns have privacy experts raised the US Department of Homeland Security’s ADVISE (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Analysis) system? |
|
Definition
| . The lack of adequate oversight and accountability will result in mission creep |
|
|
Term
| Which type of business model shows expected production and sales over time? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A low product price may stimulate sales, allowing a company to achieve economies of scale that reduce cost, allowing an even lower price, and so on. Which of the following characteristics of system dynamics best describes this occurrence? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Marketing expenditures below a certain level might have negligible effect; and additional marketing above a certain level can reach saturation or diminishing returns. This kind of relationship is best characterized by which of the following aspects of system dynamics? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| In a Decision Support System (DSS), turning data into useful information and knowledge is managed by the: |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What advantage does having ideas posted anonymously during a meeting mediated by a Group Decision Support Systems have over a traditional meeting? |
|
Definition
| it encouraged the discussion to the focus on ideas |
|
|
Term
| According to Gartner Research, what was the impact of "phishing" attacks on people using online banking? |
|
Definition
| the number of people paying bills online decreased |
|
|
Term
| What method of Data Mining Analysis relates to the temporal (time) ordering of events? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| In a manufacturing system, a BOM (Bill of Materials) includes what type of information? |
|
Definition
- the individual items and subassembley that compose a product
-the quantities of each item and subassembly used in building a product |
|
|
Term
| Tacit, or “sticky” knowledge, is based on information that is: |
|
Definition
-Subjective and cognitive
- related to an individuals experience |
|
|
Term
| In the real-time data mining video presented in class, the use of OLAP (on-line analytic processing) as part of the data validation process resulted in the system: |
|
Definition
A.Correcting unintentional errors by users
B. Preventing users from entering accurate information
C. Considering previously entered responses as valid data
D. Giving an impression of bias to the users of the system |
|
|
Term
| What are the commonly used strategies for transitioning the business operations from an old (legacy) business system to a new one? |
|
Definition
| Phased conversion, Pilot conversion, cut-over conversion and parallel conversion. |
|
|
Term
| An example of the Pareto principle would be: |
|
Definition
A. 80% of process defects arise from 20% of the process issues
C. 80% of customer complaints arise from 20% of your products or services |
|
|
Term
| Using a firewall to improve security focuses on what type of action? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the amber alert system is used too: |
|
Definition
| quickly inform the public schools about a missing or abducted child |
|
|
Term
| Which of the following models would be used to describe aspects of a business? |
|
Definition
A. Revenue model
B. Production Model
C. Workflow Model
D. Organizational Model |
|
|
Term
| A business intelligence tool that uses abstractions, such as color and graphical images like instrument gauges, to allow executives to grasp business situations quickly is known as: |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Data mining is the process of using knowledge discovery to do what? |
|
Definition
| identify novel and unexpected patterns in data |
|
|
Term
| human resources use computer systems to keep track of what type of info? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| competitive advantages can be achieved by doing the following: |
|
Definition
-reducing cost
-establishing alliances
-establishing high switching costs |
|
|
Term
| in a relationship database, what kind of key is a shared field that links or joins two tables? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| correctly characterized information |
|
Definition
| data that has been processed that has meaningful and useful context |
|
|
Term
| what is true about a primary key in a database table? |
|
Definition
| it uniquely identifies a record within the table |
|
|
Term
| characteristics of a quality database |
|
Definition
- data integrity
-data independence
-data security
-data maintenence |
|
|
Term
| internet enabled glabaization does: |
|
Definition
-remove intermediaries
-removes geobraphy as a barrier to relationships
-makes the world become you market and your competition
-easily connect people with similar interests |
|
|
Term
| in an entity diagram, what would a circle on a relationship connector between two entities represent? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the ETL prcesses of a building a database, when is data "cleansed"? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| B2C e-commerece descrices a relationship between what trading partners? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| why is a transactional database generally unsuitable for a business analysis |
|
Definition
| data in a transactional database is dynamis |
|
|
Term
| in a ER Diagram, what do crows feet on a reationship connector between two entities represent? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the database schema describes which of the following properties of a database? |
|
Definition
A. It defines the fields in the database
B. It defines the structure of the database
C. It defines the sizes of fields
D. It identifies primary keys |
|
|
Term
| What does the olive tree symbolize in Friedman’s book “The Lexus and the Olive Tree”? |
|
Definition
Distinctive local culture
dee;y rooted connections to a local culture |
|
|
Term
| how can we analyze globalization? |
|
Definition
-econopmically
-culturally
-socially |
|
|
Term
| what is consodered the invisible or deep web? |
|
Definition
-commercial databases that charge a fee
- sites that requise membership or a login |
|
|
Term
| what type of e commerce revenue model does dell computer employ? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| which category of e- commerce represents the largest total monetary transactions? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What global information system issue were the causes of a NASA Mars space craft being lost and an Air Canada 767 running out of fuel? |
|
Definition
| inconsistent units of measure of measure in flight planning |
|
|
Term
| global information systems face which of the following challenges? |
|
Definition
-technology barriers
-regulations and tarrifs
-different languages and cultures |
|
|
Term
| which search will return the most pages? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what does the term "bleeding edge" refer to? |
|
Definition
| the disadvantage associated with using a new product |
|
|
Term
| If Southwest Airlines and Hertz Rent-A-Car worked together to offer special value packages for their customers, what type of competitive advantage is this? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The Bike Guys video mentions sending promotions on customer birthdays. What IT tool would help them identify the information needed to execute this promotion? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| limiting a search engine to a specific domain or site is known as: |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| in an entity relationship diagram, which symbol indicates a relationship? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Words such as "AND", "OR", or "NOT" that are used with search engines are known as: |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| When using Google, using logical Boolean operators in a search string: |
|
Definition
| creates a relationship between two search terms |
|
|
Term
| According to Nyan Chanda at YaleOnline, globalization relates to the movement of what? |
|
Definition
-Goods
-ideas
-institutions
people |
|
|
Term
| search engines such as Grokker use visualization to : |
|
Definition
| display patterns of info in the graphical format |
|
|
Term
| MIS is involved in the managment of an enterprise through which of the following? |
|
Definition
-its stakeholders
-the enterprises data, info, and knowledge
-the ways the enterprise is connected |
|
|
Term
| in a relationship database system, a "join table" is: |
|
Definition
| created from a composite of info from multiple tables |
|
|
Term
| the internet removes location as a barrier to relationship by: |
|
Definition
A. Allowing companies to serve customer throughout the world
B. Allowing rich (multimedia) exchanges between trading partners
C. Allowing workers to travel virtually to any location |
|
|
Term
| approx. what fraction of internet users are native english speakers? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| how could politics impact a global info system? |
|
Definition
A. Governments may require software to be purchased within their borders
B. Governments may limit access to the to the Internet
C. Local governments may control the way information and resources are managed |
|
|
Term
| people, data, processes and interfaces are the four major dimensions of : |
|
Definition
| an information system architecture |
|
|
Term
| which of the following is a characteristic of the data warehouse? |
|
Definition
A. Large, Complex Datasets
B. Integrates Legacy and Production Applications
C. Typically, an Enterprise-level project |
|
|
Term
| which of the following type of decision is made typically by the senior management of an organization? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what us a factor contributing tot eh bullwhip effect? |
|
Definition
-storage gaming
-price promotions
-batch purchasing
-forecasting/ trend analysis |
|
|
Term
| What is the set of skills used to create a shift in public opinion and mobilize the necessary resources and forces to support an issue, policy, or constituency? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What event correlates with the inflection point in computer usage in 1985, such that those born after 1985 have significantly higher computer and internet usage? |
|
Definition
| intro of home/personal computers |
|
|
