Georgia State University (GSU) CIS 2010 Introduction to Information Systems Exam 1 Practice Exam

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• What is virtualization and what are its benefits in IT infrastructure?
• Which set lists the five components of an information system?
• Which statement correctly identifies the five components of an information system?
• Which statement best describes data warehouses and data lakes in relation to reporting and analytics?
• Which term describes a set of unique features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to those of the competition?
• What is IT governance and why is COBIT used?
• A system of expressing numbers in which digits are arranged in succession with place value is known as?
• Explain the difference between data governance and data quality.
• Which statement correctly differentiates information technology from information systems?
• Customer satisfaction and conversion rates are examples of which MIS metric type?
• Which concept describes customer lock-in through analytics and ecosystems?
• KPIs are used to evaluate progress toward which factors?
• Which term describes information collected from multiple sources that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic decision making?
• What distinguishes Data from Information?
• What is a value chain and where do information systems fit?
• How do data, information, and knowledge differ? Choose the best example set.
• Which system is most appropriate to support day-to-day transaction processing in a retail store?
• If buyers have strong power, what is the typical impact on prices?
• What is IT governance and why is it important?
• What is metadata and can you give examples?
• Which term is a business function that moves information about people, products, and processes across the company to facilitate decision-making and problem-solving?
• What is a business process and how do information systems support it?
• What is metadata and why is it important in information systems?
• What is service-dominant logic in information systems?
• Which of the following is a common threat to information systems?
• What term describes the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data?
• What is the difference between cloud-native, hosted, and on-premise software?
• Which information system is commonly used to support tactical decision-making through reports and analyses?
• Which of the following describes the CIA triad components?
• GDPR data privacy law focus?
• Which term refers to information collected from multiple sources to analyze patterns for strategic decision making?
• What is the role of data quality dimensions (accuracy, completeness, timeliness, consistency, validity)?
• Which term is exemplified by the phrase 'best-selling product, best customer, worst-selling product, worst customer'?
• Which option correctly identifies cloud service models?
• Which statement best describes data mining?
• Which statement best describes a foreign key in a relational database?
• Which statement about data warehouses and data lakes is false?
• Which concept describes viewing the organization as a whole with interconnected parts and feedback loops?
• Which category includes emails, tweets, and video transcripts?
• What is prototyping in information systems development and when is it particularly useful?
• Why are data integrity constraints important in relational databases?
• Which term describes factors that limit or prevent change?
• What percentage of data is unstructured according to the material?
• Which statement about the digital economy and information systems is accurate?
• What best defines a database, a DBMS, and the relational model?
• Which countermeasure best addresses phishing threats?
• An ERP system integrates core business processes. Which of the following is typically included?
• Which of the following statements correctly describes LAN, WAN, and VPN?
• In BPR, which approach is often used to rethink processes from scratch rather than tweaking components?
• What is the purpose of data normalization?
• Which statement describes the primary purpose of a data warehouse?
• Which term best describes the overall approach used to differentiate a company’s products from competitors and achieve success in the market?
• Which of the following is NOT one of the five components of an information system?
• Which of the following is an example of structured data in healthcare?
• How does a data warehouse differ from a database?
• Emails and video transcripts primarily belong to which category?
• Which technology is often leveraged to enable BPR?
• Which option illustrates information rather than data?
• Information systems literacy is best described as:
• Which statement correctly describes the difference between a data warehouse and a data mart?
• What distinguishes a Management Information System (MIS) from a Transaction Processing System (TPS)?
• Which term describes the process of turning raw facts into meaningful context?
• Define ERP and describe a key benefit.
• Which term describes when an output of matter, energy, or information is fed back into the system as input and leads to changes in that system?
• Which of the following is an Example of an Effectiveness MIS Metric?
• Which term denotes the plan that guides an organization's efforts to achieve long-term goals?
• What is a CRM system and its main purpose?
• Who uses an Executive Support System (ESS) and what it provides?
• Which metric category would you use to measure the impact of MIS on business processes?
• The threat of new competitors entering the market is described as?
• What is the difference between client-server and cloud-native architecture?
• KPIs are quantifiable metrics used to evaluate progress toward CSFs.
• Which combination is commonly affected by BPR initiatives?
• Which statement best defines an information system and lists its five components?
• What term means devices that connect directly to other devices?
• Which role is typically crucial in BPR to ensure adoption?
• Which term describes the era characterized by widespread access to vast quantities of facts via computers?
• What is a typical outcome of a successful BPR initiative?
• Which framework evaluates industry profitability by examining five forces affecting competition?
• Which term is defined as regulating inputs and processes to achieve a desired output, with the need to adjust regulations if the process changes?
• What is a Transaction Processing System (TPS) and its primary purpose?
• Which component is responsible for governing the rules and processes that govern system use?
• What is a decision support system (DSS)?
• What role does user involvement play in the software development life cycle (SDLC) and IS development success?
• Which statement describes cloud-native architecture characteristics?
• Which statement correctly describes the relationship between structured and unstructured data?
• Which statement distinguishes IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS?
• Which describes the 'as-is' process in BPR?
• Which of the following is an example of a nonfunctional requirement?
• How can information systems enable network effects and why is that valuable?
• What does cybersecurity risk management involve?
• What is the difference between OLTP and OLAP, and how do they differ in use?
• What is the primary difference between business intelligence (BI) and data analytics?
• Which statement correctly differentiates structured data from unstructured data, with an example of each?
• Which term is a leadership plan that achieves a specific set of goals or objectives?
• What is a business model in IS context?
• Occurs when an organization can significantly impact its market share by being first to market with a competitive advantage?
• Which term describes the practice of being first to market with a new advantage to capture market share?
• The power of buyers to influence the price they pay for a product is called?
• What is ER modeling and why is it used?
• Compare batch processing with real-time (online) processing.
• Benchmarking is primarily used to do what?
• The numeral system used by computers that uses two digits, 0 and 1, is called?
• What is the primary goal of a SCM system?
• Explain the difference between physical database design and logical database design.
• Which statement best defines a digital economy?
• Which type of information system is primarily used to support routine transactional processing with fast inserts and updates?
• What is a stakeholder and an example in IS governance?
• URL shorteners are used to turn long URLs into shorter URLs; a large number turned into alphanumeric characters.
• What is the difference between structured and unstructured data?
• Which characteristic best describes a risk of BPR?
• Which of the following is a best countermeasure against ransomware?
• What is the key difference between a Management Information System (MIS) and a Decision Support System (DSS)?
• Which model analyzes the competitive forces within an industry to assess profitability?
• What is Agile development and why is it used?
• What is enterprise social collaboration and its benefits/challenges?
• Which statement best describes structured data?
• Which statement best describes unstructured data?
• Which step is commonly associated with BPR methodology?
• Which of the following is a common risk of business process reengineering?
• What is the key difference between data and information with an example?
• What is a primary benefit of BPR?
• What is ethics in information systems (IS)?
• Which term refers to the confirmation or validation of an event or object?
• Which statement best matches the type of information system to its primary user group?
• Explain the difference between data warehouses and data lakes.
• Which of the following are IS capabilities that support a business process?
• Which statement best describes real-time processing?
• Which statement best describes a Decision Support System (DSS) and gives an example of its use?
• What are raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event or object?
• What are social and ethical implications of IS, including privacy?
• Which statement correctly distinguishes LANs from WANs?
• Which term is NOT a phase of the SDLC?
• Which statement is true about data marts?
• Which statement best describes a data warehouse?
• Which of the following is NOT an Efficiency MIS Metric?
• Which statement best describes a foreign key in relational databases?
• Analytics is best described as?
• What is the purpose of disaster recovery and business continuity planning?
• What factor is critical for BPR success?
• Which of the following is NOT a data quality characteristic?
• Which IT governance framework provides a structured set of objectives for governance and control?
• Which practice most reduces the risk of misaligned outcomes in IS development?
• Which term monitors input variations and adjusts the process to compensate?
• Which statement describes online versus offline data processing?
• Which term refers to the organization-wide function that processes and transmits information to support decision-making?
• What percentage of data is typically structured?
• Explain cloud computing and contrast IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
• How does information systems support decision making at operational, tactical, and strategic levels?
• Which of the following is an example of unstructured data?
• Which of the following is an example of Data?
• Which statement best describes data warehousing?
• Best Practices are described as what?
• Which operation is NOT typically handled by a DBMS?
• What is the difference between data mining and data warehousing?
• Which term describes the interconnection of devices enabling data exchange across everyday objects?
• Which statement best describes KPIs?
• Which term describes the process of gaining information about competitors to anticipate their moves?
• Which of the following is not typically a step in a business process reengineering project?
• Which security measure relies on restricting access to resources and enforcing identity verification?
• What does data governance primarily involve?
• Used to make words and strings. They include uppercase and lowercase letters, the digits 0-9 and symbols like ? + and £.
• Which description accurately assigns the roles to the five components of an information system?
• Name an ethical concern associated with information systems.
• Define data mining and its purpose in business contexts.
• Explain the concept of information systems literacy.
• The ability of suppliers to influence the prices they charge for supplies is known as?
• How do waterfall and agile development approaches differ?
• What is SQL used for?
• Which statement about structured data is true?
• Which set correctly illustrates data, information, and knowledge?
• What is data integrity and what is referential integrity in relational databases?
• Differentiate authentication, authorization, and access control.
• What is Business Intelligence (BI) and its main components?
• Which of the following are KPIs that a company might track?
• Which statement best describes IT-enabled cost leadership?
• Which option is NOT a main function of a Database Management System (DBMS)?
• What is the role of governance in IS project management?
• What is a key performance indicator (KPI) and how can IT support it?
• What is a data warehouse?
• What is the role of workflows in information systems?
• Which statement differentiates BPM and BPR?
• Which of the following is an example of a stakeholder in IS governance?
• Which statement correctly describes the Waterfall model and its drawback?
• Base 2; 0-1
• Which information system is most closely associated with strategic decision making and long-term planning?
• Which technology enables secure remote access over public networks?
• What term describes the radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in cost, quality, service, and speed?
• Name an ethical concern associated with information systems in organizations.
• Which of the following is a basic component of an entity-relationship (ER) model?
• Which SQL statement is used to remove rows from a table?
• Which is a typical SDLC phase?
• Which of the following is NOT a reason data privacy is important to organizations?
• What is the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and what are its typical phases?
• Which term is defined as Data converted into a meaningful and useful context?
• Which of the following is an Efficiency MIS Metric that measures the impact MIS has on business processes?
• Which best describes how information technology can create a competitive advantage?
• What is normalization and why is it used in databases?
• Which statement best describes IT-enabled differentiation?
• Which term describes collecting and analyzing information about competitors to forecast their actions?
• Who are the entities that provide materials or services to a company?
• Define change management in IT projects and why it matters.
• Data privacy and GDPR impact information systems.
• Which term means skills, experience, and expertise coupled with information and intelligence that creates a person's intellectual resources?
• Explain the role of AI and machine learning in information systems.
• What is data privacy and why is it important to organizations?
• Which are typical information systems used by organizations?
• What term describes the process of comparing performance against high-performing organizations?
• The process of turning data into insight to support better decisions is called what?
• Which term describes the ongoing, systematic improvement of business processes?
• What is benchmarking primarily used for?
• Which term describes smaller systems that operate within the context of a larger system?
• Which statement best describes access control and two-factor authentication?
• Which system typically serves as the source data for MIS by recording day-to-day transactions?
• Which cloud service model delivers software applications to end users?
• Which of the following describes unstructured data?
• Which statement best describes functional vs nonfunctional requirements?
• A KPI is used to measure the performance of what?
• Which option is NOT a cloud service model?
• What are the three core objectives of the CIA triad in information security?
• Which of the following best defines business process reengineering?
• Which of the following is NOT an Efficiency MIS Metric?
• Which term is the network that allows machines to communicate without human intervention?
• Competition for the same objective or for supremacy in the same field is called?
• In a relational database, which concept uniquely identifies a record?
• What is required for IT to contribute to sustainable competitive advantage?
• Which term describes monitoring the entire system by viewing multiple inputs being processed and transformed to produce outputs while continuously gathering feedback on each part?
• Define an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and list two benefits.
• Which option correctly lists the phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)?
• Which of the following is an example of structured data?
• What best describes an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system?
• Which statement best describes the difference between operational and strategic use of information systems?
• Which term refers to regulating the input & process for the desired output; if the process changes, regulations/tools/barriers may need to be changed?
• What is the primary difference between a transaction processing system and a management information system?
• What is the difference between benchmarking and best practices?
• What is a primary purpose of governance in IS projects?
• A typical goal of business process reengineering is to achieve significant improvements in which areas?
• Which of the following is an example of a Critical Success Factor (CSF)?