UMBC IS 300 Exam 1 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+ 2025/2026
Information Technology (IT) - ANS ✔✔Refers to any computer based tool that people use to
work with information and to support the information and information-processing needs of an
organization
Information System (IS) - ANS ✔✔Collects, processes, stores, analyzes and disseminates
information for a specific purpose
Informed User - ANS ✔✔A person knowledgeable about information systems and information
technology
Data Items - ANS ✔✔Refer to an elementary description of things, events, activities ad
transactions that are recorded, classified and stored, but not organized
Information - ANS ✔✔Refers to data that has been organized so that they have meaning and
value
Knowledge - ANS ✔✔Consists of data and/or information that has been organized and
processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning and expertise as they
apply to a current problem
Examples of data, information and knowledge - ANS ✔✔Data - 3.22
Information - John Jones, 3.22
Knowledge - With a 3.22, John Jones qualifies for a scholarship
, Computer based information system (CBIS) - ANS ✔✔An information system that uses
computer technology to perform some or all of its intended tasks
Hardware - ANS ✔✔Consists of devices such as the processor, monitor, keyboard and printer.
Together, these devices accept, process and display data and information
Software - ANS ✔✔A program or collection of programs that enable the hardware to process
data
Database - ANS ✔✔A collection of related files or tables containing data
Network - ANS ✔✔A connecting system (wireline or wireless) that permits different computers
to share resources
Procedures - ANS ✔✔The instructions for combining the above components to process
information and generate the desired output
Information Technology Platform - ANS ✔✔Formed by the IT components of hardware,
software, networks (wireline and wireless), and databases.
Information Technology Services - ANS ✔✔IT personnel use IT components to perform these IT
services: develop information systems, oversee security and risk, and manage data
Information technology Infrastructure - ANS ✔✔IT components plus IT services
Functional Area Information Systems - ANS ✔✔Information systems that support a particular
functional area within the organization
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+ 2025/2026
Information Technology (IT) - ANS ✔✔Refers to any computer based tool that people use to
work with information and to support the information and information-processing needs of an
organization
Information System (IS) - ANS ✔✔Collects, processes, stores, analyzes and disseminates
information for a specific purpose
Informed User - ANS ✔✔A person knowledgeable about information systems and information
technology
Data Items - ANS ✔✔Refer to an elementary description of things, events, activities ad
transactions that are recorded, classified and stored, but not organized
Information - ANS ✔✔Refers to data that has been organized so that they have meaning and
value
Knowledge - ANS ✔✔Consists of data and/or information that has been organized and
processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning and expertise as they
apply to a current problem
Examples of data, information and knowledge - ANS ✔✔Data - 3.22
Information - John Jones, 3.22
Knowledge - With a 3.22, John Jones qualifies for a scholarship
, Computer based information system (CBIS) - ANS ✔✔An information system that uses
computer technology to perform some or all of its intended tasks
Hardware - ANS ✔✔Consists of devices such as the processor, monitor, keyboard and printer.
Together, these devices accept, process and display data and information
Software - ANS ✔✔A program or collection of programs that enable the hardware to process
data
Database - ANS ✔✔A collection of related files or tables containing data
Network - ANS ✔✔A connecting system (wireline or wireless) that permits different computers
to share resources
Procedures - ANS ✔✔The instructions for combining the above components to process
information and generate the desired output
Information Technology Platform - ANS ✔✔Formed by the IT components of hardware,
software, networks (wireline and wireless), and databases.
Information Technology Services - ANS ✔✔IT personnel use IT components to perform these IT
services: develop information systems, oversee security and risk, and manage data
Information technology Infrastructure - ANS ✔✔IT components plus IT services
Functional Area Information Systems - ANS ✔✔Information systems that support a particular
functional area within the organization
