Questions and answers GRADED A
(2026)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - correct answer
support all the major functions of organizations.
✅ to integrate data and
integrate various functional aspects of the organization
Goal of ERP - correct answer ✅to make the information flow dynamic and
immediate, therefore, increasing its usefulness and value.
Components of ERP - correct answer
process, people
✅ Hardware, software process, information,
Hardware - correct answer ✅ Servers and peripherals
Software Process - correct answer ✅ Operating systems and database
Information - correct answer ✅ Organizational data, internal and external
Process - correct answer ✅ Business processes, procedures, and policies
People - correct answer ✅ End users and IT staff
Benefits of an ERP System - correct answer
across functional areas
✅ Integration of data and applications
Improvements in maintenance and support as IT staff is centralized.
,ERP Systems Final Exam 1 Exam
Questions and answers GRADED A
(2026)
Consistency of the user interface
Security of data and applications is enhanced
Limitations of an ERP System - correct answer ✅
configuring, and maintaining the system increases
Complexity of installing,
Consolidation of IT hardware, software, and people resources can be cumbersome
and difficult to attain.
Retraining staff
ERP Vendors - correct answer
SSA Global, Epicor
✅ SAP, Oracle, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics, Lawson,
ERP Architecture - correct answer ✅
blueprint of the actual ERP system and helps
the implementation team build the ERP system.
Tiered Architecture - correct answer
web servers, citrix
✅ Presentation Logic - Remote user clients,
Business Logic - Load balancing, application servers, print servers
Data - Production DB, Reporting DB, Disk DB server
Organizational Pyramid - correct answer
Control, Operational Control
✅ Strategic Planning, Management
Finance, HR, Accounting, Operations, Marketing
, ERP Systems Final Exam 1 Exam
Questions and answers GRADED A
(2026)
functional silos - correct answer
from their environment
✅
compartmentalized operating units isolated
Hierarchical model of the organization - correct answer
tactical management, functional operations
✅ strategic management,
IS architectures - correct answer ✅
rapid advances in computer and networking
technologies and changing organizational dynamics, drive the emergence of new
information system models
Types of systems - correct answer ✅ TPS, MIS, DDS, ESS
TPS - correct answer ✅ Record day to day business transactions
MIS - correct answer ✅used by tactical managers to monitor the organization's
current performance status
DDS - correct answer
decisions
✅ used by senior management to make non-routine
Steps in Integrating Systems - correct answer ✅ 1. Resource categorization
2. compliance and standards
3. legacy systems support
4. middleware tools