Test Bank Foundations of Information
Systems Student Answer Guide 2026
Graded A+
Knowledge - ANSWER//The awareness and understanding of a set of information and
the ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or reach a
decision.
Input - ANSWER//The activity of gathering and capturing raw data.
Processing - ANSWER//Converting or transforming data into useful outputs.
Output - ANSWER//Production of useful information, usually in the form of documents
and reports.
Feedback - ANSWER//Information from the system that is used to make changes to
input or processing activities.
Forecasting - ANSWER//Predicting future events to avoid problems.
Computer-based information system (CBIS) - ANSWER//Single set of hardware,
software, databases, telecommunications, people, and procedures configured to collect,
manipulate, store, and process data into information
Technology infrastructure - ANSWER//All the hardware, software, databases,
telecommunications, people and procedures that are configured to collect, manipulate,
store and process data into information.
Hardware - ANSWER//Computer equipment used to perform input, processing, storage,
and output activities.
, Software - ANSWER//The computer programs that govern the operation of the
computer.
Database - ANSWER//An organized collection of facts and information, typically
consisting of two or more related data files.
Telecommunications - ANSWER//The electronic transmission of signals for
communications that enables organization to carry out their processes and tasks
through effective computer networks.
Network - ANSWER//Computers and equipment that are connected in a building,
around the country, or around the world to enable electronic communications.
Internet - ANSWER//The world's largest computer network, consisting of thousands of
interconnected networks, all freely exchanging information.
Intranet - ANSWER//An internal network baed on Web technologies that allows people
within an organization to exchange information and work on projects.
Extranet - ANSWER//A network based on Web technologies that allows selected out-
siders, such as business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a
company's intranet.
Procedures - ANSWER//The strategies, policies, methods, and rules for using a CBIS.
Electronic commerce (E-commerce) - ANSWER//Any business transaction executed
electronically between companies (business-to-business_, companies and consumers
(business0to0consumer), consumers and other consumers (consumer-to-consumer0,
business and the public sector, and consumers and the public sector.
Mobile commerce (m-commerce): - ANSWER//The use of mobile, wireless devices to
place order and conduct business.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - ANSWER//A computer system takes on characteristics of
human intelligence
Cash Flow - ANSWER//takes into account all the increases and decreases in cash flow
associated with the project
Certification - ANSWER//A process for testing skills and knowledge
Competitive Advantage - ANSWER//Significant and ideally long-term benefit to a
company over its competition
Computer-base Information System (CBIS) - ANSWER//
Systems Student Answer Guide 2026
Graded A+
Knowledge - ANSWER//The awareness and understanding of a set of information and
the ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or reach a
decision.
Input - ANSWER//The activity of gathering and capturing raw data.
Processing - ANSWER//Converting or transforming data into useful outputs.
Output - ANSWER//Production of useful information, usually in the form of documents
and reports.
Feedback - ANSWER//Information from the system that is used to make changes to
input or processing activities.
Forecasting - ANSWER//Predicting future events to avoid problems.
Computer-based information system (CBIS) - ANSWER//Single set of hardware,
software, databases, telecommunications, people, and procedures configured to collect,
manipulate, store, and process data into information
Technology infrastructure - ANSWER//All the hardware, software, databases,
telecommunications, people and procedures that are configured to collect, manipulate,
store and process data into information.
Hardware - ANSWER//Computer equipment used to perform input, processing, storage,
and output activities.
, Software - ANSWER//The computer programs that govern the operation of the
computer.
Database - ANSWER//An organized collection of facts and information, typically
consisting of two or more related data files.
Telecommunications - ANSWER//The electronic transmission of signals for
communications that enables organization to carry out their processes and tasks
through effective computer networks.
Network - ANSWER//Computers and equipment that are connected in a building,
around the country, or around the world to enable electronic communications.
Internet - ANSWER//The world's largest computer network, consisting of thousands of
interconnected networks, all freely exchanging information.
Intranet - ANSWER//An internal network baed on Web technologies that allows people
within an organization to exchange information and work on projects.
Extranet - ANSWER//A network based on Web technologies that allows selected out-
siders, such as business partners and customers, to access authorized resources of a
company's intranet.
Procedures - ANSWER//The strategies, policies, methods, and rules for using a CBIS.
Electronic commerce (E-commerce) - ANSWER//Any business transaction executed
electronically between companies (business-to-business_, companies and consumers
(business0to0consumer), consumers and other consumers (consumer-to-consumer0,
business and the public sector, and consumers and the public sector.
Mobile commerce (m-commerce): - ANSWER//The use of mobile, wireless devices to
place order and conduct business.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - ANSWER//A computer system takes on characteristics of
human intelligence
Cash Flow - ANSWER//takes into account all the increases and decreases in cash flow
associated with the project
Certification - ANSWER//A process for testing skills and knowledge
Competitive Advantage - ANSWER//Significant and ideally long-term benefit to a
company over its competition
Computer-base Information System (CBIS) - ANSWER//
