COB 204 TEST #1 QUESTIONS
COMPLETE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Business professionals need to... - ANSWERS✔--Take active role to ensure
systems meet their needs.
-Understand how information systems (IS) are constructed.
-Consider users' needs during development.
-Learn how to use IS.
-Don't forget security and backups.
\.Information Technology (IT) - ANSWERS✔--The products, methods, inventions,
and standards used for the purpose of producing information
- components = Hardware + Software + Data
\.Information System (IS) - ANSWERS✔-components = Hardware + Software + Data
+ Procedures + People
\.Management information systems (MIS) - ANSWERS✔--The management and
use of information systems that help organizations achieve their strategies
\.Difference Between IT and IS - ANSWERS✔-IS = IT + Procedures + People
, \.The IS Five-Component Model - ANSWERS✔-
\.Characteristics of the Five Components - ANSWERS✔-•Most Important
Component - YOU!
-Your cognitive skills determine quality of your thinking, ability to conceive
information from data.
-You add value to information and information systems.
•Only humans produce information.
•All components must work together.
\.Defining Information - ANSWERS✔-Knowledge derived from data.
\.Characteristics of Data - ANSWERS✔-- accurate
- timely
- relevant
- just sufficient
- worth its cost
\.Goldilocks Principle - ANSWERS✔-•Right information to the
•Right people at the
•Right time
•For a reasonable cost
COMPLETE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Business professionals need to... - ANSWERS✔--Take active role to ensure
systems meet their needs.
-Understand how information systems (IS) are constructed.
-Consider users' needs during development.
-Learn how to use IS.
-Don't forget security and backups.
\.Information Technology (IT) - ANSWERS✔--The products, methods, inventions,
and standards used for the purpose of producing information
- components = Hardware + Software + Data
\.Information System (IS) - ANSWERS✔-components = Hardware + Software + Data
+ Procedures + People
\.Management information systems (MIS) - ANSWERS✔--The management and
use of information systems that help organizations achieve their strategies
\.Difference Between IT and IS - ANSWERS✔-IS = IT + Procedures + People
, \.The IS Five-Component Model - ANSWERS✔-
\.Characteristics of the Five Components - ANSWERS✔-•Most Important
Component - YOU!
-Your cognitive skills determine quality of your thinking, ability to conceive
information from data.
-You add value to information and information systems.
•Only humans produce information.
•All components must work together.
\.Defining Information - ANSWERS✔-Knowledge derived from data.
\.Characteristics of Data - ANSWERS✔-- accurate
- timely
- relevant
- just sufficient
- worth its cost
\.Goldilocks Principle - ANSWERS✔-•Right information to the
•Right people at the
•Right time
•For a reasonable cost
