COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND FULL
SOLUTION
●● What are the four types of information systems.
Answer: Personal IS, Workgroup IS, Enterprise IS, Interorganizational
IS.
●● What is a personal information system.
Answer: A system that improves productivity of individual users
performing stand-alone tasks.
●● What is a workgroup information system.
Answer: A system that enables people to work together effectively.
●● What is an enterprise information system.
Answer: A system that facilitates organization-wide business needs.
●● What is an interorganizational information system.
Answer: A system that enables sharing of information across
organizational boundaries.
, ●● What is Leavitt's Diamond.
Answer: A model that considers people, technology, processes, and
structure when introducing new systems.
●● What does a CIO do.
Answer: Uses IS resources to achieve organizational goals and
understands finance, accounting, and ROI.
●● What is data.
Answer: Raw facts.
●● What is information.
Answer: Organized and processed data with added value.
●● What is knowledge.
Answer: Awareness and understanding of information that supports
decision-making.
●● What are characteristics of high-quality information.
Answer: Accessible, Accurate, Complete, Economical, Relevant,
Reliable, Timely, Verifiable.
●● What does garbage in, garbage out mean.