COMM 213 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.CBIS - ANSWERS-Consumer Based Information System. IS that uses tech to
perform all or most procedures
\.Different Types of ISs - ANSWERS-Enterprise IS, Inter-Organization IS, Consumer
Facing IS, Intelligent IS
\.Enterprise IS - ANSWERS-Transaction Processing, ERP
\.Inter-Organization IS - ANSWERS-SCM systems, CRM
\.Consumer Facing IS - ANSWERS-Social media, e-commerce
\.Intelligent IS - ANSWERS-AI, Business Intelligence
\.How IT affects organizations - ANSWERS-Disrupts industries, affects managers
(less employees to manage, may replace managers), affects employees (remote
work, improve productivity, may affect health and safety)
, \.Iridium Project - ANSWERS-Iridium and Motorola wanting to capture cellphone
industry, so they launched 77 satellites to cover the globe. Their venture failed
because the phones and minutes were expensive. Other companies made
cheaper and smaller phones and increased network speed through the use of cell
towers.
\.Iridium Moment - ANSWERS-strategic blunder that could kill your company
because of the lack of IT knowledge and understanding
\.Computer Hierarchy - ANSWERS-1. Supercomputers
2. Mainframe
3. Midrange
4. Microcomputers
5. Laptops
6. Tablets
7. Wearable computers
\.Supercomputers - ANSWERS-the largest and fastest computers on the market
made up of different computer components
gov't sponsored (weapons and aircraft testing)
measured in floating point operations per second called a petaflop
$5-7 million
\.Mainframe - ANSWERS-used mostly by large scale companies for strategic,
mission critical applications
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.CBIS - ANSWERS-Consumer Based Information System. IS that uses tech to
perform all or most procedures
\.Different Types of ISs - ANSWERS-Enterprise IS, Inter-Organization IS, Consumer
Facing IS, Intelligent IS
\.Enterprise IS - ANSWERS-Transaction Processing, ERP
\.Inter-Organization IS - ANSWERS-SCM systems, CRM
\.Consumer Facing IS - ANSWERS-Social media, e-commerce
\.Intelligent IS - ANSWERS-AI, Business Intelligence
\.How IT affects organizations - ANSWERS-Disrupts industries, affects managers
(less employees to manage, may replace managers), affects employees (remote
work, improve productivity, may affect health and safety)
, \.Iridium Project - ANSWERS-Iridium and Motorola wanting to capture cellphone
industry, so they launched 77 satellites to cover the globe. Their venture failed
because the phones and minutes were expensive. Other companies made
cheaper and smaller phones and increased network speed through the use of cell
towers.
\.Iridium Moment - ANSWERS-strategic blunder that could kill your company
because of the lack of IT knowledge and understanding
\.Computer Hierarchy - ANSWERS-1. Supercomputers
2. Mainframe
3. Midrange
4. Microcomputers
5. Laptops
6. Tablets
7. Wearable computers
\.Supercomputers - ANSWERS-the largest and fastest computers on the market
made up of different computer components
gov't sponsored (weapons and aircraft testing)
measured in floating point operations per second called a petaflop
$5-7 million
\.Mainframe - ANSWERS-used mostly by large scale companies for strategic,
mission critical applications
