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3D Printing - correct answersEnables creating physical three-dimensional objects from digital models.
App - correct answersA software program that is designed to perform a particular, well-defined function, typically built for mobile
devices.
Big Data - correct answersExtremely large and complex data sets, typically characterized as being of high volume, variety, and
velocity.
BYOD - correct answersBring your own device; employees using their own devices for work-related purposes.
Climate Change - correct answersLarge-scale and long-term regional and global changes in temperatures and weather patterns.
Cloud Computing - correct answersA computing model enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared
pool of configurable computing resources (EX = Networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly
provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
Competitive Advantage - correct answersA firm's ability to do something better, faster, cheaper, or uniquely as compared with rival
firms in the market.
Computer Ethics - correct answersA broad range of issues and standards of conduct that have emerged through the use and
proliferation of information systems.
Computer Fluency - correct answersThe ability to independently learn new technologies as they emerge and assess their impact of
one's work and life.
Computer Literacy - correct answersThe knowledge of how to operate a computer.
Consumerization of IT - correct answersThe trend of technological innovations first being introduced in the consumer marketplace
before being used by organizations.
Data - correct answersRaw symbols, such as characters and numbers, that have no meaning in and of themselves, and are of little
value until processed.
Data Privacy Statement - correct answersA statement on a website containing information about what data are gathered, what they
are used for, who will have access to the data, whether provision of the data is required or voluntary, and how confidentiality will be
ensured.
Data Quality - correct answersThe suitability of data for its intended use, consisting of completeness, accuracy, timeliness, validity,
and consistency.
Demographic Changes - correct answersChanges in the structure of populations, such as related to age, birth rates, and migration.
Digital Divide - correct answersThe gap between those individuals in our society who are computer literate and have access to
information resources such as the internet and those that do not.
E-Business - correct answersAn organization that uses information technologies or systems to support nearly every part of its
business.
Globalization - correct answersThe integration of economics throughout the world, enabled by innovation and technological
processes.
Hardware - correct answersPhysical computer equipment, such as the computer monitor, central processing unit, or keyboard.
Healthcare IS - correct answersThe use of IS to support everything from patient diagnosis and treatment to analyzing patient and
disease data to running doctors' offices and hospitals.
Home Automation - correct answersSee Smart Home Technologies. Technologies enabling the remote monitoring and controlling of
lighting, heating, or home appliances.
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) - correct answersThe use of IoT technologies in manufacturing.
Information - correct answersData that have been formatted and/or organized in some way as to be useful to people.
Information Privacy - correct answersAn ethical issue that is concerned with what information an individual should have to reveal to
others through the course of employment or through other transactions such as online shopping.
Information Systems (IS) - correct answersThe combination of people and information technology that create, collect, process,
store, and distribute useful data.
Information Technology (IT) - correct answersThe hardware, software, and networking components of an information system.
Intellectual Property (IP) - correct answersCreations of the mind that have commercial value.
Internet of Things (IoT) - correct answersA network of a broad range of physical objects that can automatically share data over the
internet.
Internetworking - correct answersConnecting host computers and their networks to form even larger networks.
Knowledge - correct answersA body of governing procedures such as guidelines or rules that are used to organize or manipulate
data to make the data suitable for a given task.
Knowledge Society - correct answersA society in which education is the cornerstone of society and there is an increase in the
importance of knowledge workers.
Knowledge Worker - correct answersA professional who is relatively well educated and who creates, modifies, and/or synthesizes
knowledge as a fundamental part of his or her job.
Management Information Systems (MIS) - correct answersAn information system designed to support the management of
organizational functions at the managerial level of the organization.
Network Effect - correct answersThe notion that the value of a network (or tool or application based on a network) is dependent on
the number of other users.
Office Automation System - correct answersA collection of software and hardware for developing documents, scheduling resources,
and communicating.
Opt In - correct answersTo signal agreement to the collection/further use of one's data (EX = by checking a box)
, Opt Out - correct answersTo signal that data cannot be collected/used in other ways (EX = by checking a box).
Outsourcing - correct answersThe moving of routine jobs and/or tasks to people in another firm.
Quantified Self - correct answersThe logging of all aspects of one's daily life to improve overall health and performance.
Resource Scarcity - correct answersLimited availability of fossil fuels and other natural resources.
Robotics - correct answersThe use of robots to perform manual tasks.
Sensor - correct answersDevice that can detect, record, and report changes in the physical environment.
Sustainable Development - correct answersDevelopment that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs.
Shifts in Economic Power - correct answersChanges in countries' purchasing power and control over natural resources.
Smart Home Technologies - correct answersTechnologies enabling the remote monitoring and controlling of lighting, heating, or
home appliances.
Software - correct answersA program (or set of programs) that instructs the computer to perform certain processing functions.
Strategic - correct answersA way of thinking in which plans are made to accomplish specific long-term goals.
Systems Integration - correct answersLinking together different computing systems and software applications physically or
functionally to act as a coordinated whole.
Telecommunications Network - correct answersA group of two or more computer systems linked together with communications
equipment.
Transaction Processing System (TPS) - correct answersAn information system designed to process day-to-day business-event data
at the operational level of the organization.
Urbanization - correct answersThe movement of rural populations to urban areas.
Wearable Technologies - correct answersClothing or accessories, such as smart watches or fitness trackers, that incorporate
information technologies.
Affiliate Marketing - correct answersA type of marketing that allows individual website owners to earn commission by posting other
companies' ads on their web pages.
Augmented Reality - correct answersThe use of information systems to enhance a person's perception of reality by providing
relevant information about the user's surroundings.
Automating - correct answersUsing information systems to do an activity faster, cheaper, and perhaps with more accuracy and/or
consistency.
Best-Cost Provider Strategy - correct answersA strategy to offer products or services of reasonably good quality at competitive
prices.
Business/IT Alignment - correct answersThe alignment of information systems with a business's strategy.
Business Model - correct answersThe summary of a business's strategic direction outlining how the objectives will be achieved; it
specifies how a company will, create, deliver, and capture value.
Business Process - correct answersA set of related activities an organization performs in order to reach its business goals.
Capabilities - correct answersAn organization's ability to leverage its resources.
Collaborative Economy - correct answersAlso known as Sharing Economy. An economic system in which assets or services are
shared between private individuals, either free or for a fee, typically by means of the internet.
Crowdfunding - correct answersThe securing of business financing from individuals in the marketplace-the "crowd"-to fund an
initiative.
Differentiation Strategy - correct answersA strategy in which an organization differentiates itself by providing better products or
services than its competitors.
Disruptive Innovation - correct answersAlso known as radical innovation. An innovation that uses markedly new or different
technology to access new customer segments and/or provide significantly greater benefits to existing customers, and eventually
marginalizes or replaces existing products or services.
Disruptive Innovation Cycle - correct answersA model suggesting that the extent to which modern organizations use information
technologies and systems in timely, innovative ways is the key to success.
Distinctive Competency - correct answersAny unique strength possessed by an organization, (EX = innovation, agility, quality, or
low cost), that helps to pursue an organizational strategy.
Economic Opportunities - correct answersOpportunities that a firm finds for making more money and/or making money in new ways.
Effectiveness - correct answersThe extent to which goals or tasks are accomplished well.
Efficiency - correct answersThe extent to which goals are accomplished faster, at lower cost, or with relatively little time and effort.
Enabling Technology - correct answersAn information technology that enables a firm to accomplish a task or goal or to gain or
sustain a competitive advantage in some way.
Executive Level/Strategic Level - correct answersThe top level of the organization, where executives focus on long-term strategic
issues facing the organization.
First-Mover Advantage - correct answersTemporary competitive advantage derived from being the first to enter a market.
Freemium - correct answersRevenue model where limited versions of digital products or services are offered for free, but a premium
is charged for special features.
Functional Area Information System - correct answersA cross-organizational-level information system designed to support a specific
functional area.
Gig Economy - correct answersAn economy in which workers are not employed by a company, but are only hired for short-term,
temporary jobs.
In-App Purchases - correct answersExtra features or content users can buy within an app.
Innovation - correct answersThe creation of new products, processes, or services that return value to the organization.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - correct answersA metric deemed critical to assessing progress toward a certain organizational
goal.
Low-Cost Leadership Strategy - correct answersA strategy to offer the best prices in the industry for goods and services.
Managerial Level/Tactical Level - correct answersThe middle level of the organization, where functional managers focus on
monitoring and controlling operational-level activities and providing information to higher levels of the organization.
Open Innovation - correct answersThe process of integrating external stakeholders into an organization's innovation process.
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3D Printing - correct answersEnables creating physical three-dimensional objects from digital models.
App - correct answersA software program that is designed to perform a particular, well-defined function, typically built for mobile
devices.
Big Data - correct answersExtremely large and complex data sets, typically characterized as being of high volume, variety, and
velocity.
BYOD - correct answersBring your own device; employees using their own devices for work-related purposes.
Climate Change - correct answersLarge-scale and long-term regional and global changes in temperatures and weather patterns.
Cloud Computing - correct answersA computing model enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared
pool of configurable computing resources (EX = Networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly
provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.
Competitive Advantage - correct answersA firm's ability to do something better, faster, cheaper, or uniquely as compared with rival
firms in the market.
Computer Ethics - correct answersA broad range of issues and standards of conduct that have emerged through the use and
proliferation of information systems.
Computer Fluency - correct answersThe ability to independently learn new technologies as they emerge and assess their impact of
one's work and life.
Computer Literacy - correct answersThe knowledge of how to operate a computer.
Consumerization of IT - correct answersThe trend of technological innovations first being introduced in the consumer marketplace
before being used by organizations.
Data - correct answersRaw symbols, such as characters and numbers, that have no meaning in and of themselves, and are of little
value until processed.
Data Privacy Statement - correct answersA statement on a website containing information about what data are gathered, what they
are used for, who will have access to the data, whether provision of the data is required or voluntary, and how confidentiality will be
ensured.
Data Quality - correct answersThe suitability of data for its intended use, consisting of completeness, accuracy, timeliness, validity,
and consistency.
Demographic Changes - correct answersChanges in the structure of populations, such as related to age, birth rates, and migration.
Digital Divide - correct answersThe gap between those individuals in our society who are computer literate and have access to
information resources such as the internet and those that do not.
E-Business - correct answersAn organization that uses information technologies or systems to support nearly every part of its
business.
Globalization - correct answersThe integration of economics throughout the world, enabled by innovation and technological
processes.
Hardware - correct answersPhysical computer equipment, such as the computer monitor, central processing unit, or keyboard.
Healthcare IS - correct answersThe use of IS to support everything from patient diagnosis and treatment to analyzing patient and
disease data to running doctors' offices and hospitals.
Home Automation - correct answersSee Smart Home Technologies. Technologies enabling the remote monitoring and controlling of
lighting, heating, or home appliances.
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) - correct answersThe use of IoT technologies in manufacturing.
Information - correct answersData that have been formatted and/or organized in some way as to be useful to people.
Information Privacy - correct answersAn ethical issue that is concerned with what information an individual should have to reveal to
others through the course of employment or through other transactions such as online shopping.
Information Systems (IS) - correct answersThe combination of people and information technology that create, collect, process,
store, and distribute useful data.
Information Technology (IT) - correct answersThe hardware, software, and networking components of an information system.
Intellectual Property (IP) - correct answersCreations of the mind that have commercial value.
Internet of Things (IoT) - correct answersA network of a broad range of physical objects that can automatically share data over the
internet.
Internetworking - correct answersConnecting host computers and their networks to form even larger networks.
Knowledge - correct answersA body of governing procedures such as guidelines or rules that are used to organize or manipulate
data to make the data suitable for a given task.
Knowledge Society - correct answersA society in which education is the cornerstone of society and there is an increase in the
importance of knowledge workers.
Knowledge Worker - correct answersA professional who is relatively well educated and who creates, modifies, and/or synthesizes
knowledge as a fundamental part of his or her job.
Management Information Systems (MIS) - correct answersAn information system designed to support the management of
organizational functions at the managerial level of the organization.
Network Effect - correct answersThe notion that the value of a network (or tool or application based on a network) is dependent on
the number of other users.
Office Automation System - correct answersA collection of software and hardware for developing documents, scheduling resources,
and communicating.
Opt In - correct answersTo signal agreement to the collection/further use of one's data (EX = by checking a box)
, Opt Out - correct answersTo signal that data cannot be collected/used in other ways (EX = by checking a box).
Outsourcing - correct answersThe moving of routine jobs and/or tasks to people in another firm.
Quantified Self - correct answersThe logging of all aspects of one's daily life to improve overall health and performance.
Resource Scarcity - correct answersLimited availability of fossil fuels and other natural resources.
Robotics - correct answersThe use of robots to perform manual tasks.
Sensor - correct answersDevice that can detect, record, and report changes in the physical environment.
Sustainable Development - correct answersDevelopment that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs.
Shifts in Economic Power - correct answersChanges in countries' purchasing power and control over natural resources.
Smart Home Technologies - correct answersTechnologies enabling the remote monitoring and controlling of lighting, heating, or
home appliances.
Software - correct answersA program (or set of programs) that instructs the computer to perform certain processing functions.
Strategic - correct answersA way of thinking in which plans are made to accomplish specific long-term goals.
Systems Integration - correct answersLinking together different computing systems and software applications physically or
functionally to act as a coordinated whole.
Telecommunications Network - correct answersA group of two or more computer systems linked together with communications
equipment.
Transaction Processing System (TPS) - correct answersAn information system designed to process day-to-day business-event data
at the operational level of the organization.
Urbanization - correct answersThe movement of rural populations to urban areas.
Wearable Technologies - correct answersClothing or accessories, such as smart watches or fitness trackers, that incorporate
information technologies.
Affiliate Marketing - correct answersA type of marketing that allows individual website owners to earn commission by posting other
companies' ads on their web pages.
Augmented Reality - correct answersThe use of information systems to enhance a person's perception of reality by providing
relevant information about the user's surroundings.
Automating - correct answersUsing information systems to do an activity faster, cheaper, and perhaps with more accuracy and/or
consistency.
Best-Cost Provider Strategy - correct answersA strategy to offer products or services of reasonably good quality at competitive
prices.
Business/IT Alignment - correct answersThe alignment of information systems with a business's strategy.
Business Model - correct answersThe summary of a business's strategic direction outlining how the objectives will be achieved; it
specifies how a company will, create, deliver, and capture value.
Business Process - correct answersA set of related activities an organization performs in order to reach its business goals.
Capabilities - correct answersAn organization's ability to leverage its resources.
Collaborative Economy - correct answersAlso known as Sharing Economy. An economic system in which assets or services are
shared between private individuals, either free or for a fee, typically by means of the internet.
Crowdfunding - correct answersThe securing of business financing from individuals in the marketplace-the "crowd"-to fund an
initiative.
Differentiation Strategy - correct answersA strategy in which an organization differentiates itself by providing better products or
services than its competitors.
Disruptive Innovation - correct answersAlso known as radical innovation. An innovation that uses markedly new or different
technology to access new customer segments and/or provide significantly greater benefits to existing customers, and eventually
marginalizes or replaces existing products or services.
Disruptive Innovation Cycle - correct answersA model suggesting that the extent to which modern organizations use information
technologies and systems in timely, innovative ways is the key to success.
Distinctive Competency - correct answersAny unique strength possessed by an organization, (EX = innovation, agility, quality, or
low cost), that helps to pursue an organizational strategy.
Economic Opportunities - correct answersOpportunities that a firm finds for making more money and/or making money in new ways.
Effectiveness - correct answersThe extent to which goals or tasks are accomplished well.
Efficiency - correct answersThe extent to which goals are accomplished faster, at lower cost, or with relatively little time and effort.
Enabling Technology - correct answersAn information technology that enables a firm to accomplish a task or goal or to gain or
sustain a competitive advantage in some way.
Executive Level/Strategic Level - correct answersThe top level of the organization, where executives focus on long-term strategic
issues facing the organization.
First-Mover Advantage - correct answersTemporary competitive advantage derived from being the first to enter a market.
Freemium - correct answersRevenue model where limited versions of digital products or services are offered for free, but a premium
is charged for special features.
Functional Area Information System - correct answersA cross-organizational-level information system designed to support a specific
functional area.
Gig Economy - correct answersAn economy in which workers are not employed by a company, but are only hired for short-term,
temporary jobs.
In-App Purchases - correct answersExtra features or content users can buy within an app.
Innovation - correct answersThe creation of new products, processes, or services that return value to the organization.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - correct answersA metric deemed critical to assessing progress toward a certain organizational
goal.
Low-Cost Leadership Strategy - correct answersA strategy to offer the best prices in the industry for goods and services.
Managerial Level/Tactical Level - correct answersThe middle level of the organization, where functional managers focus on
monitoring and controlling operational-level activities and providing information to higher levels of the organization.
Open Innovation - correct answersThe process of integrating external stakeholders into an organization's innovation process.
