Test Practice 2025-2026 Guide
1. Imagine a Cat Go- Prob ID, Data Collection, Solution Generation, Solutions Test, Solution Selec-
ing To School In tion, Solution Implementation
(ICGTSI - Decision
Making Process (6)
2. Hard Data Net- Hardware and Software, Data Resource Mgmt, Network, Systems and Deci-
work System Secu- sions, Security and Ethics, Ecommerce and Social Meida
rity Ecommerce (IS
elements)
3. System that ac- Information System
cepts input data
and processes it
into information as
output
4. Information that Data
have been orga-
nized to provide
value to an organi-
zation
5. Information sys- data,information
tems accept
as input and
process it into
as output.
6. The primary com- (PPHSND) people, processes, hardware, software, networks, and data
ponent categories
that make up
a Computer-based
, Information Sys-
tem (CBIS)
7. Utility Software Programs perform periodic system maintenance activities, such as virus detec-
tion, storage space consolidation, backup and recovery, intrusion detection,
and access authentication monitoring
8. Information sys- People who develop, operate, and maintain the systems. Specialists include
tems specialists programmers, systems analysts, testers, computer operators, and other man-
agerial IS personnel
9. Transaction pro- This system tracks the flow of daily routine transactions that are necessary to
cessing systems conduct business, such as payroll or order processing
(TPS)
10. Management in- This system provides first level managers with reports on current performance
formation systems and historical records to help keep an organization running smoothly
(MIS)
11. Decision-support This system provides modeling and analytical tools that support middle to
systems (DSS) senior managers in all aspects of the decision making process, when prob-
lems are unique, unstructured, and not easily specified in advance, to project
potential future trends
12. Executive informa- This system supports senior executives by providing important data in the form
tion systems (EIS) of graphs and charts to analyze and identify long-term trends
13. IS 4 pyramid TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS
14. The IS function is Horizontal
in structure
and its success de-
pends on its co-
operation and re-