IS 300 Midterm Question and answers
and answers rated A+ 2025/2026
Data - correct answer ✔refers to elementary description of things, activities, events & transactions that
are recorded, classified, & stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning - can include
numbers, letters, figures, sounds, & images
Information - correct answer ✔refers to data that have been organized so that they have meaning &
value to the recipient EX: a GPA is just a number, but coupled with student name is information
Knowledge - correct answer ✔consists of data &/or information that have been organized & processed
to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning & expertise as they apply to a current
business problem EX: recruiting company has found that students with a GPA over 3.00 has great
success in its business management program
Information Technology Jobs - correct answer ✔Mobile app developer, social media manger, market
research data miner, sustainability expert, user experience design
Example Programmer - correct answer ✔
Systems Analyst - correct answer ✔Interfaces between users & programmers; determines information
requirements & technical specifications for new applications
Business Analyst - correct answer ✔focuses on designing solutions for business problems; interfaces
closely with users to demonstrate how IT can be used innovatively
Emerging Technology Manager - correct answer ✔
, Managing Information Resources Include: Traditional & New Consultive MIS Department - correct
answer ✔TRADITIONAL: managing systems development & systems project management, managing
computer operations, staffing, training, & developing IS skills CONSULTIVE: incorporating internet & e-
commerce into business, managing systems integration, educating MIS staff about business, education
non-MIS staff about IT
Moore's Law - correct answer ✔- the observation that computing power roughly doubles every two
years.
- Evolving Capabilities: computer price / performance ration historical trend
Bell's Law - correct answer ✔- a new computer class forms roughly each decade establishing a new
industry
- new computers, platforms, programming environments, industries, networks & info systems roughly
every 10 years
Business Pressures - correct answer ✔market, technology, & societal pressures
Organizational Response - correct answer ✔- strategic systems - business alliance - Ecommerce - better
data management - on demand mass customization - intelligent data management - business process
restructuring - ERP - customer focus & service, self service
Technology Pressure - correct answer ✔new & improved technologies rapidly create or support
substitutes for products, as a result todays state-of-the-art may be obsolete tomorrow (information
overload)
Societal Pressure - correct answer ✔pressure from the state of the physical environment, social
responsibility, ethical issues, compliance w/ gov't regulations & deregulations
Business Process Reengineering (BPR) - correct answer ✔- radical redesign of an organization's business
processes to increase productivity & profitability
- examines business processes with a "clean slate" approach (expensive)
and answers rated A+ 2025/2026
Data - correct answer ✔refers to elementary description of things, activities, events & transactions that
are recorded, classified, & stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning - can include
numbers, letters, figures, sounds, & images
Information - correct answer ✔refers to data that have been organized so that they have meaning &
value to the recipient EX: a GPA is just a number, but coupled with student name is information
Knowledge - correct answer ✔consists of data &/or information that have been organized & processed
to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning & expertise as they apply to a current
business problem EX: recruiting company has found that students with a GPA over 3.00 has great
success in its business management program
Information Technology Jobs - correct answer ✔Mobile app developer, social media manger, market
research data miner, sustainability expert, user experience design
Example Programmer - correct answer ✔
Systems Analyst - correct answer ✔Interfaces between users & programmers; determines information
requirements & technical specifications for new applications
Business Analyst - correct answer ✔focuses on designing solutions for business problems; interfaces
closely with users to demonstrate how IT can be used innovatively
Emerging Technology Manager - correct answer ✔
, Managing Information Resources Include: Traditional & New Consultive MIS Department - correct
answer ✔TRADITIONAL: managing systems development & systems project management, managing
computer operations, staffing, training, & developing IS skills CONSULTIVE: incorporating internet & e-
commerce into business, managing systems integration, educating MIS staff about business, education
non-MIS staff about IT
Moore's Law - correct answer ✔- the observation that computing power roughly doubles every two
years.
- Evolving Capabilities: computer price / performance ration historical trend
Bell's Law - correct answer ✔- a new computer class forms roughly each decade establishing a new
industry
- new computers, platforms, programming environments, industries, networks & info systems roughly
every 10 years
Business Pressures - correct answer ✔market, technology, & societal pressures
Organizational Response - correct answer ✔- strategic systems - business alliance - Ecommerce - better
data management - on demand mass customization - intelligent data management - business process
restructuring - ERP - customer focus & service, self service
Technology Pressure - correct answer ✔new & improved technologies rapidly create or support
substitutes for products, as a result todays state-of-the-art may be obsolete tomorrow (information
overload)
Societal Pressure - correct answer ✔pressure from the state of the physical environment, social
responsibility, ethical issues, compliance w/ gov't regulations & deregulations
Business Process Reengineering (BPR) - correct answer ✔- radical redesign of an organization's business
processes to increase productivity & profitability
- examines business processes with a "clean slate" approach (expensive)
