ISDS 3001 Midterm Questions and
Answers Latest 2026
General Manager Ans: Knowledge worker of modern
business who is in charge of a business unit or entire
organization
Functional Manager Ans: knowledge worker of modern
business who oversees a team or functional area
IT Professional Ans: Employee who has significant
technical training and who is responsible for managing
the firms technology assets
End User Ans: Individuals who have direct contact with
software applications and use them to carry out a
specific task
Analysts Ans: Individual who performs analysis in a
specific field
Analysis is the process of... Ans: gaining a better
understanding of the topic or subject matter by gathering
and examining information about it
Project manager Ans: individual who is responsible for
for the successful completion of a project
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Information Systems Manager Ans: an individual in
charge of a team within the IT function of an
organization
Chief Informations Officer (CIO) Ans: the individual in
charge of the information system function
IT Trends that have led to the current popularity of IT
based information systems Ans: - The increase of storage
capacity of memory chips
- Decreased cost of computing power
Why is it important for general managers and functional
managers to be involved in IS decision making? Ans: IT
based Information Systems need to implemented in the
organization successfully which falls on the general and
functional managers
What risks arise when general and functional managers
decide to abdicate their right to make important IS
decisions? Ans: - Implementation of ineffective IT based
IS
- Lack of knowledge when it comes to tracking and
analyzing data
Information System (IS) Ans: system designed to collect,
process, store and distribute information
Information Technology (IT) Ans: The hardware, software
and telecommunication equiptment
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