Information technology deals with the planning, development, management, and use of
management information tools to help people perform all the tasks related to information
processing and management. (true or false) correct answers False
A purchase of books in the college bookstore is ___________. The report at the end of the day
showing sales totals for the day is ____________. correct answers data, information
You are registering for the next semester at your university. You take into account your major,
the courses you need, the prerequisites for each course, the times you take each course, and the
professors teaching each section, as well as your work schedule. You are using _____ to select
your class schedule. correct answers knowledge
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems correct answers are typically not considered
interorganizational systems because their main focus is on the organization. It strives to provide
a single integrated database for the entire organization that includes all functions
IT reduces stress by giving managers more time to make decisions. correct answers True
informed user correct answers A person knowledgeable about information systems and
information technology
The benefits of being an informed user correct answers 1. Get more value from whatever
technology used
2. Benefit more from orgs. IT application because you know what's "behind" the application
3.Enhance the quality of IT with your input
4. You can recommend and help select the IT applications the org will use
5. Abreast on new technologies
CIO correct answers Chief information officer.
The fields in information systems includes correct answers People who design and build IS,
people who use them, and people who manage them
What does a systems analyst do? correct answers Interfaces between end users and programmers
End user computing correct answers Almost all employees use computers so MIS acts as a
consultant
Information technology correct answers Relates to any computer based tool that people use to
work with information and support the information and information processing needs of an org.
Information system correct answers collects, processes, stores, analyzes and disseminates
information for a specific purpose