MGTS1201-Midsem Exam prep

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Broadband: the capacity of a network to carry 2 or more types of

communication at the same time
business analyst the logical design: Create the data model (i.e.
the ERD with entities and relationships
Facilitate the joins between the entities via the addition of
primary and foreign keys
Enterprise Resource Planning: offering very significant
efficiency returns when implemented successfully
Enterprise Resource Planning systems were initially
developed because:: a) Most functional application systems
(FAIS) were designed to be standalone.
b) Management could not obtain a businesswide view because
most functional application
systems were not designed to share information with other
FAIS.
c) An Enterprise Resource Planning system uses a shared,
common database.
Fire forces model relatesto BIS: a) business IS can represent
barriers to entry into a business sector
b) business IS are important channels to customers and
suppliers
c) business IS can significantly reduce the bargaining power of
customers and
suppliers

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Inter-organisational information systems include:: a) supply

chain management systems
b) B2C electronic commerce systems
c) B2B electronic commerce systems
Intranet is: a) a network that uses internet protocols so that
users can access familiar
applications and work practices
b) a network that support discovery, that is the easy and
inexpensive browsing and
searching
c) a network that supports communication and collaboration
inside an
organization
LAN: 1. All computers have a NIC wired or wireless
2. The LAN provides common resources
3. Most LANs then combine to form WANs
A network of valuecreating activities is known as:: value
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Network protocols: Set of rules and procedures governing

transmission
across a network
normalization as required for relational database design,
(the steps): We break up the single large table by looking for
the central themes in it - each of these will
become a smaller table
We look to join the smaller tables so that they can be used to
answer queries - we do this by
the addition of FOREIGN KEYS

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OLAP is: a) fundamentally a business intelligence reporting

strategy
b) dynamically allowing a user to alter the format of the report
c) containing measures and dimensions
Packet switching:: cope with CONGESTION and intermittent
FAILURES
redundancy: Redundancy means the information that is
repeated for no positive reason
Redundancy is bad because it leads to inconsistency in the
database (information recorded
inconsistently - and therefore inaccurately - in the database)
Redundancy is bad because it makes for a degrading
(worsening) level of operational
performance in the database (i.e. the database runs slower)
RFM: RFM is a reporting application that aims to profile the
purchasing patterns of customers
single design principle by which
the (possibly) multiple tables of a relational database can
be used jointly: Data represented as one or more twodimensional tables with columns and rows
Forming relationships via the introduction of foreign keys into
the tables of the database
The supply chain of an organization is best described as::
The flow of physical/digital products from suppliers to that
organization.
b) All transactions that are managed by the organization's ERP.
c) The flow of materials, information, money and services from
suppliers - to the organization,
and finally to customers.
Systems thinking is: identify and understand the inputs,
outputs and linkages of processes
Transaction processing systems: directly automate the core
business of the organization
Transaction Processing systems (TPS) are usually:: Mission
critical and relatively simple in processing logic.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP):
A protocol that directly supports the WEB and EMAIL
Send info on unreliable networks
with assurance that the data will arrive uncorrupted
Types of Network processing: Distributed Processing
Client/Server Computing
Peer to Peer
typical organisational information
system architecture:: enterprise resource planning systems
link directly with TPS
What is bandwidth: Transmission capacity of a network
Which of the following statements most accurately
describe Enterprise Resource Planning systems:: a) Nearly all
ERPs are also transaction processing systems (TPS).
b) ERP systems function primarily within a single organization
and not across the supply chain.
c) Many ERPs collect data in realtime, that is, as the data is
generated.