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Study Guide for Week 3 Quiz
Scope of the exam: Covers Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) A and B presented during weeks 1 and 2. The chapters covered are as follows:
• Week 1: Chapters 1 and 2 • Week 2: Chapters 3, 10, and 12
Exam Components: The Week 3 quiz is worth 100 points (10% of the grade). The multiple choice and essay questions probe your understanding of the facts and knowledge of the information presented online and in class. The quiz will also require you to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate course content to answer the essay questions.
There will be a total of 6 multiple choice questions for a total of 30 points (each question worth 5 points). The remaining portion of the exam is composed of 2 essay questions worth 70 points with each essay question worth 35 points.
Length of Quiz: 1.5 hours
Allow yourselves about 30 minutes per essay question and 5 minutes per multiple choice question.
Remember to save often. You can also enter and save your answers in Microsoft Word or some other Word processor and then copy and paste your answers over to the exam questions prior to submittal.
Materials for study:
1. Review the PowerPoint slides that I provided in the Doc Share folders and notes taken in class.
2. Review the Homework questions.
3. Review discussion questions
4. The chapters from the book.
5. Use the index and glossary to the extent possible to locate information quickly
Key topics, but not limited to:
• Business firms invest heavily in information systems to achieve strategic business objectives.
• Types of MIS systems and how they are used and how are they inter-related
• Improved decision making by using various decision support systems
• Various types of decision support systems
• What are the types of decisions
• Components of an information system
• How Information systems relate to organizations, technology and management
• How
Scope of the exam: Covers Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) A and B presented during weeks 1 and 2. The chapters covered are as follows:
• Week 1: Chapters 1 and 2 • Week 2: Chapters 3, 10, and 12
Exam Components: The Week 3 quiz is worth 100 points (10% of the grade). The multiple choice and essay questions probe your understanding of the facts and knowledge of the information presented online and in class. The quiz will also require you to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate course content to answer the essay questions.
There will be a total of 6 multiple choice questions for a total of 30 points (each question worth 5 points). The remaining portion of the exam is composed of 2 essay questions worth 70 points with each essay question worth 35 points.
Length of Quiz: 1.5 hours
Allow yourselves about 30 minutes per essay question and 5 minutes per multiple choice question.
Remember to save often. You can also enter and save your answers in Microsoft Word or some other Word processor and then copy and paste your answers over to the exam questions prior to submittal.
Materials for study:
1. Review the PowerPoint slides that I provided in the Doc Share folders and notes taken in class.
2. Review the Homework questions.
3. Review discussion questions
4. The chapters from the book.
5. Use the index and glossary to the extent possible to locate information quickly
Key topics, but not limited to:
• Business firms invest heavily in information systems to achieve strategic business objectives.
• Types of MIS systems and how they are used and how are they inter-related
• Improved decision making by using various decision support systems
• Various types of decision support systems
• What are the types of decisions
• Components of an information system
• How Information systems relate to organizations, technology and management
• How