1) What is the role of a database management system in an e-business information system? A DBMS (Database management system) is used to create‚ maintain and store information about anything according to your need and enter data ‚ manipulate data and retrieve the data from its table according to your need. Business database helps to organize its data and its track from customer‚ supplier etc and made its efficient to store its information and apply security on it. it can hold product information and
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numbers of them - so speed and efficiency are important considerations. What is a TPS? A transaction is any business-related exchange such as a payment to an employee‚ a sale to a customer‚ and a payment to a supplier. - A Transaction Processing System (TPS) is an organized collection of people‚ procedures‚ databases‚ hardware and software to record completed business transactions. - Most TPSs consist of all the components of a CBIS including databases‚ telecommunications‚ people‚ procedures‚ software
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Norrie‚ Huber‚ Piercy‚ McKeown Introduction to Business Information Systems Second Canadian Edition TEST BANK Chapter 1 1. Globalization suggests that modern businesses are using information technology to: a) expand their market to customers around the globe b) find the lowest-cost suppliers regardless of location c) create 24 hour business days by shuttling work across time zones d) broaden the range of business activities across multiple nations *e) all of the above 2. Moore’s Law states that computing
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CIS319 Notes Chapter 1 information system (IS) A set of interrelated components that collect‚ manipulate‚ and disseminate data and information and provide a feedback mechanism to meet an objective. data The raw facts‚ such as an employee’s name and number of hours worked in a week‚ inventory part numbers‚ or sales orders. information A collection of facts organized in such a way that they have additional value beyond the value of the facts themselves. process A set of logically
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Decision Support Systems Marek J. Druzdzel and Roger R. Flynn Decision Systems Laboratory School of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems Program University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh‚ PA 15260 {marek‚flynn}@sis.pitt.edu http://www.sis.pitt.edu/∼dsl To appear in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science‚ Second Edition‚ Allen Kent (ed.)‚ New York: Marcel Dekker‚ Inc.‚ 2002 1 Contents Introduction Decisions and Decision Modeling Types of Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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which method is the best for data input and output (I/O). Users communicate with computers in an information system through input and output devices. The user enters input data into the system through input devices and receives output information through output devices. It is extremely important for businesses today to select the right input and output hardware for its information system. Some common areas of concern for input and output devices in businesses today are printed questionnaires‚ telephone
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Answer ALL Questions. 1. What is the difference between information technology and information systems? Describe some of the functions of information systems. In your answer include two examples of information technologies and two examples of information systems. Information technology is the use of computer hardware‚ software and associated technologies to process data and achieve company’s business objectives. Some examples of information technologies include mobile computer devices such as PDAs
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B. transaction-processing system. C. executive support system. D. decision support system. 5) Development and support services for a firms’ business systems are provided by: A. IT management services. B. IT educational services. C. IT standards services. D. Application software services. 6) The use of digital technology and the Internet to execute the major business processes in the enterprise is called: A. e-business. B. enterprise applications. C. e-commerce. D. MIS. 7) A virtual company:
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In the case study‚ we referred to the systems being developed and used as decision support systems. However‚ we also identified various artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. How can a decision support system incorporate and use AI technologies such as pattern recognition? Answer: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) tools and techniques can aid in the diagnosis of disease states and assessment of treatment outcomes‚ so AI can be used by a decision support system as pattern recognition to analyze healthcare
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information system (IS) refers to a system of people‚ data records and activities that process the data and information in an organisation‚ and it includes the organisation’s manual and automated processes. In a narrow sense‚ the term information system (or computer-based information system) refers to the specific application software that is used to store data records in a computer system and automates some of the information-processing activities of the organisation. Information systems are computer
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