MIS Chapters 1, MIS Chapter 2 , MIS Chapter 3, Alice 3 Chapter 1, Alice 3 Chapter 2, and Alice 3 Chapters 3

Covers all the questions from the reviews

Buyer power is [BLANK] when customers have many choices and [BLANK] when they have few

High; Low

Michael Porter’s [BLANK] analyzes an organization, its position in the [BLANK], and how IS can help competitiveness

Five Forces Model; Marketplace

In designing an MIS, the first task is to clearly define the system’s [BLANK]

Objectives

An [BLANK] integrates hardware and software

MIS

[BLANK] literacy is skill in using productivity software like [BLANK], spreadsheets, databases, and presentation tools

Computer; Word processors

In Porter’s Five [BLANK] Model, organizations limit buyer choice by offering [BLANK] that make switching hard

Forces; Services

[BLANK] provides historical, current, and predictive views of operations and environments to give [BLANK] a competitive advantage

Business intelligence; Organizations

[BLANK] systems involve operations that are [BLANK]

Transaction-processing; Repetitive

Transaction-processing systems are [BLANK] on data [BLANK] and processing

Focused; Collection

Information consists of facts that have been [BLANK] by the process component and is an [BLANK] of an IS

Analyzed; Output

Buyer power is high with many choices; supplier power is high when customers have [BLANK]

Fewer options

Porter’s five forces: [BLANK], supplier power, threat of substitutes, threat of new entrants, and rivalry among [BLANK]

Buyer power; Competitors

Categories of IT jobs include operations/help desk, programming, systems design, web design/hosting, [BLANK] design, database, robotics, AI

Network

A [BLANK] is the heart of an IS and should contain all [BLANK] data in an organized fashion

Database; Relevant

Top IS job belongs to either the [BLANK] or the [BLANK], who oversee long-range planning

CTO; CIO

A [BLANK] analyst designs and implements IS and must understand both IS and business systems

Systems

A [BLANK] administrator oversees internal and external network systems, including cybersecurity

Network

If data is erroneous, the [BLANK] is erroneous. This is called [BLANK]

Information; GIGO

A [BLANK] accepts data, [BLANK] it using stored instructions, and outputs information

Computer; Processes

The [BLANK] unit tells the computer what to do (which devices to read, output, etc.)

Control

A program is also called the [BLANK]

Source code

The [BLANK] performs arithmetic and comparison/relational operations

Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)

The [BLANK] is the heart of the computer, divided into ALU + Control unit

CPU

A disk drive is a peripheral device for [BLANK], storing, and retrieving data

Recording

A [BLANK] is the link between devices connected to a computer

Bus

The power of computers comes from speed, [BLANK], and storage/retrieval

Accuracy

The [BLANK] is the main circuit board containing CPU, BIOS, memory, storage, connectors, and expansion slots

Motherboard

The most common main memory is a [BLANK] chip, which may be volatile or nonvolatile

Semiconductor

Input examples: [BLANK], mouse, touchscreen, light pen, barcode reader

Keyboard

Output examples: [BLANK], display monitors, plotters

Printers

[BLANK] is volatile memory (read/write)

RAM

Main memory stores data and is usually [BLANK]

Volatile

[BLANK] memory is nonvolatile and holds data when power is off

Secondary

[BLANK] RAM resides on the processor to speed up access

Cache

[BLANK] is memory that loses contents when power is off

Volatile memory

[BLANK] stores BIOS and system [BLANK]; data cannot be written to it

ROM; Clock

A [BLANK] manages network resources and offers services

Server

Popular languages: C, Java, [BLANK], C++, R, C#, PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, Go

Python

A [BLANK] is the size of a character

Byte

An [BLANK] manages hardware/software; application software performs user tasks

Operating system

Cloud storage uses multiple virtual servers hosted by [BLANK]

Third parties

[BLANK] improves database efficiency by eliminating redundancy

Normalization

A [BLANK] is a collection of data from many sources used for BI

Data warehouse

A [BLANK] is a smaller version of a data warehouse, used by one department

Data mart

A DBA is responsible for [BLANK]

Developing recovery procedures

Grouping objects + attributes + methods into a class = [BLANK]

Encapsulation

In QBE, [BLANK] operator means only one condition must be met

OR

In QBE, [BLANK] operator means all conditions must be met

AND

In a relational DB, every record is identified by a [BLANK]

Primary key

A [BLANK] is a field in one table that matches the primary key in another

Foreign key

Relational DB: rows = [BLANK], columns = [BLANK]

Records/tuples; Attributes

CRUD stands for [BLANK]

Create, Read, Update, Delete

SQL stands for [BLANK]

Structured Query Language

[BLANK] is software for creating, storing, maintaining, accessing DB files

DBMS

Big data has three dimensions: [BLANK]

Volume, Variety, Velocity

The [BLANK] dimension of big data = sheer quantity of data

Volume

Database marketing uses customer DBs to [BLANK]

Promote products/services

Business analytics uses data + stats to give decision makers [BLANK]

Actionable insights

Flat file storage led to [BLANK], wasting space and causing [BLANK]

Redundancy; Errors

The Problem-Solving Approach consists of Analyze, Design, Implement, Test. This is a [BLANK] model

Cyclic

A [BLANK] is a computer file containing instructions that tell Alice how to construct and display an object

Class

An [BLANK] is a step-by-step list of actions describing how to perform a task

Algorithm

[BLANK] information describes the plot directly in terms of objects and actions

Object-action

The first step in problem solving is to [BLANK] the task

Analyze

[BLANK] information includes environment descriptions and motivations behind actions

Background

A sequence of frames representing the screen in animation is called a [BLANK]

Storyboard

[T/F] The Gallery in Alice 3 has six tabs to organize classes

True

[T/F] The goal of a storyboard is to tell the entire story in the most complex visuals possible

False

[T/F] Storyboard frame sketches contain minimal details to convey only key bits

True

[T/F] A storyboard depicts actions, expressions, and camera changes over time

True

[T/F] A basic storyboard consists of frames connected in sequence to form the plot

True

Two techniques for positioning an object: use [BLANK] or use [BLANK]

Cursor; One-shots

The Alice 3 IDE has a scene editor and a [BLANK] editor

Code

An [BLANK] is a graphic, interactive environment for developing programs

IDE

[T/F] The scene editor has three panels: Camera view, Toolbox, and Gallery

True

[T/F] The code editor has four panels: Camera view, Methods panel, Editor, and Controls panel

True

[T/F] The Gallery provides 3D models for adding objects to the scene

True

The Toolbox is used for [BLANK] and orienting objects

Positioning

The Camera view panel is where a [BLANK] is constructed

Scene

[T/F] Problem solving in programming begins with writing code to perform a task

True

[T/F] A computer program is a sequence of instructions to perform a specific task

True

[T/F] At its core, programming designs and implements creative solutions for human needs

True

[T/F] Computer programming never involves repeated steps

False

A programming task is referred to as a [BLANK] — a creative and challenging task

Problem

[T/F] The Alice 3 Code Editor’s Object Selector lets you pick which object to work with

True

[T/F] The Scene Class defines what actions a scene can perform and what components it contains

True

[T/F] The Procedures and Functions tabs show actions that the selected object “knows” how to perform

True

An Alice 3 code statement is created by dragging a [BLANK] into the editor and supplying parameters

Tile

The Alice 3 Scene Class always has two built-in properties: [BLANK] and [BLANK]

Ground; Camera

Procedures and functions are two forms of [BLANK]

Methods

A functional method retrieves or computes [BLANK]

Information

A procedural method is an [BLANK] that can be performed by or on an object

Action

If a detail parameter is not specified, Alice 3 uses the [BLANK] value

Default

A detail parameter is a parameter with a [BLANK] value

Default

[T/F] Run an Alice 3 program by clicking the Run button

True

When Run is clicked, Alice creates a [BLANK] window where the scene is displayed

Runtime

When the scene is displayed, it has been [BLANK]

Activated

After activation, the code statements in [BLANK] are executed

myFirstMethod