TPS
This system processes routine business transactions like payroll and sales.
What is a Transaction Processing System (TPS)?
This system converts raw data into meaningful reports for managers.
What is a Management Information System (MIS)?
This system supports managers in making decisions by analyzing data and models.
What is a Decision Support System (DSS)?
This system mimics human expertise to solve domain-specific problems.
What is an Expert System (ES)?
This system provides senior executives with data to help achieve strategic goals
What is an Executive Information System (EIS)?
This type of processing in TPS occurs immediately after a transaction is made.
What is real-time processing?
One key function of MIS is to help with this managerial process involving planning, organizing, and controlling.
What is decision-making?
One key function of DSS allows managers to analyze the effects of variable changes. It's also called 'scenario analysis.
What is 'what-if' analysis?
The part of an Expert System that contains facts and rules is called this.
What is the knowledge base?
This feature of EIS makes it simple for executives to use, even without technical knowledge.
What is an easy-to-use interface?
In TPS, this activity involves storing transaction data in a database for future use.
What is data storage?
This MIS characteristic links all subsystems to provide managers with an integrated organizational view.
What is integration?
This DSS function identifies the input required to achieve a specific output goal.
What is goal-seeking?
This component of an Expert System uses logic to draw conclusions from its knowledge base.
What is the inference engine?
EIS integrates these two types of data for better decision-making.
What are internal and external data?
TPS is designed to handle this type of processing where transactions are accumulated and processed periodically.
What is batch processing?
MIS often relies on this database structure to reduce redundancy and improve data availability.
What is a centralized database?
DSS often presents data visually through charts and graphs for quick understanding. What is this feature called?
What is graphical analysis?
The ability of an Expert System to explain its reasoning to users is called this.
What is explanation capability?
EIS often represents data in this format to simplify trend analysis for executives.
What is graphical form?
To ensure accuracy and integrity, this function monitors inputted transactions and prevents unauthorized access.
What is controlled processing?
To address exceptional situations, MIS provides this type of reporting that identifies deviations from preset targets.
What are exception reports?
This advanced DSS characteristic allows it to solve problems using simulations of real-world business scenarios.
What is model building?
These programming languages, such as PROLOG and LISP, are commonly used to build Expert Systems.
What are special-purpose programming languages?
One limitation of EIS is that it can overwhelm executives with this issue.
What is information overload?